Vegan & Meowies

Vegan & Meowies http://meowies.multiply.com/   "Yes. I dream of a world where animals are viewed as sentient and sensitive people, whose right to be free from human-enforced suffering is respected and where our only relations with animals are motivated by the wish to love and help them." - Dr Tony Page   Mon, 12 May 2008 09:18:17 -0000 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:01:23 -0000 Vegan & Meowies http://images.meowies.multiply.com/logo http://meowies.multiply.com 100 100 Champ & Charles   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCgGkQoKCB4AABeRoV01"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCgGkQoKCB4AABeRoV01/champ%20in%20basket.jpg?et=lUEccSFLdCFjH476RrO5WA&nmid=" border=0></A><A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCgG0QoKCB4AAB3pxQA1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCgG0QoKCB4AAB3pxQA1/Champ%20close-up.jpg?et=GLwGOAgDkhgqTETgs%2C8osQ&nmid=" border=0></A>                   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCgHIwoKCB4AACZu-kw1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCgHIwoKCB4AACZu-kw1/Champ%20and%20Charles.jpg?et=gWLYZ3Hw9RB%2CUST2MFSFuw&nmid=" border=0></A> Champ, the leader, first one up the tree and into the basket :) Hope that Charles will find a good home, too. http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/760/Champ_Charles Mon, 12 May 2008 09:01:23 -0000 A lazy afternoon and visit from adopter     <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCVszQoKCB4AAHqXDYo1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCVszQoKCB4AAHqXDYo1/Champ%2C%20Chester%2C%20Charles.jpg?et=W14DdPG155Iug9juLjyNbw&nmid=" border=0></A> Adopter came to visit and decided to give Champ and Chester a home with meshed windows :) Will keep them a few more days because they still have a bit of loose stool. Apart from that they are back to their normal playful selves :) The vet advised to give yogurt to built up the good bacteria after the course of antibiotics. Two of them need to be syringed while the third one takes the yogurt straight from the bowl.     http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/757/A_lazy_afternoon_and_visit_from_adopter Sat, 10 May 2008 09:38:26 -0000 Fern is getting her appetite back   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCVsTwoKCB4AAGrTwYA1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCVsTwoKCB4AAGrTwYA1/Fern.jpg?et=dRGCMSBcK1L4OI%2CoAnUV5w&nmid=" border=0></A> http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/756/Fern_is_getting_her_appetite_back Sat, 10 May 2008 09:35:51 -0000 Twirly lost for 3 days now   Searched every night. Yesterday I heard meowing from the locked up construction storage space under the void deck of *22. I was worried the it could be Twirly... locked up for 3 days! Managed to pry the chain-locked door open just wide enough for a cat to pass through and jammed a plastic jar in to keep the gap open. However from the opening at the top I could see that there were further partitions and the sounds came from there. I left food outside the door and left to pick up the 5 kittens. When I came back there were no more sounds but was still worried especially since I would not be able to hear soft sounds.  It was already after 1am. I decided to call the Neighbourhood Police. They came and also couldn't hear any sounds... so no choice had to wait until morning. Before they left ... one of the officers kept asking whether it was my cat or a stray... seeing two other cats around and a plate with food he must have figured out that I might be a Stray Cat Feede... http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/755/Twirly_lost_for_3_days_now Sat, 10 May 2008 06:03:28 -0000 5 kittens rescued   ...and just in time! Penny found another small kitten a few days ago but the rest have been adopted so she gave me the go-ahead to bring in the 5 kittens. Didn't see the two from the coffee shop the day before... only their mother was around. Then yesterday night finally found them curled up at the kerb of the car park... very pittyful!  The orange-white one looks a bit dull and poor appetite....probably getting sick. Brought them to Penny and then went back for the 3 black-and -white kittens at the construction site. Will wait a week or two  for the milk to dry up and then get the two mothers sterilised. http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/754/5_kittens_rescued Sat, 10 May 2008 05:35:29 -0000 Black kitten sterilised   Wasted my effort installing wire-mesh at the kitchen window of blk  *21 family... they keep opening the un-meshed side too. The poor kitten has a litter tray but there was now litter or even newspaper in it... just an empty plastic bowl. No surprise he preferred the kitchen sink to do his business...sigh! At least they keep him indoors now. After I took the kitten home, the new female tabby appeared. I let her eat first and then tried to put her in the carrier... but she struggled and ran off, also saw another newbie... siamese-mix... Twirly is eating well now, and no more vomitting...hope he will put on some weight soon.   http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/751/Black_kitten_sterilised Wed, 7 May 2008 07:37:38 -0000 Photos of the new cat Area 3   