We found a heavily pregnant stray calico near the chalet at Changi more than eight years ago. We didn’t want to abort her kittens and decided to let her have her kittens.
I left mommy calico in my vacant flat at Sembawang and provided her with what she needed. She had a room all by herself and some of my rescues occupied the other room. I had CCTV cameras monitoring them. Calico delivered four wonderful kittens – three boys and a girl and Lohei was the only girl.
Since I only visited them once a day, I provided them, hopefully, more than they need. I bought cat trees, comfortable beds and not forgetting carton boxes for them.
Lohei behaved like a lady. She didn’t allow me to touch and was quick tempered. The four kittens were vocals while mommy was soft.
Since Lohei was a black kitten, finding her a home was difficult. Mommy calico was adopted. As the kittens grew older, I moved them with me and they are eight-years-old now.
Lohei had abnormal nostrils discharge. We sent her to Dr Wendy for checkup. X-rays and blood tests were done and Dr Wendy even flushed the discharge from her nostrils. She was sent home with some medication.
We continued seeing discharge from her and it stopped after she completed the antibiotics. Shortly, the discharge returned again. We believe there may be growth somewhere along her nasal which cannot be found or seen by x-ray.
It didn’t take long for Lohei to live till her final days. Yes, I felt the familiar heaviness again. We never get used to watching them go, don’t we? I turned away, disgusted by the feeling.
I cleaned her and made sure she was comfortable. She called me and I petted her, assuring my love for her and not forgetting to thank her.
May the merits accumulated be dedicated to her favourable rebirth.
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