Month: April 2011

  • A tale of two treeshrews

    I had wanted to write about the two squirrels who come to my house for food a few times a day, but hadn’t found time to do it all these months!   Initially (and that’s months ago), it was just one squirrel.  He would come in every day after the cats have eaten and eat…

  • Of catfights and back lane neighbours

    This afternoon, I heard my back neighbour shouting at the top of his voice again.  He and his family hates cats (and dogs, and I guess, all animals).  And he was the reason I had to get Wii adopted last year.  From the sounds of it, a cat must have gone into his kitchen again…

  • Of emotionally-strung and demanding rescuers

    So the conversation with our panel vet then veered off to the topic of emotionally-strung and demanding rescuers.  We had one such case a few months ago when this rescuer fired our vet till no end.  He had asked me to sponsor the spaying-neutering of his 6 rescued cats, through one of my other friends. …

  • The flat tip or the “V” notch

    Hmm….we seem to have an anonymous person who feels very strongly about the “V” notch to indicate a spayed female.  Please read comments in http://animalcare.my/2011/04/decision-to-tip-ears-of-all-female.html I didn’t think it would be such a big issue, whether it’s a “V” or a flat tip but it seems it is now, or rather, only with one person.  …

  • Decision – to tip the right ear of all female animals

    I had a discussion with our other panel vet in Subang Jaya yesterday (he’s the one who took half an hour to search for Cocker’s “missing” uterus), he said the absence of the uterus cannot be determined through ultra-sound.  The “faint line” also cannot be seen sometimes, especially in furry animals like Cocker.  Some vets…

  • A male cat neutered

    Irene is a cat rescuer in Subang Jaya.  Today, she brought a male cat to be neutered under our sponsorship. Here he is, right after the surgery. His tongue is still out. When I left the clinic, he had already woken up.

  • The dogs in Penang (Devakie’s case) – help needed

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/04/sos-from-penang.html As I’ve written in the previous posting last night, I’ve got someone here who can take the 12 dogs, but Devakie and I have discussed it, and it’s better to just get adopters from Penang to take the dogs.  Transportation of the dogs from Penang to Subang will involve a lot of logistics and…

  • Do you have inner peace?

    In this “thing” (I wouldn’t even call it “work”, because it’s not work) that we do, we can never please everyone.  Whatever you do, someone is bound to accuse you of something bad.  Our actions can always be misconstrued.  The problem is, who should judge us but ourselves?  Who can judge us but ourselves?  I…

  • A cat and a dolphin as playmates

    Take a look: http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/2011/04/friends-cat-and-dolphins.html

  • The all-BLACK AnimalCare tshirt!

    Here it is, folks….the mock-up of our new all-black tshirt! Price: RM25Material: Fully-combed cotton Place your orders, please! Sizes: Ladies 34, 36, 38, 40, 42Sports: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 To determine size, measure chest all around and add 4 inches to it for a good fit. Write to me at chankahyein@gmail.com The…

  • Our visit to Meiji’s Doggie Paradise with 900kg of dogfood in tow

    The lorry arrived at exactly 8.58am this morning (expected time was 9am).  Su and I helped push the 840kg packs of dogfood from the inside of her house to the door.  There was another 60kg of dogfood in my little Kelisa (from Adelyn, Jing Lu and Amy Lim).  Jeen’s three helpers, Dol (the driver), Anil (a Maths…

  • Should we tip the ears of all spayed females?

    In the midst of packing and posting tshirts and organising Meiji’s dogfood donation plus other things, I have been thinking about the fact that Cocker had to be opened up twice (spaying attempt) because it is sometimes just so difficult for the vet to detect that faint line (indicating that the animal has already been…

  • To Raub….!! Meiji’s Doggie Paradise!

    The dogfood we ordered has finally arrived this evening and tomorrow, we’ll be going to Raub to Meiji’s doggie paradise….with about 900kg of dogfood and other treats.  Many thanks to Su for helping with the order of the dogfood.  Here are the individual donations in kind: Doggie treats from Adelyn Yap A pack of 20kg…

  • Pregnant dog in need of a fosterer and adopter

    From Agnes: A lady dog feeder from Kuchai area brought a female dog to Dr See’s clinic for spaying but dog was found to be pregnant from the ultra-sound. The dog is now boarded at See’s because the lady has no safe place to keep the dog until delivery and See said clinic environmet is…

  • Postal charges for delivery of tshirts

    This week has been happily-hectic because of the delivery of tshirts.  I have become a regular feature at the local post office because I have been making two trips for every delivery.  One to check the cost, another to post it after payment has been made.  And to complicate things, a size 28 is lighter…