Salem in his new home

On Sunday, Sis and I visited Salem (formerly known as Charcoal Monkee Jiji) in his new home. After a week-long trial adoption, Kelvin is keeping Salem who gets along well with his parents and other pets at home too. I'm happy for Salem who is my first adoption case. With a few other cats being dumped in my area, I think I may have put them up for adoption too and I hope that there are more adopters like Kelvin who are responsible pet owners and really care for their pets.

Charcoal Monkee on CWS' adoption board

Charcoal Monkee has been posted on CWS' online adoption board yesterday.

I hope to receive enquiries from potential adopters who are responsible pet owners.

Putting Charcoal Monkee up for adoption

We have put Charcoal Monkee at my friend's place. It is a tough decision for me but I have made it. Sis and I are only home in the evenings on weekdays and Mom already has her hands full taking care of the community cats, Angel, the house and us. Charcoal Monkee has also been wailing more loudly for our attention and I'm worried that our neighbour upstairs (who's working in HDB) will not be happy and would complain.

This morning I stayed in the balcony with Monkee, playing with him and spraying water at him when he nipped my hands and legs. We also brought him to the vet for his 1st vaccination. I cried a little on the way home when we left Monkee at my friend's house. My friend said she would be putting Monkee with 2 other kittens of same age, so that they can play together while waiting for nice people to adopt them.

If any of you are interested or know of any friends who can give Charcoal Monkee a good home, please let me know by emailing me at coboypb@care2.com. Thanks. I will also be using Cat Welfare Society's online adoption board to find an adopter for him.

cats and housework

I feel rather tired now. Since we brought home Monkee (aka Charcoal),
we have to clean up the cage twice a day, feed him wet food a few times a day, play with him (or rather he loves to nip our hands and feet) and feed him antibiotic every night (prescribed by the vet to build up his immunity). Monkee is quite an attention seeker (crying to be out of the cage, for wet food and for our attention) and makes a mess of his cage. He also makes us laugh with his antics - chasing our feet relentlessly, cocking his head to one side and staring at us, foaming at his mouth after we feed him the antibiotic (the vet assured us that it is normal).

Angel still doesn't seem to like Monkee. He would hiss or spar with Monkee when Monkee climbs up the cage and meowed. I also try to give Angel my attention so that he won't feel neglected with the new kitten around. He has been going to my bedroom more frequently as Mom has moved his carpet and toys into my room and for the past few months, he has been sleeping with my head on my pillow briefly a few times a night. I think he feels comfortable that when the lights are out, my door is always open for him. My parents and Sis close their bedroom doors when they sleep. I always leave my door open, so that I can wake up immediately if I hear any loud noise in the house.

I'm very happy to see Tree (the latest sterilised community cat) the past nights after I released him on Sat night. Mom also saw him in the mornings when she feeds the community cats. Shadow has already been eating and drinking :)

I'm on leave today and stay at home to help Mom with the housework. I cleaned the shower area in the kitchen using Seventh Generation shower cleaner. I must say I couldn't stand the smell (a bit citrusy) after a while, so I had to breathe through a hanky. Mom mops and cleans up areas like the toilets once a week, so we have been very fortunate to live in a clean house. I also cleaned up the computer table - so much dust! Then I dusted the top of my cabinets in my bedroom, tidied up my clothes compartment and remove old articles and papers I won't be reading to the recycling bag.

My hands now feel drier but I feel satisfied I have helped mom to keep the house clean today. I will just put more moisturiser on my hands tonight :)

Another abandoned kitten

Sigh. We have a little kitten at home with us. Sis called me after she left the house as she found a kitten at the letterbox area of our void deck. I went down with mom with some kitten wet food and kitty wipes. He's friendly and tackled my sis' foot and birkies by climbing and chewing. He quickly gobbled up the wet food I gave him. I held him and his very bloated stomach in my palm and cleaned him with the wipes. We didn't plan on bringing him home but when I saw how small he is, I don't think he can survive on his own, unless someone brings him home. I guess I have to be that someone.

We don't think this kitten is abandoned by a mother cat as there is only Noisy at the carpet and she's sterilised. We have not seen any roaming pregnant cat around too, so the logical deduction is someone abandoned the kitten. He's so small and scrawny and so loveable.

When we reached home, Mom and I gave him a quick bath as we are not sure if he has any fleas (like when we brought back little Angel). After shower, he's cleaner but still stinks a bit. We have to use Angel's big cage to house him and quarantine him temporarily, instead of letting him running around the house. His temporary name is Charcoal unless Sis or we can think of a better name.


