05/25/2025
Mowgli Update š¤ last week I took Mowgli to the vet for a dental consult to assess how many of his teeth needed to be removed and to schedule the actual surgery date. After reviewing his bloodwork, the vet asked for me to have his blood drawn again before proceeding with dental surgery so that we could see if his liver values had improved since Iād been syringe feeding him his meals for the past 10 days. Unfortunately, his liver values had only gotten worse. For now we are having to postpone any dental surgery until we can get his liver situation figured out and he is currently on several different medications including oral meds and injectables. After a few weeks on the meds, weāll draw bloodwork again and if his liver values have improved, weāll move forward with his dental surgery (estimated at $700-$1500!) if the liver values are still off or have gotten worse once again, we will need to do an ultrasound on his liver to get more answers on whatās going on there (ultrasound would be $600). We did discuss the idea of a feeding tube, however Mowgli is a pretty active cat still and has never done well with collars or clothes, so I feel it would stress him out and there would be a concern of him ripping it out. Heād also need to be kept confined so that Otto doesnāt disturb the tube or chew on it, and that would also stress him out. So we are sticking with oral meds and syringe feeding for now (heās even been eating kibble by his own choice and Iāve set up a camera to see how much of that heās actually eating per day). While everything is still a big question mark with whatās going on with his liver, the medications Iāve been giving him the past couple days have definitely seemed to improve his mood, heās still super snuggly and rolls on the carpet for belly rubs, and the fact that heās been eating this past week when before he would run at the sight of food is a huge improvement. I will update you guys in a few weeks when we redo bloodwork. Thank you all so much for loving my boy with me. If youād like to donate to help with his ongoing care, links to PayPal, Venmo and Cashapp can be found in the bio š¤š¤