Cats who teach me to fly…

SPCA called me at the right time and place yesterday. I was at Sembawang and a cat was found abandoned by two kind ladies. I was being directed by SPCA to track the location of the abandoned cat. At first I thought it was the grey cat that I feed regularly who got ill but it wasn’t… The photo of the cat didn’t look good to me.

It is always hard not to help cats in such a condition. The two kind ladies bought the towel just to wrap her up. The towel was soiled with urine and faeces. His fur was badly matted. His jaw looks weird. He was having flu and he couldn’t walk normally. But he definitely has bright eyes. His teeth tells me that he isn’t a young cat. I updated SPCA about his condition and told them that I would take over from here.

We had an appointment with the vet in the evening and our vet was ok with us bringing another cat. Yes, he was born in such a way that his jaw was not properly located. Flu yes. He has spinal issues that cause him not be able to walk normally. We decided to name him Baby Orange and he weighs only 1.75kg.

I requested the vet to bathe him. The vet sounded a little reluctant as they were shorthanded. So they can only remove those big lumps of matted fur and we’ll have to remove the rest.

An hour when we returned to the clinic. To our surprise, the nurse on duty made an extra effort to get Baby Orange cleaned up. An antibiotics was prescribed for his flu. We’re not sure how he would cope, so we’re taking it one step at a time.

I temporarily put him with Nagar. Both were separated by a playpen.

He definitely looks better after shower. Although his eyes are teary but they still look bright to me! It still pains me when I see him sleeping. I hope he feels safe and loved.

Nagar knock knock…who’s there? Munch munch…Baby Orange eating!

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Two days ago, Futian was breathing heavily with her mouth opened and I thought I was going to lose her. Gladly the antibiotic works for her.

Futian has chronic lungs issue that never seem to heal. I’ve been feeding her TCM supplement and now adding another type of TCM before bed. She is in a room where old cats and cats that require extra attention stay. Usually if the cats are doing fine, I wouldn’t rest in this room. But now I think I want to sleep with them on alternate days.

Futian was here just 5 mins ago and now 满满 is taking over her place. No matter how many times I call her, she just didn’t want to look at me!

It is actually much peaceful sleeping in this room. Enough space and I won’t be squeezed to a side with only half of my body lying on the mattress!:) Going to read before going to bed. Hope it will be peaceful in the living room too!

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Both Cashie and Monnie were adopted when they were four months old. Sadly, Cashie had to leave us for good… As Monnie celebrated her 10 years old birthday, all my cats including the community cats and myself have grown old. Unknowingly Elk is already more than 10 years old. 保保 and 佑佑 are 8 years old next month. Even Yellow is going to be 10 this September. Vara and brothers are 7. Gosh…

It was hard to get Monnie to sit still. She is still the small kitten she used to be. The way she meows tells us that she knows she is being loved and spoilt. It is the same meow when she was a kitten. Knead and bite me just like she was four months old! I love to call her 满满.

Nagar and Futian are still having the same issue. Glad that Futian is able to keep Nagar accompany. It’s a small place for Nagar and Futian doesn’t mind sleeping together with her. Even cats are humble :)! And Nagar has been with us for four years. I want to remember both of them in this way.

The last thing I can do is to love and cherish them. I’ve always prefer to get my work done at home and only go out when necessary. Time is too short for us… I want to spend more time with them and pay more attention to the community cats!

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Both of then have put on weight, especially Ajwa. I couldn’t even recognise her.

Finally this naughty boy was adopted. Owners love the name Royce and loves him too!

Their owners keep their names as well. They are the siblings of Ajwa and Mochi. Both of them did not put much weight like Ajwa and Mochi. Perhaps their owners have their concern. In such cases, we would continue to do a follow up with the owners.

She has grown so big now! She was just a little kitten roaming around by herself when I picked her home.

And finally Bourbon. Bourbon is completely spoilt by his owner. All rescuers would prefer that actually ha…

I hope to get a few cats adopted in year 2023 ans wee are all ready for the adoption drive!

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Pretty went missing since last Monday. We have been feeding Pretty for more than 9 years. We knew she was old already. We tried to catch her but we couldn’t. She didn’t allow us to touch her.

I still leave food every night at the usual place where she eats. I’ll carry on doing so for another week, just in case she returns… and will stop after 2 weeks of waiting.

Before I left for retreat at Jhana Grove, I told myself I’ll bring all the cats home from Hougang when I’m back . But 慈忠 and Pretty must be caught first. We tried but failed. The rest were easy to catch.

Finally, our mission was done yesterday.

It wasn’t difficult to put the cats into the carriers. What’s finished is done! And it was done beautifully on the last night of 2022.

We took the 4 and they are with Melanie. They can’t be caged and Mel has a master room which is big enough to accommodate all of them. I really have Mel to thank. And from 2023, I’ll have 1½ hours of free time in the evening. This free time should be used to create slides and animation for propagating the Dhamma. It is specially dedicated to all the cats, all whom we’re in touch with and the future productions will be dedicated to all sentient beings.

And I’m already in the mist of painting the monks…

Lots of rest for me in this new year too…

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