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCAjBgoKCB4AACYlCtQ1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCAjBgoKCB4AACYlCtQ1/new%20aband..JPG?et=GiuIcEKDX6ER6mq0DMT7JQ&nmid=" border=0></A><A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCAjKAoKCB4AACnmI641"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCAjKAoKCB4AACnmI641/new%20abandonee.JPG?et=5jdtWjejMP%2BYPLKRu4OVPQ&nmid=" border=0></A>                     He doesn't look so bad...not dehydrated. One of the feeders in the area is syringe -feeding him. Bell-Boy is trying to make friends. Hope he will stay around to be tipped once he starts eating on his own. Penny has 7 pregnant cats to be sterilised...from outside her feeding area. Two were done yesterday with the help of a sponsor and 2 more went today under SPCA voucher. She has enough vouchers left for the rest. Another caregiver 'R' has a very difficult time. Almost all of her 40 cats/kittens came down with flu. Most of them have now either recovered or are recovering except for one with some breathing difficulties. Penny and myself passed her what we had on medication. Penny also sponsored a visit to the vet for the most sick cat... still, we had to keep nagging her to go. http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/750/Photos_of_the_new_cat_Area_3 Tue, 6 May 2008 09:22:07 -0000 Abandonees, kittens, sick cats...   Spotted a new female tabby in area 1 and Sylvia found a terrified ginger-white cat at area 3. Just like Fern...refusing food and water. Will go down later and try to syringe-feed. Also found another mother cat with 2 kittens at a coffee shop next to the construction site where the other cat family with the white-and-black kittens lives. The 2 kittens are also about 3 month old, one ginger-white and one tabby. Will be feeding them every day and hope that Penny can foster them if some of her kittens get adopted. The new skinny boy at area one, named him Twirly, vomits sometimes. He is now at the same block every day, so I will start him on antibiotics tonight. Yesterday he ate quite a bit...  but if there is more vomiting or refusal to eat then he also will have to go to the vet. There is another sick cat at area 2... a black-and-white coffee-shop cat. She has become very thin and has poor appetite. I went down last night because... http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/748/Abandonees_kittens_sick_cats... Mon, 5 May 2008 10:27:50 -0000 Adopters There were several enquiries about the 3 kittens...but no one seemed suitable. Not a good sign when the first question is "Are they for free?" or another one told me that her cat went missing but she is still not willing to wire-mesh the gate... Now the question is whether to give the kitten to a person who seems responsible and will keep the kitten indoors but refuses to mesh the windows. As Penny put it "90% of adopters do not want to wire-mesh". Another caregiver said that she would rather put the kittens back on the streets. I am not so sure that this would be best... there are just too many dangers. The average life-span of a community cat is 2 years! I saw another mother and 3 kittens (now left only 2) hiding at a construction site in an area with no caregiver. The kittens are about 3 months old  and white with black patches. All I can do is feed them....   http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/747/Adopters Sun, 4 May 2008 12:57:19 -0000 Still eying me with some suspicion...   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SB2j@woKCB4AACqBgAo1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SB2j@woKCB4AACqBgAo1/catsitting%20005.jpg?et=7vYzL7fl2IpjSBXQQzRdSg&nmid=" border=0></A>     http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/746/Still_eying_me_with_some_suspicion... Sun, 4 May 2008 12:03:54 -0000 Trust betrayed I went to town for a free student haircut with a fellow caregiver today...  to relax and be pampered for 2 hours...or so I thought. Ended up spending the whole time on the phone...my friend had to give the instructions on what to do with my hair because I was more concerned about getting a cat back from AVA.  A few days ago another caregiver IK had messaged me that the town council  said there were complaints about caterwauling and too many cats at the bin center of this area: <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/299/A_bad_estate">http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/299/A_bad_estate</A> She checked the area and agreed to sterilise the cats after one of the feeders (the owner of the hairdressing salon) offered to pay for the vet fees. She sent an email to inform TC. Today IK smsed that the pest control came this morning. Luckily the hairdresser  had noticed and managed to get the cat released. The caregiver called her property officer, who denied having called in the pest control ! Saying t... http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/745/Trust_betrayed Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:02:50 -0000 Fern   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SBcF1goKCB4AAG61o201"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBcF1goKCB4AAG61o201/Fern%20001.jpg?et=tZuEaAo3lvFwUuOV2hw7rw&nmid=" border=0></A>   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SBcGQwoKCB4AAHih3Yc1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBcGQwoKCB4AAHih3Yc1/Fern%20007.jpg?et=T4TH5uZ1rooRlkzfCkGVmA&nmid=" border=0></A>   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SBcGmAoKCB4AAH5O6Y41"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBcGmAoKCB4AAH5O6Y41/Fern%20004.jpg?et=yGH96AKuDD3t3SQe1B3NsQ&nmid=" border=0></A>   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SBcG-AoKCB4AABFQZUA1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBcG-AoKCB4AABFQZUA1/Fern%20003.jpg?et=vrSxZFpzyaVqSwc0x9vWlA&nmid=" border=0></A> Fern had vomited out what I syringed this morning... maybe I gave her too much. She is still dehydrated. I will have to bring her to the vet if there is no improvement soon. Had also started her on antibiotics.     