White White Update And Puffer Boomer

We released White White on 31 January 2012. His eyes are much better though he is partially blind in his left eye. He stayed around for 3 days before finding his way to the back after which, he decided he no longer knew me. Which is fine because that means he's feeling good.

Thank you, everyone for your purrs and prayers. As you can see, my eyes are much better

Day 1 of his release

Who's that out there?

OMC. It's my nemesis, White White!
Boomer was really upset and he was puffed up for quite sometime

Wait till I get my paws on him...

I AM NOT HAPPY. Why would you let him hang around MY territory?

2012 New Year Resolution

My 2012 New Year resolution is to homecook for all the furries (Whisky's been on homecook since 2008). The following pictures are the 2nd batch of homecook I made. Forgot to take pictures when I made the first batch.

Mashed chicken meat with some veggies.  No grains

Ready to be served

I add some oats to Whisky's portion.  She LOVES it

Ling doesn't really mind it

Meow-me tucking in.  I hope giving her homecooked meals can help bring her weight down

Felix

Coco

Boomer

Cosmo : You want me to eat *that*?  Really?

I had expected resistance from Cosmo as he isn't into *human* food.  So was pleasantly surprised when he finished everything

Ling didn't finish her portion so I had put it on the stairs for her.  This is what I saw when I came back...

Portions to be placed in the fridge and freezer

This is White White.  His eyes are much better but will remain with me for at least another week to finish the medicine.  He's quite the sweetheart and loves scritches

I add supplements into the food to make sure they aren't missing anything.  They still get kibbles for breakfast.  The homecooked is for dinner.  Does anyone else homecook for their furries?

Stumpy and White White

Stumpy and White White are two males that we managed to capture and neuter last year.  They return to our back alley daily to eat.

Stumpy tucks into yummy tuna

Stumpy looks very well and is less afraid of me though he won't let me near him. I noticed that White White had "black eyeliners", around 3 weeks ago but he was otherwise okay.  On Friday night, my heart went cold when I saw that his right eye was sealed shut while his left eye was cloudy.

What he looked like when I caught him

After cleaning the eyes with saline

He allowed me to scruff him and put him in the carrier without any fuss which was very surprising. I cleaned out his eyes with saline and thankfully the right eye looked okay.  The left eye had a corneal ulceration.  I took him to the vet on Saturday morning and the vet said it was bad, but should recover with treatment. So we went home with oral antibiotics, antibiotic drops and antibiotic ointment.

After the eye drops and ointment.  He doesn't put up a fight during medication. And he doesn't bother the eye so there's no need to put the E collar on him

It's suspected that he had conjunctivitis (the black eyeliner period) which led him to paw at his eye which may have caused a scratched cornea and later an ulceration.  We should see significant reduction in the swelling within 2 days and possibly a full recovery in 10 days.  Till then, he'll stay at our porch (caged).

He's very well behaved, has good appetite and seem to be quite content to stay in the cage

Some purrs that he continues to cooperate and make a full recovery would be much appreciated!

Almost Wordless Wednesday : Mr White Stray, Two Weeks Later

Mr White Stray :: caught 2 weeks ago to be neutered and treated for mange

Mr White Stray, looking relaxed (but is very suspicious of me) taken 2 weeks later

Isn't he a handsome cat?  He doesn't come near us but we see him quite often, lounging at the back neighbour's garden.  I'm just happy his mange has cleared up and he looks healthy and is no longer fighting.

The Lovely Outdoors

After being neutered, getting an injection for the mange, spending a night on drips at the vet, AND finishing 2 helpings of kibbles, I brought Mr Pure White back to his spot and off he went!  I have not seen him since and I can just hope that he will be okay.


Take care, Mr Pure White!

Mr White left after finishing the breakfast I gave him.  He had spent 2 nights in Boomer's cage.  I've since seen him hanging out at the back neighbour's garden, stalking butterflies and basically looking very relaxed.  His mange seem to be clearing up as well.



Have a good life, Mr White!

After scrubbing and disinfecting Boomer's cage, the entire porch and driveway, Boomer was finally allowed out again. And of course, now that he is outside, he wants to come in.....


Boy oh boy, I missed the outside!

