Cats who teach me to fly…

Nomu passed on peacefully. She lived till a ripe old age. We couldn’t do subcutaneous on her as her skin was thin and dry. It’s a sign of good old age and we are glad. She had a good life roaming freely and had food every night. When she was not looking good, she was brought home. She rested peacefully and had three meals a day and a small bowl of her favourite kibbles.

I opened the door cage for her but she was no longer interested in the outside world. Perhaps she thought all the home cats are babies because they never scratch real tree barks, step on real grass and watch the sunrise and sunset:).

We believe she was at least 12 years of age. The percentage of the community cats surviving more than 6 years old is low. Nomu was a fortunate one! Thanks to the feeders or the caregivers for they played a big role.

She had plenty of kisses and she really loved to be petted. I heard that she had plenty of treats before she fell sick. Little greedy Nomu:)!

Thank you Michelle, her caregiver, for providing her meals every day and many years.

May the merits accumulated be dedicated to her favourable rebirth.

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The above photo was taken last night. I didn’t know 花包 was resting in her tiny shelter until I was about to leave after feeding them. I am glad that she is using it. I have tried to improve the shelter, hoping they could have more privacy. So I covered one side with a cardboard and made a small opening on the other side just in case someone comes to disturb them. There would be another exit to get out of the box.

I am thinking of making the two front windows smaller and am still looking for a suitable carton box to place the cooling mat. The cooling mat has to fit well into the carton box so that they can sleep comfortably.

花包 sneaked quietly to the tiny shelter again just now. I hope she feels safe. There is a CCTV not far from where she is resting. Hopefully, it can deter and prevent people from doing anything harmful.

All feeders want their cats to be safe. With cases of cat abuse on the rise, feeders and rescuers have come together and make our voices heard. We demand justice, efficient investigations, transparency, and harsher punishment. Jail and fines are not enough, caning is the best punishment for those who inflict enormous pain to the cats. They must be made to remember what pain is. The pain that comes from caning. The same pain that they intentionally and brutally inflicted on the cats!

The cats that they killed are not only one but at least five. They slammed the cats against the wall multiple times and threw them from high floors. These cats were well taken care by their feeders. I can’t imagine the pain of knowing how they were killed. A few years back, there were two cats that I fed whom I suspected were abused. One was poisoned and another of internal injury. I asked our authorities to look into it but… they never listened to us!

All I wish for is their safety. I am ready to take all the cats that I am feeding when they are sick or old. Healthy cats are usually happier living on the streets. We need the community to help look after them and not just the feeders. Whenever there are other feeders helping out in my feeding area, I am always happy!

May 花包, all the cats and all beings be safe!

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It was already past midnight but i am determined to get it done. I know 花包 loves carton boxes. I promised her three days ago that I would get a carton box for her. I forgot about it until last night.

I bought a washing machine more than a week ago. I kept the box for seven days just in case if the washing machine didn’t function properly, I can do a one to one exchange.

The carton box has to be flat when I brought it to the feeding area, otherwise it can’t go into my car. I spent half an hour cutting and tapping the box. Trying to make it sturdy. I used up the scotch tape and I am not done with all the tapping yet. I’ll have to get a new scotch tape tomorrow.

She had been hiding and peeping at what I was doing. I knew she was somewhere at a different corner peeping because whenever I looked around, I saw half of her face looking at me.

I left a small carton box inside for her to sleep. The shelter looks big and I am thinking of adding a big carton box and a cooling mat for her.

After I left, I saw an unwanted carton box about 150m away. I took and folded it and walked all the way back. She was already sleeping in the shelter when I was there. I was glad that she likes it. Somehow the shelter looks a little empty.

The cooling mat and the carton box are ready! Instead of bringing it to her late at night, I am hoping to be there in the early afternoon. I told another feeder who was also feeding her and she will add a scratching post.

With the shelter, may 花包 and her good buddy, Curtain, have a safe and peaceful place to sleep!

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Got a cup of bubble tea in the evening. The tea cup they gave me was different from others. I was delighted as the cup was tastefully designed.

So “i-tea” in chinese is call “爱茶”! It’s not “love-tea”, it’s “i-tea”! Not “我茶”, 是”爱茶”!:)

The printed scenery on the cup is nice. Very chinese! I don’t understand the chinese characters that was printed on the cup, but the 爱茶人 means tea lover. Why 一碗 and not 一杯?

The colours are nice. I think the cup is saying “admiring the mountain while drinking tea”. It uses the sky, smoke, spring water, fire, stone, clear water to describe the ambience. A native chinese would explain better. I am no where near. However, the red mark at the right bottom says “want it fresh, have i-tea”!

I am an art person, beautiful pictures often capture my eyes. Pleasure? Delighted! I am throwing it away. It’s just a paper cup!

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Finally I took them home. I was worried about Toofy not being able to adapt to a home environment. Instead, Goofy was the one who took a longer time to adapt whereas Toofy adapted quite immediately. Toofy loves roaming on the street. His AirTag led me to places he frequented. Sometimes, he went as far as Shuang Lin Shi. 

Goofy often rested under cars at the multi-storey carpark. I hardly see him moving except for food, pee and poop. Most of the time, he stayed under the vehicle. 

Goofy was really loud on his first four nights. Even today, he tends to enjoy singing different tunes every night. Toofy was very patient with Goofy. I can see Goofy was trying to seek comfort from Toofy but they both didn’t get along when they were at the carpark. However, I spotted them sleeping close to each other at the carpark many times. 

Toofy has coughing fits which would leave him vulnerable and unable to defend himself if he had remained as a community cat. Goofy tends to stay away from people except me. No one can touch him. It is safe for him this way. Toofy goes to everyone who pets him and would roll and show off his belly. 

There has been a few cat abuse cases recently. It was brutal and our authorities are not doing anything about it. Their investigations were not transparent. They closed the cases too soon giving the reason that the cats were hit by vehicle. We all knew that these abused cats weren’t hit by vehicles. 

The community cats are well taken care of by their caregivers like myself. We give our effort, time and money. We send them to vet and release them when they recover and provide them with food and clean water every day. When our community cats’ lives are at stake, it is not only about them, it’s also about us! However, our authorities refuse to see this.

There are still other community cats downstairs and they are well taken care of by other feeders. They too are responsible feeders. After removing Toofy and Goofy from the street, I stopped hanging around at the void deck with Toofy late at night and spending time at the carpark in the afternoon with them. I save two hours every day.

When you get older, you just want to have more time with yourself. At least, I am the one. I have enough time to rest in the afternoon and get to do some sketching and reading late at night.

Both are coping well at home today. Basically, Toofy never shows signs of wanting to go out and Goofy becomes clingy like a baby and wants to be petted all the time. 

Toofy peeping Goofy while Goofy was doing his business!

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