Our Harimau Malaya (Tabs) is watching a lion dance performance which was done in front of Wong Fei Hoong’s memorial in China. REAL, solid kungfu!

I’ve just finished the 2am feed. Gerald came to make a lot of noise at the window. He always does, whenever I wake up in the middle of the night or at dawn. And Samantha wants to go out. I have a feeling she’s come into heat again. Can a cat get pregnant while nursing…

It’s just so cute! I’m not so worried now that the vet has checked and Samantha does have milk, after all. I just hope she won’t discard them out of the box again.

I managed to get all the kittens and Samantha into the carrier without much problems this morning, then off we went to the vet’s. Gerald saw us off. The whole family in the car. The vet said all the kittens are fine. They are also not constipated despite me being unable to make them defecate…

There is yet another new visitor to our porch, probably trying to take Samantha’s vacancy. This time it’s a small tortoiseshell whom I will call “Misty”. So, there’s Socks, Pepper (the ginger with white socks), the earlier tortoiseshell who was pregnant and now, Misty, another tortoiseshell. Samantha fought off the pregnant tortoiseshell in a very…

This morning, Kai was cast out of the box. Sigh. But the good news is that through the night, everyone has gained some weight, with Indra leading now. 22-Feb 7pm 310 285 293 23-Feb 7am 339 294 312 23-Feb 6pm 339 310 330 24-Feb 6am 346 313 352 Feeding Indra. Feeding Akira. Feeding Kai. If…

Here’s another article: https://www.livescience.com/why-cats-have-white-socks-on-paws.html And it answers a question which was bugging me: Does it mean that the developmental quirk happened in all the white patches of a cat? Looks like the answer is YES. These distinctive fur colors and markings emerge while a cat embryo is developing. The cells that give cat fur its color first…

A very, very interesting article: https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/how-human-extinction-would-change-the-earth/?dicbo=v2-jo8tqdo I picked out some bits: Cats are predicted to survive better than dogs after human extinction. Cats have already reclaimed Chernobyl Exclusion Zone where humans dare not go into. Some remnants of human existence might remain – plastic. Yes, that Tupperware might still be there. Animals will thrive after humans…

Sigh… I went in to check and this is what I found: Kai is outside the box, all alone. Why did Samantha do this? Or even if Kai climbed out by himself, why didn’t Samantha carry him back? Well, the thing is, Kai has not gained any weight in the last 12 hours. Remember Kai…

Wow, I did not know this! Did you? https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-do-cats-have-white-paws/ These features are caused by a developmental quirk, which occurs whilst the embryonic kitten slumbers in its mother’s womb, and which stymies the ability of would-be pigment cells to mature properly.  Well, Indra not only has white paws, but white legs. Indra has two white hind…

Well, tomorrow we will know for sure about Kai and Indra’s gender! My guess? Yes, they are both males because of their weights. I know there’s an 80% chance of them being male, but this article says it is a 75% chance. https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/is-it-true-that-most-ginger-cats-are-male/ Yes, but not all. The ‘ginger gene’ which produces the orange colour…