Cats who teach me to fly…

Someone found Sara and asked me to help rehome her. Sara was only four-months-old when I took her in last month. She’s beautiful and should not be difficult to rehome.

We did a private sterilisation for her, meaning her left ear will not be tipped. We ran a blood test and she is FIV/FeLV negative. She has been microchipped and had her first vaccination. Second vaccination is due next week.

Mel went on holiday, so I brought Sara to the adoption drive myself yesterday. I’m hoping to find a suitable adopter for her. Pet Expo is my favourite venue. First , it’s a place where anyone interested in adopting can come meet the cats and kittens. Second, as there are many vendors participating in the event, I get to buy products at discounted price and it usually comes with freebies. Yay! For the cats! Lastly, I get to see large, beautiful pedigree dogs!

Sara was super active and playful. She kept hopping and acted funny in the playpen. The good thing was, she brought lots of laughter to those who were watching her. Due to her super active nature, I had to put an airtag on her, just in case she went missing. There were quite a number of adopters who were interested in her. I have not decided who to contact yet but will do so later in the evening, not wanting them to wait too long.

Three-and-a-half hours at the adoption drive was a little tiring, not only for me but also for Sara. I felt tefreshed again when it comes to an end because it was time to do a little shopping and get more food for them!

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She had always been a scaredy cat since the day I met her 11 years ago and way too skinny. She had an underdeveloped eye and we had to remove her eyeball five years ago and it was cancerous. She had another good five-and-a-half years to live.

The reason that we decided to take her home was because she was heavily pregnant and she was the first pregnant cat that we had come across. Of course, we tried not to abort the kittens. Yellow gave birth to four lovely kittens!

All living beings are the same. Giving birth is equally painful and all mothers love their children, human and non-human. That’s why I don’t take dairy products. It’s utter cruelty! We don’t need them to survive! Yellow’s kittens were so smart that whenever we took them to adoption drives, they would pretend to sleep for the whole session and became dragons when it was time to go home. One day, all of them became this big!

We love them!

Although Yellow was a scaredy cat, we had no issue administering her medication or supplements. I am always glad that she was not in anyone’s hand who would take advantage of her. Despite being a scaredy cat, she was way too easy to handle.

Yellow at her prime! We have not removed her eyeball when above photo was taken. Though she tended to hide, she would come out, look at you and meow whenever she was hungry and she will be well served! I always liked to force pet her:).

Her eyeball was removed in the above photo. With or without eyes, in no matter what state, we love them the same and this goes towards all living beings.

We estimated Yellow to be at least 12 years of age. A generation “gone”!

Thank you 李黄 for being part of my life. All of you play an important role in my life!

May the merits accumulated be dedicated to Yellow’s favourable rebirth!

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There were days when it seemed so long… We all try to give comfort to our rescues as much as we can when they are dying. Always peeping on them in the mist of our daily routine. Making sure that they are not sleeping in an awkward position. Cleaning up their pee and keeping clean all the time and they don’t usually poop.

Mel had a fractured foot. I’m helping her as much as I could and that’s a lot of traveling to do and she has a cat I took home from Hougang that requires subcutaneous administration on alternate days and I’m helping with it.

I got to deliver copies of Ayya Khema’s book to the nearby temple. It was less than 15 mins’ ride under the hot weather and I enjoyed cycling. Thanks to the people who allowed Ayya Khema’s book to be distributed at their monasteries as well as Buddhist centres. I have almost forgotten that I had to deliver two copies to our library last Wednesday. I quickly sent them in the evening an hour before they closed. At first the library rejected my offer because our library only receives publications from Asia and South East Asia and it must not be a repeated title. I wrote back and argued that there was no hardcopy in the library and there was only an ebook and that they should consider taking the hardcopy. I wasn’t expecting a reply. When they did so, it was a pleasant surprise!

I submitted a post on Facebook which I find it necessary as the donations raised by this cat rescuer looks suspicious. She used a Chinese name to disguise her real identity and I find it unacceptable. In addition, her friend whom she had vouched publicly as a legit rescuer reported that 25 of her cats died in a short time. There was no proof of cats getting medical attention, neither did she declare the donation amount received from the public was used on vets and cremation. After the posting, there was a donor who privately messaged me telling me not all funds go to the cats. It’s up to the public to be vigilant to who and where the money goes. I’m only raising awareness. There will bound to be people who would attack you illogically. I’m used to it anyway and not once that I’m afraid of the negative comments, even if it means calling me names. Don’t expect those who have the habit of picking and criticising you to change overnight and accept who you are. This will never happen. So remember, never go back to people who have such habit. I was exhausted for the day mainly responding on social media.

It was a tiring week. It’s also good to keep ourselves occupied once in a while. The cats at home are good. They allow me to rest most of the time. A few needs medical attention and supplements. We have to check on them every day and we do our best!

Conditions, conditions, conditions! We are often carried away by conditions. If we are mindful enough, conditions will not override us and we’re heading to the right way. Time to feed the cats at home now! Oh… I’ve forgotten to pick up my parcels!

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Five years ago, I spotted a few kittens roaming up and down skittishly along the staircase and corridors. I wanted to know who their owners were, I followed them. Sigh… it was the same owner that took two kittens home many years back because they found them pitiful and dumped them to the feeder, who is me, to feed!

I helped her to sterilise the kittens, including FG. There were four or five of them including FG. Whenever after a cat had been sterilised, I no longer care if they are indoors or outdoors anymore. FG was the only one who didn’t want to be at home. She stayed outdoors and hung around behind the lift. I sterilised them when they were around five-months-old. As FG grew older, her tummy seemed to be abnormal. Both sides of her tummy were protruding, just like Toofy. But that didn’t mean she had health issues. Other feeders were feeding her too and she grew fatter and fatter.

Whenever I saw her late at night, she was always lying flat with her fat tummy spreading. I left kibbles and a can of wet food to whoever wanted to eat if there are hungry at night. Since her tummy was often seen spreading on the ground, I didn’t notice if she was losing weight until Xiumin, the feeder who feeds in the evening told me that she didn’t look good. On the very night I checked on FG and felt her spine. I took her to the vet the very next day.

FG had a growth on her kidney. The first few days she was looking happy, active and ate a good handful of kibbles and wet food that was mixed with probiotics. She deteriorated so quickly. She stopped eating anymore…

She was still grooming when she was home. I am glad that she was home. She didn’t eat for the next three days. I can’t imagine if she was suffering this way in the drain or anywhere that they could hide themselves.

Her owners didn’t seem to live there anymore and hope that they are not giving any problem to the feeders she currently lives now. Rescue never ends because of all these irresponsible people.

We cremated FG the following day. I almost forgotten that she had left when I was looking at the empty space where she used to sleep.

May the merits accumulated be dedicated to her favourable rebirth!

***Thanks Xiumin for sponsoring her medical bill, food and cremation.

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