Cats who teach me to fly…

I don’t know how she survived. I heard her when I was feeding the community cats at Opal Crescent. The kitten’s cries was loud and clear. She must be a kitten! I followed the sound and there she was. Very tiny! I wasn’t able to catch her as she was skittish. Not sure if she had been fed. I left some food for her.

I didn’t see her for the next three or four days. So she had move to a “safer” place which was still Opal Crescent, around 20m away from where I saw her the first time. 

I heard her cries again. Still she didn’t move any closer to me but she ate the food I gave her. I hope to see her the next day and the next until I catch her. 

On the next day, she moved closer to the food and I was not far from where I left the food. She was too hungry. I gently tapped her head twice and I moved my fingers slowly down to the back of her neck and grabbed her!

Someone was actually interested in Sara Lee (大S), since the adopter is a first time cat owner and has no experience in cats, we recommended Mittens. Mittens is easier to manage than Sara. Sara is overly active and adopter may not be able to cope with her behaviour.

Adopter was so happy and sent lots of Mitten’s, which her name is Salma now,  photos and videos to us. 

Mittens is now four-months-old and it is good for adopters to grow up with their pets. We wish Mittens and her family good health. 

She was at most three-months -old when we took her and her two siblings. Their mother was nowhere to be found. It’s hard to find a home for a pair of kittens, let alone the three of them. We thought we were lucky when we found someone who was willing to take all three. Their ex-adopters said that they once adopted a pair of kittens at SPCA, but just like Sparkle and her siblings, there were three of them and they only adopted a pair and regretted so much as they were not sure what happen to the other sibling that was left in SPCA. They didn’t want to make the same mistake and decided to take all three of them.

After two years, they decided to return Sparkle’s brother to us, reason was her brother had urinary tract infection and was also aggressive. We also learnt that the kittens were all kept in the toilet. Instead of taking one, I took all back. 

We were glad to have them back. They were sweet and get along very well when we handed them over to the adopters. When we took them home, they didn’t seem to know one another anymore. We don’t know what happened when they were at the adopter’s house. We didn’t want to know either. We’ll provide them all they need just like what we’ve provided all our cats in the house.

I hope Sparkle had enough space, cat stands and scratch posts to use. Food and water was never lacking. She loved sitting beside me while I was watching tv. Thank you for being part of my journey!

May all merits accumulated be dedicated to her favourable rebirth.

Metta, the happiest cat in the house has injured her legs or perhaps her spine. We don’t know how she hurt herself but we suspect that she must have fallen down or landed carelessly jumping from the cat stand.

More than a month ago, I found her walking weirdly with her tail drooping and both her hind legs seemed to be sticking closely together and both feet were folded inwards instead of lying flat on the ground while walking.

We sent her to the vet the next day. Her X-ray and blood test were good. Vet said her legs were weak and it could be due to her weight or fall. The solution was to limit her activities and keep her in an enclosed area and let it healed by itself.

After a few days of observation, Metta’s feet deteriorated and we decided to send her for acupuncture. Metta already had three sessions of acupuncture and it showed improvement.

Metta is a good girl. She has to sit still for half an hour in order for the acupuncture to take its effect. Now she is able to walk with her feet lying flat on the ground. It’s a slight improvement and we are happy with the results. This Saturday would be her fourth session.

X-ray and running a blood test are necessary before we decide what treatment to give her. We are very thankful to Dr Anu who has always support us and Dr Pang who is very skilful in TCM. All of my cats who had spine injuries were all treated by Dr Pang successfully!