Month: October 2012

  • Mr G is friends with Ginger…ONLY

    I don’t know if Ginger is also from Mr G’s house, but Mr G seems to be very good friends with her.  They share a pillar, they even share the same food bowl.  Mr G will not let other cats in…except Ginger.  They eat together every day. But I suspect Ginger is pregnant. I wonder…

  • Spaying subsidy for 1 female cat (Dr Aniza Abdullah’s)

    We have subsidised RM100 for this case. From Dr Aniza: Hello Dr Chan, How are you? Sorry because i took looong time to write to you. As i’ve mentioned before, i would like to apply for spaying subsidy for a cat that i sent on 25th Sept. This mother cat, estimated about 4-5 years of…

  • Spaying subsidy for 3 female cats (Yap Siew Hwa’s)

    We have subsidised RM300 for the spaying of 3 female cats rescued by Mdm Yap Siew Hwa (aka Mrs Lim).  Mdm Yap owns two laundrette shops in USJ and she takes care of the neighbourhood street animals.        

  • Siti Noraini Suriya and her 23 cats

    We highlighted Siti Noraini Suriya’s work with cats when one of her spayed cats had complications after spaying. After that, one of our readers wrote to us to say that she will sponsor the medical needs of all of Siti’s remaining cats (inclusive of treatment, vaccinations and neutering). The reader also offered her vet to…

  • Dogfood for Mr Low and his North Port dogs

    These packs of dogfood come from Dr Lai Chong (the Hill’s and Proplan) and the two boxes of SmartHeart was donated to us from Cutie Pet Fair. We have given all to Mr Low for his North Port dogs.

  • Help needed urgently for abandoned kittens (Aswan Abd Hadi’s)

    Updates on 8th Oct, at 7.30am: Aswan gave some milk to the kittens last night and he has written to the fosterer. Now awaiting reply. Let’s wish the kittens well. Updates at 10.30pm: I managed to get a cat-fosterer’s contact detail and have sent it to Aswan. Aswan will contact the fosterer directly. However, if…

  • Updates on Ah Gor, the 1st dog (Lai Mei Kueen & Mdm Hoo’s)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/09/29/updates-on-ah-gor-the-1st-dog-lai-mei-kueens/ Updates from Mei Kueen: Dear Dr Chan, Attached are some pics of Ah Gor taken yesterday. The wound is healing but the vet decided to put a cast on the other leg as the leg is shrinking. The x-ray didn’t show any fractures but they can feel something inside. As now Ah Gor can…

  • Updates on the LPS kittens (from Ain & Nizam)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/10/01/very-urgent-fosterer-required-for-rescued-kittens-ong-poh-suans/ When we S.O.S.-ed for a fosterer to take over Poh Suan’s kittens, Ain volunteered. One of the kittens came down with parvo virus but today, all three are alright. Let’s hear it from Ain, who is fostering the kittens with the help of her husband, Nizam: Dear Dr.Chan, Sorry for the late reply. My…

  • A chat with an MPSJ councilor

    At the SS19/1 Community Carnival today, I had a good chat with Mr Rajiv Rishyakaran, a councilor for MPSJ. We had already spoken about 2 years ago when I first asked if MPSJ would be able to spare ear-notched (neutered) animals. At that time, Mr Rajiv explained that complaints about stray animals were one of…

  • The SS19/1 Community Carnival

    I’ve lived in SS19/1 for 23 years and it is always nice to get back there and meet up with old friends. Today was the SS19/1 Community Carnival and we were invited by the committee to open a booth.  CP, Mary and I set up the booth at about 8.15am. Most of the booths were already…

  • SS19 Carnival (Sunday, 7th October 2012)

    To all Subang Jaya residents: We will be opening a booth at the SS19 Carnival tomorrow, from 8.30am until 2pm (depending on the weather and the heat!). Do come around and get our tshirts, free books and have a chat about what we can collectively do to help the community animals in your area. See…

  • Brainstorming for solutions to halt the dog-hunts

    This is from one of our readers who has requested anonymity. I believe all of us who feel that street dogs in our country ought to be treated with more respect and given a chance to live on would want to do something constructively towards this end. Shall we brainstorm on how this can be…

  • Updates on Mdm Hoo and her dogs

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/10/05/mdm-hoo-yuh-ru-and-her-dogs-come-under-our-food-fund/ After I published the above post at midnight last night, by early this morning, a reader and friend, PC Leong had already responded. This was followed by Wani from MDDB, and later, Peggy Tiong, all pledging to help by topping up the balance of the neutering bills from our RM100 subsidy per dog. Mdm…

  • Here we go again…

    I’ve been dealing with applicants who cannot fill up details correctly in our subsidy claim forms, like, dog or cat, male or female.  I also have those who write a wrong bank account number, or do not circle the name of their bank. And of course, those who do not answer the question whether they…

  • Spaying sponsorship for Mika, rescued cat (Lee Keng Seong & Sandy Ooi’s)

    We subsidised Mika’s medical treatment previously when she was first rescued. http://animalcare.my/2012/05/24/medical-subsidy-for-mika-the-cat-sandy-ooi-lee-keng-seongs/ http://animalcare.my/2012/06/26/vaccination-subsidy-for-mika-the-cat-lee-keng-seongsandy-oois/ Now it’s time to get her spayed. We have fully sponsored her spaying for RM60 (this is the price at the government clinic in KL). From: Sandy Ooi Date: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 11:56 PM Subject: Re: a tri coloured kitten found…