Tuesday Thots

       Is that a pigeon or a cardinal? 

Easy Peasy Sunday Thanks

We are just lying low today as we heard a huge clap of thunder. This means that there will be rain to wash away the heat and dust. 

But before that we want to give thanks for the tents which were a present from the Katnip Lounge kitties. Bujang has been sleeping in it everyday and Tanaka sits in it to watch Akira. 

Bujang using the tent as a lookout point as well as resting place. 

We also want to give thanks for being indoors away from many dangers - rain and heat and hunger. We know this as the comcat Putih is still with us. She has been here for a whole month to recuperate from her wounds. Eventhough now her wounds are healed, she still has some pain there and the site is still itchy She told Fern yesterday and so she is getting some more rest away from downstairs. 

 She doesn't have her collar now her wounds are healed. San brought her to the vet yesterday so that the vet can look at it and the vet said she would be ok now to go back. Putih also had a blood test and she is FIV-Felv negative. The blood panel showed some deterioration of her liver and her kidney indicator is 2.4. So there was some good and bad news. She is now about 10 years old as san had taken care of her for that number of years and now she has become slower and in greater danger of being bitten as she is not as fast nor as alert. San asked us the BIG question yesterday and she said everyone must agree or it will not happen. 

           Can Putih live with us?

I told san that she knows it will be  a tight squeeze as there are already 3 of us. Where will she hang out? Can we live with a warrior cat who had to fight off other cats to survive? Will she hurt us? I have much to think about as I am number 1 cat and I need to make some big decisions. San said she will have to make the decision fast as the longer she is with us the more difficult it would be for her to get back to her own territory and she may lose it to the cats who attacked her before. Hmmmm...

TGIF Thanks fur effuryfing

When san came home yesterday, she saw 2 boxes. One big box from Amazon (but that was not interesting for us) and another smaller box. We were much more interested in that smaller one. We smelled adventure and new fings. And indeed there were many fings fur us.

WOWEE!! But what were these fings? I smelled the smell offur strange kitties from far away. There were toys and even a nice card ...all the way from Vegas. san says Vegas is where many wonderful fings are, like deserts and rhinos and cats in a big catio. They are the Katnip Lounge kitties and their marvelous momma. Fanks you guys! We were furry happy but san (the spoilsport) said we can open only one fing. I decided on the red one. I thought somefing good will happen and its in my bruffer's favourite colour.

 Bujang was furry excited but he was more interested in the box. It smelled of catnip! Woohoo!

Then he decided that he also wanted the red one. He drooled on it!

Then he spent the whole evening sitting in it. I had to wait my turn to slide across the floor in it! 

But I fink the bestest fing here is my video :))

san said we were lucky to have friends from far and near who are generous. We are grateful for that. 

Wednesday Surprise

             This view shows her luxuriant coat

                                        This is the real situation!

Just Because

Monday Mood

     

From our door, we can now see Megat's new pot easily. When the yellow flowers bloom again it would be very cheery for him. 

                            A close-up

On Sunday I did some gardening to clear up the roses that refused to grow anymore. Possibly I did not pay as much attention to them as I did the yellow flowers that attract the sunbirds. I also decided to clear up space on this side of the corridor garden and placed Megat's urn in a smaller pot with new flowering plants. It is way higher than his previous position and receives more sun and breeze. When he was alive, this was what he loved most - to sit by the window seat in the afternoons for his quiet time feeling the warmth of the sun and the hint of the breeze that sometimes comes through the window. My sister gave me some garden decorations as well and so I think he would be pleased with the butterfly. I had given his memorial Buddha cat a good wash and so there he sits smiling brightly. I hope my rainbow cat Megat is pleased with where his urn is now. 

Megat's urn used to be here, very low and when the plants grew more leaves, of course it became gradually darker and more obscure. I guess he just wanted some light. 

Remembering Megat

Yesterday was the first anniversary for our rainbow kitty Megat. As usual on the anniversary we usually have Fern speak to speak with him. I found this picture of him sitting near the window at his favourite box. He was a cat who loved a breeze and quiet times. I remembered feeding him downstairs when he was still a community cat. I used to shake my keys and I would wait for the very shrill meows that would emanate from the cavern that was the carpark and in about a minute, I would see a tiny ball of black fur, dirty but determined. He could eat a whole can of food all by himself, never mind the cockroaches that would fight him for the food! Then after some months, he decided to follow me home  step after determined step. He stayed with me for 5 years after that until he went to the bridge and cleaned up pretty well except for some of the scars on his face, the result of fights. 

