Month: May 2012

  • 3 kittens for adoption (Siti Fatona’s)

    UPDATES on 22nd May – all three kittens have been adopted! From: Siti Fatona sitifatona@gmail.com Message: Hi Dr. Chan, To cut a long story short, an abandoned cat gave birth to 3 kittens in my house on 29th March 2012.  I’ve 2 cats at home and i can’t take in any more cats due to…

  • Help needed for a family of cat and kittens (Zharina Abd Karim’s)

    From: Zharina zharinabdkarim@gmail.com Message: Dear Dr. Chan, I have been feeding a mummy cat with 2 kittens for a week already (they are strays). I found them at the parking lot in my residential area. Yesterday, one of the kitten doesnt notice that it has been playing far from it’s mummy and was crying loudly.…

  • Yoshee undergoes “training”

    Sree called this evening to say that the vet has offered to train Yoshee, and at the same time, observe her healing at the clinic for a few more days. There are also no other dogs at the clinic right now except for the clinic’s resident blood-donor dog so there is no danger of Yoshee…

  • A nice little boot for Sunshine!

    As you know, Sunshine is AnimalCare’s rescue case (and probably the last one since we have no shelter or fosterer to place rescued animals in). We have still been unable to find a home for Sunshine, so until that happens, we will continue sponsoring Sunshine’s physical and medical needs as much as we can. What…

  • So, it’s back to us now…

    It’s called the empty nest syndrome, but it isn’t empty because I’ve got my whole colony with me…  The boss himself.  Indy, Cow and Bobby.  That’s Cleo up on the shelf.  Pole – she eats at odd times.  Tiger  Baggy seems to like this Clubhouse shelf a lot. Maybe she likes the scent of the…

  • Speaking with Kak Yam, cat-rescuer from Muar

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/05/15/kak-yam-cat-rescuer-and-caregiver-in-muar-johor/ Kak Yam called this afternoon and we had a long chat on the phone. She told me a lot about the rescue work that she does. To cut a long story short, Kak Yam works at the welfare department in Muar and here’s a heartening piece of news. Her boss is also an animal-lover…

  • Follow-up subsidy claim for puppy (Sharon Elizabeth Tan Tai Ching)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/04/04/subsidy-for-puppy-sharon-elizabeth-tan-tai-chings/ With reference to the above case where the puppy was treated for Intestinal Intussusception, there is a further bill from another clinic for RM718.60. However, the bulk of the bill is for 35 days of boarding, which we do not subsidise unless it is for the purpose of medical treatment which requires boarding. There is…

  • Visiting Yoshee after surgery

     These are Yoshee’s leftover food, so I’m giving it all to Sree since it’s bought for Yoshee anyway. I thought she would be staying until Saturday (the initial plan) so I had stocked up on food for her.  This is the chicken stew I made yesterday. It’s chicken (thigh, keel, skin, liver and heart), carrot,…

  • Subsidy for RayRay, rescued kitten from the street (Jason and Tan Powie’s)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/05/16/injured-kitten-found-in-the-middle-of-the-road-sent-for-treatment/ This story goes back to 16th May 2011 when a student from my college, Jason and his girlfriend, Powie, found a small kitten in the middle of the road. The kitten was brought to our (then) panel vet, and was found to have umbilical hernia. Surgery was recommended for the hernia as well as…

  • Yoshee’s surgery went well

    Sree called me this morning, and I drove Yoshee to the clinic, with her toy, of course. She was initially reluctant to get into the car. She doesn’t seem to be too happy with getting into a car. Instead, she led me to the gate, thinking we would be going for a walk (I had…

  • In loving memory of Ronan (from Florence Lok)

    Ronan was Florence Lok’s beloved family pet. Today is the birthday anniversary of Ronan and Florence would like to remember Ronan with lots of love. Happy Birthday, Ronan. You have brought so much joy and happiness in our lives. You have shown that the simple things in life are the most treasured, not the complicated…

  • Good morning, Yoshee!

    I got up at 5am this morning. I had made a new batch of home-cooked food last night, and it was too hot to be blended, but I decided not to do it this morning as Yoshee might smell the food. Last night, I gave Yoshee supper at 11pm and that would be the last…

  • Kak Yam, cat-rescuer and caregiver in Muar, Johor

    From: Shaidatul’Aini Shaari shazshera@yahoo.com Message: Dear Dr. Chan, First of all, I am fan of your work. I knew about your organisation this year & nearly daily I follow your writings in petfinder. I am writing to share with you about a wonderful lady who lives in Muar, Johor. Now this is going to be…

  • Yoshee is Tabs-friendly!

    Everyone is surely going to miss Yoshee tomorrow. But I really have no reason to keep her any longer and the sooner she bonds with her new family, the better it is for her. I don’t want her to bond with us and then, have to adjust all over again with her new forever-family, but…

  • And who might the new guest be?

     The girls are seldom interested in happenings around the house, but today, they are.  Indy is uninterested.  That’s Baggy up there on the shelf. Today would be the first time she is lounging at the Clubhouse with the gang.  Pole is sharpening her claws. After all, you’ll never know when claws can come in handy.…