Month: February 2012

  • The escapes continue…(another Pole and Indy story)

    As Dr Susanna has advised me, if no matter what you do, your cat wants to go out, it means she or he HAS to go out or she or he might turn neurotic if forcibly kept confined, even though you have provided a lot of space (which I have!). She told me about these…

  • Updates on Maple (blood transfusion needed – please help!)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/02/16/please-pray-for-maple-linda-lims/ Updates from Linda: Maple needs a blood transfusion from two dogs; each weighing 15kg or more. It’s urgent. If anyone and their dogs can help Maple, please contact Connie Foong at 019-222 6609. Thank you.

  • Donation for Meiji

    A reader, Peng Kei, has sent a donation to Meiji through us. I have already banked in the money to Meiji’s Maybank account: Status:  Successful Reference number:  1601043410 Transaction date:  15 Feb 2012 21:43:13 Amount:  RM200.00 To Open 3rd Party Account : <Info Removed> Account Holder Name : <Info Removed>

  • 6 puppies for adoption (Pei Yi’s)

    From Pei Yi: Hi Dr.Chan, First, thank you so much for your quick response and your help in publishing. here’s the story of the pups. ” “Someone left us outside a house around 12midnite. we were cold,  scared, although with all the brothers and sisters. We don’t know what our future would be. Thankfully, a rescuer decided to…

  • Sunsuper-food for Kim’s shelter

    Lydia collected our Sunsuper-food contribution for Kim’s Shelter today.  Kim Fho is a single lady who runs a shelter looking after 30 odd dogs including a paralysed one. We helped her with the cost of spaying-neutering 8 of her dogs recently and one of our readers, KT Tan contributed food and utensils to her shelter…

  • Sunsuper-food for Papa Meow’s kucing-kucing terbiar

    Papa Meow’s Sanctuary is one of the 10 NGOs we shared our Sunsuper Prize with. Since Papa Meow said he had no transport and that he normally buys food from the market for his animals, we banked in RM500 of our prize money to him and requested a photo of the food. Here it is: http://kucing2terbiar.blogspot.com/2012/02/kucing-terbiar-332-sunsuper-dreams.html…

  • Cats for adoption (Shaila Raj’s)

    From Shaila (shailaraj@hotmail.com): Hi there people, We are a family of 3 > mommy cat with 2 babies We are looking for a new permanent home filled with LOVE Currently we are being taken care by a rescuer We are healthy and we are around 1month + in age We are still drinking mommy’s milk We…

  • Please pray for Maple (Linda Lim’s)

    This is a request from Linda Lim, on behalf of her friend, Connie: Dear Dr. Chan, Could you please post the following on your blog as you have a lot of readers? If not, it is alright. Connie Foong sms me this morning about her dog, Maple. This is Maple. She is Connie Foong’s much…

  • RetroMAD1 available for rescuers through vets

    As you know, RetroMAD1 is an experimental drug that has proven helpful in alleviating the following diseases: 1. Canine Parvovirus (dogs) 2. FIV/FeLV in cats (only if symptomatic) It has also been helpful in Canine Corona Virus, Feline Calici Virus and certain diseases in shrimps and primates. RetroMAD1 is known to work as a virus blocker…

  • Cat-proofing your cat-space

    Ever since I moved in, those of you who have been following stories of my attempts at cat-proofing my cat-space would know Pole emerged victorious on many, many occasions. But finally….we didn’t do too badly either.  We managed, after being no less than RM1000 poorer, to Pole-proof the cat-space. However, she can still jump over…

  • Abandoned mother-cat and kittens for adoption (Khalilah Hussein’s)

    UPDATES on 25th March 2012 – all adopted!! From Lila (wkhalilah@gmail.com): Hi Dr. Chan, My name is Lila, one of your avid blog readers. I hope you can help me spread the word on cats for adoption on your blog as I am helping a friend of mine who is a pet shop owner who…

  • Donations from across the ocean

    The Wai Family, whom I am acquainted with on a personal basis, has sent a donation to five organisations through our Paypal account: AnimalCare, MDDB, Pak Din, Meiji’s Sanctuary and Imm’s Shelter in Ipoh, and has requested that I do the bank transfer for them to the other four organisations since it would be more…

  • Subsidy for a dog with cancer and another who swallowed one too many durians! (Meiji’s)

    As you know, within Meiji’s sanctuary are many, many fruit trees (durian trees as well) and most of her dogs eat durians. Some can even open a whole durian. Recently, someone dumped a puppy near Meiji’s place and of course, Meiji took the puppy back. This puppy also started eating durians like everyone else, but…

  • Kumquat the kitty (from a first-time rescuer, Sharon Anne)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/02/09/another-first-time-rescuer/ One of my greatest rewards comes from helping and nurturing first-time rescuers. There is so much potential and possibilities when you “teach a man to fish instead of giving him a fish”. Here’s updates from Sharon Anne, my old school chum who picked up an abandoned kitten last week. Sharon had never handled a…

  • A female cat spayed (Francis Tze Chuan Chee’s)

    Francis Tze looks after the community cats on the street where I now live. He feeds them daily and also takes them to be spayed-neutered when they are of age. Yesterday, Francis brought another female cat to be spayed under our sponsorship.