Month: August 2011

  • Snowy Day 3 (leukemia and lymphoma)

    Updates on Snowy on Day 3 – it’s not good news. Snowy is FeLV positive (which means he has leukemia), but FIV negative. However, he has lymphoma, which is a malignant cancer. From Agnes: Snowy has been taken out of the bubble from 10.00pm last night and has been breathing on his own. This was…

  • Ginger has Crptococcosis

    Peggy Tiong had been telling me about this male cat whom she had noticed about 6 months now. He has wounds on his face and he definitely looks like someone’s pet. Yesterday, Peggy managed to catch the cat.She sent me this photo:  Take a look at the wounds. An appointment was made today and Peggy brought…

  • All is well with Only-One and mum

    Only-One poo-ed twice today and it was FULL of dead worms. We’re glad the dewormer is working now and Only-One has finally poo-ed. His abdomen is also not so bloated. He is eating well, fed regularly by Wei Leng and June.The cat-mum seems happier in feeding Only-One now. Maybe she also feels better since she…

  • Cat-proofing your garden and Home-Made Cat Enclosures

    Su Ann shared these:http://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-enclosureshttp://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-enclosures-home-made-enclosuresThank you, Su Ann.

  • The good, the bad and the evil (again!)

    A sharing from Peggy Quah: Forgot to tell you when I came home today, my hubby said he had released a cat put in a cement bag dump in the construction bin at the back lane of the house under renovation.  We have a this sadist man who is a cat hater in our housing area…

  • Cindy, Tiger and Ebony spayed (Peggy Ng Suat Ha’s)

    Peggy Quah (Ng Suat Ha) is currently looking after 20 cats in her back alley and around her neighbourhood. We are helping her with the cost of the spay-neuter for all these cats. Peggy lives in Klang and there is a vet near her place, so she uses her own vet.  We’ve done seven so…

  • Sad news…Mimi has passed away

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/08/mimi-in-very-critical-condition.htmlI was informed this evening that Mimi, Mayo Clinic’s resident cat, has passed away, after a brave one-week struggle with kidney failure.We convey our deepest condolences to our vet, Dr Khor and his assistants, Rani, Alex, Saidi and Rudi, all of whom loved Mimi very much.    We loved Mimi too. She was a great…

  • Only-One still weak

    I had a long day today, and only came home this evening. I had been keeping in touch with June over Only-One’s condition.  June said he’s eating, but still appeared weak.By evening, I thought we should not take the chance as Only-One still had not poo-ed.  So I went over to take Wei Leng and…

  • Snowy – Day Two

    Updates on Snowy: This morning Snowy’s condition was better. His temperature is now normal. So the vet was able to give him antibiotic injection (Marbocyl) and to take his blood. The in-clinic test shows the WBC is very high indicating infection. The lab results will be available in the evening. After the blood taking, he…

  • Be the tree, not the leaf

    This is nice….(I think this is what drives us to help animals, we include them in the sphere of humanity, and rightly so, too!): The wine of life is oozing drop by drop,The leaves of life are falling one by one.   – Omar Khayyam Like leaves, we come into this life, are here for a few days,…

  • A substitute milk for PUPPIES

    There has been a short supply (in fact, NO supply) of Pets Own Milk, and my friend, who is currently fostering five puppies, has this to share. He is a very experienced puppy-fosterer and has hand-raised many mother-less newborn puppies.Here it is, but it has only been used on PUPPIES (not kittens).The milk powder is…

  • Bunny found – safe and sound!!!

    It’s 11.33am now, and Bunny is here!!I went out looking again after writing that post about Bunny being missing. I was really worried because all five had come back, even Bunny’s sister, Pole. And Cow and Pole were following me around (which is rare, which is worrying as well). Pole is like a community cat, she…

  • Bunny is missing

    I fed Bunny his breakfast today, at 5.30am and again, at 6.30am when Bobby came down. Ever since then, I have not seen him.I have looked up and down and road and everywhere inside the house. All my five cats are around, but Bunny is missing. This is Bunny’s latest photo, taken just days ago.…

  • Waiting for the first week of September to go yellow!

    A quick update on our latest tshirt…. The printer says it will probably be ready by the first week of September. We hope so, so that it would at least be in time for Malaysia Day on September 16th! We thank everyone who has pre-ordered – thank you for your support. And, thank you for…

  • Rainbow, Sunshine and a new friend

    Erica Goh (ek2211@yahoo.com) shares her rescue and caregiving story: Hi Dr. Chan,   How r u lately? Hope u still remember these 2 kittens that I’d rescued way back months ago. Both of them are so close now, so happy to see them so loving. Both already had their 2 vaccinations, planning to bring Sunshine for…