Month: May 2024

  • Nomi’s surgery – a success!

    Nomi’s surgery ended just a few minutes ago. It was a successful surgery. She is still under sedation with oxygen now, is still unstable and would need monitoring for another 24 hours. She is not out of the woods yet as this was a very high risk and complicated surgery, so we still need everyone…

  • Indra’s loose stools updates

    Yesterday I had already started Indra on raw rabbit. I force fed her about a teaspoon since she will not eat it on her own. This morning, I found a bit of loose stools, but not as much as in previous days. This is her favourite spot now. But she’s here this morning when I…

  • Misty invites herself into the house!

    If one day Misty is happy to live in the Safehouse with Tabs and Riley, that would be good, but for now, she still wants to be free. This morning, Misty invited herself into the house. Eating here. But right after eating, she wanted to go out. Okay, Misty. I respect your wishes. Gerald came…

  • All our best wishes and healing thoughts for Nomi

    Dear Friends, Nomi’s surgery to repair her diaphragmatic hernia is this afternoon. It is a very high risk surgery and the chances of success is 50-50. But without the surgery, she would have breathing difficulty which will just deteriorate and she would endure much suffering. We have checked with several vets and  surgery is the…

  • Keeping fit and healthy….for our animals

    Allow me to digress a little from our usual stories about animals and talk about fitness and health, because as caregivers, we really need to be as fit and as healthy as we can in order to look after our animals. This is about my mother, who turned 91 today! On 1st May 2024, just…

  • Indra’s loose stools

    Indra’s stools are still pasty. I think she must have known that I want to monitor her stools so she did it for me to see to save me the trouble to sifting through hours of CCTV footage! I pounded the Pro-Fibre (which the vet affectionately calls “rabbit food” because it looks like that!) and…

  • Gerald and Misty’s breakfast

    Breakfast at 5am this morning. Misty only came in when Gerald did, but the moment I closed the door ever so softly, she stopped eating and headed for the door. “I’m not going to be trapped again!”, she said. So ok, not trapping anyone. Eat.

  • Down memory lane with Puffin and Remirth

    People are often so surprised when they hear I used to have dogs. “YOU had dogs??” Well yes, I grew up with dogs since I was 8 years old. My mother didn’t like cats (my father did!), so we never had cats at all. We had dogs, chickens, ducklings, rabbits and geese, all as pets.…

  • Gotanjoji Temple, the “Cat Temple” in Echizen, Japan

    A charming temple beloved by cat fans, Gotanjoji Temple is a Soto Zen Buddhist temple known for its cats, who are cared for by the temple monks. The former abbot started caring for cats during his time, where he took in abandoned cats, got them vaccinated and neutered too. Enjoy the video: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/4026190/?cid=wohk-fb-no_aus_photo_vod_20240411_20240512_C_FB_D72H_Cat_Temple_en_2024Apr_ad_dps-202404-001&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1ZU9pikV1RlnXY9svyK6tX7JRzKkB1Uda9I9t0kNcoiQ9wvfDu2vbIT_M_aem_Abihq8UeCSLuSEYGMhHenVrEE7iGpXoLLPI35vRW26P5sA5Il9tNyXo7Icl9zJK6d3EIzu3hrmHOh5br8p7NOBRz

  • Gerald and Misty today

    All is well with Gerald and Misty today. It’s back to normal for them now. Gerald doesn’t whine, he just calls to make his entrance each time. This morning, after I observed both of them atop the car in the porch, I still did not go out. By the time I did, Gerald had gone…

  • Robin’s balding issue (medicated bath with Pro-Hex)

    I did not take Robin to the vet’s today for his balding issue, but I took photos to show the vet. Since he is itching, it is more than a cosmetic problem and needs to be addressed. The vet said it could be due to a food allergy problem too and the only way would…

  • Special fundraising for Nomi (Soo Tzan Jian & Teng Yeeng Xuang’s) – closed

    Ref: https://animalcare.my/2024/05/04/a-special-fundraising-for-nomi-kitten-with-diaphragmatic-hernia-soo-tzan-jian-teng-yeeng-xuangs-nomi/ We would like to thank all friends and supporters for stepping up so generously with donations to help Nomi get the diaphragmatic hernia repair surgery to save her life. To date, we have received a total of RM2,880.00. One more donation has been pledged but has yet to be received. The estimated cost…

  • Indra to the vet’s (loose stools)

    I managed to resolve Kai and Akira’s loose stool problem, but not Indra’s. Early this morning, I found several spots of loose stools, so I sifted through the CCTV playback to identify whose it was. It was Indra’s. Hence, I took Indra along with Tabs to the vet’s today. Better have her checked. As it…

  • Tabs to the vet’s (recheck after 3 weeks of increased subcut fluids)

    Today was Tabs’ check-up after 3 weeks of daily 150ml subcut fluids. She already improved so much in appetite and demeanour once I increased the subcut fluids.  She is also on the AIM food. It’s encouraging news from the blood test results. Her creatinine is stable, her urea came down (this was the main concern…

  • The sound of silence at dawn (improved!)

    I have been up since 5.30am this morning and it’s been quiet…. And look at what I am seeing in the CCTV footage right now…. Misty and Gerald are both on one of our cars. But, Gerald is not whining!!!!!!! Last time, the moment I even turn in bed, he would know and the whining…