The Lady form Shanghai,  Ms Lu, had ordered them to be delivered to the Auntie's home. She is probably not aware that we all avoid the "F" and "W" brands as they are really bad for the cats in the long run, as the high salt content can lead to kidney problems. There are already many residents who feed the cats with these two brands. So at least we caregivers must not feed them with unhealthy junk food.

An exchange was not possible, so with the approval of the Shanghai Lady, we gave one of the bags to Mohan for some poor feeders. Mohan assured us that as an occasional snack it wont do much harm but not on a regular basis. I will order a bag of APD for the Auntie. Ms Lu even offered to reimburse me. I have also just changed from Prism brand to Advanced Pet Diet and find that the community cats like it better.

Another caregiver in my estate was given my number and called for advice because she started feeding 15 cats at her block and the nearby Bin-Center.  Now the number has increased to 35 due to breeding and dumping. There are complaints and she worries that the cats will soon be rounded up.

She did sterilise some cats at first but then had stopped after these cats were rounded up...as her effort had been wasted. I explained to her that she needs to start sterilising again and the importance of letting her TC know what she is doing, explaining to them the benefit of TNRM...and also offering to look into complaints.

I was quite blunt telling her that by just feeding and not sterilising she enables them to breed more and causes more harm than good. There is no way that she can protect them unless she starts sterilising.

A caregiver called today, she is looking for a foster for 8 little kittens. She explained that a friend has been caring for a mother cat and her kittens at the cargo area in Changi. The mother cat has been  trapped inside a construction site for 2 days now. The kittens are now being bottle-fed by the friend.

The strange thing is that they never even considered rescuing the mother. I told the caregiver to call the police and perhaps the SPCA and get the cat released. I had called my NPP once about a trapped cat. They made some phone calls and  the cat was released within 2 hrs... Another  time I discovered  that  my Pebbles was locked inside a Beauty Salon. There was a tel. number on the door. The people were upstairs and had no idea...poor frightened Pebbles was soon released.

This really puzzles me.. they know the cat is trapped in there but instead of simply getting her rescued they look for a foster for the kittens, which will be very difficult to find someone. When I asked 'what about the mother cat?' the reply was that she will die...