Month: March 2010

  • What a nice lady…

    While I was at the vet’s today to see to the two cats that Ken Chiang had brought in, a very nice elderly lady walked into the clinic.  Mrs Tan (that was her name) wanted to find out what she should do for a stray cat who had wandered into her house compound and had sort…

  • Two female cats spayed

    These are the two stray female cats brought in by Ken Chiang to be spayed under our sponsorship today.  Ken feeds them and looks after them. At the rate the stray animals are breeding, how many can we rehome?  Animal-lovers’ houses are full.  Rescuers’ houses are full.  Sanctuaries are full.  Shelters are full.  How many…

  • Monash University students support AnimalCare!

    I am in touch with the Monash Buddhist Society and their members often come for my public talks.  This week, their society is organising a one-week fund-raising for us, and they have called it “Pawprints on My Heart”, using the name of my first book (which has run out of circulation now, but I’m reprinting…

  • Bandit and Joned’s updates

    For the past two days, I have been waking up every morning and the first thing I do is to think of Bandit and visualise him being very happy and adjusting well in Wani’s house.  And I silently tell him that he is very much loved and thought about, and that I will always wish…

  • Bandit’s updates

    Rehoming an animal after being fostered for some time is a great challenge.  We wish we could adopt all of them, yet our resources and space are limited, so the next best option is to find them a good and loving home.  So, we advertise and pray very hard that a good and loving person…

  • More milestones for Bandit

    It’s almost midnight now, and I’ve been waiting for this news – Bandit has regained his appetite and has eaten his dry food.  He has also pee-ed (hooray!) and poo-ed in his cage.  Wani will still let him have the bedroom as he feels safer in there.  Last night, Wani kept Bandit in the bedroom…

  • All for one and one for all….!!

    When it rained heavily this evening, Xiao Li and Teddybear were scared.  Of course, the PBJs were not as they are too young to know fear.  Both Xiao Li and Teddy climbed up and sat on my lap for comfort.  Then I had to go out and while I was away…. The whole gang went into…

  • Wii’s story continues

    I have not managed to achieve much success in trying to help Wii gain some confidence.  Today, he came back for food many times, but even the presence of Xiao Li and Teddybear stresses him. Here’s poor Wii about to eat his food. Xiao Li and Teddybear came out to see him, and he gets…

  • The box game

    I brought home this box with little holes at the bottom and Bandit created this “box game” yesterday.  They all had a ball before I took Bandit to Wani’s house.  It was all quiet last night when I came home after rehoming Bandit, but this morning, Xiao Li and Teddybear played the game again.  Here’s how the…

  • Bandit poo-ed!

    By this evening, Bandit still had not pee-ed, so I discussed with Wani and we decided it would be best if I took Bandit back for monitoring and if need be, send him to the vet tomorrow to check if his bladder is full and he is holding back his urination.  As I was driving…

  • Visiting Bandit

    After my public talk today, I visited Bandit.  It was also to bring Bandit his chicken meat and his litter box.  Bandit was in his cage when I reached there.  Wani had spent the entire night helping him settle in, but it seems like Bandit is an extremely sensitive kitten, and doesn’t take to changes…

  • A lovely story for a Sunday afternoon

    Remember the lady who brought the three dogs to be spayed at our panel vet, and she had ignorantly double-muzzled the dog?  Remember how a few people had jumped to the conclusion that she had “conned” me or she had acted out of cruelty?  http://animalcare.my/2010/03/three-female-dogs-spayed-but.html Well, she contacted me again this morning just when I…

  • Mistreatment of pets…it happens everywhere

    I know we are too far away to help, but it is very sad to know that this “disease” happens everywhere in the world…http://www.dogsindanger.com/dog.jsp?did=1268138729731 I think it all boils down to a lack of respect for pets, and a total lack of responsibility on the part of the owners.  On the homefront, I see emails…

  • Socks is FINALLY adopted!

    Socks has been up for adoption for MONTHS now, and Terry was sometimes at his wit’s end.  It also did not help that Socks had, well….”socks” – black limbs with white “socks”.  Some superstitious Chinese people, I was told, do not quite like this combination of colours on the limbs. But finally…thanks to Wani of MDDB,…

  • The little milestones of Bandit

    I’ve been on sms with Wani, and am glad that Bandit is finally settling down.  Wani has been very kind to bring Bandit’s cage into her room so that it’s away from the noise of the TV.  From not eating, Bandit starting sipping some water, and is now eating a bit of his food.  Also,…