Month: September 2018

Heidi: Heidi likes to lounge at the porch these days. She is particularly skilful at sneaking out of the front door. She is not afraid of Mr Zurik. Mr Zurik does occasionally chase her. But there has been no fights so far. Maybe Mr Zurik has his own rules? He won’t fight with females or…

It happened at 2.20pm, after I returned home with fresh chicken for Vincent and the cats. It was past their lunch time, so everyone was excited. I fed Vincent (but he just stared at the food and did not eat – it’s okay), Tabs, Heidi and Ginger, then I brought in Monge, Cubgrub and two…

The Chinese say you must not outwardly demonstrate your rejoicing when things works in your favour. I don’t know why the Chinese have this taboo, but if there is a good reason for it, please allow me a small indiscretion and share this news with you, because all of you have been rooting for Vincent…

With Vincent and now, Pole, being “difficult”, Ginger is the total reverse. Watch these… All ready…please bring in the candidate. See what I mean?

Pole kept mewing, calling for me. I guess she is hungry, but what food would she be willing to eat? And what food can she eat which would cause minimum pain to her inflamed gums? The vet said that kibble was out of the question. Of course, of course. But here’s the problem. She no…

I’ll like to digress again and share a little personal experience which I hope may be beneficial to some of our readers. In 2015, I had a sudden craving for flavoured seaweed and over a period of a few days, consumed a bit too much. One afternoon, as I was eating it, I felt a…

Vincent is a darling today. I started by wiping his head and mouth with a soft wet flannel cloth. He likes this. There are three pills for this morning – the quartered Baytril, the Azodyl capsule and the B Complex. The syringe contains Vetri DMG (I’m using it to wash down the tablets, if necessary).…

This morning, Vincent played the staring game. He did not eat. I’ve come to totally accept and embrace the fact that Vincent will have good days and bad days. So, it’s okay. I’m not going to beat myself up or think that I’m not doing my best because I know I am. Some things are…

Right now, my back is full of Pole-scratch marks and I’m in pain. It’s been a nightmare. After that mouth-pawing episode, I waited a few hours before offering Pole some food. She could not bring herself to eat so I left her alone. Then, just now, at 8.00pm, we came home from taiji and Pole…

It must be the stars and the constellations… Vincent ate another A+ meal at 5.00pm today! Since he is eating, we will spare the subcut for today. Tomorrow will be another day.

Today, luckily for me, Ming-Yi came, so she was able to help me with Vincent, Pole and Ginger. For some unknown reason, Vincent was exceptionally well-behaved today. Together, we managed to drop saline into his nostrils and clean them. He seemed to enjoy it too. We also managed to pill him without much struggle, except…