Friday, October 20, 2006

Sanju's update: a dream life for all stray cats

If only all stray cats end up having a happy life...like Sanju and Arrow. :)


Sanju when he was first rescued by Vegancat

Injured, cold and hungry



Thin & with chronic flu


Sanju at foster home

Morning of Day 2, waiting for me as I brushed my teeth



Still flu-ey


Sleeping soundly in the 'cat room'


Sanju at his forever home, with his buddy Arrow

(latest photos and captions courtesy of the cats' mummy)

Adventure in the woods


Behind the scenes preparation for photo shoot



Call of the balcony


King for a day


Sanju & the tables


Playtime


Hard day at the office


Sitting pretty


Viola!


Update from the cats' mummy:

We are in the middle of getting our balcony cat safe so that Sanju and Arrow can enjoy a bit of the outdoors (mind you the haze is not so good at the moment). We now have a lot of plants out there and we take each cat on a little excursion everyday to get used to the balcony. They want to go out every minute! It will be great for them. We've made huge frames out of PVC piping that will eventually be covered in netting. The netting is from a golf shop in the US, being just right for the outdoors and with a small weave. We'll take a pic when it's all done for you to see. We've read that netting needs to be kind of loose so that the cats don't try to climb it, as it would then feel soft and unstable under their paws.

I think we'll be monitoring them for a while until we're sure that they understand the boundaries and have accepted them. The idea is to let them go in and out of the house as they please as we have bought a special pet door that goes into a glass sliding door.

We are also training the cats to use the human toilet instead of the litter trays. They are progressing really well.

Hope you like the pics.
C

8 comments:

KXBC said...

They can play Tarzan and Jane when the netting is up. Oh-e-oh, Tarzan boh ching kor!!!! Hehehe...

Cat said...

awww ... Sanju's a big big boy now & not to mention a very happy boy :)

Singapore Community Cat said...

I would like to see a photo of how these two do "it" in the human toilet.

san said...

Sanju looks like a diffrent cat. They both look great:)

cat_aunty said...

I am very very happy for Sanju....

CatDonna & Cats said...

FANTASTIC!

I'm so happy for Sanju. His success against the odds is all because of caring and dedicated volunteers such as vegancatsg and yourself. :)

I really admire your good work with the animals you help.

auntie p said...

Catdonna: Thank you, but umm...I feel very paiseh (embarrassed) about your compliment bec I don't deserve it.

It's dedicated folks like vegancat, his partner in cat-care, carol, my neighbour A and yourself who's done much much more for the community cats and adopted cats, on a daily basis. So thank you! :)

=^..^= said...

I'm so happy to see how far Sanju has come. I agree with San, he does look like a different cat. He has filled out a lot and looks very confident too!

*thunderous applause from my tiny hands*

~5-Cat Style