Cats who teach me to fly…

I woke up at 6.15am today. Picked Mel up at 7.30am and we went straight to East Coast to scoot. I have always wanted a kick scoot. Finally, I’ve got one now. Mel bought a three-wheeled scooter and I bought a normal two-wheeled one.

I did not expect kick scooting to be so tiring. Mel was extremely exhausted, perhaps part of the reason was because she fell when she was scooting haha… She was so desperate to overtake me and yet was not aware of the surroundings. When I turned my head to search for her, I realised that she had flown away from her scooter to the ground=).

She was ok. She got up immediately, blaming the whole world except herself haha… She just had some scratch marks and slight abrasions on her leg and palm. Nothing serious.

See, that’s the price to pay for trying to overtake someone blindly…

I used to make such mistakes in life, however, not anymore. Whenever I attempt to do so, I would ask myself to calm down. Sometimes I am able to control myself and sometimes I can’t. I tried very hard and always remind myself when situations like this arise.

Anyway, after the fall today, I hope Mel would grow a little. She is always afraid of falling down and due to the fear of falling, she avoids taking up a lot of activities. Despite the fall, Mel told me that she still loves to scoot and so do I.

Our next scooting activity would probably on next Wednesday morning.

We spent about two and a half hour scooting. After that, we drove to our favourite dim sum and porridge stalls near to East Coast for brunch. We headed down to Toa Payoh to get stuff for Mel’s father and went home.

We got home around 1.30pm. Both of us were tired. Mel had a short nap while I washed my bedsheet. Cashie was so busy watching what I was doing. Monnie was sleeping then but Cashie was not at all sleepy.

We rested till about four plus and got out to have dinner at Shaw Towers. We also had dessert at Bugis street. We shopped for a while and went to feed the strays.

Seems like someone has been feeding the cats, not all but Queenie did not eat much. She seemed full to me. I stroked Queenie as usual. I found her resting herself comfortably before I left for home.

Photo of Amazing B, the limping cat.

I captured photos of the father and baby cats today. Will put it up on my next blog.

I felt that my day was well spent and I miss Miemi…

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After conducting survey yesterday evening, I went straight to Hougang to feed the strays. I was so happy to see Queenie again. She ran straight to me and greeted me. I stroked her and she rubbed against me. She was hungry, so I fed her with the food that I brought. As for the limping cat, I shall name him ” Amazing B”. He was hungry as usual. There were two other cats that look like Queenie. I wonder if they are siblings. Oh, there was this very tiny kitten. Guess the kitten is less than two months. The last two times when I fed him, he was with an adult male black cat. What interest me was, the black cat actually takes care of the kitten. When I offered the black cat food, he would stand beside the food pretending to eat and the kitten would rush over to eat with him. When the kitten was eating, the black cat would walk away and let the kitten eat. After the kitten had his full, the black cat would walk over and eat. This black male cat seem fatherly to me. He loves the kitten.

The kitten was there yesterday but I did not see the black cat. I left the food and walked away so that the kitten would eat. The kitten always runs away when I get closer. I hope the black cat is somewhere safe.

I always make sure that Queenie is busy with something before I leave the place. I don’t like her to see me go.

I drove back to my car park around 9.30pm. When I was driving up the multi-storey car park to find a lot, I saw a cat under a vehicle, I didn’t see it clearly then. I told myself to feed the cat after I parked my car.

After parking my car, I went down to find the cat. When I got nearer, I realised that he wasn’t playing, he was actually knocked down by a car. It was the car that he was lying underneath that hit him. I saw a pool of blood, dried blood and he was still alive. I recognised the cat. The black male cat was often seen roaming near the car park and I don’t know why he was at the car park last night… I fed him once before… Just once…

I was in a state of panic. I thought of calling lady J and ask what I should do. At the same time I also told myself I can handle it without her. Immediately, I took out my ipad to search for pets ambulance. I quickly dialled the number when I got the first search. The person on the other end told me to call SPCA as there was no vet at his end. I dialled SPCA and told them about the situation. After 5mins, i saw a man with uniform holding a plastic bag walking towards me. I asked him if he was from SPCA, he said he was from NEA to remove a dead cat. I told him immediately that the cat was still alive and begged him not to remove him and give him a chance to live. He agreed to it. He told me that he received instruction at around 6 plus in the evening to remove the cat. I was totally pissed off, the person who hit the cat could have called SPCA instead of NEA. He could have save the cat.

People like the driver are getting sick. What is wrong with people now? How do these people sleep so soundly at night?

While waiting for SPCA, I heard the cat struggling and making loud noises. There was nothing i could do but to tell him to stay calm and I am with him. I told Miemi to give him strength to hang on while waiting for SPCA to arrive. i kept saying prayer.

The SPCA staff arrived twenty minutes later. Since the cat was under the car, the rescuer had to use a hook and gently pull him out. I was disappointed that SPCA did not prepare a stretcher for the injured cat but a cage to carry it.

I wanted to ask the rescuer if they were able to update me with his condition. When he began to answer me, I stopped him and ask him to drive the cat to the hospital right away. To me, every second and minute are crucial to me.

I knew I wouldn’t get an update from them. So I called the emergency line again to tell the receiver that if the injured cat survives, I would adopt him and I meant it.

