hello and goodbye poppy
Last Saturday on our way for a bite after our monthly visit to the gynae, we passed by the Shell station in SS15. We noticed a little silver tabby meowing, presumably looking for its mother. We drove past it to make a pit stop at the recycling centre and when we circled back, it was still at the same place - the concrete culvert by the moonsoon drain outside the Shell station. We could see that it was panting and hyperventilating in the mid morning sun. Gravitas stopped at a side lane, went out and grabbed the little fella. Breakfast will have to wait.
So off to the vet we went to give Poppy (named for its silver and black stripes) the once over. Dr. Wong gave Poppy a clean bill of health except for some worms and estimated that he (Poppy turned out to be a boy kitten) is two months old and has been weaned.
Poppy is so cute and even-tempered. But we already have two new cats in our increasingly crowded little apartment that need to be socialised. It was a difficult decision (Sigh!) but we drove straight to PAWS from the vet's office. In the car on the drive over, we continued the debate on what to do with the Poppy but I am in no condition to housebreak a new kitten in my current condition..
So with heavy hearts, we signed the surrender form as the PAWS lady explained that we will have to accept the possibility (if not the probability) that Poppy may eventually be put down if he turns out to be sickly or otherwise unadoptable.
We felt angry and powerless. I don't understand why people have all sorts of prejudices against cats and those who don't don't bother to take proper care of their pets by at the very least neutering them before allowing them to roam free and thus produce countless unwanted kittens. The same applies to dog owners. And I don't understand why Malaysians are such snobs when it comes to pets.
Before we collected Damon from the vets' I'd asked Dr Tan how he was. Dr Tan said that Damon is a nice cat and very affectionate. I then asked him if anybody would be interested to adopt such a sweet cat. He remembered somebody who was asking about a cat for adoption but after some clarification, we found out that said potential adoptor was only interested in long-haired cats (ie pedigree-looking types).
So Damon's currently residing with us. He's still rather skinny and bedraggled having lived a hard life on the streets and also nervous after being bullied by other cats and humans but he IS a sweetie. Seven cats is rather too much for our little place like ours. So we've got to find him a home fast. In the meantime, he had his first proper bath (it must have come as a culture shock for him) and we're trying to fatten him up help build up his confidence in the hope that he'd be as cuddly as Ginger one day.
So off to the vet we went to give Poppy (named for its silver and black stripes) the once over. Dr. Wong gave Poppy a clean bill of health except for some worms and estimated that he (Poppy turned out to be a boy kitten) is two months old and has been weaned.
Poppy is so cute and even-tempered. But we already have two new cats in our increasingly crowded little apartment that need to be socialised. It was a difficult decision (Sigh!) but we drove straight to PAWS from the vet's office. In the car on the drive over, we continued the debate on what to do with the Poppy but I am in no condition to housebreak a new kitten in my current condition..
So with heavy hearts, we signed the surrender form as the PAWS lady explained that we will have to accept the possibility (if not the probability) that Poppy may eventually be put down if he turns out to be sickly or otherwise unadoptable.
We felt angry and powerless. I don't understand why people have all sorts of prejudices against cats and those who don't don't bother to take proper care of their pets by at the very least neutering them before allowing them to roam free and thus produce countless unwanted kittens. The same applies to dog owners. And I don't understand why Malaysians are such snobs when it comes to pets.
Before we collected Damon from the vets' I'd asked Dr Tan how he was. Dr Tan said that Damon is a nice cat and very affectionate. I then asked him if anybody would be interested to adopt such a sweet cat. He remembered somebody who was asking about a cat for adoption but after some clarification, we found out that said potential adoptor was only interested in long-haired cats (ie pedigree-looking types).
So Damon's currently residing with us. He's still rather skinny and bedraggled having lived a hard life on the streets and also nervous after being bullied by other cats and humans but he IS a sweetie. Seven cats is rather too much for our little place like ours. So we've got to find him a home fast. In the meantime, he had his first proper bath (it must have come as a culture shock for him) and we're trying to fatten him up help build up his confidence in the hope that he'd be as cuddly as Ginger one day.
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