Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • East meets Far East – our Zen-Tropical garden

    In our old house, we had a Balinese garden, which was our pride and joy. People would stop by to admire it and ask if they could come in and sit in it for awhile, just to enjoy the atmosphere. Then when we moved here, the landscape company that did our Balinese garden wasn’t around…

  • Covid’s chills and our cats’ warmth

    I’m isolating myself in the house as much as I can. And it’s hard to ask the cats to stay away from me. But I should stay away from them as humans are known to be able to spread Covid-19 to cats and dogs. Meanwhile, I’m getting the Covid-19 chills every now and then. Even…

  • Indy’s last nebulisation today

    Today is Indy’s last nebulisation. Well, not that it’s difficult to do, actually. He loves it! Kai being a KPC. This is his subcut. He cooperates very well during subcut too. I can handle everything singlehandedly, including changing bottles midway. Indy is pretty easy to handle. Maybe it is because he trusts me and hence,…

  • Gerald and Missy went missing this morning

    But they came back after an hour! Early this morning, Gerald and Misty both did not turn up at our porch for breakfast. This is really strange and has never happened before. Usually and almost always, Misty would be here. I went out to the road to call for them, but nobody turned up. So…

  • The work goes on, of course (trying Love Bugs and pilling Rey)

    Covid or no Covid, nothing changes as far as cat management is concerned. I tried giving Adored Beast’s Love Bugs to the Monsters today and hmm….I think it performed better than Fera Organic’s probiotics in the department of staging a hunger strike and protest. Everyone ate their laced food. Well, with a little less fervour.…

  • Beware of Covid-19, Part 3

    I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to write this Part 3, but bummers….I’ve got Covid-19 now. First time in my life. Oh well…. Not surprising since practically everybody has had it this round. Jia-Wen got it first (I suspect from Hong Kong), then my husband, then Sihui, and she thinks the boys also had…

  • How smart is Indy?

    I was doing Indy’s nebulisation this morning and usually, I will start it and go off to do my other chores. I know it roughly takes about 20 minutes to complete and I can also hear the sound of the machine. It gives a different sound when it is completed. But halfway through, I heard…

  • Exploring Adored Beast’s pre+probiotics for Indy and our cats

    I recently learnt that Adored Beast Apothecary makes very good probiotics. So I’m still in the midst of exploring probiotics for Indy and our cats. Here are the PDFs with details about some of their probiotic products. I also learnt that the base of their probiotics is Love Bugs, which I’ve already bought and am…

  • Indy’s Promax and his nice poop!

    I started Indy back on Promax yesterday and this morning, I saw really, really nice well-formed poop at his spot! So far, this is the only probiotics that work for Indy’s recent “oatmeal” poop. What doesn’t work so far are (1) Max Pro GI, (2) Gentle Digest and (3) Fera Organics Probiotics and Prebiotics. A…

  • Some updates on Cow Mau, Indy and Rey

    All three went to the vet’s yesterday, so this is a short update after one day. Indy Indy’s sneezing has reduced considerably ever since he started on the full spectrum of medication for his flu plus the nebulisation. I went to the vet’s to get him Promax for his loose stools today, so he is…

  • Research shows that cats have 276 facial expressions!

    Believe it or not! Here’s the research: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/01/world/cats-have-276-facial-expressions-intl-scli-scn So I tried on Samantha and wow….lookie, lookie, SIX different expressions!! Here’s what they mean: 1. I’m happy. 2. I’m a little happier than a few seconds ago. 3. I’m a little surprised now. 4. I’m keeping a straight face, but why is she taking so many…

  • Rey to the vet’s (lymphadenitis)

    I was looking through all our cats’ medical records after Cleo’s passing and Rey’s caught my eye. When I took them all back from the adopter’s in June last year, Robin had severe diarrhoea and Rey had a skin issue and the flu. Rey’s SDMA test last year had a reading of 13 (normal is…

  • Cow Mau to the vet’s (mouth pain)

    Cow Mau’s mouth pain was getting worse every day. Even transdermal Tramadol did not give him any relief anymore. So, I contacted the vet and she said the least harmful medicine for him would be the Metacam (Meloxicam) injection. It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to relieve pain and inflammation. Cow Mau’s weight…

  • Indy to the vet’s (blood pressure normal, but…)

    I took Indy, Cow Mau and Rey to the vet’s today. I shall write about Indy first. The reason for taking Indy is that (1) he has been sneezing for 5 days now, Cetirizine isn’t working, and (2) his oatmeal stools (again!). Since we were already there, the vet decided to check his creatinine, urea…

  • Jayden’s safari viewing!

    I let Jayden go out to the porch to help me feed Gerald, Misty and Creamy, but when it comes to Ginger’s Catio, it is better he stays behind the screen doors to view. It is not that the Monsters would attack him (definitely not!). On the contrary, he might spook the Monsters and disrupt…