Cats who teach me to fly…

We sent Mummy Yellow to Dr Heng, the only eyes specialist in Singapore, at Mt. Pleasant clinic for her eye check up a week ago. Yellow’s left eye was not fully developed. Her cataract is stuck to her lens. Thus, it makes the surgery impossible. Even if her cataract is removed, she is unable to have a clear version due to her underdeveloped eye. We think that opting for surgery is too risky for her as the cataract is sticking to her lens. Hence we decided not to go for it.

In years to come, if her cataract worsens, we may have to remove her eye ball. If we do not do so, Yellow would suffer a lot of pain in her eye. Since Day One when I saw her, she was already like this. I hope that Yellow’s eye will always remain this way. Her vision may not be clear but she does not feel any discomfort at all.

Yellow sleeping on a hammock that I recently bought for them.

Yellow’s kittens have grown so much! In less than two weeks time, they will be five months old.

Hugo has the biggest size among all.

Sparkie is mischievous and brave.

Vanilla is gentle.

Lastly, Minnie, the only female. She is always bullied by the boys and the smallest among all. She looks like her Mummy.

Not only do I often get confused with Yellow and Minnie, Mel too. We also get confused with Hugo and Sparkie, Elka and Vanilla.

I recently bought three hammocks for all of my cats.

I think Monnie enjoys the most.

Prince Elka feels really good too!

What should I buy for them next? 🙂

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Sunshine two days ago.

And Sunshine after two days.

I am glad that Sunshine has recovered well. She has been a good girl. I miss her… She is such a sweet girl! She is happier roaming outside than living at home.

She and her mum are always resting at the carpark under the car. Whenever I see vehicles coming, I got so worried for them. Where else can these cats rest besides under the car? Humans won’t go under the vehicles, perhaps that’s why they feel safe. There is no proper shelter for them. Even if there is, some humans might tend to be nasty to them.

I realised that all cats are afraid of children. Whenever they see children, they tend to run away as quickly as possible. Sunshine too.

Sometiimes I wish that I am staying near to the cats, so that I can leave some food for them at night. I told Mel I will be moving somewhere closer to the cats after four years. Mel actually agrees too! A lot of time has been spent on traveling. Yeah… Sembawang is way too far from anywhere and everywhere even though I am driving.

I look forward to see all my cats that I am feeding tomorrow.

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After feeding the angels in Hougang this morning, I went to Whampoa. Sunshine, her Mummy and Mr Slow was the last batch I fed. Mummy walked to me first and Sunshine was behind her. I was shocked when I looked at Sunshine’s face. She looks weird. Weird on her chin. My ex neighbour passed by. I stopped her and asked her to look at Sunshine’s chin. My ex neighbour too agreed that Sunshine’s chin is swollen.

It was 30mins to noon and AMK veterinary closes at 12pm and opens at 2pm. I had to bring Sunshine home first. I was so afraid to bring her home cos she was so aggressive towards all my cats and I had to isolate her.

Sunshine was given two injections. One was a painkiller and another was an antibiotic. It took two nurses and a vet to get hold of Sunshine. Sunshine screamed so loud and everyone in the clinic heard her.

A pain and anti inflammatory syrup was prescribed for Sunshine to be taken with or after meal.

I left food and water for Sunshine before I went out and when I got back, Sunshine didn’t touch the food at all. I didn’t see any improvement on Sunshine’s chin and I began to worry again.

I decided to place her cage on top of the table. Cats always prefer to rest themselves in a higher place.

After shifting her, she began to eat and finally I could feed her her medicine. I can see that she was feeling better. She even groomed herself. I hope she gets better tomorrow.

Sunshine is really a very cute girl to me. I don’t know how she got her swollen chin. She was perfect when I saw her the day before. Don’t know what caused her chin to be swollen overnight. The vet said there was no fracture on her jaw. There was no sign of pus or wound.

I need to monitor her for the next two to three days. Hope she recovers soon! Cute Sunshine!

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Someone posted on Facebook that there were five stray dogs attacking a cat at Hougang ave 3. The block is only a few blocks away from where I am feeding. The cat at Hougang ave 3 was bitten to death yesterday afternoon. The cat looks young on the picture. It hurts me to see it and my heart sunk immediately.

So the dogs are still roaming around! I have contacted most of the dogs welfare group but none reply. I was left with no choice but to call AVA. We called AVA two weeks ago. They agreed to work with the dogs welfare group before trapping the dogs.

I knew that AVA was lying. Lying about working closely with the dogs welfare group… What else can I do besides calling AVA? If anything were to happen to the dogs during trapping, people will start cursing people like us for calling AVA.

We did seek help but none bothered to reply.

Recently there was a mother stray dog trapped dead by a contractor that AVA has hired. The news went viral on Facebook. And the person who complained was terribly cursed and sweared at by the public. I was freaked out by the behaviour of these animal lovers…

After reporting to AVA two weeks ago, the dogs are still around. I am worried sick about Bluz and Snowy. Bluz has problems with his eyesight and Snowy is a slow lady.

I packed the food for the Whampoa cats just now and I also packed for the cats in Hougang. I brought six small cans of Fussy Cat wet food. I don’t go to Hougang in the morning but tomorrow I am going to make an extra trip to Hougang in the morning and give them their favourite canned food.

This is the only little thing I can do for them… Wish I could do more… Wish the dog welfare groups can be sincere for just a little more…

What I can do right now is to pray for all the cats’ safety…

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