Month: July 2012

  • Teeny, 6-year old dog for adoption (Tan Li Lian’s)

    From: Lilian Tan <tan.lilian@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:15 PM Subject: Help! Dog needs a new home! To: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com> Hi Kah Yein, I wonder if you could  help me find a new owner for my parents’ dog, Teeny (photos attached). Basically, my parents are now too old to look after Teeny. Although…

  • Zippee-dee-doo-dah for Cow 6.0!

    Today is Day 6 of the Cow Saga so I thought I had better take him to the vet to see if the wound is healing or deteriorating as I don’t know how to evaluate by just looking at it.  The vet says it looks good and there is no more pus! Yay!! Looks like…

  • Urgent: Puppies for adoption (Hoh Wei Min’s)

    From: hoh wei min prishoe@yahoo.com Message: Hi!I have rescued these 3 puppies from Ampang construction site, which the developer is clearing the land and return it back to MPAJ in a few days time.These few days is rainy,the whole land became muddy,no food and no dry shelter for the puppies,i have to act fast and…

  • Three kittens for adoption (Dennis Ngai Kok Sing’s)

    From: Dennis Ngai <dennisngai88@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 11:55 AM Subject: Re: Hello .. To: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com> Good Morning Dr Chan , attached are my new born female kittens … can u pls tell me where can i give them away ? cannot take in so many cats the photo 4 is the…

  • “Hachiko” of Jurong East returns to await his master

    This was shared by Mrs Wong: http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/hachiko-jurong-east-returns-await-master-084421731.html I’m sure everyone has heard of the original Hachiko story from Japan. And if you’ve watched the Hachiko movie starring Richard Gere, I guess you might have cried buckets as I had. Here, we have another Hachiko, but he’s in Jurong East, Singapore. I really hope doglovers in that…

  • Neutering subsidy for 1 male cat (Shahrizad Mahat’s)

    We have subsidised RM80 for the neutering of 1 male cat who lives as a community cat in Shahrizad Mahat’s back alley. Shahrizad is part of Khadijah Shaari’s team who will be CNRM-ing the community cats in their neighbourhood.

  • Urgent help needed to rescue puppy in Ipoh (Cheong Meizhen’s)

    From: cheong meizhen charlotte_w4@hotmail.com Message: Hi. I have no one to turn to.this is URGENT.  i am from ipoh. We always feed 4 puppies everyday behind new shoplots of aeon station 18. There always 4 of them. Today we heard loud barking from inside a pipe hole of side road drain hole. We believe the…

  • Colloidal silver for Cow

    This morning, I mixed the warm salt-iodine solution with the intention of soaking Cow’s paw in it for 15 minutes as instructed by the vet. I had everything ready – salt-iodine solution at the right temperature, a towel to place on my lap and a watch to keep time. Now, get the Cow. I got…

  • Please be careful of these “adopters”

    Amy Kwek sent this, and if indeed there are such people going around “adopting” stray animals, it pays to be vigilant and careful when giving up our animals for adoption. From: Amy Kwek <amykwek36@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:40 PM Subject: Adoption To: <chankahyein@gmail.com> Dear Dr.Chan , I am so worry about all the dogs…

  • Medical subsidy for Walter the Cat (Dani Irwan’s)

    We have subsidised RM197.50 for this case. From: Dani Irwan <daniirwan@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:35 AM Subject: Re: AnimalCare Contact: Help/advice/opinion needed on rescued stray kitten To: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com> Hello Dr. Chan. I’m writing to you this time regarding Walter, the male stray cat who comes to my house & whom I’ve…

  • Neutering subsidy for 3 cats (Nor Khalilah Mohd Yaman’s)

    We have subsidised RM100 for the female cat and sponsored RM160 for the two male cats. From: Nor khalillah Mohd Yaman kelly.yaman@gmail.com Message: Earlier this year a pregnant mother cat decided to gave birth at my neighbour’s house. She gave birth to 5 kittens; 2 male and 3 female and now they are all ready…

  • Puppy for adoption (Chee Pooi Ling’s)

    Updates on 15th July – The puppy has been adopted! From: Pooi Ling <plchee@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:22 PM Subject: Pup for adoption To: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com> Hi doc, I spotted a pup that has been taking shelter right beside a mosque in a housing area dominated by Malays. I am worried abt…

  • Collar off, and the hunger strike is also off!

    I was right about the e-collar. Cow hates it and he was protesting against it by going on that hunger strike. Despite me taking off the collar during mealtimes, he still refused to eat. This evening, Cow knew the collar was “officially off”, so after a major 45-minute self-grooming session, Cow decided to join the…

  • Ongoing dogfood fundraising for Meiji’s 139 dogs; No deadlines anymore

    I spoke with Meiji today and she says she needs 2 bags of food per day for all her dogs. Previously, we had been doing our “massive” fundraising every 2 months, collecting about RM8000 each time and purchasing dogfood in bulk for her. Then, we had to source for a lorry to transport the food…

  • Cow goes on a hunger strike….

    But it’s not Gandhi-styled, it’s a protest on what is happening to him. He refused to eat this morning. He refused to eat this afternoon and by 3pm, all I could manage to get him to eat were 3 pieces of kibble. He also refused to drink water, spitting out whatever I syringed into his…