Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)
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The oh-so-familiar whines of the drama king, Gerald
Very early this morning, I heard the sounds of cat altercation. A white cat has been trying to enter our porch for some time now and Gerald had been fending him off, not physically but verbally. And luckily so too. When I went out this morning, I saw Creamy fending off WhiteCat. Gerald was nowhere…
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Winds of change for Kelly
Two weeks ago, the guard who feeds Kelly suddenly stopped working due to some immigration problems. It took me many days to find out that he isn’t coming back to work anymore. Since then, I have alerted animal-friendly neighbours if they could please look in on Kelly since I don’t get to see her every…
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Our good ol’ reliable Monsters
Ginger and the Monsters are our most reliable cats. They are not fussy about food and they always finish up whatever they are served, including leftovers from the ever-fussy and difficult Blondies. They get a variety of food for every meal and they will rotate among themselves until everything is finished. As a general rule,…
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Kelly is fine
Kelly is fine and looks very well. Nowadays, she’s usually at the VIP house too. The guard has to shake the kibble jar to get her to come out when I go down to give her her snacks. Looking good and healthy!
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Kelly ventures further
Yesterday was the first time ever that I spotted Kelly at the park. So far, she’s never dared to cross the road to get to the park. It seemed like she’s hunting something. I quickly carried her back to the guardhouse. She’s eating well. And she actually looks very big and well-fed now. I think…
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Kelly, Gerald and the Blondies
Kelly isn’t too interested in canned food these days. Yesterday, she did not even eat her kibble all day until evening. The guard said she was hunting a tree shew. That’s the thing with outdoor animals. We won’t know what they have been up to because we cannot keep an eye on them all the…
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Juno is 1 year old!
We don’t really know when Juno’s birthday is, but when I first rescued her on 3rd September 2024 from the middle of the road, the vet estimated her to be about 3 weeks old. Later on, another vet said she could be slightly older, so we will just estimate her birthday to be either the…
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Tabs the empath
Yesterday morning, I carelessly snipped off a small chunk of flesh from my finger while cutting up raw meat for Gerald. The bleeding was frightening and nonstop even though I kept applying pressure to the wound. I finally got it under control after a few hours. But I started worry about completing all my chores…
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Kelly’s other food sources
A few days ago, I was really glad to meet up with a kind lady who comes by to feed Kelly early in the morning. The guard says she drops in to feed Kelly “food from a tube” almost on a daily basis. This explains why Kelly looks so prosperous and is seldom hungry these…
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Kelly’s week
Here are some photos from my alternate-day visits with Kelly. According to the guard, Kelly has been exploring quite a bit out of her usual territory too. I always ensure she has fresh water in her bowl. But she still comes to eat and everyone says she looks very healthy now! She has definitely put…
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Tabs and Juno at the catio
Tabs and Juno have a new favourite place now – Ginger’s Catio! The catio is also safer for Juno because surprisingly, nobody bullies her here, unlike being in Bunny’s Place where she seems to be hounded by the Blondie gingers and it always ends with her screaming, albeit preemptively, for help. We think it’s her…
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Gerald, the occasional taiji cat
Gerald follows us to the park for taiji once in a while. He is still the ever-vocal super manja cat that he was before. No change there, especially in being vocal! Gerald also looks much better nowadays, not as skinny as before. He still eats three times a day.
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Tabs’ follow-up at the vet’s
I was hoping for good news, but we don’t have any to share today. From Tabs’ kidney readings, the Porus One did not work. Her creatinine continues to rise (from 426 to 477 in two weeks), her urea has come down a little but her phosphates has also gone up. So there is no point…
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Visiting and feeding Kelly
Here are some photos of Kelly for the past week when I went down to the guardhouse to feed her. She looks well and is active and playful, but doesn’t eat as much as before. It may be possible that she is also getting food from other sources. The guard thinks so too. For example,…
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Scenes we’d like to see more of – the bookstore cat
I was at a local bookstore recently and I saw this! It was a well-fed cat taking an afternoon nap on one of the shelves! It’s so nice to see such things, isn’t it? It means a lot when we see members of the community embracing and accepting the presence of street animals. Even though…
