Cats who teach me to fly…

Puss has finished her antibiotic yesterday and I am so relieved. I thought her wound should be ok, so I took off the collar. I was only away for awhile as I knew she was gong to gloom herself. When I returned to see her, her toe was bloody again and I had to put on the head neck protector again, to stop her from licking her wound. I continue using antibacterial spray and apply medicine on her. Guess I have to keep her for another few days. Hope her wound recover soon.

Medication used on her:
Colloidal silver for the first three days, follow by antibacterial spray and cream for open wound. Ten days of Clavamox. One tablet(62.5mg) twice a day. Collar to prevent her from licking. There was improvement after one week but not fully recovered. Still monitoring. Half tablet of Kala Immunix was given to her everyday.

*Colloidal Silver
*Antibacterial spray
*Clavamox
*Kala Immunix

Look at little Puss.

She was resting her head comfortably on the scratch board.

She has four meals a day. Morning, afternoon, evening and night. She doesn’t like dry food, that is why she is so thin. She had boiled chicken and fish everyday.

She doesn’t seem to get along well with Cashie and Monnie. Many times she showed violence. Gladly that Cashie and Monnie did not show any act of violence but only hissing. Both Cashie and Monnie were beaten by Puss. Not the serious type, a few taps on their body.

Puss’s behaviour did not affect me from caring her any lesser. I know she is a stray and need to defence herself. Life as a stray is never easy. I love and care for her the same.

I am moving into a new flat soon. With an extra room, bathroom and storeroom. For me, these extra spaces are a luxury to me and it is not a “want” thing but a “need” thing. I need extra space for Miemi, Cashie, Monnie and occasionally some animals to roam around. Especially, when I am saving animals now. Puss is on her way to recovery. Her wound is getting better and I am so happy for her. Actually, the reason that I am doing all these is not because I want them to remember me, it is because I want them to know that somebody care for them and they are loved.

I went to the sample flat to take a look again. I want to know how I want to design my flat. I want it to be cozy and spacious. Not crowded with furniture. I hope to make my common room a comfortable study room, where I can rest as well.

I remember I wanted to make a “Miemi’s Haven” for Miemi at the corner of the hall where she will have a beautiful bed and some bonsai. It is heartbreaking. I don’t know if Miemi would come back to me on time to move to our new place or… Whatever it is and wherever I am…she is with me. There will always be a place for Miemi. Will always remember her…

I love yellow. It always represents sunshine to me…

Hope Miemi loves it.

I should begin to browse for some interior design ideas and borrow some magazines from the library. Hmm… I love to have dim lighting that feels comfortable and cozy. Mel always says that I am not practical. She is like a mountain, so practical like the mountain that it is impossible to move. She always suggests things that are easy to wash and maintain. Things that are easy to wash always don’t look nice and attractive, example, the mountain. Mountains have one straight figure, easy to wash. Flowers have petals, have to clean one by one and be careful of the curves and are fragile but they are beautiful. So she likes things that are easy to wash and maintain. Always dark in colour, example, dark brown, black all the dark colours that do not look dirty. If she were to design my house, it would be like entering into dark woods.

I am so excited about my new flat. I hope to make my place like any comfortable cafe where I love to sit and read.

Puss seems to walk better, however, I still see raw wound. I am not sure If she has improved but definitely not worsen. Mel said when she fell when she was kick scooting that day, it took two weeks to completely healed. As long as Puss’s wound does not worsen, I think I should be patient to wait for two weeks and see how her wound is. She definitely is walking better but somehow when I try clean her wound, she still feels pain.

She sleeps a lot in the day and make a lot of noises at night and I had to wake up in the middle of the night to pacify her by letting her out the cage for a while and cook for her. I know she wants to go back to where she belongs. Once her wound is fully recovered, I will release her.

Little Puss jumped up of my shoe rack which is about four feet high.

She was fine and didn’t seem to be in pain when she jumped. She is not fully recovered. The base of her foot look normal to me. Unlike the first time when I saw the base of her foot, it was wounded but it all seem ok to me now.

I didn’t heel the advise from the vet to use iodine on her, I use collodail silver instead. I think it works.

I hope she recovers soon, so that she can have her freedom again. Yes, she will… soon!

Two days ago, when Mel and I were on our way to feed the strays in Hougang, we saw our familiar cat limping towards us below our block. Her leg was badly cut and was bleeding badly, I told Mel that I would bring her home when we got back from Hougang.

It was quite late that night. I asked Mel to go home first while I was looking for her. I walked around my block and the opposite block looking for her and when I was walking back to where I usually feed her, she appeared happily in front of me. She is always so happy dashing out from nowhere and right in front of me when I brought food for them. I quickly grabbed her and carried her home. Mel was already preparing the cage for her. Luckily, there was Mel.

Today is the second day. I applied antibacterial spray on her foot and cream. This medication was last used by Miemi with the same condition. Mel named the stray cat “Puss”. Her wound has dried up a little. However, the pus worried me. I brought Puss to “clinic for pets” at Geylang East. The vet said that the best way to treat her is with iodine. I wish it could be something better. The vet said the wound is so raw that by simply touch her would cause her a lot of pain. Well, to apply iodine on such a raw wound is going to be very very painful and it really hurt Puss. She jumped down from the table and ran off after the nurse dripped some on her wound. I can see blood stains along the trail where Puss jumped off and ran. I don’t know if this is the right way to heal but I am going to apply what I have been using tonight.

This is Puss and her injured leg.

I will use iodine on her when Mel is around tomorrow evening cos I am afraid that I might not be able to handle her.

The medication fee is $60. Oh… I actually crushed the antibiotics tablet and mixed it in the wet food. She knew it and refused to eat it. So I prepared another fresh one for her. After her meal, I tried to hand feed her the tablet. I thought she would struggle but it was all so easy. She actually just swallowed it. I hope she will eat the remaining ones the same way.

She didn’t meow when I brought her to the vet or at home. Looks like she is a tough cat. Hope she recovers soon and I can release her.

I brought an injured stray cat home last night. Look like she had a bad external wound. I have been taking care of her just like I had taken of Miemi. Miemi change me a lot and still changing me. She is with me, I know.

Though I only took care for the injured cat that Mel named her “Puss” for a day, it felt like I have not been paying attention to Cashie and Monnie for a long time. I kept on hugging and kissing them when both of them appear. Monnie was so lovely. Puss hissed at her and she went to hide. Cashie kept hissing Puss whenever he walked pass Puss but Puss just simply ignored him which made him look silly. Cashie is all so cute. After looking at what Cashie did to Puss, Monnie hissed too. Two funny creatures.

I feed the strays in Hougang as usual. I didn’t see Amazing again. He left his little paw print in my heart. I didn’t see Warrior and Hive Cliff tonight. I hope to see them tomorrow. Queenie is playful as usual.

Yes, all these strays are keeping me busy but I am happy. I think I found the meaning of my life. I heard Cashie hissing… ha… Little Cashie… Yes, helping and saving stray cats is the meaning of my life and even dogs if I come across. I have never been so happy in my life.

I love this flowers arrangement I did for Miemi.

I feel summer when I look at it. A summer holiday feel. Relaxing under the sun at the beach. The sun is not warm or hot. It’s bright and cool. Hope Miemi feels the same way too=).

I hope Puss gets better tomorrow. Hopefully, I don’t have to bring her to the vet. Mel has been helping out a lot with feeding the strays and Puss too. Despite the tight schedule she has everyday, she still find time to help. I am glad that I have such great partner to be with.

It is twelve midnight soon. Tomorrow will be a brand new wonderful day. I love Miemi and every cat.