Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • Today’s homemade soupy food for our cats

    This is my yet another attempt to get our cats to drink more water. I call it “soupy food” because it has a high amount of water/soup in it. It’s water-rich food. For our younger cats (Minnie’s family and Samantha’s family), they won’t drink pure broth, they need some meat in it. Hence, the soupy…

  • Guess who LOVES my homemade food (with soup)?

    This is a follow-up of my quest to get all our cats (especially our CKD cats) to drink more water. So I started making meat broth (without bone because of our CKD cats) and trying to make them drink it. Most of them were not interested and I had to add some meat to it.…

  • The chicken soup story (meat broth for the cats)

    It’s not Chicken Soup for the Soul, but literally, Chicken Soup for Survival…because cats need to drink more water!! So, how did my chicken soup adventure go today? Well, I stared slowly cooking chicken in water last night. I added carrot and pumpkin because I figured I might blend the cooked meat and vegetables later…

  • Why feed your cat a raw diet

    I’ve been researching on cat food and recently, I’ve written about what other caregivers feed their cats and also dogs. Today, I’m going back to writing about raw food which is my first choice of food for our cats and I’d like to share this article: https://www.foodfurlife.com/why-feed-your-cat-a-raw-diet.html#/ Some excerpts: Many assume the influence of living…

  • Meat broth and homemade food for CKD cats

    For the meat broth, it’s best I refer you to a time-trusted site for the recipe: Tanya’s Comprehensive Guide to Feline Chronic Kidney Disease – Persuading Your Cat to Eat According to this site, just boil chicken in water and there is no need to add any vegetables (definitely not onions, please). From my own…

  • Tabs and Indy’s subcut this morning

    Tabs’ subcut is 200ml three times a week while Indy’s is 200ml daily. So far, I just need a bit of help in holding Tabs as I poke the needle as she might run off. Otherwise, she’s fine. Such a good girl. Indy was so, so good today too. He came to wait for his…

  • The Blondies’ breakfast today

    Today is Indra and Akira’s turn to eat a proper meal and Kai to skip it and go “hunting”!  Indra has not eaten a “proper” sit-down meal for two days now, but she did eat a lot of snacks. Samantha too only ate a little and decided she should go on intermittent fasting this morning.…

  • My 2km park walk in the sunny afternoon with Gerald and Misty

    Ever since September this year when Indy was suddenly diagnosed with Stage 3-4 CKD, Cow Mau with HCM and I started everyone on pre+probiotics (and later, fish oil) as a daily supplement, my mornings have been very, very time-consuming. It takes at least 1.5 hours to give everyone their supplements and do all the feeding…

  • Indy’s ultrasound and X-rays – all clear!!

    Today was Indy’s appointment for his ultrasound and X-rays to check if there is any cancer. All clear!! If you are reading the images above, you will see a lot of fluids under the skin because I had just given Indy his subcut this morning. The verdict: There is no evidence of any cancerous mass…

  • Cindy’s Recipe Original canned food as a snack for our cats

    We have been using Cindy’s Recipe Original canned food with broth for our cats for many years now, but only as a snack/treat as it is a complementary food. Not as their staple food. Their staple is still raw food. Recently, with Indy getting CKD and now, Tabs and Ginger at the early stages and…

  • Pet food: Complete and balanced? Maybe…maybe not?

    A very informative and detailed article: https://truthaboutpetfood.com/complete-and-balanced-maybe-maybe-not/ Excerpts: And more: Explanation: Complete and Balanced means the pet food contains all of the nutrients (protein, fat, fiber, vitamins and minerals) that a cat or dog needs – and in the proper amount.  But is our pet eating enough of it to get the “proper amount”? That…

  • Using fat stem cells to treat cat kidney disease

    The article: https://drgoodvet.com/pet_health/stem-cells-help-fight-kidney-disease-cats/ An excerpt: While there isn’t any cure for CRF, stem cell therapies offer hope for treating this condition. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can become specialized cells, and scientists use them to grow replacement tissues and organs. Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine discovered that adult…

  • Jayden and Riley

    Be prepared to go “Aww….”!! For a few months, Jayden had been a bit rough with the cats, but now, he’s learning to be gentle again. He often asks to go into Bunny’s Room to hug Cow Mau and Indy. Samantha and the Blondies are too afraid of him! Riley used to be afraid too,…

  • Tabs and Ginger to the vet’s (suitable for stem cell therapy!!)

    The purpose of taking Tabs and Ginger to the vet’s today is to determine if both of them are suitable to undergo the stem cell therapy as treatment for their kidney disease. Tabs has Stage 2 CKD and PKD. Ginger is considered to be in Stage 1 (not requiring subcut or supplements yet). Ginger Ginger…

  • Riley and Gerald to the vet’s (annual vaccination)

    I took Riley, Gerald, Tabs and Ginger to the vet’s today. I’ll write about Riley and Gerald first. Gerald No issue. Might have to continue with the monthly Advocate spot-on for his balding flanks. It has actually healed a lot, but he is probably allergic to something and since he is a free roaming cat,…