Mancat Monday : Pedro Versus Maori for Silvervine P-Low

Maori : What do you have there Pedro?
Pedro : (mouth full) ... Silvervine P-Low ..mmmphppttt (kick*kick)

Maori : Can i try????
Pedro : (Ignores Maori)

Pedro : (Continues to ignore Maori) "I shall pretend I didn't hear Maori and perhaps he will go away"
Maori : ..............................

The Silvervine P-Low is truly an innovative creation and excellent gift for your furkid! You can check out http://magicalfurville.blogspot.com to purchase your P-Low. May wanna get two instead of one :-)

Reflections : 4 Kittens tied with Rafia String

I have always advocated for spaying / neutering your pets. There is no such thing as Pity or Kesian (in Malay) as I have seen many, way too many innocent lives being killed just because the owner didn't want more cats / dogs in their already too many pets in their household (excuses!).  Besides the many health benefits for spaying / neutering, one would help to reduce the already millions of strays out there and the lost of innocent lives.  I was just in the market yesterday morning and I saw 1-2 weeks old kittens recently thrown there too (but that's not the story for today).

Let me tell you the story of the 4 kittens tied with Rafia String.
 
This happened 2 weeks ago and only today, I felt I was finally able to share what happens when you do not spay / neuter your pets.

A man came by to Ipoh SPCA 2 weeks ago to surrender 4 kittens to the shelter.  He claimed that these 4 kittens were thrown in front of his house in a plastic bag, "2 days ago" (2 days!!! Are you kidding me???).  Obviously, the person's cat or someone's cat had given birth and these  kittens were unwanted and the evil person has decided to throw them away, right in front of someone else's gate and this person decided after 2 days to surrender to the shelter (sigh!).

Anyway, my friend who is also a volunteer took the bag from him and checked inside. There were shredded newspaper and HORROR! The 4 kittens were tied together with nylon string (rafia string) - obviously thrown with intention to KILL!.  (I shall not post this picture here) There were newborns, barely 3-4 days old. They still had their umbilical cord attached to their bellies. 3 of them were already dead when my friend took the gruesome package. One was barely alive.

I took over the package right after work and rushed the little girl to my Vet (which was nearest to the shelter) and gave it some warm milk to drink. When we held her she was SO COLD!

Right after the first feeding, I had to rush to Dr Ranjit's clinic (she's ISPCA cattery Vet) to get the basic supplies needed for this little girl. Armed with all the supplies, I went home and got her settled into the cage.  (My cats thought she was a toy and wanted to play with her! They all received a stern scolding from me).

Both Vets told me the chances for survival were slim. I knew it was so, but wanted to believe otherwise.  At 6:30pm, Saturday 14th April 2012 the little girl passed on. She gave a little squeak (and I thought she was hungry and made her some milk but ....) and that was her last breath. :(

I didn't have time to even name her. She is buried in the little patch in my small little garden.  Rest in peace little girl. You are in a better place now dear. This world is too cruel for you.

I beseech thee ... PLEASE! Spay / Neuter your pets. If you can catch the strays in your neighbourhood, do spay / neuter them too to reduce the loss of more innocent lives. I'm sure the Vets can give you a good rate if they are strays. Please ....

Kat versus Catnip!

Kat getting laser eyes ... it's the Catnip!

I got you evil Cat-nip!

Round 1 : Kat won!

Fun Friday

Guess who's this??

Here's a BIG hint :-)

Good Luck!

Maori being Queen!

Faith  : Mommy?
Me     : Yes dear.
Faith  : Why is Maori being Queen?
Me     : What do you mean being Queen, Faith?
Faith  : You know ... the Elizabethan collar ...
Me     : Owh! <chuckles>

Maori : I'm on strike. I have lost my dashing looks ... how am I going to woo the ladies?

Maori : Stop staring! I'm NOT the Queen! I'm the King!

Maori has a injury (probably through scalding as he was a stray) and the last bit (size of 10 cents coin) refused to close up and kept drying up - peel off - bleed rotationally. It was the size of my palm initially after 3 months, it is now so much smaller. The last bit was the most stubborn as he kept grooming it. So my Vet's advice was to keep in the collar for a month, but we will try a week.  Poor Maori! It's for your own good dear.

Hi! I'm Jo

Don't you think I'm cute!

Hi! I'm Jo, a rabbit biologically but my siblings are all cats.  I came first to this family, and Kat was by-the-way-kind-off adopted along with me.

I have my own apartment in the house that has a split level as well as glass blocks as decorations.  I normally stay by myself, but my siblings do come visit me for awhile. I enjoy their company but if I'm in a bad mood, they will run off at the slightest sound of my infamous snort (hehe).

That's me and Kat when we were young-lings!

I absolutely love my treats and  to have my fur brushed. I'm now about a year old (human age) and most people say I'm big. What do you mean I'm big! I'm just well endowed! (*wink*)

Here's me at  4-5 months old

 

 

 

Me at 8 months old!

What do you think I look like? (chuckle)

Happy Weekend everyone!

Hope, Faith and Love

Hope, Faith and Love

I am an active volunteer in Ipoh SPCA (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and when I first started, my heart would break each week when there were new cats abandoned by their owners as well as those that died from sickness.

Let me tell you a story about these 3 siblings that nearly died from very bad flu.

