Juno is definitely a small-sized cat. In her last check-up which was during her spaying, the vet said her weight gain is “normal”, so there’s nothing to worry about. I guess most of our cats are so big (!), so I’m so used to big-sized kampung cats! Look at the Blondies – they are kampung cats but they are all big.
There are advantages of being smaller in size – you can hide more easily! But the disadvantage for us is that she’s hard to find! Luckily she responds to her name and whenever we call her, she will come out and quietly stand beside us, sometimes unknown to us.
She’s such a good cat.
So, how old is Juno now? We will never know for sure, but since she was estimated to be three weeks old when I picked her up from the middle of the road, we can’t be very far off, right? For my records, I have put her birthday as the first week of August 2025. So now, I need to live for another 20 years to see Juno through!
When Juno was young, she was a big eater. I raised her on 100% raw food diet until the coccidia infection struck and that woke me up. Ever since her recovery from coccidia, on her own, she has been rejecting raw food.
She knows what she needs, and I will definitely respect that.
For today’s breakfast, she went for the Fur/Ball Salmon and left the Cubgrub Chicken. The only raw food I feed my cats now is my own cut raw chicken and Cubgrub’s range. Cubgrub is homemade by my friend, Lin Li, and I can be assured of the quality of her food and her strict hygiene standards.
Juno is a very small eater now, unlike when first rescued. Maybe she has learnt to graze like Riley. Riley definitely eats like cows and goats – she grazes all day. A vet told me that this is totally acceptable, that is, if they prefer to graze, let them graze. To each their own. In fact, the same vet told me that those who eat strict twice-daily meals might just end up being obese because that is not how wild cats eat in the wild – they don’t eat twice a day. They only eat when hungry and when they successfully hunt down prey. And they certainly don’t store any food in the fridge too!
I read before that it is the hunt that stimulates appetite. Nature made it such. So it is also encouraged to let the cat play and chase a toy before serving them food. That makes sense, doesn’t it? Juno does that. First thing in the morning, she’s usually not hungry. She will only eat very little, then she goes to Bunny’s Place to play with the Blondies. It is only after a session of playing that she comes back to eat a bigger meal.
The ginger Blondies still bully her every now and then, but Juno is unperturbed. She loves socialising with them. Akira is very good to her and even protects her. The markings of a cat does somewhat determine behaviour. Our two ginger Blondies are as crazy as they come. But Akira, being a calico, is different. Yet, all our previous calicos (now, how many have there been? Cleo, Suki, Xiao Li (rehomed), Rosie, Daffodil and now, Samantha and Akira (very diluted calico)) have all demonstrated a similar trait – proud and slightly aloof. The best Cantonese word to describe them is “pahpai”. But Akira does not have this trait. She’s very sweet. Is it because she’s a very diluted calico? We will never know!
Juno is still Jayden’s best friend and looks forward to Jayden’s trips to our house. She will then accompany Jayden as he plays with his toys!
Best friends forever!