Month: November 2024

  • Why go so far away, Creamy?

    This morning, Creamy came to eat as usual and after that, he went off. But when we went for our morning walk, I spotted Creamy way down the road, about 300 metres away from our house. I’ve never seen him go so far away before. He was near another feeder’s house, but still inside our…

  • I caught Smurfy…lucky, lucky!

    Just barely 15 minutes after I wrote that I’d decided to surrender to Smurfy, I caught him!! What it took this time was to wait for him to come down for food. I brought out the bowls of kibble and this time, instead of waiting for him to eat first, the moment he started eating,…

  • Smurfy knows all my “tricks”!

    It’s been two hours now and I know when I’m beaten! Smurfy knows all my tricks now. He refused to come down for breakfast until I went inside the house. The moment I tried to come out, he’d bolt up back to the platforms, so I had to stay inside to let him eat. He…

  • Fur/Ball Lamb for our cats

    This morning, I tried Fur/Ball Lamb on our cats. This would be the last flavour to try. We started with Chicken which many of them liked, including Akira which came as a total surprise (but only for one meal!), then Salmon which they liked only on the first try and did not quite like it…

  • Smurfy is so hungry!

    After doing the hunger strike all morning to prevent “capture” by me, Smurfy is so, so hungry now! In any case, I managed to catch him after persevering for 1.5 hours and have already fed him his Promax for the day. Since then, he has been asking for food all morning. That’s Smurfy on the…

  • Caught Smurfy!

    I finally caught Smurfy! It took 1.5 hours of perseverance and patience. Initially, I thought of other plans like removing the platforms leading up to the lookout, or even caging him for another 48 hours but caging would feel like a punishment for him. To cage him just to be able to feed him his…

  • Super stubborn Smurfy

    Smurfy has been refusing to come down this morning because he thinks he’s well enough and doesn’t need his Promax anymore. But he actually stills needs it because I still see slightly soft stools in the sandpit boxes. He’s super-duper stubborn. When he was sick in the past three days, he came down and I…

  • Gerald’s noisy altercation with Bushy

    Bushy is someone’s pet cat who lives on our road. He wears a nice collar. But he’s a bully. Yesterday, I heard cat yowling from the next-door neighbour’s house. This is the kind neighbour whose wife is just afraid of furry creatures (afraid, but doesn’t hate). Gerald often goes to their porch and sleep under…

  • Juno’s second vaccination

    Today was Juno’s second vaccination! Her temperature was normal, heart sound all good. Juno weighed 1.58kg at the vet’s. The vet also advised that if we can wait, according to TCM principles, it is better to get a female cat spayed only at 7 months old, after the first heat (usually at 6 months). This…

  • All’s well with Ginger and Smurfy

    Poop check – none and no diarrhoea. Smurfy and Ginger have really good appetite now, so I think they are definitely on the mend from that short episode of diarrhoea due to stomach upset. But yet, I don’t dare give them too much food at one go. And as always, once cats recover from any…

  • How about Primal, Blondies?

    Today, I tried Primal Freeze-Dried (raw food) again with the Blondies. Yups, I have not given up yet. Poor Tabs, she was crazy for it, but she cannot eat too much as the protein content is way too high for her. But just so that she’s not left out, I gave her a little bit…

  • Training Gerald

    Haha…if only Gerald could be “trained”! Anyway, I’m hoping to train Gerald to eat some Coco&Joe’s and Cubgrub (for convenience, I’ll call this processed raw food) so that his meals are more balanced. Otherwise, he’s mostly on raw chicken gizzards and breast meat. But with Gerald, you can get it terribly wrong. Sometimes, he will…

  • Why Indra keeps sneaking out

    Because she just wants to sit with me! That’s all. So she got a few hours with me today and I hope she’s happy!

  • All okay at Ginger’s Catio

    Dateline: Today, 1.30pm No diarrhoea! Just slightly soft stools from Ginger and Smurfy today. Also, from Juno. But all with form. All three have been eating very well. I’ve personally collected Rey, Lynx, Minnie and Robin’s faeces and none of them has diarrhoea. So while Juno’s was due to a coccidia infection, Ginger and Smurfy’s…

  • “Compensation” puff balls for Juno

    Since Juno is not allowed free access to any feathered toys, I’ve compensated this restriction by buying her 24 new puff balls! Juno absolutely LOVES to play with feathers, but she is only allowed to do so under strict supervision. Yesterday, I caught her trying to eat the feathers again. She can share these puff…