Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

A pair of birds have chosen build their nest in our guava tree. We have been watching the nest for some time now and also guarding it from the outside cats. Previously, we have had birds building nests in our potted plants as well as the curry leaf tree too. Luckily, this time the birds…

We went down to the guardhouse to see if we could catch a glimpse of Kelly this morning and was pleasantly surprised that she happened to be there! She was lounging nearby and came to me as I approached. She looks plump and well! Hello, Kelly! You look well. Showing off her scratching post. It…

Dear Friends, If you remember, on 11th March, I wrote that I shall maintain this blog and continue to write, but I would be deleting all our aid posts from the past. So, I actually started doing that – sifting through thousands and thousands of previous posts since June 2009, making the difficult decision of…

This needs a bit of a back story first… For months, Juno had been bullied by Kai and Indra, the two ginger Blondies. They gang up to intimidate her whenever she goes into their territory, which is Bunny’s Place. Juno lives in the house with Riley but both love going out to Bunny’s Place for…

You know how it is with Asian human-mothers who will always end up as “garbage-collectors” at meal times? They will eat up whatever that’s left over because they have been taught since young (by their grandmothers!) that they must not waste food – Eat up every single grain!  I’m definitely guilty of this and still am!…

Robin has an intense fear of thunder, and it’s the thunder that comes before the rain. It doesn’t have to be very loud too, he’s afraid no matter how far away the sound is, even if it’s soft. However, he is not afraid of the heavy rain or the thunder during the rain. Strange, isn’t…

We found out recently that Abu’s (aka Creamy) feeder also feeds Gerald. That’s nice to know. At least if he misses a meal at our porch, he has another food source. But Gerald NEVER misses a single meal at our porch! It took me quite awhile to retrain him to eat twice a day instead…

Dear Readers and Friends, As you already know, we will be closing AnimalCare as an organisation once we finish using up our reserve funds. When that happens eventually, all the aid posts will be removed from this website, but my own personal home caregiving stories will remain. I will maintain the domain name animalcare.my and…

It was exactly three years ago that I watched Kai, Akira and Indra being born, one by one, 30 minutes apart.  It didn’t seem so long ago… Happy 3rd Birthday, Blondies!! May all of you be healthy and happy always! And a special big hooray for Samantha for still caring for them until today!

Last night, Juno was trapped in the storeroom. When we went upstairs, we didn’t see her. But usually, she’s in one of her many cozy places in the house, so we didn’t actually look for her. This morning, I came downstairs and saw a bit of dirt dug out from under the storeroom door. Juno…

Pet Memorial sent Tabs’ cremains back to us this morning. Tabs was our quietest cat; she seldom even mewed, and definitely did not create any trouble to anyone, feline or human, and yet her absence is felt so, so significantly. I miss having Tabs sit on my lap as I write this. I miss having…

As much as we miss Ginger and Tabs, I’m glad Minnie and Monsters have not been affective negatively by the demise of their favourite Uncle Ginger. I did bring Ginger’s remains in to let them say goodbye on the morning he passed away. They are all eating well and normally, so that’s good. The Blondies…