Hi there,
 
To the anonymous poster:
Its a parliament of OWLS.
 
Next, Orville, Rajah and I went to the vet on the 1st.  This was mainly for
Rajah's quarterly check up (some of you might recall that she had a kidney
removed, so she is visiting the vet regularly to keep an eye on her health
hoping the other kidney will not go frot too).  Anyway, she got a clean bill
of health and does she seem to know it!!!!  What a lot of bounces and dooks
she gives :).  Orville however....I suspected he might have an impacted anal
gland and sure enough, he did.  The vet expressed both.  She has recommended
following a high fibre diet (Medi Cal Feline Fibre Formula).  He has taken
to it happily enough.  Rajah is enjoying it too - is this ok for her?  (I'll
be calling the vet, but other opinions would be welcomed).  The theory
behind this fibre thing is (not polite conversation I know, but..) it will
enlarge his stools and help 'self-express' his glands.  Does that sound
reasonable?  We are trying this first.  If it doesn't work we will resort to
antibiotics and if necessary have the offending glands removed.  Has anyone
been this fibre route?  Is it effective?
 
Also, one of his lower canines is discoloured.  The vet doesn't think its a
problem.  She suspects the tooth has been damaged at some time...of course I
wondered what I might/might not have done to prevent it, but she reassured
me that things like this happen :( Perhaps he pulled on a toy on an elastic
too hard or something????  Any ideas?  More importantly, is there a chance
the tooth might become infected?  Or is it likely dead already?
 
Thanks in advance for any ideas/advice,
Tanya, Orville & Rajah
 
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