Month: July 2022

  • A bell for Minnie and Smurfy regaining confidence!

    Minnie and Smurfy look quite alike. They are of the same shade of grey and the only difference is in their size and Minnie’s ear-notch. So since Ginger took to his double-bell collar so well, I thought I’d try putting on a collar for Minnie too. No struggle at all, no attempts to get it…

  • Robin rejoins the clan for meals!

    Today, Robin does not need steamed pumpkin anymore! The vet advised yesterday that pumpkin is actually more suitable for constipation, even though it is often thought that it works both ways. And I think I have “trained” Robin to eat alone long enough by now, so I let him rejoin the clan for breakfast this…

  • How I got Smurfy to eat today (thanks to Cubgrub’s chicken treats)

    Backstory: Smurfy had a fright about three days ago when he was halfway through his dinner. Ever since then, he has been too scared to eat. It took a lot of time before I got him to eat in his hiding place. But then, even the slightest far away noise would frighten him and he…

  • Minnie-4’s great escape

    Yes, Minnie, Rey, Robin and Lynx ESCAPED from their two-bedroom apartment this evening. But, I found them and got them back safely already…haha. Phew! Here’s the problem – one of the bedroom’s door has a very tricky handle. There is a technique to close the door properly. I know how to do it, though. You…

  • Robin hits 4.08kg!!!!!! (everyone to the vet’s)

    Believe it or not! Robin has gained weight significantly!! Today’s vet visit: I had to borrow a carrier from my friend for this “operation”. All carriers were Feliway-ed before we loaded the cats in. Throughout the car trip, one cat was yowling and Rey urinated in his carrier. Poor thing. Here’s today’s report: LYNX: Weight:…

  • (FOUND!) Missing dog in Kajang (Phang Wen Hui’s)

    Found! The original post: If you are able to help, please contact Ms Phang at <removed>. Published as received: My name is Phang Wen Hui. My dog have been losted at yesterday 9 July 2022, Saturday morning around 9.45a.m. A nearby roadside stall uncle told us, he saw a couple Indian (older) took my dog…

  • Minnie-5 – get ready for a car ride today!

    I made an appointment yesterday for everyone’s vaccination. Since Robin has already stopped having diarrhoea and everyone is eating well, I thought we might as well get it done on a weekend where I would have help. That’s five carriers in the car. Unfortunately, Robin started having liquid stools again this morning. Sigh…what happened, Robin?…

  • Ginger-Longkang wears two bells now

    Many thanks to a suggestion by a reader, Ginger now wears a collar with two bells on it. I bought a detachable collar which already had a bell and added another bigger bell in it. This is the first time any of our cats is wearing a collar because I’ve always been paranoid about issues…

  • The verdict on Coco&Joe’s brand-new Premium Combo

    Coco&Joe’s has this brand new recipe, called Premium Combo. It’s meant for thin and weak cats. I ordered 4 packs (1kg) for Robin! So excited to try it on him. But granted, he is already putting on weight consuming Coco&Joe’s (the older flavours). It contains chicken, duck and beef as its proteins and it has…

  • Smurfy eats with the rest!!

    That didn’t take too long, did it? The one on the left is for the four of them and on the right, is Robin’s (with steamed pumpkin). Today’s breakfast consists of Coco&Joe’s (I don’t know which flavour because I mix up the cups in a random order), Cubgrub’s pure Rabbit, chicken fillet meat and chicken…

  • And…the birdies are hatched!!!

    It’s incredible!! Bella2 (but we suspect it actually is Bella) had built a nest in our curry leaf tree in the patio. Ginger (what a good boy!) did not at all disturb the nest so we actually didn’t even know about it. It was only when Tabs started staring at the tree that we found…

  • Smurfy’s eating problem…still work in progress

    So, Smurfy started becoming very skittish two days ago and is now having problems with his meals. He is simply too scared to eat. It is so strange because he was absolutely okay eating with everyone before this. Anyway, we’ll never know why, so let’s deal with the NOW. Everybody already knows the meal-time drill…

  • Baby J and Tabs!

    I’ll let the photos and videos tell the story! And once Minnie and her boys come downstairs, Baby J is going to have more cat-friends! He’s going to grow up surrounded by cats and music! Yes, music, music, music – Big Band music!!

  • Understanding the human aspect of animal hoarding (and more)

    The article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583418/ It says: An animal hoarder is defined as someone who has accumulated a large number of animals and who: 1) fails to provide minimal standards of nutrition, sanitation, and veterinary care; 2) fails to act on the deteriorating condition of the animals (including disease, starvation or death) and the environment (severe overcrowding, extremely…

  • Catio-ing Bunny’s Place too

    Since we are catio-ing up Ginger’s patio for Minnie and her boys, we thought we might as well catio-up Bunny’s Place. I’ve never really been happy with the result of the multiple trial-and-error jobs done at Bunny’s Place. We didn’t know Indy and Pole would be clever enough to escape, so our first design was…