Month: January 2012

  • Sunshine works out on the treadmill!

    Here are some sunshiny updates of our dear girl, Sunshine, from Lydia: Sunshine has fully regained her bowel and bladder function and moves about independently. She walks, runs and plays with all my dogs. She even tries to jump up on me when she gets all excited when we’re playing. We are still working on some minor residual…

  • “Don’t Cat”? What is that?

    Cathy told me all about “Don’t Cat”, available at Daiso at Sunway Pyramid (same floor as Harvey Norman’s). She uses it to prevent her own cats from stepping into her cables and biting them. So, what is “Don’t Cat”? It’s quite an ingenious invention, really. It’s plastic studs that are sharp enough to discourage a…

  • Photo updates of the Sunnies!!

    Here are some photo updates of three of my favourite cats – the Sunnies!! From Rozita:  Honeybear!  Rex, my boy!  Foxie, the pretty one. Rozita says they are going in for spay-neuter soon.  Aww…Rozita specially sent this one for me, knowing I’ve always had a soft spot for Rex. Rex, Rex, Rex!! Thank you, Rozita,…

  • Have you heard of Kopi Luwak?

    My son, Jia-Wen, went for a holiday to Bali recently and came back with a most interesting story about Kopi Luwak. He visited the factory and this is what he learnt: There is this Asian Palm Civet called Luwak (local name) and its expertise is in detecting (and ingesting) the BEST coffee beans. These coffee…

  • Updates on Flower and Coco (Anita Chen’s)

    Here’s updates on the two girls: So far Flower has not vomited, only poo poo blood clot once in 24 hours and protested like crazy when her lining paper was wet. But she pulled out the drip so it had to be removed. We can’t put into other legs because the vein burt. So, no…

  • Medical subsidy for a cat with mange (Shaila Raj’s)

    Shaila Raj wrote to me a few days regarding a stray cat with mange. Since this was Shaila’s first case of dealing with a mangy cat, she was quite disturbed by all the scratching and bleeding and wanted to board the cat at the vet’s. I explained that our policies will not cover any subsidy…

  • The Pole Escapes (mystery solved and rectified…for now)

    Husband found two holes up on the gutter ledge. He is amazed how Pole discovered it, too. Let’s call them the “Pole Holes”.  Yups, there are actually TWO holes which even Cow could get out from!  Gee… can you fix them?  You’re wasting you time, you know. I’ll just find another way, somehow.  Meanwhile, who…

  • The Pole Escapes continues…

    Pole’s in-built mechanism got to work again this morning. After breakfast and a big clean-up, she jumped onto the gutter ledge to try her luck. One could see in her eyes that she was bent on escaping again.  Previously, there was a gap here, but it’s been sealed off by Ah Keong, the contractor.  Everybody…

  • Baby alligator found in small aquarium at restaurant

    Nandhini sent me the photos below at midnight last night.  Apparently, a restaurant in USJ is keeping a baby alligator (or crocodile) in a small aquarium. A quick check reveals that this species is protected and it may be breaking the law to keep this poor animal in a small aquarium. Nandhini has called the…

  • Found – Spitz Mix in TTDI

    ADOPTED!! (around CNY) From Koo (below). Please help forward the link. Dear Dr Chan, I would appreciate it very much if you could publicise this lost dog case in your AnimalCare blog: This male dog was found at about 6.30am on Saturday, 21 January 2012 in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur (TTDI). He was…

  • Life and death waits for no one – In loving memory of Ah Wong (Hooi Bin’s)

    It may be Chinese New Year and many superstitious Chinese would go “choi! choi! choi!” at the mention of death, but not for us, because the New Year is just like any other day for us – Life goes on, and life and death waits for no one. If one’s time is up, one goes.…

  • Sponsor-a-Pet-Programme at PAWS

    I was sourcing a place for the dog that a rescuer had wanted to rehome when PAWS’ manager told me about their Sponsor-a-Pet-Programme. I think it is a really wonderful programme, especially for rescuers who have nowhere else to place their rescues. They can surrender the animal to PAWS and sponsor the animal for the…

  • Sunsuper Dreams updates!! (Kenyan Dream is down to 9th place)

    Dear Friends, It is now 3.30pm. I’m not at home, but my friends have just alerted me that the Kenyan Dream has had its votes reduced to 208 (and now, it has risen to 218 in barely ten minutes). It has also dropped from 2nd place to 9th position. Our votes also got reduced from…

  • Please support Furkids Projekt!

    Updates on 31st May 2012 – We have received news from a reader that this project may not be in operation anymore. Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/01/20/furkids-projekt-online-charity-sales-from-zeezam/ Disclaimer: http://animalcare.my/disclaimer/Information and postings with respect to appeals for assistance, donations and animals for adoption are posted as received. Dr Chan and AnimalCare do not have the resources to authenticate or verify the…

  • A message from James Blackwell (Sunsuper Dreams Contest)

    A reader brought to our attention that the prize for the Sunsuper Dreams Contest is actually only AUD5k and not AUD10k as earlier thought. Here a clarification from James Blackwell himself, the person who nominated us: Hi Dr Chan! i am writing to inform you that i have realized that the winning money for this…