Month: October 2023

  • Moving to a new service provider

    As you may have noticed, our blog has been experiencing downtime very, very often in the previous month or so. This is most likely due to the new wordpress system and also some reconfiguration problem which have not been addressed. We are very, very grateful to our friends, Huey and Wah, who have been giving…

  • Thank you so much for the top-up!!

    Last month, we wrote to our regular donors to explain that the cost of “everything” has gone up. Vet fees have gone up and we have increased our neutering aid. We also introduced our medical aid to help out with newly-rescued animals. The cost of pet food has also increased several times now. This takes…

  • All’s reasonably well at the porch and some thoughts about food

    Except for the occasional tiffs between Creamy, Gerald and Misty, all’s reasonably well at the porch. Gerald and Misty come back for food 2-3 times daily. They are always here for breakfasts and dinners. And nowadays, they ask for lunch and a tea-time snack too. So, sometimes they end up eating four times a day!…

  • Indy’s appetite

    It is such a joy feeding Indy these days, ever since we started him on subcut and followed by Kidney Support Gold. For months, he had been having inappetence which I mistook for him being choosy. Bitter lesson learnt: Do not assume it is the cat being choosy, even for a cat with Indy’s type…

  • Cow Mau’s mouth pain

    Cow Mau has some health issues, the most serious being his hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which is being address by blood thinners now. But besides this, he also has other more minor but not less significant and uncomfortable issues. One of these is the mouth pain. He has gone through two dental scaling and tooth extractions already…

  • The aftermath of the Robin-Smurfy war

    Yesterday morning, Robin and Smurfy were engaged in a heated and very loud war. I managed to stop the war from becoming a physical fight and I thought all was well after that. But no… I did not check on them but I was definitely home all day. By dinner time, Smurfy did not come…

  • How long does it take for FCoV to mutate and cause FIP in infected cats?

    How long does it take for FCoV to mutate and cause FIP in infected cats? The short answer is: We don’t know. The long answer, is below, courtesy of Ms Aurora Carreira Miguel, founder of Project Fight FIP in South Africa, and co-founder of FIP Advisory and Care Group. This question has no 100% clear…

  • Another Robin-Smurfy fight

    Caught in action just now. Waiting for these two to grow up…but judging from our Super Senior warriors, I might have to wait for maybe 10 more years? The Monsters are still considered much milder than the wrath of Cow Mau, Bunny and Indy in their hey day. Those fights will end up with trips…

  • The little toy thief in the house

    Kai is a toy thief. She loves to carry Jayden’s soft toys all over the house. Similarly, when Riley was young, she did that too! Children will be children! So cute!

  • Molnupiravir for FIP – more information

    Ref: https://animalcare.my/2023/10/19/a-sharing-of-a-dry-fip-cat-case-treated-with-molnupiravir/ We shared the above about a week ago, and it was good to know that besides the rather expensive GS 441524 drug, we now have Molnupiravir for FIP cats. It is from India and much more affordable than GS. This morning, I got talking with my friend, Ms Aurora Carreira Miguel, whom I…

  • Urgent help needed for a family of mother-dog and puppies in Selayang (Saamiiera Parameswara’s)

    We need your kind help to share this post out as widely as you can.  Thank you. I received this appeal for help late last night from Ms Saamiiera Parameswara, a muslim lady who is trying her best to help a family of mother-dog and her puppies: Good evening Dr. Chan. A mutual on Twitter…

  • SARS-CoV-2 and FCoV (Covid-19 and the Feline Coronavirus)

    Ok, what’s all these mumbo-jumbo all about now? SARS-CoV-2 is the pathogen that causes Covid-19 in us, the unfortunate humans, and it has mutated to goodness-knows how many times or whatever form, but the basic form is still there, hence, it’s still Covid-19. FCoV is the feline coronovirus that causes the common coronavirus infection in…

  • Beware of Covid-19, Part 2

    I have bad news, slightly good news and really good news on the homefront with regard to the dreaded Covid-19. The bad news and this is not unexpected: Husband has contracted Covid-19 now. Not shocking because he was the one who discovered Jia-Wen in a hypoxic state and he sent him to the hospital. There…

  • A beautiful perspective on pet crossing over

    This is a very beautiful piece and perspective on pet crossing over, written by my newly-acquainted friend, Alda. I have her consent to share it with all of you: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ogZp5JREr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D When I recently shared my feelings on the need to allow someone to grieve over the loss of their pet, I am humbled and thankful…

  • A post-breakfast jazz session for Tabs and Riley

    Breakfast was good for Tabs and Riley too. Both ate Cubgrub without any pleadings for kibble. Then, it is siesta time with some jazz music.