Whisky was also happy to be out again to fertilise her garden.  Heehee.


Boomer :: Hey Whisky, you missed a spot!
Whisky :: It'll have to wait. There's only so much watering I can do a day, you know?

Stray Cat Mission Part 2

Mr White Stray's neutering procedure went smoothly and he is now recovering in Boomer's cage.  He is eating up a storm and basically doing very well.  He allows me to pet him and even to hold his food bowl while he eats. But I'm pretty sure he'll stay away once I release him.  I plan to release him after breakfast tomorrow.

This tuna is yummy!

Last night, I sat by the back door, hoping to trap the black stray.  After several hours, he walked right into the trap and he was in custody.  But wait...uh..it's a black cat, but I didn't think it was the RIGHT black cat.  I brought him out to the porch, scruffed him to get a better look and got hubby to help with the identification and even he felt it was the wrong cat.  Since we already had him in the carrier, we decided to keep him overnight and get the vet to confirm it in the morning.  So off we went to the vet and he confirmed it was a castrated male.  Ooopss.  Heehee.

I am a castrated male, you crazy woman!  Let me go!

I brought him back to release him at the spot where I trapped him and spotted a white cat sitting forlornly by the side of the road, a few houses away.  After apologising and releasing Mr Black, I went back to check on the white cat and it was still there.  So I parked the car, got the towel and carrier, went over and picked him up (I got lucky, I suppose) and went back to the vet.  It's an intact male, flea infested (so rather anaemic), very thin, has mange, no teeth except for his canines and dehydrated.

I have potential to be a very handsome cat (see my floofy tail?)

The vet said it was okay to neuter him (and treat the mange) so the surgery went ahead.  The vet just called to say the surgery went well, they will keep him overnight with IV drips and I'll pick him up tomorrow morning to release him back at his spot.

As for the mange, thank you, Lucy for your link.  It had a lot of helpful advice. The vet said that 2 jabs of ivermectin 2 weeks apart will normally fix the problem.  However, if it's not possible to recapture the stray, 1 jab is better than none (it only kills the adults so the second jab is to kill the newly hatched adults).

I am still trying to capture the RIGHT black stray.

When can I go outside again?

Stray Cat Mission

After many months of trying to capture Mr White Stray failed (which resulted in the births of Meow-Me and subsequently Coco and Felix), I decided to borrow a trap that was designed to capture civet cats and feral cats. It's a larger version of the mouse trap.  I fried a fish for bait.

The trap

Fried fish as bait

We set up the trap behind our house during Mr White Stray's dinner time and waited (my next door neighbour feeds him).  After an hour, hubby saw him approach the trap and both of us watched, hearts beating fast...he walked around the trap then walked right into it!  Snap!  The door shut.  But not firmly enough and he got away. I was absolutely devastated as I knew he would probably NEVER enter the trap again (he's a very smart cat).

Today, I tried again.  This time, I set up the trap nearer to where he likes to take his afternoon siestas.  When he finally emerged (I was hiding in the drain), he took a look at the trap, then he spotted me, and gave me a look of disbelief.  "You actually expect me to be that dumb as to enter the trap AGAIN?  What do you think I am?  An idiot?".  Sigh.

Mr White Stray's siesta spot...a few houses away

Setting the trap near his siesta spot

I went to speak with my neighbour who usually feeds him and she said he does go into HER cat's cage to eat her biscuits AND allows her to touch him.  I asked if she could PLEASE please help me trap him because he looks like he has mange and he will probably end up spreading it to every cat, especially hers, since he likes to hang out at her place (she says her cat recently developed a bald spot on her ear so I asked her to get it checked out).  She said she'll try.

As I was grooming Whisky, I received a phone call.  It was my neighbour! She GOT him!  She got scratched when she shoved him into the carrier, but she GOT HIM!  I went over to pick him up and his neutering appointment has been set for tomorrow at 10am.  We'll get him treated for mange (if he has it) and I'll keep him for a few days before releasing him.

Mr White Stray is VERY angry

Call me paranoid, but I'm so afraid he'll somehow escape so I put his carrier in another carrier...just to be sure.

LET ME OUT, YOU EVIL WOMAN!

Does anyone have any experience with mange?  How do I prevent my cats from getting it?