http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/742/Fern Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:31:54 -0000 Named her Fern   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SBWvtgoKCB4AAD7X5hI1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBWvtgoKCB4AAD7X5hI1/fern%20on%20wall.jpg?et=hDbUhAvaKSuScEjj1d5qAw&nmid=" border=0></A>   Will she be able to survive like  this little fern on the wall? If only the people who had done this to her could see her suffering feel her fear... Fern has become very thin. How may times I have walked all  the corridors in search for her... but still couldn't find her... days without food. Now she seems to have settled in one place, hiding behind flowerpots .... just too frightened to stay downstairs. Fern still refuses to eat but she lets me syringe-feed her.   http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/741/Named_her_Fern Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:06:56 -0000 New Abandonees   The calico went again up to the 7th floor. This time she went into the flat and hid under the bed... she came out when I called her. Brought her back downstairs to the same corner and she ate some dry food... refused to eat the Fussy Cat tuna. She looks thin... Also saw the other two abandonees again and fed them. One is a Russian Blue type probably a male as he has some scars, his eyes are watery... maybe flu. The other one is a young cat or older kitten, very pretty, large circular patterns  and white paws... but malnourished. There is also a new Persian-x around... must be a home cat as he is never hungry... will be difficult to trap him for sterilisation. Saw a tame female on my way to area 2. when I felt her tummy to see if she is pregnant or nursing kittens, I felt a broken rib... must be an old injury as there was no pain. I have no more vouchers for this month as Penny needed my last two for two pregnant cats from an area with no caregiver, one of them suspected to... http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/740/New_Abandonees Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:32:53 -0000 This Body is not me   <IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SA9MqQoKCB4AABK2lec1/citrine.jpg?et=VWMYbobROND6BaKY%2B5ZsZA&nmid=" border=0>                   <H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This body is Not me</H4>                                            This body is not me. I am not limited by this body. I am life without boundaries. I have never been born and I have never died.   Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars, manifestations from my wondrous true mind. Since before time, I have been free.   Birth and death are only doors through which we pass, Sacred thresholds on our journey. Say good-bye, to meet again soon. We meet today. We will meet again tomorrow. Birth and death are a game of hide- and seek. So laugh with me, hold my hand, let us say good-bye, We will meet at the source every moment. We meet each other in all forms of life.     ~By Thich Nhat Hanh,   &nbs... http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/739/This_Body_is_not_me Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:51:48 -0000 Irresponsible owner... and more abandonings   I had arranged with the son of the Chinese family staying on the second floor to wire mesh the window facing the corridor, the mother had approved. When I came with the mesh today the father refused and threatened to throw the kitten if it causes so much trouble. In the end he allowed me to fix the mesh to the kitchen window instead. Saw two more new abandonees ...they came out to finish the left-overs after the community cats had their fill. I left some food behind for them...both are very shy. Now listening to the Heart Sutra my mind is at peace and I breathe easily...   http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/738/Irresponsible_owner..._and_more_abandonings Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:29:19 -0000 Champ and Charles   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SA28jwoKCB4AAHsUzE01"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SA28jwoKCB4AAHsUzE01/Novena%20kittens%20006.jpg?et=4cgv1eMFCc%2BZjZQBobU84g&nmid=" border=0></A>   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SA281goKCB4AAH9g7Sc1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SA281goKCB4AAH9g7Sc1/Novena%20kittens%20012.jpg?et=Q2gbzE7QA%2BJLlxyqt1ecyg&nmid=" border=0></A>   Trapped the two remaining kittens today, Champ seems already very comfortable while Charles is still a little nervous.   