Month: February 2023

  • Samantha, you’re supposed to nurse your kittens for 6 weeks, not 2 days!

    This morning, I found Samantha sitting totally outside the box on top of the cabinet by the window. I don’t know if she has been feeding her kittens all night. Or perhaps she is just relaxing for awhile. I certainly hope it is the latter. Today is Day 3 after delivery. For her previous litter…

  • New theory: Consciousness is the brain’s energy field

    A new interesting piece of research: https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/new-theory-suggests-consciousness-is-the-brains-energy-field-341866#:~:text=Electromagnetic%20energy%20in%20the%20brain,from%20the%20University%20of%20Surrey Some excerpts: Consciousness is in fact the brain’s energy field. Early theories on what our consciousness is and how it has been created tended towards the supernatural, suggesting that humans and probably other animals possess an immaterial soul that confers consciousness, thought and free will – capabilities that inanimate…

  • A good proposal from an MBPJ councilor

    I received this from a friend: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=727014325441188&extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=2Rb1fB&ref=sharing Photo credit: Ms Nalina Nair’s Facebook page. It is a proposal by Ms Nalina Nair, a councilor at MBPJ. She suggests that neutering be made a compulsory requirement for the renewal of dog licenses. While the reaction on the ground is mixed, we agree with her proposal. Neutering is…

  • Sepang folks, please keep your dogs and cats indoors

    Sepang folks, please keep all your animals safely indoors. If only humans would understand that the animals were here first. This is their home. We are the intruders, not them. If only…

  • Indra gains weight in just 12 hours!!!

    I am so, so relieved! Indra gained a whopping 10g in just 12 hours! I wasn’t going to wait for 24 hours to weigh him to see if there is that minimum 10g weight gain. 12 hours is long enough and if there isn’t a weight gain, I’ll go straight to buy pet milk to…

  • Help needed to look for Leo (dog) in Penang area (Chow Yi Lin’s)

    We received this request from our friend, Chow Yi Lin (hp 012-<info removed>). Could you please help to forward it, especially to friends in Penang? Thank you so much. We rehomed Leo in Oct  2014 to a friend in Penang. Due to family difficulties, this friend released Leo to the street in the last quarter…

  • Helping the kittens

    Okay, Samantha doesn’t really know what to do if her kittens wander off. She just lets them be. It’s been many times that I find Indra stuck at the back of Samantha and she doesn’t carry him back, so I wear gloves and put him back. This evening, I found Akira and Kai having wandered…

  • The kitties’ weight

    I was worried about Indra. I see Kai and Akira nursing aggressively but not Indra. He’s there, lying against Samantha but not often nursing. I’ve put him to the nipple, but he just latches on for a short while, then he’d rather sleep. So I consulted the vet and asked if I should intervene and…

  • Renaming the kittens to Kai, Akira and Indra!

    We’ve decided to rename the kittens, especially Tora. Even though I know it means “tiger” in Japanese, every time I say it, it just reminds of the WW2 movie, “Tora, Tora, Tora” which was all about the war. So, no, it has to be changed. We are changing it to “Indra”, a Sanskrit name associated…

  • Kinta Dog is back in the Ipoh shelter

    Mr Lu sent these updates yesterday. Kinta Dog is now discharged and back in their shelter! The back story: In November 2022, a lady from Ipoh wrote to ask for help to rescue Kinta Dog whom she thought had TVT. We sent out an alert and also contacted friends to help. Our two friends managed…

  • Samantha and her kittens

    Samantha has been eating very well, so that’s really good. She is solely on Primal Freeze-Dried because that is the only food she will eat. Well, clever girl! And she also eats it rehydrated which is how it is supposed to be served. I’ve also noticed twice now that Samantha does need some “help”. Once,…

  • Some close-up photos of Kai, Akila and Tora!

    So, as it turned out, Akila isn’t a calico, after all. She (or he) is white with black and grey blotches. Do we even have a name for such colours? Akila is definitely a climber. She/He started climbing a few minutes after being born! Very strong! Poor girl. She’s shocked because a stranger (workman) had…

  • All three latching now!!

    Phew…all three kittens are latching now! The vet asked me to help the little one latch on, but Samantha did not allow it. Finally, all three have latched on. And now, we have decided on the following names: Kai for the first ginger; Akila for the fierce and aggressive calico and Tora for the tiny…

  • The third is a little ginger!

    I was right! The third is a tiny little ginger (80% male). Right now, the calico is super aggressive. She has latched on and is nursing already. The two gingers haven’t done so yet. The vet told me to help by using gloves to pick up the two gingers to let them latch on, but…

  • Hmm…still two kittens

    I’m not sure if there’s another small ginger in there, but maybe not. So it’s still one ginger and one calico….for now.