Month: January 2024

  • Which diet is best? (Happy Meatless Monday!)

    Happy Meatless Monday for tomorrow, everyone! Do you think you are getting sufficient protein from plant sources? This is a very useful video, Which diet is best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUNZLyD2BqQ This is from Professor Christopher Gardner, a Stanford professor of nutrition who has done at least 20 clinical trials for research in nutrition. I have been watching…

  • Panna goes to the park! (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    This is absolutely lovely! Szetoo and daughter took Panna for an outing to the nearby park this evening and took off his e-collar. Panna urinated twice too. For new readers: Panna is now a two-legged cat. He was discovered with gangrene on both his back legs and the legs were amputated to save his life.…

  • Medical aid for 1 dog in Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    We have provided RM62 as a preliminary aid for this dog, Xiao Hong Gou’s, TVT treatment. Due to all the confusion surrounding XHG and Ms Chai’s application for our aid, XHG had already been sent down to the Subang Vet to be spayed (done on 11th January 2024) and supposedly to commence TVT treatment on…

  • Vaccination aid for 1 dog from Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    We have provided an aid of RM25 for the vaccination of this dog, Xiao Hong Gou. XHG’s neutering was also aided by us (previous post). Xiao Hong Gou was rescued by Ms Chai Sheau Peng and brought to a Subang vet for neutering and TVT treatment. Unfortunately, after spaying, XHG refused to eat, so Ms…

  • Neutering aid for 1 dog from Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    We have provided an aid of RM200 for the neutering of this dog, Xiao Hong Guo. The charges at this vet is RM250 which covers a 2-night and 3-day boarding. Through the assistance of a friend (the “agent”), Ms Chai paid for transportation to ferry XHG down to Subang for neutering and subsequent TVT treatment…

  • Xiao Hong Gou is back home in Mentakab now! (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    The journey back home went smoothly and truly, so fast too! As we were still texting with the vet in Subang, Ms Chai sent these videos! Home sweet home!! Be it ever so humble…there’s no place like home, as the song goes! Look at how voraciously XHG is eating!! Homecooked food beats them all, right?…

  • Medical aid for 1 cat in Subang Jaya (double amputation – Panna) (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    This aid was done as a special fundraising for Panna, a cat rescued by Szetoo Yu Ming, with gangrene on both back legs. Panna is a neutered alley cat fed by Szetoo and his wife. He was neutered about 2-3 years ago by Szetoo’s daughter. Szetoo and his wife travel interstate quite a bit to…

  • Panna is home!!! (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    Panna was discharged today and he is now HOME in Szetoo’s house!! We will write a separate post for the Medical Aid we have provided for Panna (coming up next) with a message of thanks from Szetoo. But right now, rejoice! Panna is home and now begins a new chapter in his life, with some…

  • Xiao Hong Guo is on the way back to Mentakab now (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    Thanks to the kind vet who lent Ms Chai a cage, Ms Chai’s friend has already collected XHG (Xiao Hong Gou) from the vet in Subang and they are now on their way back to Mentakab. Home sweet home….soon! We are in the midst of settling the bill with the vet. We are offering our…

  • Jayden’s “Gerald” and his birthday celebration!

    Yesterday was Jayden’s early birthday celebration! Amongst the many birthday presents he received was a Cat Chat book (guess who from…me, of course!) and also a Spider-Man Duplo set from his parents that came with a little orange coloured cat. Jayden immediately said it was “Gerald” and hugged the little Duplo cat! That’s Jayden’s “Gerald”!…

  • The “Small Girl” who made a huge difference (by Adzhar Ibrahim)

    This is Adzhar Ibrahim’s story about his rescued cat, Small Girl (or Smaww Gurr). He is my No. 1 favourite FMT columnist. The story: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2024/01/14/the-small-girl-who-made-a-huge-difference/ It’s sad that he had to have Small Girl euthanised (end-stage kidney failure), but it’s not our place to judge. He did it out of his compassion and at least…

  • Updates on the TVT dog from Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    I have been constant contact with Ms Chai ever since we agreed to help with our medical and neutering aid for this TVT dog, named Xiao Hong Gou (it means Little Red Dog in Mandarin). The latest development is that XHG is still refusing the eat and if this goes on, the chemo treatment cannot…

  • Panna’s updates (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    The vet sent the following updates today! Panna is doing ok. He started to have loose stools yesterday, so they started probiotics for him. Stools are still soft today. As he cannot stand up, he defecates and sits on it for now. His wound is otherwise okay. He can be discharged tomorrow. Panna eating ID…

  • Besides the AnimalCare work…(part 2)

    This is my newfound challenge! And this is after 8 months of lessons….my old-age dream fulfilled and ongoing! It is challenging to take up something new and a bonus when I love it so much!

  • Indy, that’s Riley!

    There was an incident of a mistaken identity today! I had let the Monsters cross over to Bunny’s Place to eat grass and explore when Indy decided they weren’t welcome. So, Indy was starting to be antagonistic to them when husband went to intervene and called the Monsters back to the catio. One by one,…