Hope, Faith and Love (these photos are taken after they were better ~ also for their 'For adoption' promo pix)

 

 

Hope, Male (age approx 3 months/ Oct 2011)

Faith, Female (age approx 3 months / Oct 2011)

Love, Female (age approx 3 months / Oct 2011)

On Sunday, 30th October 2011, I did my usual volunteer work at ISPCA. I noticed that the 3 new kittens abandoned the week before (Hope, Faith and Love) were very very ill. Love was almost lifeless, extremely dehydrated and couldn't move. Faith was able to move her head up but otherwise also lying on her side and very dehydrated. Hope was able to move, but he too, was dehydrated.  My heart broke to a million pieces then and I packed them up into a carrier and rushed them to a vet that I knew was opened on a Sunday.

There, Love had to boarded at the Vet for a few days as she had to go on drip. Hope and Faith needed medication as well as (force) feeding / drinking over the next few days and I took it upon myself to foster them. Hope had a 'deformed' right front paw and the Vet helped me bandaged it first. We'll treat that when he is better.

The first day of a long journey!

It was a harrowing 3 weeks journey! Truly a touch and go situation! I had so little sleep, rushed home during lunch time to feed them water and Hills A/D. Sometimes, they could only eat 3mls of A/D and 3mls of water. It was a SCARY experience for me. Brought them to 3 different vets and to top it off, i said a prayer for and with them, and sang to them every time I was with them. Each feeding time took me easily an hour!

Faith when she was in her worst condition - see the fur :(

It was a truly learning experience for me and after a week plus, Love got better first, followed by Faith and lastly Hope. 3 weeks of struggles, 3 weeks of hope and 3 weeks of putting my faith in God. It was truly a miracle that they pulled through and by God's grace they were healed. Because of the experience, all 3 of them, from feral kittens have became such loving ones. 

Love has been adopted. Hope and Faith are still available for adoption. Both Hope and Faith have been neutered / spayed and are indoor trained. But they MUST be adopted together as Faith can be a bit jittery and would need her brother's strength and confidence.  They are now approximately 8 months (March 2012) and would bring joy to your home. Do bear in mind, that Hope has only 3 fully functional legs but he still uses his deformed leg to run, scratch and is oblivious to his deformity. He doesn't need amputation as his body has made natural adjustments to ensure that his bones do not get hurt when he runs (yes! he runs!)

I cannot send them back to SPCA. They deserve to live a happy life after what they've been through.

Princess Yasmin

Yasmin
(Got'cha 17 September 2011, age approximately 3 months)

When I thought I'd settle with 2 cats, along came a 3rd!

Where I work (factory), there are 2 security guards. The night duty guard told me as I was going home that fateful day, was that his house was invaded by this beautiful cat. His entire family (including him) had cat-phobia. I said, I need to see the cat and situation first as I didn't plan on taking another cat.

So I drove by his house and his wife was expecting me. She took Yasmin who was in a bucket (apparently was in that bucket ALL day!) and passed me the bucket.

Yasmin's bushy tail

I saw that she had this beautiful racoon-like bushy tail and the minute I took her, she purred and was so happy to be in the car with me. What am I to do? She had 2 bite (puncture) wounds on her neck - seems like she was bitten maybe by a dog, which was why she hid in the bucket all day.  So to the vet she went the next day for treatment.  The Vet commented that I had a black and white collection!!!

She loves basket!

In the basket again!

Enjoying a nap on the sofa!

Hence, we now have 3 in the household ... she is very confident and alpha and bullies Kat whenever she could. Cat politics ... one does not interfere! :-)

My baby boy, Pedro

Pedro (previously called Chestnut)
(Got'cha 22 June 2011 - approximate age, 2 months)

Those eyes! Those eyes! Stare and fall in love

I found Pedro via Petfinder! It was purely accidental as I stumbled across his profile when I was googling for something else. It was LOVE at first sight. How can you not fall for that googly eyes!

This is the link to his profile :http://www.petfinder.my/pets/21480/

The fosterer's father rescued Pedro, then called Chestnut as he was abandoned by his own mother in a temple. To cut a long story short, I got my hubby to drive all the way down to Bangsar (200km from Ipoh) to bring little Pedro home on my birthday. Besides, Kat needs a playmate (my excuse ... but it was those eyes that got to me heart haha!)

I renamed him Pedro, because on the day he arrived, he had a mustache (which I thought was his colour) and thought that he looked like a handsome Mexican. After a nice good wash, the mustache was GONE! It was dirt! Haha! But Pedro it was and he loves the name too ;)

Day 1 at home - hiding behind the sofa

Day 2 at home - much braver now

On the first day, Kat hissed at poor Pedro and I gave myself 3 days for them to become friends. Less than 24 hours later, there they were playing police and thieves! Kat being 4 months, was double his size. But they are best pals nonetheless, and the beginning of mayhem in my otherwise quiet house :)

They like to snuggle up with one another (Pedro - 6 mths, Kat - 8 mths)

The day he was found!

Meet KAT

Meet Kat!
(Got'cha 3 April 2011 - approximate age, 3 months)

Kat playing with a toilet roll 'toy'

 She's the first cat I adopted off the streets since I moved to the Tin Valley to commence work.

I went to adopt a rabbit from a good friend of mine as she couldn't care for it due to health reasons. When I collected the rabbit (named Jo), there were 4 kittens lounging at my friend's house porch. She said "Joy! Do take one or more, there's so many strays here ...". I said that I would think about it as I prepared to load the rabbit into my car.

She was very active and playful and she stole my heart right away. So she ended up being bundled up in the cat carrier together with Jo.

Kat fascinated with my smelly bag pack!

Kat! Is the view nice from up there?

Kat is very talkative and expressive. She would bully Jo when she could, although Jo is bigger than her. We had Jo and Kat for 5 weeks before Pedro came into our family (and that's another story) :-)

Kat & Jo