Cats who teach me to fly…

Every morning before I start my day, I would feed the cats first. First I left clean water and food for the cat/cats below my block. Next I go to Jalan Tenteram.

These are the cats at Jalan Tenteram. I believe they must be hungry the whole night. Unlike our cats at home.

These are not all the cats. There are still many cats out there.

In the evening. I would feed the cats at Hougang.

There are a few out there too.

After feeding them, i would go to Jalan Tenteram again.

Beside feeding them, i sterilised them. I sent them to the vet when they were sick or injured. I nursed and released them. Those that were missing, I reported to AVA and SPCA. If anyone was absent, I would find them and call out their names. Hopefully none of them miss their meal cos I don't want them to go hungry. If I can't find them, I would leave food on a paper bowl for them. These are the little things I do for them and I don't leave immediately after they had finished their food. I would stay on for at least another 15mins to pet them.

I believe many cat, dog and animal caregivers do the same thing and they even do more than I do. We put in so much heart on it. Our money, time, effort and love…

I have come across a 70+ year old lady, kicking their food away while the cat was eating. A family who has nine cats at home and they only love their cats but not the strays around their area. They too threw their food away right under my nose. They threw things at the strays and shoot them with ball bearing.

Today, when I was feeding at Jalan Tenteram. An 80+ old man urinated intentionally at the place where I left the food and water for the cats. When I saw it, I was boiling at a very extremely high temperature. I yelled at him. I asked him why must he do this. I told him to stop doing all these and when I turned my head to look at the cats, Sunshine and Daisy, my heart sunk. They didn't seem to know anything. I was extremely upset by the whole thing. Why must animals be treated like that? Why must human being behave disrespectfully?

I threw the food and water as well as the water container away and cleared the urine stain with clean water. I replaced a bowl of fresh dry food and clean water for them and placed it on the other end instead…

At that moment, I was wondering how far can an animal, cats and dogs lover go and how much can we take these? There are so much anger and so much sadness.

With the effort and love we give to the animals, AVA and SPCA would just simply put the cats and dogs that we caregivers care so much of to sleep without us knowing. Town council and the member of the public would just simply relocate the cats. Have they ever fed them? Have they ever cared for them? Have they ever nursed them? Have they ever done anything kind to them? Have they? So on what ground and in whose name do they have the rights to just put them to sleep and to relocate them…?

How much can we, caregivers hold on? We can hold on, we definitely can hold on till our last breathe cos we have an extremely big heart.

Those who have abused, ill treated or/ and killed the animals would have to face the consequences they brought upon themselves. I can't help them and no one can…

This is Daisy. Sunshine's mummy.

And this is Sunshine, picture taken a few days ago. She was looking sick. I brought her home and nursed her till she got well and released her.

Everyone should love animals and people just like we love ourselves. I have stopped consuming eggs. I still have chocolates in my fridge. These chocolates are given by my friend as a gift. Once they are finished, I am a vegan.

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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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