He needed quite a bit of encouragement to get him out of his carrier, in fact, he had to be tipped out onto the table. He was very still and compliant to everything the vet had to do and didn’t moan much except from when he had the scab picked off his abscess. Yup, it turned out that he had an abscess, probably from the claw of another cat while fighting. He had two jabs which he didn’t seem to mind and had his temperature taken (you know, that way). I also enquired about his weight and he’s only slightly overweight at 5.8 kg when really he should be at 5.25 kg.

Cici has another appointment on Tuesday to see how things are, hopefully by then it would’ve drained out. So between now and then, I’ve got to keep his abscess open so it’ll drain, give him his antibiotics (in pill form, lord help me) and painkillers (liquid, much easier). Given that it usually takes me about an hour to give him just one Drontal tablet, giving him two pills a day is going to be both a mammoth and traumatic task for he and I.

Waiting at the vets

A couple of weeks ago, she popped up to my room and then darted out when she saw I’d spotted her.

I estimate it’s 4-8 weeks old, had some difficulty feeding it yesterday but today it seems to be eating alright, in fact, it chowed down nearly the entire bowl of water soaked catfood over the last couple of days.

I’m doubtful it’ll make a full recovery and be able to fly, it’s fairly immobile, might have to take it to a wildlife rehab centre, but it seems happy enough in its box.

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A trip down to the fish shop and a few rocks later, it’s been transformed into this -

Awaiting some Lake Malawi cichlids

Granite boulders, cobbles and driftwood

Left side view

Cici's watering hole