Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • Jayden and his No. 1 best friend, Ginger

    Ginger is the cat who Jayden grew up with when he was a little baby. Now, Ginger stays in the catio at the side of our house with Minnie and her Monsters (her four sons) who hero-worships their Uncle Ginger too. Ginger looked after them when they were young, from the day they were born,…

  • An oral drug is available for FIP now

    We are probably slow to the party, but we just found out yesterday that an oral drug is now available for FIP cats! Previously, there was no treatment and FIP was a death sentence for cats. Then, came the injectable GS 441524, initially a controversial drug and had to be purchased through the black market.…

  • Riley’s new dark-coloured drinking bowl

    Riley urinates at the downstairs bathroom drain hole, so I’m able to note the colour of her urine and even syringe it up to collect it. I’ve been a bit concerned that her urine colour is a tad too yellow. So I collect some two days ago to show the vet. The vet said it…

  • The Super Seniors’ snack time

    Cow Mau has a great appetite and his super senior status entitles him to get food whenever he asks for it. Now, Cleo’s appetite has improved too, so she also demands for snacks, which is really a good thing. It’s a bonus today when Indy too came for the snack! But when the Super Seniors…

  • Getting Indy and Akira to eat

    Getting Indy to eat involves serving him where he is. Usually he isn’t hungry enough to come down from wherever he is to join the rest. So sometimes I need to climb up to where he is, on the platforms. It’s the same with Akira and also Kai. I have to chase after them to…

  • Minnie’s intermittent fasting and other tales about dental hygiene

    We all know that intermittent fasting is now a very fashionable way of eating for humans. But did you know that cats know how to do it too? And they are WAY smarter than us as well. They know how to have “cheat days”. They don’t do it blindly. Minnie does intermittent fasting every once…

  • Indy and Cleo’s subcut for today

    My plan is to gradually increase the volume of the subcut fluids for Cleo and Indy. Gradually, being the operative word here, because too much fluids might tax of the heart as well as, ironically, the kidneys too. Ever since Cleo started getting 150ml daily, her appetite has improved tremendously. But perhaps the Astro Oil’s…

  • Our taiji cats at work again and some reflections

    Here are Gerald and Misty, hard at work! They accompany me on my walks, but only at the park (which is safer for them and they know this) and as well as for taiji. On a more serious note: Why street dogs and cats live amongst us It was our human ancestors, many thousands of…

  • Cow Mau at the park!

    I’ve been wanting to take Cow Mau to the park for an experience at a different environment. And it is also not likely that he would try to escape. First, in the harness. But he clearly did not like it, so I took the harness off after that. Of course Cow was wary of the…

  • Indy’s subcut fluids

    Indy responded really well after the first subcut of 250ml. His demeanour improved instantly and his appetite came back. It was really very encouraging. Then, after 2 days (because the earlier instruction by the vet was 250ml on alternate days), I saw him go down again. So I figured he probably needs daily subcut to…

  • The Blondies

    Hello, Samantha and girls!

  • Indy’s subcut sessions

    The vet agreed that Indy should have 150ml of subcut fluids daily until the revisit next week. Hey, Indy! You’re going to have this daily from now, ok?

  • Come down please, Indy

    Indy is also very hard to feed, but we now know it must have been due to his kidney degeneration. But then again, Indy has always been a very choosy cat when it comes to food too. For many months now, I’ve been yanking him off the platforms in order to take him down to…

  • Getting Riley to eat

    Riley is about the hardest cat to feed in our house. And why so? She is VERY choosy and also, like Kai, would rather play. I dare say Riley is the most choosy cat amongst the 18 of them. Nowadays, what will she eat willingly on her own? Cubgrub Chicken topped with an adequate amount…

  • Gerald gets Misty’s throne (a simple lesson in charity)

    Aww… Gerald has been enduring all the bullying from Creamy for days now. So this morning, Misty let Gerald sit in her throne. Awww….good girl, Misty. Good girl! The throne is Misty’s favourite spot, but she’s decided to give it to Gerald today. This is what best friends do. They give up what they love…