Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • Cow Mau to the vet’s (blood pressure back to normal!)

    I took Cow Mau, Cleo and Indy for their check-up today. Here’s how it went for Cow Mau. Cow’s was supposed to be a heart and blood pressure check-up, but the vet decided to check his kidneys too because Cow has already been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and this could easily lead to kidney…

  • Indy had formed stools, but…

    I was so happy this morning to be greeted by formed stools at Indy’s spot… See, isn’t this a sight for sore eyes? It’s well-formed, just a bit soft, but it’s already such an improvement from the oatmeal poop. So, perhaps it’s what I gave yesterday that worked? Pumpkin (once), Slippery Elm Bark (one capsule)…

  • Our previously scorched earth

    A few weeks ago, we noticed that almost three-quarters of the grass on our lawn was drying up and dying. Our part-time gardener came and he told us that it was due to some “worms” that were eating up the roots of the grass. A quick check over the internet revealed that these are not…

  • Oh no, it’s back to the oatmeal again

    What short-lived joy and relief…. This morning, I found two blobs of oatmeat poop at the sandpit. One was at Indy’s spot and the other not too far away, presumably also from Indy. The poop did look rather yellow, as though it had pumpkin in it. I’m quite sure it is from Indy and not…

  • An extremely fierce battle between Samantha and Robin

    It just happened about an hour ago. The war cries were earth-shattering. I had opened Stargate to allow Ginger and the Monsters to cross over to eat grass. I was monitoring everything, ensuring no fights broke out and none did. Indy crossed over to Ginger’s Catio too, but I shooed him back. Later, I shooed…

  • Indy’s glorious formed poop!!

    So I had a battalion of remedies all lined-up to give Indy for his once-a-day oatmeal stool. Kaolin pectin was my first and that failed. I’ve been giving it for a week with no result at all. That’s strange because it worked so well with Akira and Kai previously. Well, to be fair, it did…

  • The snackers and the master strategist

    Today’s snackers are Indy, Samantha, Kai and Akira. Akira and Samantha will never pass off a snack. They are total junkies. Tabs and Riley too, but more of Riley. She is really a snacker. In fact, Riley doesn’t eat proper meals. She only eats snacks. What a junkie! You are the hardest to feed, Riley.…

  • Happy Meatless Sunday

    Any day is a good day to have a meatless meal! I’ve been making my own version of Asian-inspired minestrone soup lately. Minestrone soup is a staple diet of the Sardinia people, one of the Blue Zone communities. The base is sauteed garlic with oil and tomatoes. Then, just add in whatever vegetables you like…

  • Steamed pumpkin for Indy…and Cow Mau?

    As per planned, I bought pumpkin for Indy. Got it steamed and saved two portions in the freezer for later. This portion, I mashed. It brings back memories of the time when I managed Bunny’s defecation problem. Bunny had chronic constipation and I tried “everything”, from home remedies to supplements and medicine. I used to…

  • Indy’s daily “oatmeal” stool

    Okay, this is a tricky. I am not 100% sure the “oatmeal” stool is from Indy, but it is found in Indy’s poo spot in the sandpit. Indy usually defecates on this spot, and for a week now, I have been scooping up oatmeal-like stool (a lump, without much form) from this exact spot. However,…

  • The incident in the crossover today (a hostile takeover)

    The Monsters came over to eat grass today and… Smurfy staged a hostile takeover of Cleo’s cage. Cleo tried to defend her castle by growling, but Smurfy buat tak tau. Cleo continued growling. I tried to help by reprimanding Smurfy, “Out, Smurfy, you are here to eat grass, not to stage a hostile takeover,” but…

  • The junkies who demand for a kibble dessert and the princess who snatches food

    Who are our junkies? Here are Kai and Indra dutifully eating their raw food for breakfast while Cleo eats her Hill’s KD renal canned food. But after that, it usually starts with Cleo demanding for some dessert (after meal snack), which, for her, is RC renal kibble. And once Cleo gets it, the scent will…

  • Misty and Gerald might as well be twins and other porch tales

    For dinner yesterday, Gerald decided he didn’t want Coco&Joe’s. Instead, he only wanted cut-up chicken meat. And Misty followed Gerald too…exactly! She too refused to eat her Coco&Joe’s and only wanted cut-up chicken meat. Are these two twins?? Of course they are not! But they might as well be, right? With Gerald being the elder…

  • Why is naughty Akira in the house?

    This is not a trip for pleasure. Akira is inside the house because Indy is having his meal (at his own crazy time – Indy doesn’t eat with the rest of the cats, he demands for food whenever he pleases, like at 3am in the morning!), so I have to isolate Akira from it. Otherwise,…

  • Oh no…another new pair of fighters, Rey-Lynx

    Rey never used to be a fighter at all. Not at all. And least of all, Lynx. When the rest of them or any other cats fight, Lynx actually distances himself far, far away from the war zone. Rey and Lynx were both very peaceful cats. Why, when Rey used to go over to Bunny’s…