Month: February 2023

  • Updates on the quest to find Leo in Penang

    Ref: https://animalcare.my/2023/02/12/help-needed-to-look-for-leo-dog-in-penang-area-chow-yi-lins/ Many thanks to a Penangite friend, there has been more than 200 shares on the post to find Leo. Leo’s news has been posted in a feeders’ group as well and so far, no one remembers having seen him. IAPWA of Penang has also offered another RM200 reward to top up Yi Lin’s RM1000…

  • A project that almost took off (dogs in a particular building)

    We were in a discussion yesterday to help some dogs in a certain location. The news was that the presence of these dogs were reported to the authorities because they were a “kacau-ganggu”. As we all know, when there is a complaint, the authorities will act. In fact, they sometimes also act without complaints as…

  • Updates on the Kota Bharu Neutering Project

    Here are some updates: Ms Amy has got quite a good price for the neutering of female dogs from a local vet in Kota Bharu. The only issue now is the days of the week where the vet can do the neutering at this price. It can only be done on Sun-Thurs (the working days…

  • My swollen hand and Queen Cleo

    Why is my hand swollen? Subcut for Cleo yesterday, that’s why. I’ve been able to do her subcut single-handedly for a few months now, but yesterday, Cleo decided it should end at 150ml and not 200ml, so when I did not obey her, she bit me…real hard. Cleo, although already 16 years old (she was…

  • The novel protein quest continues with Cubgrub’s Quail!

    For new readers, I’m on a quest to introduce novel proteins to our cats. A novel protein is a protein that is not in their regular diet. The purpose of introducing it is to decrease the chances of food allergy due to eating a certain protein for too long. Food allergy can lead to various…

  • The kitties’ updates and Gerald’s “visit”

    The kitties are back on track, weight-wise!! So it looks like they need a “catalyst” to make them go for the nipple. Each time I syringe-feed them, they will go for the nipple right after. So what they need is this “catalyst” to stimulate appetite? Anyway, it works…so far. Date Time Kai Akira Indra 11-Feb…

  • Towels and cardboard

    The kittens are using the towels and cardboard. Smart kitties!

  • Kai needs supplementation

    Because Samantha had shifted her kittens under the ottoman, it’s hard to check on them, so I just let them be all day, with the occasional peek. But when I took the kittens’ weight at 6pm, I had a shock of my life. Kai only gained 2g over the last 12 hours. Oh no…this is…

  • All three can nurse now

    Samantha chose a good spot to shift to. Under the ottoman is a much larger space, so now, all three kittens can nurse at the same time. This is the first time, in five days, I’ve seen Samantha allowing all three to nurse at the same time. Maybe it is because she finally has enough…

  • Ex-head of animal rights group in Korea gets 2-year jail term for euthanising 98 rescued dogs

    The news: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/02/113_345419.html  

  • Samantha “shifts nests”

    In Chinese, we call it “shifting nests”. Right on the dot, today’s the 5th day and Samantha has shifted the kittens to a new location. This was last night’s late night photo where Riley and I checked on the kittens. And this morning I found the box empty. I looked around and finally found Samantha…

  • Selangor animal lovers, please keep all your animals indoors

    To all Selangor animal lovers, please keep all your animals indoors. If you have community animals, please give them shelter off the streets. Kindly forward this message to all animal lovers.

  • We made it, kittens!

    Here’s the latest weights: Date Time Kai Akira Indra 11-Feb 6.00pm 118 115 104 12-Feb 6.30am 125 123 114 12-Feb 5.30pm 133 131 123 13-Feb 5.30am 143 137 128 13-Feb 6.00pm 149 146 133 14-Feb 5.00am 160 149 145 14-Feb 5.30pm 166 160 158 For the last 23 hours 30 minutes, Kai’s weight increased by…

  • Treatment of rescue dogs in earthquake-hit Turkey ignites animal rights debate

    This letter is from a Korean: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/02/113_345349.html We also received a video showing how bad the condition of some rescue dogs are, how they are in pain and suffering and not given any rest. We have no way of authenticating that video so we cannot publish it. If the video is authentic (it has to be…

  • Jayden’s gift for the kittens

    I had to take Jayden up with me to feed the kittens, and Jayden decided to bring the kittens a gift! It’s one of his toy ducks! Thank you, Jayden!