Sophie goes back to cattery

Sad to say, the fostering of Sophie has come to an abrupt end.

On Saturday, Sophie had severe diarrhea in the afternoon, and again at almost midnight, although she had hardly ate on Saturday. She refused to let me wipe her last night, and again this morning. I think she may need some medication to make her better, but if she doesn’t like me enough (although she’s always purring and kneading away) to let me wipe her diarrhea stain, trying to give her medicine would be quite unthinkable.

Her sponsor decided that it’s best for Sophie and all if Sophie returns to the cattery, where she won’t feel stressed and where she will be able receive full-time care, so arrangement was made for the pet taxi to send her back. It was my choice to foster Sophie and I’m sorry that things did not work out. At this point in time, I’m not capable to provide the level of care that she probably needs (maybe when I’m semi-retired and can spend more time at home).

Sophie's photo update

Sophie: I see you... *eyes big big*


Coco: You see me... hmm... *grumpy face*


The cool lady; the rug in the foreground has Coco's scent


Coco stealing peeps at Sophie...wondering who is this newbie that's taken over HRH's room! She seems more disturbed today - other than a bit of breakfast and cat treats, she hasn't eaten anything solid.


Being let out of the cage for breaks


She's a natural on the horizontal scratch mat...see mat only, straightway know what to do.


Choping all of Coco's favourite sunny spots


Sitting regally on top of the cage


Sophie loves to dip her paws into the water bowl and splash water all over the mat and marble floor. >_<"


Friday night was drafty and rather chilly, so she was happy to be enclosed in the semi-covered cage.


Sat afternoon: Though the cloth cover was removed, perhaps she was trying to tell me that it was still too hot.


The "compromise" arrangement, which Sophie promptly re-arranged again some minutes later.

Coco meets Sophie :)

Sophie arrived yesterday evening, and as I sat on the floor in the cat room, Coco must have forgotten there is a new cat in the house, and approached me confidently...then suddenly stopped in her tracks to check Sophie out!


Furry Encounter from Po P on Vimeo.

Update:
Immediately after she arrived, Sophie (the name I gave her) wasted no time in devouring the kibbles. She wasn't afraid at all; she was friendly, purring all the time and did the knead-front-paws dance. She was also quiet during the night. :)

By this morning, she still hadn't use the litter bin, so I swop hers with Coco's bin, hoping to send her a "stronger" message. Until she's learnt to use the clumping litter, I've to keep her in the cage, with regular breaks out of the cage to explore the cat room under close supervision.

Both cats seemed curious about each other, and I caught Coco taking occasional peeps into the cat room. So far, Coco seems unperturbed by the newbie's presence, and still behaves normally. The most surprising thing was there was no hissing at each other at all, except for a short snarl from Sophie at the SO when he tried to carry her suddenly.

At about 2.15pm, Sophie finally pee-ed in the litter bin, so she's now let out of the cage and free to nap around in the cat room. Photo updates coming up soon. :)

Oh, by the way, I discovered Sophie loves to dip her paws into the drinking bowl to splash out the water! I hope that means she enjoys bathing! Heheheh...

More cats for adoption

Jen Jen or JJ (click)


Goldee 1 (click)


Goldee 2 (click)


I thought this cat (below) is pretty, so took my camera out (again) to take a photo, and only realised much later that she might be Yoga.


Could this be Yoga?


This cat (Kelly-Sar) understands mommy's command in Cantonese to go sit on her lap!


This guy (Pai-Kuat-Chai aka 排骨仔) was sleeping in that manner until he got wakened up by the papparazzi. :)

Lovely afternoon

Instead of having tea with L, my new friend whom I met through Shiny, we went to visit our common friend, Phyllis. To me, Phyllis is a very special woman. I will always marvel at her love and dedication to saving and helping animals. :)

We met Cleo and Simba, two lovely kittens rescued by Chinky (another special person) that are up for adoption.



More information about them can be found at the Cats for Adoption (Singapore) blog.

Cleo and Simba

Both are estimated to be born in July 08, and both are girls. :)

He was here

And he's still here, with us...


And always will be with us... on our minds, and in our hearts.


More neighbours have been asking about Jon Jon and of course, about Sugar, as they were once the inseparable pair and THE ICONs of our blocks.


Sad to say, the bad news hasn't yet ended. Someone who saw it informed Ms A (caregiver) that Charlie (aka Thin Tail) has passed on, perhaps one day before Jon Jon did.

Charlie was quite territorial - I'd seen the way he attacked and chased the younger cats away. Yet he's a manja lap cat when it comes to human beans. Charlie once shared the same territory as Sugar and Jackie-O (who now lives at the pet shop). As the Chinese saying goes: 一山不能藏二虎, i.e. a mountain can't have two tigers, so how can there even be three, and worst, all are territorial and male cats? Cat fights and injuries were common in those days.

Our condolences also go to the KSN household, whose dear Lincoln passed away.
Rest in peace, Lincoln. You will be dearly missed by mommy.

Community cats update, etc.

I thought we had sensational weather 2 days' ago, on Tuesday. The whole day was cloudy and I didn't realise there had been a slight drizzle in the late-afternoon, until I stepped outside on my way home.


There was a nice ,cool breeze and the temperature felt like 23 to 34 degrees - it felt like a temperate country! The SO was somewhere else and he too, thought the same.


