Month: February 2025

  • Mass sterilisation to control strays – from TheStar

    The news: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/02/03/mass-sterilisation-to-control-strays An excerpt from the report: The state authorities must partner with animal welfare and rescue groups to neuter street animals to control their population as well as to ensure they have sufficient food, said Dr Saravanakumar Supramaniam Pillai, a former senior deputy director of the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS). “Otherwise there…

  • Do your cats play “musical bowls” while eating together?

    If they do, here’s an idea shared by my vet-friend: Or, if you have cats on special diets whose food should not be shared by other cats, you can do the above too! This would be a case of “sharing is not caring”! Happy hunting for cardboard boxes to do it!

  • Samantha’s great escape…to upstairs

    Samantha seldom ever escapes from the room, but she did just now. I was just putting their dinner bowls inside when she suddenly sneaked out and dashed upstairs. Luckily the whole house is escape-proof. My only worry is the front door when someone opens it. So I wasn’t unduly worried about it, just that it…

  • The Blondies’ news

    A truly rare occasion where Akira the Junkie chose raw chicken over her favourite kibble. I really must increase the Blondies’ consumption of wet food. But what can I do when they would rather starve than eat wet food? Recently, Samantha has been going back to Cubgrub, which is a good thing. Kai likes canned…

  • Robin completes his antibiotics and the scare by Ginger

    Robin completed his antibiotics for the FIC yesterday. That’s a course of Baytril for 10 days. But he had already recovered 24 hours after starting treatment, actually. Still, the course of antibiotics must be completed. He is still on Cystophan, twice daily for two weeks since the start, and after that, once daily as maintenance.…

  • PETA signboards in Malaysia (thank you, PETA!)

    This is very timely. Thank you very much, PETA! The news in Chinese: https://www.sinchew.com.my/news/20250129/supplement/6246094?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHVz0gm14ik2ctKWhSd_eUi9IfNWGogCHcuvFZKD9RHR-v9lenhKqTe0YbA_aem_uSxsWI_3q4GuoEERAG-LoA The article says Malaysia has so many festivals (so true), so it’s important that people must know how harmful fireworks are to the animals. Exactly what we have been trying to do. Let the signboards speak for themselves!

  • The web of life and selfish humans

    They did it again last night, with the same fervour: The deafening fireworks and firecrackers, close to midnight. In the park, right under the trees. So, as expected, my appeal fell on deaf ears and hearts devoid of any compassion for the little birds and tiny critters. There will always be such people; people who…