Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • “Are we loving our pets….?”

    This is food for thought: https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/family/2024/08/05/are-we-loving-our-pets-to-death The title of the article is “Are we loving our pets to death?” but I didn’t think it was appropriate. If you’re looking for exotic and low-maintenance pets, you may consider taking care of isopods. Here are some excerpts: In our efforts to love them (as our children), have…

  • Tabs and Riley on a rainy afternoon

    Tabs gets the privilege of getting to eat whatever she wants since she’s a senior now. Riley, well, she’s very fussy, so I either force feed her or she also gets whatever she wants, which is Tabs’ AIM food from Japan. Riley loves it. It’s been a cold day today, so all our cats are…

  • Gerald and the Blondies

    The ginger Blondies are guarding their serai plant. The only time we have some peace and quiet – when Gerald takes a nap. Something interesting up there? Samantha is not interested at all! A family snack!

  • Gerald’s yowling

    Gerald has been confined indoors for a month now. Of course he has not stopped yowling, but the yowling was getting really, really intense and bad for the past few days. It had been louder and more persistent. It also looked like he was trying to find a way to escape to the outdoors. Gerald’s…

  • Good old friends

    Jayden and his best cat-pal, Ginger! Ginger (and maybe Gerald too) is the only cat who would allow Jayden to do anything to him. Ginger and Jayden have been friends since Jayden was 2.5 months old!

  • Learning about cats and their gestures

    This is the Cat Chat book which teaches children what cat gestures mean. Jayden loves the book. He learns from the book and then he observes our cats hands-on. Ryan is more into books about dogs and puppies!

  • On a cold rainy day

    From left: Gerald, Indra, Akira and Samantha. Where is Kai? Here she is! On cold rainy days, the cats sleep more and also…eat more!

  • Tabs is looking much better

    After starting on Fortekor, Tabs appears to be in much better spirits! She definitely looks brighter and is also more cheerful. We had to change the pillowcase for her special favourite pillow because Indra keeps sleeping on it. There’s Indra, taking over the pillow again!

  • Who is sleeping on Tabs’ pillow?

    Oh no…Indra is sleeping on Tabs’ favourite pillow in the living room. Tabs owns this pillow, so why has Indra taken over it? Because Tabs has taken over their bed in Bunny’s Room! Well, no wonder! This looks like a long afternoon nap. Akira migrates here. Meanwhile, Gerald is taking a long nap after the…

  • Can the Monsters control Gerald’s yowling?

    We can only try and see if it works. Husband let the Monsters go over to Bunny’s Place. The Blondie girls are all in the Safehouse and Samantha is in the room. Only Gerald is in the garden with the Monsters. He doesn’t seem at all intimidated by their presence at all. After all, he…

  • Serai stories

    The serai stories continue… We have three potted serai plants to rotate; one for the Blondies, one of the Monsters and one intermediate plant for rotation. It’s like when two persons dine in a Chinese restaurant, they serve you three cups of Chinese tea; for for each person and one more intermediate one to cool…

  • The tightrope walker and the yowler

    It’s very fascinating watching Kai balance on the clothes lines with such ease every morning. She never fails to do this, to watch the insects flit to and fro from the tree branches. Indra is busy guarding their serai plant. More about this in the next post. Gerald is being…Gerald. The yowling, I believe (or…

  • Tabs to the vet’s (PCKD check-up)

    Along with Ginger, we also took Tabs to the vet’s for her PCKD check-up today. Unlike Ginger, Tabs’ CKD has progressed. Granted, hers is actually a PCKD and not CKD alone. Tabs has polycystic chronic kidney disease whereby multiple cysts presents in both her kidneys. It is a structural deformity and there is nothing we…

  • Ginger to the vet’s (CKD and paw wound check)

    We took Ginger and Tabs to the vet for their CKD progression check-up today. I will talk about Ginger first. Ginger’s paw wound hasn’t completely healed yet. When the vet removed the scab, there was still a bit of bleeding, and it hasn’t dried up yet. Still a little bit of swelling. He doesn’t need…

  • Tabs’ third medicated bath

    This is Tabs’ third medicated bath for her balding issue. I’m using PyoHex shampoo. Seven minutes of soaking. It’s a hot day, so she dries fast. That red circular spot has completely healed. The hair is slowly but surely growing back in the bald spots too. She’s got one vial of Advocate spot-on, and will…