Breaking news: Creamy has a nice green collar!!

Haha…!!

It IS breaking news for us!

Yesterday, when my friend, Soi Chee, was here visiting, we noticed a cream-coloured cat, so similar to Creamy walking on the ledge and this cat has a nice green collar! I remarked, “Hey, is that Creamy?? He has a collar now!!”

So I waited, but the cat with the green collar did not come to our porch. Creamy would always, always come to our porch for food or just to lepak. 

Soi Chee said the cat looked smaller than Creamy.

Hmm…a new kid on the block? But with a collar means someone is looking after the cat. It means the cat has a home. Then, it’s okay.

This morning, Creamy came for breakfast.

Take a look, folks!

The cat with the green collar IS Creamy!!

Wow, Creamy, you have a nice collar now!! Nice, nice, nice!!

If the owner has put on a collar for Creamy, it means something, doesn’t it? It could mean that they have taken more interest in looking after Creamy now, which is a good thing. Or, they have taken ownership of Creamy. Well, it could mean a lot of things, but they are all good.

I know, I got Creamy neutered (hence, the ear notch) more than two years ago. I have treated him for nasal congestion many times now. And whenever his owner goes on holiday, Creamy gets all his meals here and in any case, Creamy gets his raw snack twice daily at our porch. That’s all okay. I do this for Creamy.

Creamy’s real name is Abu (given by his owner). We only confirmed it a few months ago when husband went to look for Gerald in the neighbourhood and found Creamy sitting in the back neighbour’s porch and the neighbour told husband that Creamy is Abu and he is his cat, also a very, very good cat at that. Never poops or pees in their compound, he said. Hopefully, he does it across the road in a grassy area and not in someone else’s compound!

It doesn’t look like a detachable collar, though. But I think it’s just the right circumference so it is not likely to get entangled anywhere.

This makes me think if I should put a detachable collar on Gerald. Now, what benefits can there be and what disadvantages would it bring?

Benefits:

1. Compassionate humans would know Gerald (having a collar) has humans looking after him so they might just live and let live.

Disadvantages:

1. Entanglement somewhere, but if it’s a detachable collar and Gerald is SO strong, he’d be able to pull free from it.
2. Animal-unfriendly neighbours have told me right to the face that they don’t mind people keeping pets, but these people should NOT let their pets out as that would be a nuisance to other humans. Does this mean that wearing a collar means the animal is someone’s pet?  I guess it would, right? But how on earth can I possibly explain to anyone that I have tried numerous times to confine Gerald indoors but I failed? And who would understand how hard I’ve tried? People are often quick to judge, but do please be my guest and try to confine Gerald…please? In fact, if anyone wants to adopt Gerald (knowing his yowling habit which may or may not change in a different environment), I’ll be happy to rehome him BUT I have to ensure that the adopter will confine Gerald in an escape-proof home because my greatest fear would be Gerald escaping and trying to find his way “home” to our neighbourhood.

Anyway, let me know in a comment, please, if Gerald should wear a collar?

Thank you!

Right now, he’s yowling in Bunny’s Place, making a racket, asking to go out, but it’s still too early and the horrible kindy parents who speed are still dropping off their children at the kindy.