Happy Hour

Dash looks out and wonders what it is like to be freely roaming out there .... (by the way, he is looking at the industrial park where the stray cats and dogs are)

The best I can offer to him is a walk along the corridor, he seems happy that at least he gets to go out of the flat for a change.

Where on earth can he find such a cosy place to laze the whole day !

Just take a look at the life of this ginger male, he got into a bad fight with some other stray and had a big wound near his ear, I had to feed him with much food before I could distract him and apply some ointment on his wound; it was oozing with some yellow stuff....OUCH...Dash really is a lucky fellow compared to this ginger male.

Thank God that this ginger male's wound has since gotten better after 2 continuous days' of coconut oil treatment! I couldn't afford to send him to the vet as it would cost quite a bit to have him treated and hospitalised; so the only solution I could thin of use pure coconut oil to apply to his wet wound area. It worked excellent!

My mom used it for all her cats back in the late 80s whenever they got a wound from fights. It works way better than the vet's prescribed medication; and best of all it is only S$1.00 for one bottle!

My mom loves visiting my hi5 gang. She always come prepared with a container filled with the Kattyman cuttlefish. And all my fur balls will line up and simply savour the slices. Of course, after such a smelly feast, I brush their tteeth and rinse their mouth.

They are a blessed group of felines; whenever I look at the strays that i feed downstairs where the multi-storey car park is, I give thanks for my hi5. Nevertheless, I am grateful to be able to feed the strays and improve their lives as well.

Here they are. Just a few of them, in total there are about 35 strays, all unique and non-threatening to human race=]. They are spayed too.

Milo's wish granted

Milo loves to go for a walk out in the corrdiors.

She meows at the door when she wants to get out for fresh air and to have 'some time' away from the other 4 at home.

It took a while for her to get use to the leash and when she got more comfortable, yes, we went out for some real sunshine!

She walks down the stairs as if she knows the neighbours who live at those levels.

When she tried going further down, I had to carry her back to our floor, or it's 12 storeys walk down for both of us...

She is already spayed

Just last sunday, I managed to trap a stray female cat. She is a really smart one and not easy to fool into a cat trap.

Somehow, on that sunday, she was too hungry to care about the trap being a threat to her; and so she walked into the trap. I was just too glad to hold on to her and send her right away to the vet to be spayed the next day! So happy!

Just yesterday, the vet called. She said the stray had already been spayed! and she told me that she was likely to be spayed by SPCA as there is a tatoo on her ear..... The vet asked if I was aware; well, how could I be aware since I had no idea that SPCA practices tatooing the stray's ear once it is spayed!

Sigh, so much done for such a blunder! Poor stray had to go through the stress of being trapped the 2nd time to be spayed!! Oh! I asked the vet to tip the stray's ear, so that it is greatly obvious that she is already spayed and to save her from being trapped the 3rd or umpteen times by some kind soul, who just wants to prevent her from unwanted pregnancy...

Anyway, went to fetch the stray last night. She hissed at me. Yes. my fault la....

When I released her back to her familiar grounds > a huge lorry car park, she casually walked back to greet me again as I stood up to keep the cat trap. I guess she has forgiven me! So sweet!

Left her a chunk of dry food before I drive home for a late dinner. My heart was singing to the stray's freedom!

Sunset in HDB

After a stormy rainy wet day, the sun managed to squeeze through the dark gloomy clouds to greet us . How sweet ! That clearly proves that no matter how dark a day is, the Light will penetrate through to show itself strong and birght for those who believe that the Sun is always out there shining for you.

Anyway, a rainy day does make the felines less active and more sleepy. Cool weather makes them nap, wake up to see if anything exciting is happening, if not... nap and nap.... the same effect goes to the felines' owner ....ZZZZZZZZ

My lovely niece, Verena (aka Chicken No.1), loves to spend her weekends over at my place. She loves to mingle with the cats and they enjoy having her as their BIG TOY too.

Snow is one cat that will gladly sit on your lap when you want her to, just call her and she will come. She is a great lap warmer, she won't move for as long as you sit there....and when she feels that enough is enough, she will leap off your lap and meows to say thanks.

Though God made us a giant cheerful orangy sunset everyday for the rest of our living years, it is obvious that some felines show no respect to such a wonderful creation.

Jonah, for example, prefers to sit inside a rag basket, hidden underneath my kitchen top. She prefers looking at walking feet then to pip outside the flat to see the sun and grace herself.

She does look happy doesn't she?

Proper Introduction of the Hi 5 Felines

This is Milo. Found her in early 2005. She was wondering in Clementi Bus Interchange at a very tender age, she was meowing away and hopping onto any human who stands still and looked at her. Was waiting for bus 165 and she came into the queue too. 'Had to pick' her up and say hi....and of course, she ended in my my sling bag and she took her first bus ride with me back home....Now, she is the Big Sister at home. She thinks she owns me....I think so too....MEowww...

This is Snowy. Adopted her from Cat Welfare Society(CWS) at a very tender age too. Had thought that Milo would need a fight... I mean play mate....Snow was really shy when she first lived in with us. But she adapted well and indeed became a great spar mate to Milo.

Now, the No. 3 at home is NuNu.

She is a doll!

Was having carrot cake for sunday breakfast before leaving for church, and she jumped right onto the table and wanted a share of the carrot cake! Of course cannot let her eat la.... the coffeeshop uncle walked to the table and grabbed hold of her and put her one side. She looked so poor thing sitting at a corner with no carrot cake...So! Again...had to pick her up and check on her...and yes, she ended up in my arms and we walked home together after carrot cake meal.

She has purrrfectly quiet personality. It is after we moved into this new home that she started to 'reveal' her party nature. She prowls in the nights and pounces on her playmates revealing her true hunting instincts, now that this home is built for that! As you can see from the photo, she sits by the clock and plans her party well.

Now.

No.4 & 5 at home is no less important or ruly. They are siblings. The boy(ginger white) is Dash and the girl(tri-color) is Jonah.

They were rescued by my colleagues from a ceiling board in my work place. For what reason I haven't a clue! But I was glad that they weren't in a bad shape when they were found!

They were very very cute when first found. Meowing away helplessly though.

My intention then was to put them up for adoption with CWS, but later decided to take them in permanent!

They turned 1 year old recently =]

Dash and Jonah loves to eat cheese slices. But not too much for them la. Bad for tummy you know.

Dash boy loves vegetables and fruits. My first time ever to come across a feline that likes to eat a whole stick of spinach and then asks for more! and when you presnet a dish of freshly mashed papaya, he will 'drink' the whole thing down and asks for more... I am so entertained whenever it's feeding time for him =]]]

Felines

Last year late November, we moved into our new home in the central of Singapore.

It's a really old 3-room flat that udnerwent some extreme makeover, but all is worth the dollar and the wait.

The entire 'makeover' took more than 3 months to complete, due to some many other infrastructure issues that caused delays in the smooth carrying out of the renovation works.

Nevertheless, now that we have moved into this new home, the felines are the ones who are really totally having a great time, day and night!

Like all pet owners believe : Love your pets with all of your heart ! They really do love you in return !