Shiny from another area, in a photo taken in mid-June. He had lost weight, and lately, is sick and has eye discharge. He is still eating lots though.

I have been missing this boy and last week, was just wondering what had happened to him, when lo and behold, he appeared before us yesterday!


BT has returned! He wasn't in a sociable mood, although he did come to headbutt my legs initially.


He has put on some weight and has a slight bulge at the tummy. Hmm...perhaps someone took him in? His coat doesn't look as smooth as before though... poor food is suspected. I hope he hasn't been thrown out now.

I went to the pet shop to get some canned food for Coco. As usual, Milky the chihuahua now knows how to seek me out, whether by the sound of my voice, my scent, or by whatever means!?!


Pet shop aunty said Milky only does this to 2 of her customers, and one of them is me.

Wow, I'm so honoured! She will make some odd noise until I stroke and carry her, and she will give me her specialty - doggie licks! I love to see her, as she 's so small, round and cute, just like a small roll of honey-baked ham. Best of all, she makes me feel so well-loved. :D



Here's Mimi Tortie Gal, happily being cuddled in the arms of her Singapore Idol... purring away like an engine.


Here's Tabby2 aka Azmi, being held against his/her wishes. All along, we'd thought he's a boy, but recently, we realised he/she really has got totally "no balls", so the SO suspect maybe he's a she!

Haha! Just like we've always thought Shiny was a she (due to the small size), until one day, we realised maybe Shiny is a he! Anyhow, it doesn't matter. We still treat them the same.

Who is Garpy?

Since our dear community cat, Gym-Garfield no longer lives outside the gym, he has been renamed Garpy by Papa Chinky, his fosterer.

See how much Garpy has bloomed and how well he gets along with the in-house residents . These pictures of Garpy hanging out with Mei Mei are soooo super cute that I've asked his fosterer for permission to post here for posterity. :)

Garpy snuggling up with Mei Mei (Chinky in the background)

Awww.... aren't they a sweet pair of darlings?

(Photos courtesy of Chinky)

Update: Jackie, et al

She has done it! After trying for two years of worming her way into the house, she has finally become the home's PR, and it's now full-time, for good!


At first, she kept coming up the stairs and meow outside the house, until she is let inside to eat, rest and sleep for a few hours a day. Midway, she was fostered at our home, but there was no success in finding a permanent home for her, so she returned to her community, but continued to visit MIL home, very persistently meowing outside, which is a very bad idea coz there are cat-haters around there.


So, her "few hours a day" inside the home turned into "during the daytime". What finally enabled Jackie to gain her full-day PR status was firstly, the passing of Mama, and secondly, PL the brat (Mama's daughter) and CM have both finally come to a truce and have stopped tearing each other's hair off when they meet, so now both cats no longer have to be separated.


So Jackie is now a full-time house cat, but she has to be separated from the other two coz she is the aggressor and still trying win the Queen's throne. *Sigh...*



Here's the brat PL (above) and CM (below).



PL the untouchable brat had never been an outside cat, except for once when she'd dashed outside and got lost for a day or two, totally terrified and being gong gong without any survival skills, was finally found trying to hide (in an impossible way) ... safe, hungry and probably traumatised.



CM, our dear favourite CM... is the smart cat that came from outside and loves to go outside, but was not allowed to do so because she had been the victim of strangulation by some human sicko who strangled her with her plastic flea collar. She was found choking, suffocated and had almost died if it wasn't for MIL's instincts.

That murder episode left a mark of "tightly compressed hair" around CM's neck which took several days before the hair puffed up back to normal, which showed how tightly that human sicko had strangled her.


She's so smart that she's known to open drawers to sleep in, and she'd once recognised the old lady who fed her when she was a kitten when the lady visited MIL at home. :)

Happy Tanaka & his cat house

I get to post Tanaka's picture from this post, with San's kind permission.

Look at him in his beautiful & comfy house!


I love this picture of him, and I love the fact that he's living with the amigos at San's home, a fact which I'd told San.

I think Tanaka is a very happy and well-adjusted cat. :))

MIL's cats

Poh Ling aka Mimi, the naturally-cranky daughter of the late Mama.
She's looking very slim in this photo...due to my photo skills *Ahem!*


Every cat-loving visitor to the house would have kena-ed a scratch or two from her, myself included! She belongs to the "untouchable" category.


CM aka Chong Ming, coz she's very the 聪明 (smart) loh.


From a very street-smart stray, she's come a long way to become loving, trusting and tolerant of whatever nonsense I dish out to her (I'm the one who always clean her ears, nose, eyes, etc. ). We can even kiss her forehead without her blinking now. The SO and I adore her.


Remember Jackie, the cat whom I'd fostered and tried but failed to rehome in 2006?
She's the one cat who always sits with her front paws crossed, like a lady.


Jackie is now a PT home cat (at MIL's home) and PT community cat. See her hanging tummy now.

It's been a long time, but I think she always remember her time spent living with us. She's become very fond of being carried and sayang-ed by MIL and us, but she's still very wary of strangers while living outside.

She's a street-smart gal.



While resting on the bed at MIL's home, I was pleasantly surprised that Jackie would still snuggle up to me, the way she used to do previously.



:)