Month: July 2022

  • Ginger visits Bunny’s Place

    It’s been almost 11 years now and Ginger still has not made friends with Cow, Bunny and Indy. In the early days, Cow, Bunny and Indy used to beat Ginger up if they ever met. But with age, the tides turned and in recent months, Ginger won all the fights with aging Indy. And poor…

  • Updates: Food Aid to Survivor Shelter (an exchange of products)

    We are thankful that Ms Ong has been updating us on the suitability of the food for her 50 dogs. As it turned out, the dogs did not quite agree with the salmon and beef products, so Avant Pet has very graciously agreed to do an exchange for us. We would also like to clarify…

  • Food Aid to Cherishlife Home

    This food aid goes to the dogs at Cherishlife Home in Mukim Kenaboi in Negeri Sembilan. Cherishlife Home was founded and is run by Aunty Winnie Lau Choy Sze, a very well-respected dog caregiver in the community. The shelter currently has 200 dogs and 18 cats. Some were rescued by Aunty Winnie while the rest…

  • The Law of Impermanence (some Minnie-5 stories)

    Minnie and her boys have been back for more than 2 weeks now and so much has happened! Robin came back with chronic diarrhoea and was malnourished. I was so worried that he already had organ failure, but that does not seem to be the case. Now he is on track to achieving his ideal…

  • Jayden plays with the cats!

    Jayden went to visit Minnie and her boys upstairs. Jayden hugs Ginger!! Jayden says hello to Cow Mau!

  • Bunny’s enema

    As expected, Bunny is constipated again. I have not seen stools for 2 days now and prior to that, it was just “small” stools, which we call “the head” (direct Cantonese translation to describe the extreme end of the stools in the colon). His last enema was in April this year, so that’s a 3…

  • Cow is licking rocks (to the vet’s)

    I noticed it two days ago. Cow was licking rocks/pebbles. I know this to be a possible sign of anaemia so I gave him Nutriplus Gel. But Cow had no signs of anaemia at all. His gums didn’t look pale. His appetite is normal. And the rocks that he was licking were some of the…

  • An update on Rey (large urine output)

    There was vomit again last night. It could only be from Rey, I suspect. Rey also lost his appetite totally last night. So I quickly contacted the vet and asked if it could be due to the Cystaid Plus or the Clavamox. The vet said to continue with the Clavamox but stop the Cystaid Plus first.…

  • Rey’s urination issue

    Yesterday, I took Rey to the vet’s because of his unusually large urine output. The ultrasound showed an inflamed bladder and also some structure loss in both his kidneys. Rey could have been born like this, or he may have not drunk enough water at his former home. But in any case, we have to…

  • A brief history of house cats

    The brief article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-house-cats-158390681/ The last sentence sent me into bouts of laughter! After all, how often do you see a movie’s maniacal arch-villain, as he lounges in a comfy chair and plots the world’s destruction, stroke the head of a Golden Retriever? It’s just so funny!  

  • Rey’s excessive urine output (to the vet’s)

    I started noticing yesterday – Rey’s excessive urine output. It isn’t frequent urination. Rather, it’s a large volume of urine each time he urinates. I noticed it today again, after I gave him a Malaseb bath. So I quickly contacted the vet and she advised me to bring Rey in for a check-up. At the…

  • Birdy is still in the nest

    Their camouflage is so good that it escaped my eye this morning. Birdy is STILL in the nest. Bella and Felix are both busy feeding her. I think, sadly, they again lost the other hatchling. She couldn’t have flown off so early. It’s nature. If our day of birth is correct, it should be another…

  • Updates from Survivor Shelter

    Here are some updates from Ms Ong, after our food aid to Survivor Shelter last week. We sent salmon, lamb and beef and according to Ah Win, the staff who takes care of all the 50 dogs, the dogs love beef the most, followed by lamb. They did not care much for the salmon but…

  • The morning news (Minnie-5 and Birdy Bird)

    At last, I managed to get all five of them in a single shot! Smurfy is really slowly but surely regaining his confidence again. Hooray! Just don’t make sudden movements when he is eating and he’ll be fine. For the first time in two weeks, they messed up the room this morning. Before this, the…

  • The refurbished Bunny’s Place (catio-ed) and Ginger’s Catio

    Bunny’s Place is now all catio-ed up to make it Minnie-proof and also there’s more shade from the rain now. I’ve always wanted to get this done but never quite got down to it. I’m so glad it’s done now. I feel so much safer too. It’s still not 100% completed yet. I plan to…