Month: March 2024

  • Cactus leather saves 1 billion animals!

    All about cactus leather: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_DUyJtNnfg8 Here’s the company in Mexico that is producing this animal-friendly and eco-friendly cactus leather: https://www.greenmatters.com/p/vegan-cactus-leather-desserto  

  • Poor scaredy Gerald

    This is how scared Gerald is of Creamy. Here’s what happened yesterday morning. Creamy came. I served him breakfast hoping that he would go home after eating. Misty was, as usual, “serba salah” again. There simply isn’t a exact translation for “serba salah” in English, is there? Haha…. Creamy ate but refused to go home…

  • An EV’s pet-friendly under-the-car camera

    The BYD Dolphin (the electric car from China) has a pet-friendly under-the-car camera. So, if you are reversing or even going forward, you can see what’s underneath your car. The under-the-car camera is on the right. It is so, so useful for animal caregivers.

  • Neutering aid for 1 cat in Batu Caves, KL (Syazwani Syarah bt Shahimi’s) & Updates

    We have provided an aid of RM150 for the neutering of 1 cat, Kurus. We also provided our vaccination aid for Kurus last month. Updates on previously-claimed cats are below.

  • “Kucing yang tak suka makan ikan”

    “Kucing suka makan ikan” is a norm in Asian countries. While fish is definitely not an ancestral food for cats because cats originated from Persia which was mostly arid desert land (not much water, hence, not many fish), we believe that Asian cats have learnt to eat fish because of the influence of the human…

  • Brushing the cats’ teeth

    What a breakthrough!! This is clearly a case of “if you don’t try, how would you know?” Ming-Yi recently told me that she could brush her cats’ teeth and I wondered how. I thought it was because Dorami and Mina are such obedient cats (they were when they stayed over here during Chinese New Year)…

  • Mersing dugong and seagrass home to get protection

    The news: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/03/01/mersing-dugong-and-seagrass-home-to-get-protection/ Excerpts: The fisheries department is in the process of gazetting the waters around the Mersing cluster of islands in Johor to provide protection for the dugong and its seagrass habitat. The department said these islands are the only place in Peninsular Malaysia where the dugongs can be found. Photo credit: Facebook pic…

  • Adding more water to the cats’ meals

    I am on an ongoing quest to add more water to the cats’ meals. Each cat has a different plan because of their different dietary needs and preferences, and of course, their individual idiosyncrasies. Riley is a total junkie and if she were given a choice, she would want to eat kibble. So for Riley,…

  • More calico mother-daughter portraits

    Akira is going to be of the same size as her mother anytime now! If Samantha is a diluted calico, what is Akira then? A faded calico? From https://sports.yahoo.com/lifestyle/dilute-calico-cat-rare-130404646.html Are dilute calico cats rare? Yes. Only one in every 1,000 cats is born a standard calico and dilute calico cats are even harder to come…

  • The unresolved issue in the porch

    Creamy came at 5.30am this morning. Misty was there too. Misty lives in our porch. I didn’t have the heart to shoo Creamy away, so I fed him and he ate. Only raw food. I know he only comes for raw food. Maybe he doesn’t get that from his home. Creamy licking his lips after…

  • Protect yourself and your animals at all costs because there is no justice in this world

    This news came out last week and yes, I saw it then: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/02/23/senior-citizen-in-scuffle-during-stray-dog-round-up-faces-trial/ So it isn’t “new” news anymore but it would do well for us to reflect upon the sad situation in our country for street animals protectors and caregivers. As you might remember, both sides had shaken hands and agreed not to sue…