Monday Meowings

Last Saturday, I spoke to Laura Stinchfield, of the PetPsychic fame . She has worked with many vets and people who need help with their animals as well. I wanted to get Ms Akira some more help as we had not made much progress with the vets and I do not want her to be on steroids any more than we can help it. I also wanted her to talk with everyone and figure out what went wrong with how everyone sees each other. Of course since I had a lot of positive effects with Fern, I thought maybe Laura can add on to my knowledge of the amigos. We were on Skype and I spoke to her at 3.15 am! So I will be putting what we found out and what the amigos said here, just like what I had done with Fern. It was an eye-opener to say the least and I will be getting Ms Akira some more tangible help with a chiropractor this Friday(Update- Dr Ly is not for a chiropractor as Akira is an extremely shy cat. He recommended an osteopath. We will be looking this one up asap). She gave us some practical ideas of how to work together and of course the amigos had a field day talking to her. She types what the amigos say to her as they say it and then we speak about what it means and what I want to find out. Then she tells me what they say and types as well and we both come up with a  plan to help Ms Akira but along the way, I find out about the boys as well.

Bujang was very mature and sweet. He is actually just a big cat with a soft heart for everyone, with strong teeth (Do you know my mouth is strong? I don't have a hurt jaw and I can really be strong with it). When Laura spoke to him  he said:

You can tell my mom I will help her in any way I can and I love the idea of love and power in our house. I love that idea.

And when we were talking about the three cats, he has this to say:

Yes. I want to add that I am really proud of the other boys. Yeah cos they do sort of live in their own world. Like Tanaka asks me the other day if Akira could escape to the outside with him. He said he wants to wander around at night. And I asked him why Akira and he says Akira is always awake at night and she would have th best sense of danger. You know what. I feel I can help with this. Cause I feel comfortable around everyone. I can help everyone feel safe. I thought maybe I should tell Megat that he can be my friend and I will make sure that no one beats him. Yeah. If someone goes to beat him I will swat their face and tell them to back off. Tell also Megat that I think he is still strong (Megat had told Akira that he had little fight left in him just before this) and powerful and it is ok to get old around me. I will never hurt you. I think he worries about that. I will never hurt you. I will always love you and if you want me to love you from a distance I will do that.

Can you tell my mom that I want balls to play with?

and as to why he chases Ms Akira:

I chase her because she is like prey play. I have fun. If I change my attitude around her will her pain go away? If I become friends with her will she want me to lick her hurt areas? (Ms Akira had spoken about her pain in her lower legs). I wonder if she knows that me knowing that she is in pain is like me understanding why she is such a strange cat. I always thought that maybe she had a spirit in her that makes her look evil.

(Laura then told him that she was in fear and pain and sometimes the feeling can change the face. She is not evil (aggressive). She is just not feeling safe) Fear can look evil? I am willing to learn. Will she play with my toys?

If she plays with my toys I would maybe be happy cause I haven't seen her play. I just seen her flop around but if I knew she was playing maybe I could teach her how to be graceful.

Akira: I think it would be nice if he understood that when I look at him I don't always see him straight on. I see him blurry. I just want him to know that my face is not always me. Me is shy and loving and kind to others.

Tanaka: I kind of believe her and I am not mean. I am just pretending to be mean. Ok I will stop pretending.

This is just a short excerpt of what they said. I thought it would be interesting to put up what Tanaka and Akira said to each other. This Tanaka is funny but now possibly Ms Akira knows why the boys run after her. It also helps the boys to understand why she behaves the way she does so they are not afraid of her.

CCG Meeting 01

My new name is PolkaDot thanks, although I would prefer a much more manly name...

The caregivers had a meeting last night and we got some issues resolved. The good thing was that we saw everyone (except T) who had been taking care of the community cats in the 4-block radius. It seemed that there were 4 of us and another 2 who had sterilised Polka Dot and Terror Kitty. So I think we are in good shape.

Our CC rep spoke to M and gave some tips on appropriate feeding practices and spoke to someone else who had been feeding Polka Dot outside of the flat. The person had promised not to do so again. We were confident that this would now stop. He also tried to speak to Bujang's watchers mommy but it seemed there was no one home but all was not lost and he would try to speak with the family again.

I left some Bach Remedy No 6 with M so she could put it in PolkaDot's food . We hope that this would contribute in some way to him becoming calmer and more steady. It seemed it would take about 3 months before his new-found status kicks in. Poor M was not looking forward to the intermittent squabbles at her doorstep.

M worried that PolkaDot, who was a BIG eater, may not get enough food and so I told her I would give her some of the Fussiecat Sardines and Chicken that I had bought for FatBoy who is now refusing to eat them. FatBoy now prefers the 85g salmon and chicken deal. I am just thankful that he would even eat something and since he has found a new lease of joy in eating, I feel that I should just continue to give him the salmon and chicken combo. Since now that I have no Wild Bunch kitty who likes the old Fussiecat and since PolkaDot seemed to enjoy it, it would be the best thing to do. I can't imagine all that Fussiecat going to waste or lying in wait for FatBoy to like it again!

The grey kitty also came to sit with us and PolkaDot joined us for a last minute chat about the issues affecting the kitties in this block. But we all left quite happy that for the time being some things were resolved.

Wild Bunch Under Attack

This is the 'terror kitty' that had been scaring the wild bunch. It is a new abandonee and but has the bravado of a gangster. It had been seen trying to muscle in on FatBoy's territory and had scared off Putih from her usual space. The auntie complained that because of this new kitty, Putih was now not to be found at her usual roost for dinner but Putih had taken to sitting much farther than usual and therefore more vulnerable to strangers and strange elements. However if this kitty was not about, Putih could be found at her usual place.

The problem with this kitty is he is an infrequent visitor at dinner and we have not been able to befriend him. I understand that he may be frightened and therefore he had been crying and wailing and picking fights, creating a lot of chaos and unhappiness. Once he realises that food is plentiful and there is really no need to fight for it, he may calm down enough for us to catch him for sterilisation.

The auntie said that this cat was abandoned by the owner of Bujang's frequent watchers and this woman had actually told her that she had put her kitty out!! The auntie had told her that because of her irresponsible action, the Wild Bunch is now living in uncertainty and threat. She advised the woman to take back her cat. I do not know the truth of the matter and as I am not a good mediator, I might have to get some help in this. I would probably have to put the CWS flyer about letting pet cats roam and abandoning them, around my area.

For the present, Minah is the only one that has not been scared by the gangster kitty...

Putih has had to live her life around much uncertainty with one re-settled black kitty (sterilised) in her area and now the new abandonee. The re-settled kitty and Putih had reached some kind of understanding and truce but the abandonee is just too much for Putih's comfort.

Even FatBoy has been threatened and of course FatBoy's philosophy is RUN first, then hide. Sometimes he would posture and yell back but he has never fought with any newcomer, even when they try to muscle in on his food. The auntie is most upset about this as FatBoy is her favourite.