Month: March 2010

  • Tshirt sales – thank you

    Two Sundays ago, we sold out on our Ladies and Child tshirts at the Bandar Utama Buddhist Society (BUBS) when I gave a talk there.  Last Sunday, Sis Yeun Yeng offered to help me sell tshirts again, especially to the ladies and children.  I’d like to record my deepest appreciation to Sis Yeun Yeng and…

  • Post-mortem results on Cutie

    Cutie was one of the Selayang pups who passed away a few days ago of supposedly “mysterious” causes.  There were hardly any symptoms and she just went down within hours.  The post-mortem revealed evidence of abnormalities in the heart muscles and this strongly suggests distemper.  Distemper is indeed a scary disease.  There can be absolutely…

  • Updates on Forrest

    The vet informed me today that they have detected a “protein leakage” in Forrest.  The cause is not known as yet, but the vet is already giving egg white as a protein supplement in Forrest’s diet. Meanwhile, Forrest is just as noisy and attention-seeking.  

  • Supporting Meiji’s ongoing spay-neuter

    Besides dogs, Meiji also rescues cats and sends them to Klinik Kembiri for spaying-neutering.   Today, we reimbursed her for the spaying-neutering of 2 female cats and 5 male cats.   If you are a big-time rescuer, do apply for the subsidised rates at Klinik Kembiri.  It would save you a whole lot of money.  Meiji will…

  • Meiji’s rescued dogs

    This afternoon, Meiji brought two rescued dogs for treatment at our panel vet, all the way from Raub.  These are WongWong and FaiFai.  Both appear to have skin problems.  This is WongWong.  She is female, and was picked up from the roadside. This is FaiFai.  We are quite sure FaiFai is one of our Klang…

  • The dog with Pyometra survives!

    I refer to this posting: http://animalcare.my/2010/03/four-dogs-spayedneutered-today.html One of the OKR factory dogs brought to us for spaying was found to have a uterus infection (pyometra). Photo taken two days ago. Yesterday, the dog recovered completely.  The blood tests revealed that the kidneys were normal, and she (the dog) even pulled the drips out when she…

  • The importance of completing the course of Antibiotics

    We all know from our science lessons in school that we should complete our course of antibiotics.  But some of us, after getting well, might choose to stop the course, not knowing how dangerous that could be.   Well, here’s what the vet told me, in plain English (minus all the scientific jargon) of what happens if we…

  • The wonders of Doxy and a good vet!

    As you know, Xiao Li and Bandit came down with “something” after their deworming, and had stopped eating for 3 days.  It got me really worried.  But the vet suspected it was a blood parasite which was probably festering in their bodies, and it took a lowering of their immune system (due to deworming OR…

  • The poo success story….

    Yesterday, was “Poo Day” for me at home with the PBJ gang.  On the previous day, Jelly was the first to achieve the “poo breakthrough”, and subsequently she was able to poo after meals, about 2-3 times a day.  And it was no longer light brown but more of light yellow (the typical healthy nursing…

  • Updates on Subang-Selayang pups

    I visited the Selayang pups yesterday evening.  Sr White, Sr Brown and Ms Husky are ready to be discharged.  They still have a bit of diarrhoea, so their diet has to be kept under control.  Sr Brown Sr White (on the left) and Ms Husky. And… Here’s little Forrest.  He was moving so much, you…

  • Updates from Daniel

    Here’s a lovely photo sent by Daniel yesterday: From left: Bella, Princess, Pucci and Simba. According to Daniel, Simba (the only male) is the sweetest of them all.  He knows his names and responds to it by going to Daniel when he is called. It’s a blessing for the cats and for us too, when…

  • Thank you

    Many thanks to Mawar Fadzil for her contribution to our fund.  Mawar is only a student, but feels she would like to support our work in helping the animals.  Thank you very much, Mawar.  May you be blessed.

  • Very heart-warming photos

    Julie Pek sent me these photos yesterday.  If you remember, Tam Tam had an accident which resulted in severe injury to her arm, and it had to be amputated.  Since then, Julie has been nursing Tam Tam.  Inititally, the progress was very slow – Tam Tam refused to eat, and was very depressed.  But with…

  • The poo story continues…

    If you recall, the vet told me yesterday to dip a cotton bud into Lactulose and insert it into Jelly’s anus.  I did that, and after awhile, golden light brown poo came out!  This morning, Jelly poo-ed again, after the first feeding.  I think Jelly has “learnt” how to poo now.  For the second feed,…

  • What a lovely morning!

    I was very pleasantly surprised and happy this morning when I got downstairs and opened the door of the Kitty Nursery (which is, incidentally, my work-room).  Out pranced Xiao Li and Teddybear, like two little pixies frolicking in the meadows!  Xiao Li has perked up, and this is just after 1 dose of Doxycycline last…