We spent a lot of time with him sleeping on my chest while he dealt with lymphoma. I sang him lullabies and read him silly essays which I was grading. He had to sit still for about 20 minutes for the lingzhi suppository to take effect. He was not always pleased but to his credit, he tried to sit still until the dinner call "6 o'clock Megat. Time to eat!" Then no amount of cuddling was going to stop him from his favourite - tuna with chicken. 

It's time to post what Fern, our animal communicator friend, spoke to him about yesterday on his anniversary. The request surprised me but I think what cats think will always surprise me.

Fern: 

(Images of where he is) Sitting in grass by a stream curiously watching fish in the water. Very pleasant day, nice breeze and clear sky. Later he walked to a tree nearby and jumped up to a branch and sitting there. 

(Images of what he wants) A thick plank of wood, something to do with the plant pit that has his urn inside. He said to help raise his pot up a bit higher. And another request is about the grass that he used to chew. ( oh dear.... This is much harder than fish on a stick)

He said Totoro is further away, (image) Toro calmly crouching under another tree, looking at the surrounding. 

He said he saw Putih in your house and said its nice that you saved her. He didn't say he knew Putih but he said he knew that Putih's life is similar to his, in the sense that she had to fend for herself all alone, and that's tough. 

He said he likes it if you talk to him by putting your palm around his plant pot and feel him inside it. 

Megat's urn is in the pot on the right with the plants with big leaves. Toro's jasmine pot is the one on the left.

               Sleep well Megat. 

Saturday Easy

I went out walking for a whole hour. It was quiet and I relaxed and looked at the world. The grass was short though I ate some. 

I saw the sunbird and watched it drinking nectar. 

It was pretty and but I fink it would have been better if it came in to play wif me. Then it rained and it left. I went back into the house and decided to nap. But first I did this ...

                    Fresh linen ... Hmmmmmmm

TGIF

I thought it would be nice to post the first pictures that were posted here of Akira, Bujang and Tanaka today ...just for fun as its TGIF day. But a few of them are quite blurry as these were the first pictures I had posted of them in this blog.

This was Bujang when he was only 4 weeks. It was the first picture in this blog. This was in Jan 2006. We only had 5 posts in 2005 and there were no pictures in any of those posts.

This was Akira firs picture as well. She had a fur on her hind legs and belly. This was in 2006

 Akira and Bujang did many things together then as there were only 2 of them in the house.

This was only one of the only two pictures I have of them grooming each other. They are still friends now but they are not as close.

 This terror came to us in 2007.

 He was a terror then and still is even now 

We hope you like the pictures :) It was nice to see them when they were much younger.

Thursday Lessons

I do not think anyone can blame me. After all I only promised to fink about it. Eventhough san told me that I should follow my bruffer Bujang, I didn't really feel that I need to. I am my own cat!

We are still trying to convince Tanaka that he should behave well with Akira and allow her to move around the house freely, just like him. The leash training went well and now we are trying to 'graduate' into free movement but still under supervision. I had tried (very difficult to do) to hover less around them when they are together. I had also told Bujang that I would appreciate his help and to show Tanaka what to do if he feels antsy or he wants to run after Akira the night before this happened. This happened last night.

Here Bujang went up to Akira and spent some seconds just doing this. I assume that he was giving her instructions.

 The almost immediately he went to see Tanaka who was hiding under the small table. There was some sniffing.

 Then Bujang went to the cat scratcher and spent time there as well. After which he moved away. 

(These are the exact movements that I had been trying to encourage Tanaka to do. If he feels that he wants to chase, he should look away and do something else- either move away or go to the cat scratcher to calm himself down)

After a minute or two, Akira decided to get off the boxes and walked across the room. This was a very brave thing for her to do. Tanaka immediately streaked out from under the table and chased her. She ran into the bedroom BUT turned around to yell at him. He did stop for a second but I was much too anxious and went to tell Tanaka to remove himself from there. He did so quite immediately and Akira ran off to her room. Of course Tanaka was quarantined for being naughty.

This picture was taken after a 20 minute or so quarantine. He immediately walked out and peered into the kitchen to see if Akira was there. She had gone to the kitchen after a few minutes in her room and had sat on top of the fridge. He spent the rest of the time lolling about in the living room afterwards.

See san? What did I tell you about these two? Hopeless!

Afterwards I thanked Bujang for helping me teach the kitties to behave. I had also praised Akira for being brave enough to even walk across the living room in front of Tanaka.(I learnt from Fern that Bujang was very particular about respect and all love praise) I told her she should try it again and the next time to stop, turn around and yell at Tanaka loudly. She could also swat him but not at his eyes. If she runs off, he would give chase. We will see how these lessons go or even if she would try to walk about again in Tanaka's presence in the living room. 

Just Because

Mid-week lazeabout