About half an hour later, SPCA called me and told me that the black cat died on his way to the hospital. I was sad…

The black cat could have been saved if the driver who knocked him down called SPCA instead of NEA. Things could have been different…

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The pregnant cat appeared yesterday. I was feeding the strays yesterday evening and this little pregnant cat which I have been looking for for the past few days had finally appeared.

First thing that came to my mind was, where did she hide her babies? Did she have enough food to eat? Her tummy was flattened and I found something weird about her. She didn’t look like she had given birth and why was one of her ear being chipped off? Immediately I held her up and check her tummy. Yes, I saw stitches on her belly. She was being sterilised and no doubt, her babies were all killed during the surgery. I was both heart-broken and angry. I texted lady J and asked If she did that. I told her that I shouldn’t have told her about the cats and no one has the right to take away her babies. I have killed the babies… I felt so sad that I broke down and cry. I felt terribly guilty. I swear to myself that I will not contact lady J anymore.

At that moment, I really had the intention to adopt the pregnant cat. I shall name her “Queenie”. I actually drove away but turned back again and picked her. While she was in my car, she was so desperate to get out and want to go back to where she belongs. I didn’t want to further hurt her. I turned back and let her go to where she wants to go. I made sure that she was safe before I drove off. I promised to visit and bring her food everyday.

This is Queenie.

Queenie is very young. The photo was taken when she was pregnant and after a hearty meal. I spent about half an hour with her. I wish I could spend more time with her. If only I am staying around that area.

Queenie look so much better today. I want to pray for her, pray for her safety. I will visit her again tomorrow.

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I have gone to feed the strays but I did not see the pregnant cat since three days ago. I believe she was giving birth. I pray that she and her kitties are well and safe. Hopefully, I will see her soon again.

Mel was at my place last night. She felt Miemi and heard Miemi last night. Although I did not hear Miemi, I felt her present still I am very happy that Mel heard her. She has made my day. Miemi is all so cute and always be so cute. Sometimes I just miss her so much that I break down and cry. She meant so much to me and still mean so much to me.

This new flowers arrangement is for her. I did it this morning. Hope she loves it. Perhaps nip it like Cashie and Monnie did.

I love both Cashie and Monnie too. They are both wonderful fur kids, just like Miemi. I have three wonderful fur kids and I am very fortunate and lucky to have them all.

I will be feeding the strays again tomorrow. I believe one day I will see the pregnant cat again and as I promise, I will send her for sterilisation so as to save her life. I will also send her kitties for sterilisation when the kitties are ready. I will wait for her patiently.

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Three days ago, when I was doing survey at Hougang, I found a few cats – one limping, one pregnant and two to three other stray cats. I carry cat food around with me wherever I go, just in case. I fed them. The limping and pregnant cats were very hungry. I went to my vehicle and brought more food. I felt so sad and helpless looking at the strays.

After feeding them, I walked further down the road and found two to three more stray cats. I had no cat food left with me and I went to the nearest provisional shop to get another two small tins of canned food since they did not have a big one. On my way back buying the food, I saw a ginger cat walking past. He had a wounded neck as it was fresh pink in colour. I didn’t stop to feed him as I didn’t feel that he needed attention. So I skipped him and went back to feed the rest.

After I left the place, I felt so bad that I was unable to help the cats. Therefore, I called Lady J whom Mel and I adopted Cashie and Monnie from. She is a volunteer from Cats Welfare Society. I thought that perhaps she was able to do something about it.

I felt rather stressed after telling her because she was kind of implying that I should be taking care of them. In fact, I was acting out of goodwill to see if someone can help the cats. I was merely trying my luck.

I have no experience of how or what I should do in order to help the strays. So I asked questions like what was she going to do with the wounded ginger cat and pregnant cat. She advised me to bring the ginger to the vet if he is seriously wounded and to foster the pregnant cat.

She couldn’t find the ginger cat on that evening and she sounded like it was my fault for not taking care of the cat and letting him go. I felt kind of pressured so I went down the next day to look for the ginger as well as to feed them. I didn’t see the limping cat but I was glad that the pregnant cat was around. She was hungry again. She looked terribly hungry to me and my heart ached. I didn’t like it when I didn’t see the limping cat.

I went around to find the wounded ginger cat and wanted to see if he was ok and needed attention. However, I couldn’t find him. I made three rounds but still couldn’t find him. On my final round, I went to look for the limping cat, hopefully that I can feed him but still he didn’t turn up. Lady J also went to look for ginger but to no avail.

Today I went again, wanting to feed the pregnant cat. This time, the limping cat was around and I was happy to feed him. I also saw ginger. His wound was recovering but he didn’t want the food I offered him. So I left him alone under the vehicle.

I didn’t tell lady J about it as I didn’t want myself to get into unnecessary trouble. Lady J texted me in the evening and told me she found ginger and he was ok. I asked her what they would do with the pregnant cat. She told me have to find someone to foster it or to sterilise the mommy and abort the kittens. When I heard about the abortion I was completely annoyed and pissed off. The last text I replied her was “sorry, I have no one who can help to foster”.

I have learnt not to ask her for help. There is nothing I can do to the pregnant cat but to say a prayer for her and to feed her every day till she gives birth and hopefully, she knows when I come to feed her. When her kittens are all grown up, I will feed them everyday and I will bring the mommy for sterilisation and when the kittens grow older, I will take them one by one for sterilisation too.

This is all I can do. I want the pregnant cat to be safe from now…

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