http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/737/Champ_and_Charles Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:25:10 -0000 Charles for Adoption Charles is very cute with his white http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/album/56/Charles_for_Adoption Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:09:48 -0000 Champ for Adoption Champ is very outgoing and http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/album/55/Champ_for_Adoption Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:05:10 -0000 Candy for Adoption A sweet little 8 weeks old calico girl. http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/album/54/Candy_for_Adoption Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:58:40 -0000 Chester for Adoption Chester is a perfect little ginger boy of 3 months http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/album/53/Chester_for_Adoption Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:22:22 -0000 New Abandonee   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SAx-iwoKCB4AAD@KI3Y1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SAx-iwoKCB4AAD@KI3Y1/abandoned.jpg?et=SPYYhbgpaa4dyDThLftcAQ&nmid=" border=0></A> <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SAx-wQoKCB4AAECVOm01"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SAx-wQoKCB4AAECVOm01/abandoned%201.jpg?et=SOrCnLApoUzH3C3yGx9cNA&nmid=" border=0></A> <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SAyACAoKCB4AAEnlXsc1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SAyACAoKCB4AAEnlXsc1/abandoned%202.jpg?et=Eo4RhWCY1JUwdspc3hs0Eg&nmid=" border=0></A>   Dumped at *23 Area 1. She is too scared to move and did not touch the wet food and ate only a few pieces of kibble.   She has been very recently sterilised, tipped and tattooed. Her saggy tummy and the length of the stitches suggest that she was pregnant. She also has a skin problem….   I called Penny… Yes, the pregnant cat that she brought for sterilization for the Malay family was white and with some patches and had a long tail. See <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/719/Injured_cat_unsterilised_home_cats_and_another_complaint_to_MP">here</A>   We will pay a visit later.     http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/736/New_Abandonee Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:53:39 -0000 Beauty unable to eat...   my first thought was 'fish bone". I went home to get a carrier. Brought her to the vet this morning and 4 fish bones were removed from her throat. How much pain she must have suffered... all because of such irresponsible lazy feeders who will throw fish with bones for the cats to eat. I have put up notices at the area. I made a mistake by letting her out on the balcony as she is usually quite friendly. Luckily Mohan was in the area and could help me get her back into the carrier this morning. <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SAx9IQoKCB4AAAHlPfo1"></A> <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SAx@AAoKCB4AABR6qPY1"></A>   <A href="http://meowies.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SAx@MwoKCB4AABc@xEU1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.meowies.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SAx@MwoKCB4AABc@xEU1/fishbone%203.jpg?et=X25kqyVVs4TWo3H0f8PNeg&nmid=" border=0></A>   Measured one of the bones...it was 2.5cm long. I will probably release her back tomorrow, because she does not like to be confined. The vet gave long-lasting antibiotic injections.     http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/735/Beauty_unable_to_eat... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:39:17 -0000 Injured Siamese kitten   Yesterday, night while returning home to get a carrier for Beauty, I met a Chinese lady staying at blk *22 Area 1. She was searching for an injured kitten (limping and eye injury), which her son saw earlier at blk *21. We couldn't’t find it.   Then today I received sms from R that she saw a sick kitten at blk *22. R mentioned that the kitten also has flu symptoms. I quickly called the Chinese lady and also went there with a carrier. She was very relieved to have finally found the kitten and will bring it to the vet. She is also thinking of keeping it.   http://meowies.multiply.com/journal/item/734/Injured_Siamese_kitten Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:24:42 -0000 Life After People What would happen to planet earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear forever? Abandoned skyscrapers would, after hundreds of years, become "vertical ecosystems" complete with birds, rodents and even plant life.Our cars would shrivel to piles of dust, our house pets would be overtaken by flourishing wildlife and most of the records of our human story would fade quickly, leaving little evidence that we ever existed. http://meowies.multiply.com/video/item/32/Life_After_People Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:43:55 -0000 The Mean Kitty Song The Mean Little Kitty Song snatched from Eslina's http://meowies.multiply.com/video/item/31/The_Mean_Kitty_Song Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:29:28 -0000