Sunday, April 27, 2008

Community cats update

During the week, I finally saw two rather elusive cats, which I haven't seen for more than a week.

Sugar - He doesn't hang out as much at his regular place. Ms A the caregiver thinks he's hiding from her, to avoid taking medication!

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He seemed hungry and came to me, wanting food. I gave him the only dry food I have, and he ate a bit. I tried to clean the debris on his chin, next to his mouth. He'd refused and ran a few feet away. When I persisted, he suddenly cried and jumped/ran off. I think his gums are still hurting.

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It took some effort, but I finally coaxed him to stop running away from me, so that I can placate him and say sorry, and sayang-ed the poor boy a bit.

Saw him on another day when I came home after work. I thought wet food would be easier on his gums and have resorted to carrying a can in my work bag, but he refused to eat.

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He just laid on the cool grass while I patted him, resting. He seemed like very fatigued and looked kind of down. When the SO came back after his swim, I asked him to go look for Sugar to sayang him, which kind of cheered Sugar up a bit, as he had begun purring.

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After dinner, I went to look for him. After playing hide & seek with me for a while, he finally came near me and let me be near him. He didn't want any food, so we both sat there in the cool evening breeze for a while. He did act manja and rolled on the floor for some sayang, so I hope he'd felt better. I saw him again tonight, and again he refused the wet food, and ate a few kibbles. Also saw Jon-Jon tonight... he has slimmed down a little, although he ate normally this evening (not so picky, at least!).


Mimi - I have no idea where Mimi hangs out during the day, but finally saw her a few nights' ago and again, tonight.

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She's grown longer, but her face is still kitten-ish. The fur has grown back on the shaved patch on her lower tummy. She's healed well from her spaying.

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Tabby2 - went to feed him some wet food this evening, and saw a patch of dried leaf stuck onto his rump.

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It was chewed up gum. I tried to remove it as much as I could, but it was impossible to remove it all without cutting off the fur. So I stuck a small piece of tissue onto whatever gum that remained stuck on him... will see if I can remove more of it tomorrow.

Throughout the process, the affectionate boy didn't protest at all, but kept purring and started kneading...so happy with all the attention from me. :)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

read your note abt sugar's gums prob. i've some med ... painkiller, which you may want to try on sugar?
cheers,
sharon

auntie p said...

Thanks Sharon, but Sugar won't take it. The caregiver had taken him to the vet but he just won't come near enough to take his medicine. We'd tried to put the medicine into his mouth which caused him to jumped and "roared" in pain. He was so angered by it that he took it out on Jon Jon. :P

auntie p said...

Oh, and throughout his ordeal, Sugar had never once scratch or bite any one of us humans...he's really adorable. :)

EJ. said...

Look like Sugar having a bad case of gingivitis.

Anonymous said...

what abt mixing the med into his food?
sharon

cat_aunty said...

Sugar does look a bit down and tired.....get well soon, Sugar!

Tabby2 looks chubby!

auntie p said...

Sharon, no can do. Read the post..Sugar already is refusing to eat his food.