Finally Friday with Skywalker

Today is a good day. It is close to the weekend and I know that things will be much more lively. I know this as I came to this home last Friday 23 at about dark time. When I came out of the carrier I ran round and round and rolled about the floor. It surprised me that I was the only one in the big room with the 2 humans. Even today, there are only 2 other catses in MY house. At the other house, there were many many many of us. I don't know how many. The cats here is dark and bright. I think the bright one is confused and the dark one is calm. But it seems they have given me this big scratcher and I am always here. I like the top one most of all as I can see everyone and no one can catch me. WOOHOO!

Just Because Sky

Yesterday Sky slept through the brainmelting sounds of drilling. Our neighbour on the 6th floor, is doing renovations to his house. The noise permeated through all that concrete and reverberated in our heads. But the sleeping Sky reminded me of what is important- a good nap.

2 boys and a girl

Bujang took Sky in his stride after several shocks. He is used to seeing strange cats in the house who sometimes stay until they depart to the bridge. So he was not too scared but only irritated as she once or twice jumped up the table to look at him. This morning, however, he decided he would rather wait for me to have some tea before going into the living room. He immediately asked to sit and so we did that for a bit. 

It was a nice surprise to see Tanaka outside as he has been on self-quarantine from last Saturday because of Sky-the-scary-cat. I had to get an animal communicator to try to encourage him to go out and to be together. This morning he managed to get out to the kitchen to have breakfast and to eat some kibble. He was in and out about 4 times eating kibble. I thought he may be eating to last him the whole day! But he threw up a bit as it was too much for his system to handle. I told him to relax a bit as Sky is in her room.  

Welcome home Skywalker

 When my cat Tanaka told Chris that he was scared when Bujang 'disappears', I felt sad for him. He doesn't remember that the other cats went to the bridge because of illness. He said he was scared to be left alone and Bujang doesn't actually like him at all. Bujang thinks that Tanaka is not a cat but a pet. I don't know how cats recognize each other but needless to say I felt that I should make an effort.

Sky is from a hoarder situation of 35 cats in a tiny hdb flat, sitting in faeces and she had never seen the outside of a crate. She was overjoyed at the space she now has and kept looking at the sky and light. One of these days I will put up the conversation.

A mere 3 year old kitty, she had 4 stillborn kittens as she herself was very thin and malnourished. SHe has already 'commandeered' the house and plans to live her best life. I am  glad she is with us although sometimes I see the boys looking at me with ...

Run Free Rezki

My cat Rezki suffered from Feline Aortic Thromboembolism (FATE) early on 1st May 22. The vet said he had a heart murmur and his clot blocked the arteries at his hips. As a consequence his legs were disabled and he could not walk. He fell off the kitchen counter and dragged himself to the living room. He passed away soon after I brought him to the vet. 

He was a cat full of shenanigans and grand plans of becoming boss. He became boss early this year and worked hard to take care of the others. He was only six years old, an ex-community kitty. He was a firecracker and was afraid of nothing. 

 

Thanks to #1 for her very kind tribute and the nice lady at Meezers' Mews for this beautiful button. 

A little note from Rezki, our gangsta boy from Chris, our ac.

He's sorry he left so sudden. He wants to make sure you are safe always. Though he cannot execute his major plan which he nv say what, he is glad to be part of the household. He will be joining the rest to look after the house.

Rez said that he wanted to his urn to be in the bedroom but his message was hijacked by his brother Totoro who said 'they all wanted to be inside, away from the sun but on a nice shelf but must be arranged nicely from first to last' So I decided to shift them all and now they are all together.

 

From left - Totoro, Megat, Akira, Poppy and Rezki. I am waiting for Rez's black cat to be here from China. 

Fly High Popsicle Poppy

Poppy came home today, a little later in the afternoon (27 Dec 2021). The house was quiet. The house has always been quiet but now it was quite empty. Now I have 3 male cats and they seem to disappear into their own separate spaces, without Popps or Akira to bring them together.

Popp's last message to me (via Chris) on 24 December 2021. She had many more that we would share but for now, only this.

"The living is more important than the one that has passed by your life. Focus on them. We will always be around you, watching you."

Poppy had severe anemia and even though  she went through 4 injections of  Aranesp (manmade erythropoietin). Her red blood cells did not increase but rather decreased. Then last Wednesday (22 Dec) she didn't eat and threw up twice. Her vet was full so I brought her to the vet hospital where we found her red blood cell count to be considerably lower and her liver values elevated. She was in respiratory distress early Friday (24 Dec) morning and the cpr did not revive her. She passed in the early hours of that morning. 

My Indoor Garden

Since so much of my time is now spent indoors, I wanted to create a small green space for us, the cats and me. We don't get out much as Bujang has IVD (Idiopathic Vestibular Disease)  now and eventhough he is coping with it well, its a challenge for me to persuade him that there are some places he should not go to at this time. Even with IVD, he is really strong in will. The kitties have taken to our very small green space well and everyone has they favourite 'munch'. Bujang likes the Calathea Rattle Snake (beside the spider plant), Rez likes his own pot of spider plant (which is now in care due to some serious chomping) and Tanaka just likes wheatgrass. Popps does not like anything at all. She hardly visits the garden. I had to read up and figure out what plants are safe for cats as well and all the plants here are, except the one at the window. The Tradescantia is not safe for cats but they won't get awfully sick on it. My Tradescantia will always be beyond them. 

After several weeks of worrying about the Calathea, I decided to just get on with it and this is my propagation centre. Here I have to see if I have the family green thumb or perhaps I'm the only one without. The cats are made of clay and come from Nepal. Since I bought a few of them when I was looking for something for Rainbow Akira. I decided to put them out. I'm sure Akira would not mind it. 

 This is my favourite kitty made of clay from Nepal. I think the red fish made it for me.

Red Clay cat on pillow in sleeping with the pepperomia. My pepperomina ruby (the one next to the kitty) is not doing well. Its very young from the online seller, and is now losing all the leaves. Possibly the roots are not yet firm and strong before the seller sells it online. Its probably better to go to a plant centre to get another one. 

My propagation station. Rez's spider plant is the one on the extreme right. He likes this pot I think because the plants are at 2 different heights and its easier for him to make decisions as to which blade he wants at any one time. I had this plant on my corridor garden and didn't know that it was also cat safe. Its only when I decided to make a green space inside that I found this out. I gave him 2 new pots but he has a 'take it or leave it attitude' to them though. 

Sunpuddle Saturday

 Sometimes a picture does tell 1000 words. 

Manly Mayhem

…not

It is quite a sight to see these 3 boys sitting so calmly together. Rezki's favourite place is next to the trolley as he can see the goings on in the kitchen easily from there. He also has a good view of the territory and he thinks he is hidden from view. Tanaka's favourite if of course by the door for the birds and the breeze. It is Bujang who has now taken up a new position in the centre. Usually he is somewhere else, hidden from view but watchful. I think it is his message that even with IVD, I am still THE BOSS.

 

Just Because ...

san thinks one of these days she will wake up and see that I am actually a white kitty. 

 

Just Because…

I am handsome san says…and I agree