Charcoal seems happy with the few toys we put in the cage. I could feel his tiny teeth when he tried to bite me. His teeth are still not sharp enough to break my skin. He could also eat the kitten dry food.


Angel was hissing at Charcoal just now. I hope he can accept this little boy or it may mean we have to put Charcoal up for adoption.

Angel looks so grown up as compared to Charcoal. I have also made an appointment with the vet for sis and dad to bring Charcoal for a check-up tomorrow. I have to pack some merchandise for Cat Welfare Society for the coming AVA Responsible Pet Ownership Roadshow, so I will attend to that first and be home in the evening to feed the community cats, check on sterilised Tree and the 2 kittens at home.

House with a little kid?

With Angel around, our floor is alway "littered" with toys during the day. Strangers may think we have a little kid in the house. Haha.

Angel and Spay Day kit

Angel is quite curious about plastic bags, so it was no surprise when she checked out my plastic bag of stuff for the Spay Day kit. Busybody! :)

Angel's feet

I love touching his feet and massaging them. He was up on the shelf near Dad's big speaker, sleeping with his feet dangling.

Angel and the scratching post

Angel is getting a bit too big for the scratching post. Sometimes when he is sharpening his nails on the post, the post seems to be almost toppling over if not for Angel's weight on it. Recently he also likes to lie on his side or back and play with the pendulum/pink ball.

Angel and a pink ball

A friend was commenting earlier that she hasn't seen photos of Angel on my blog recently.

I took a few of Angel about a week ago and this is my favorite :)

One of Angel's favorite spots

Angel likes to sit near the kitchen sink.

She can rest there and even get her water direct from the tap.

We try to remember to run the water from the tap before taking the water for our use.

Angel and orange peels

Mum has kept the orange peels as Angel doesn't like the smell of them. The peels are useful when mum puts them at places we don't want Angel to jump on. An example is the TV console and behind the new plasma TV Dad just got. We don't want Angel to be fried. See the containers of orange peels?

Angel and I had dinner together

Angel the model

I carried Angel to sis' bed and started taking photos of him in his various poses. Below are the nice ones:

Kitty litter

I have been trying to read up on the best cat litter I should be using for Angel. Currently, we are using clumping cat litter. I read that the dust and any bits cats breathe in or lick from the fur will form a clump in the system. So scary.

I have tried recycled paper pellets but he just chews on them and not keen to pee and poo on the pellets I tried to introduce a little to the litter tray of cat sand/clay.

I read on the net that some wheat or corn cob based litter is good but I think Angel may try to eat the pellets too. Now I'm thinking whether pine litter will be suitable.

Any advice?

Angel on the computer table

I like his eyes and love to cuddle him and smell him. He smells of fresh laundry. Although we only bath him every few weeks, we try to clean his bottom with a damp cloth or wet wipes for pets after he poos. And he grooms himself too.

Angel and Plastic Bag

Angel likes to explore the inside of plastic bags and just now he jumped onto the dining table and found this interesting bag containing some new bedding I got for the hamsters. He just squeezed into the bag, made himself comfortable and took a short nap.

Angel and Dad's speaker

Dad's speaker has become Angel's obsession this morning. He hopped up the boxes near the window to get to the top of the speaker. We need to leave the boxes there to prevent Angel from going to the back of the TV and Dad's hi-fi set where there are many wires. But it means Angel can use that to jump high up.


Dad was not pleased with Angel's jumping ability and worried that he would destroy some of his stuff. Mum, Sis and I tried to put up boards and move the speaker, spray bitter stuff (that prevent pets from chewing/biting) and orange peel, so that we can see Angel clearly when he is up on the speaker. We can't be blocking away everything to prevent Angel from jumping up. Dad feels that it will be like a prison for us, so my idea is to let Angel explore as long as he doesn't injure himself and destroy any of Dad's precious stuff. Dad was only unhappy with Angel for a short while and regained his jovial self soon after.

Angel looked so comfortable sleeping on top of the speaker :)

Angel and Green

Green carpet

Green wall


But what I really want to say is Angel is such a charmer. I like to stare into his amber eyes. Mum said his eyes look scary. hee.

Angel and his toys

Dad will also crush papers into balls and throw them to Angel who will chase them sometimes. In the container, you can also see some straws from Mum.