We have subsidised/sponsored the following:
Ginger – RM201 for his Cryptorchidism neutering (which required more extensive surgery). Mr Kok Khee Wee topped up the balance of another RM201, making it a total sponsorship of RM402. Koo paid for the RM50 boarding.
Nuar – RM23 for vaccination and deworming.
Borg – RM24.90 for vaccination and Metronidazole (antibiotics).
Ora – RM60 for neutering (full sponsorship).
Boy – RM60 for neutering (full sponsorship).
Our total payout for these 5 cases is RM569.90 of which RM201 comes from Mr Kok Khee Wee, 168.90 from all donors through our Medical Fund and RM200 from Berjaya Cares.
From: TTDI Koo
Date: Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Application for subsidy for Mrs Khoo’s orange stray tabby
To: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com>Dear Dr Chan,Firstly, thank you very much to AnimalCare for agreeing to provide the neutering and medical subsidies for the stray cats as part of my neighbourhood TNRM effort. I have posted the completed subsidy forms, original receipts and other necessary documents. The following are the cases that I wish to apply for:1) Boy <picture reference: Boy1.jpg>
On 24 July 2013, I visited Mdm Khoo an elderly resident feeder who has about 4 backlane stray cats and needed help to spay/neuter them. She shared that one of the cats whom she named as Boy came as a kitten to her backlane about a year ago and his mother cat was never seen again ever since. Although the cats were feral, they recognise her and always try to come into her kitchen whenever she opens the back door. On 28 July, he was initially caught with another male cat but escaped from a poorly-closed carrier. Fortunately, on 31 July, Boy was successfully caught again with the help of Mdm Khoo’s neighbour who is a retired vet. Boy was fasted overnight at my place and taken to the vet clinic on the next day when he was successfully neutered and released back to the backlane in the presence of Mdm Khoo. Thus, I would like to apply for a neutering subsidy for Boy’s case.2) Ora <picture reference: Ora1.jpg>Ora is one of the male cats of a stray colony in my opposite house row’s backlane. I found out that the usual feeder has moved house and although she took most of the cat colony with her, a few was left behind so I decided to spay/neuter the remaining stray cats before they start breeding. I’ve been regularly feeding them to win their trust. As a result, Ora was easily caught on 1 August 2013 and fasted overnight at my place. He was brought to the vet clinic where the vet discovered a broken fang in his mouth. However, during the neutering, it turned out to be a cavity and the vet removed tooth fragments and cleaned it up which should heal quickly according to him as long as I continue feeding dry kibbles to him over the next few days. He was discharged on the same day, kept overnight at my place for him to recover from the anesthesiatic effect and released on the following morning. Thus, I would like to apply for a neutering subsidy for Ora’s case.3) Borg <picture reference: Borg1.jpg>Borg is also from the same stray colony although he roams my backlane too. He was already neutered on 29 June 2013 and vaccinated on 6 July 2013 which were subsidised by AnimalCare (Thank you!). However, he has been experiencing soft stools despite my putting him on a special diet to remedy the problem after consulting the vet. I took Borg back to the vet clinic on 3 August 2013 for his booster vaccination and also consult the vet who prescribed a week of antibiotics to aggressively treat his soft stool problem. In the meantime, I’m going to put him up for adoption to see if anyone’s interested. Thus, I would like to apply for a medical subsidy for Borg’s case.4) Nuar <picture reference: Nuar1.jpg>Nuar is a black kitten rescued after being dumped to the opposite house row’s backlane. He was treated for mange on 29 June and 13 July 2013 and also vaccinated on 1 July 2013 which were subsidised by AnimalCare (Thank you!). I took him back to the vet clinic on 3 August 2013 for his booster vaccination and deworming. The vet also confirms that Nuar has recovered from mange. He’s still being put up for adoption. Thus, I would like to apply for a medical subsidy for Nuar’s case.5) Ginger <picture references: Ginger1a.jpg & Ginger2a.jpg>Ginger is one of the male cats from a resident feeder, Mdm Khoo’s backlane stray colony which he joined a few months ago. He was caught on 28 July 2013 and fasted overnight at my place before being brought to the vet clinic to be neutered on the next day. However, it was observed that he was having a bad flu and he had ulcers on his mouth. The situation worsened when the vet diagnose that the cat had an undescended testicle or Cryptorchidism which would increase the neutering cost. As if it can’t get any worse, the vet also reported that Ginger could be suffering from FIV and leukaemia. As a result, the vet recommended that a test to be conducted before neutering because if it turned out to be positive, he also recommend to put Ginger to sleep as he would just spread the diseases and endanger the colony. In addition, these diseases may complicate the neutering surgery (already complicated by his Cryptorchidism) and he might not recover quickly enough which would add much more cost for his case. I consulted the feeder who gave the go-ahead to test Ginger and to do the necessary. Fortunately, the vet called later to give the good news that the test was negative and Ginger was subsequently neutered the next day on 30 July 2013. However, due to the Cryptorchidism and flu, Ginger had to be fed about a week’s course of antibiotics for his recovery. Since the feeder nor I have any more boarding capacity (I’m already fostering two cats and a dog in addition to my own two dogs) and I can’t risk the foster cats getting sick, I decided to board Ginger at my own cost. However, Ginger’s recovery progress was so good that the vet decided to cut short his boarding and discharged him on 3 August 2013 when I subsequently released him back to the backlane in the presence of his feeder. Ginger really broke the bank for me and sobered me up on how a supposedly simple TNR case can become this complicated but the experience will help me better handle future similar cases. Thus, I would like to apply for neutering and medical subsidies for Ginger’s case.
Thank you for your kind consideration and best regards,Koo
