Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • Gerald, Creamy and Tabs

    Creamy was here the very first thing in the morning. I already saw him sitting atop one of our cars from the CCTV when I got up. He was very hungry too. I first gave him a big bowl of wet food which he finished, but he stayed at the door, and kept looking in.…

  • Tabs’ red spot isn’t fungal

    It’s been four days now since the culture was done to determine if Tabs’ red spot is fungal. Well, it isn’t. The vet confirmed that today. And that red spot is so much better already. I’ve been applying the Triderm cream three times a day. This is the culture. If it’s fungal, the colour would…

  • Gerald’s yowling, trip to the park and eating fussiness

    Gerald protested by not eating this morning. While I managed to feed each of the Blondies, which was challenging enough, Gerald still did not want to eat, no matter what I offered him. Yesterday, he made a dash out of Bunny’s Room, ran to the front door and asked to go out. Of course I…

  • Ginger and our lovely Monsters in the Catio

    I haven’t written enough about our lovely Monsters lately, with so much focus on the Blondies and now, on Gerald. So this post is about the Monsters. Ginger is the big boss of the Catio. The Monsters live to serve him. Lynx is a totally affectionate cat but he bites. This is Minnie, the matriarch.…

  • Gardening with the Monsters

    I still miss Misty very much. It hasn’t been easy even though I have so much to do daily. Gardening with the Monsters nearby. Waiting each day for the lemons to ripen. Compared with the Blondies, the Monsters are actually so much easier to look after, especially when it comes to feeding – they eat…

  • Gerald’s day and a trip to the park

    There’s still the yowling, but luckily, Gerald hasn’t resorted to yowling in the middle of the night…yet. Generally, he yowls the moment he wakes up from a nap. My vet-friend told me that for outdoor cats, they are so used to roaming after they get up, so that’s why Gerald yowls. He wants to roam.…

  • Tabs is so comfortable now

    After getting the cream for that red spot and the ear lotion, Tabs has been visibly and definitely more comfortable. No more rubbing her head on Tupperware containers since then too. And she’s been taking long naps as well. Tabs and Riley, relaxing in the kitchen.

  • Gerald and the Blondies’ feeding challenge

    It’s getting to be even harder to feed the Blondies with Gerald’s influence. Gerald, unlike the Monsters, is also a very picky eater. One would think that being an outdoor cat, he would eat anything that’s served? Not true. Because I have to stop Gerald’s early morning yowling the moment I wake up or come…

  • Tabs to the vet’s (balding problem)

    So I took Tabs to the vet’s this afternoon to get her checked. The red round spot looked rather suspicious, so the vet did a scraping to check under the microscope.  Only 1 fungal spore was found. But I had also made the mistake of bathing Tabs this morning so I might have cleaned off…

  • Tabs’ balding and her medicated bath

    Tabs has started balding again. It is almost a once-a-year issue for her previously. Last year, she didn’t have it, though. When she used to, the problem was usually resolved using Advocate spot-on for 2-3 months consecutively. But this time, the bald spots are all located at the subcut needle pricks. So she has small…

  • Gerald’s yowling

    Gerald’s yowling was pretty bad yesterday. It is very, very stressful. I spoke with my vet-friend about it and her views are practical and realistic. She agrees that not all cats are happy living indoors and the yowling is not only stressful to humans, but also to our other cats. That is a factor I…

  • Gerald and his pillow

    Gerald knows how to enjoy a pillow! This is one of his deep-sleep naps where he doesn’t even wake up when I walk around the bed. He has taken the bed, so Samantha and the girls have to sleep elsewhere. All our other cats would open their eyes when someone is near. Not Gerald. He…

  • Gerald and his special spot

    It was raining this morning, so Gerald did not get his trip out to the park. He whined. The whining is on the increase and I am not sure what to make of it. Maybe he’s just tired of being confined and he wants his freedom again. Here he is, this morning. He’s the only…

  • Gardening and remembering Misty fondly

    It’s been a week since Misty’s accident. There hasn’t been a moment that I did not think of her and miss her. As much as I keep myself occupied, I am still constantly thinking of her. It was difficult to take a walk in the morning, but I had to. Part of the reason is…

  • Gerald’s trip to the park and his bath

    Gerald knows how to demand for a trip to the park – he yowls nonstop. Off-leash in the middle of the park. Gerald loves playing at this gazebo in the middle of the park. He jumps from slab to slab and rolls on the concrete. He doesn’t go far from me. Let’s hope he stays…