Ashley urinated blood on Saturday...brought him to the vet. The technician squeezed his bladder resulting in a big pool of bright-red blood. He also has a swelling on his lower lip which could be insect bite or an immune reaction. The vet also felt a large lump and suggested two options, either surgery the next morning or ultrasound ...blood test. I got a second opinion from non-vet and decided to wait and see if the antibiotics work.

There has been no blood in his urine since then... and he seems alright but I still confine him to observe. 

Then the same Saturday night the human (Ashley's adopted mother) also fell sick with high fever, body-ache, headache and feeling very weak. Human still not recovered...

Today I spent the entire morning at another TC office to support the caregiver trying to claim 2 cats back from AVA. The officer said that he had not given instructions to catch these cats and the Manager that we spoke to readily gave the letter for their release but insisted that he cannot request "release without micro-chip" saying that it was AVA's policy to microchip. When told by AVA that it is up to him, he seemed confused... mentioned something about a closed door meeting with AVA and that no strays are allowed in the estate... and any cat claimed from AVA must be micro-chipped...in the end the AVA side allowed the cats to be claimed... they probably realised that the TC manager actually had no objection to the cats being returned but felt that he could not go against AVA policy by requesting no micro-chip.

The caregiver had to miss a day of work and worried that she may get fired. Penny accompanied her to AVA after bringing an injured kitten to the vet and another one for sterilisation...I went home to get some rest.

Boy Boy will be released back to Blk *52 area 3 tonight. We worry for him...he is just too friendly and timid...and Orange Boy will surely miss his friend.  Boy Boy didn't like my cats though...there would be lots of howling and growling  if any of them went near the balcony door.

Orange Boy had one 'relapse' on Sunday and needed to be squeezed but after that no more problem so far.... most of his poo also ends up in the litter box now...he is regaining control.

Ashley has also recovered and been reunited with the rest of the gang. He didn't pee for 5 days!!! There must have been some blockage...The vet said to give him 200ml of water a day but I managed only about a quarter of that amount and added some vit.C to it.

Ashley looks a little better now. He was still very feverish and lethargic last night and during the day. Sylvia, Anna and the Aunty helped me with feeding the cats today, as I was worried leaving Ashley alone…so I just needed to feed the cats at the  area 1 and some at area 2. I was very happy when I saw Onyx back at his usual place.

Boy Boy’s hair has started to grow back.  There were some pees and poos in the litter box on the balcony and no poo on the floor today :)  Felt Orange Boy’s bladder, just to make sure… it was quite small :)

Sasha and her son Ashley enjoy bird watching,  They can do so safely, as the window grills have been fitted with wire mesh.

Photo 1: Ashley now all grown up.

Photo 2: Sasha & Ashley

Photo 3: Hardly any space for Ashley... need to clear this clutter.

Ashley went for sterilization today and I stayed with him during the operation. Barely one hour later he was wide-awake and ready to go home.

I also took the opportunity to ask the vet about Ginger’s condition. Ginger has a cataract in his right eye, which has been getting worse. The eyeball is enlarged and there is some tearing. The vet suggested that the eye should be removed if it is not functioning as the cat could be in pain. He estimated that it would cost about $150.

I will bring Ginger in next week and have the eye removed if that is what needs to be done…

2 months ago, when we took in a mother cat (Shasha), her beautiful son was adopted by a fellow cat feeder and thus, mother & son were separated...Last month, our friend decided that the kitten was getting too big and playful so she gave him away to another friend, who owns a pet shop. Whenever we brought cats to the vet to be sterilized, we would drop by the shop to look at the kitten and to play with him. Yesterday, the owner suddenly asked us if we wanted to have the kitten..After some thought, we said yes because we wanted to reunite mother and son.. :) So now he's here for good and we're trying to get Ashley (we named him Ash because of his beautiful bluish-grey colour) and Shasha re-introduced. Things seem to be going well so far...Ashley has the same features as his mum especially the cute receding chin.. :) The behaviour of the 2 cats are so similar, especially their tendency to purr affectionately and bite at the same time..