Adopted: Stout and Ranger

Jeslyn with Stout and Ranger

 An update email from Jeslyn:

Both of them have been renamed. Stout is now known as Usko (pronounced wush-ko), which means Faith in Finnish and Ranger is now known as Gioia (pronounced joy-ah), which means Joy in Italian. 

 

I'm really glad that the both of them have adapted well to the new environment and are eating, drinking, pooping and playing well. I'm actually really glad to have adopted two; they are great companions to each other, sleeping together, playing together and I've seen Usko groom Gioia as well. They are really friendly with people as well! I have friends who came over to play with them and so far, they have been interacting well with everyone who came by. When it comes to sleep, they will sometimes show their bellies and Gioia sleeps like a log; no matter how we touch him, he refuses to wake up, which is really adorable.

Two brothers for life. BFFs!

 Thank you Jeslyn for giving them a forever home!

Love Kuching Project adoption booth at Happy Pets Day partnered by Cat Welfare Society!

Adoption Drive will be from 1pm to 6pm with a contest at 3pm to 5pm

Come see the adoptable cats of Love Kuching at Tampines 1 Rooftop Water Playground on Saturday, 6 September, 1pm to 6pm!

This event is ideal if you want to adopt our cats but want to see them first before making an adoption application. Come stroke their delicious fur and see their wonderful feline expressions. Also, meet our volunteers who will tell you all about our adoptable cats!

You can also bring your own pets and enter the contest that Tampines 1 has organised between 3 and 5pm. It will be a fun day. Mark your calendar and share this post!

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Gerry from Jervois Road: Her story, and an appeal for fostering help. #FosNet

Serene from Jervois Road contacted us last week about a stray cat with what seems like a large flesh wound on her side.

Photos that were sent to us

We got a trapper to transport her over to our foster home, and brought her to our vet the next day.

Gerry's wound being cleaned at the vet

Turns out that what Gerry has is eosinophilic ulcers, a severe allergic reaction. A course of steroids and topical medication will help it to heal, and if it really doesn't, we will arrange a skin graft surgery for her.

Gerry posing in her cat suite

She is quite a neat cat that is used to indoors

New skin tissue is already forming around her ulcer

She has been very obedient thus far, except that she doesn't like canned food with supplements, so she only eats dry food. She willingly lets us clean her ulcer on the side of her body, and apply Duoderm gel (which helps flesh wounds to close). New skin tissue is already forming around the edges of the ulcer.

She received a long-acting steroidal jab, which lasts for two weeks. After that, she will switch to oral steroids.

Gerry is very easy to foster, and because of this, we have an appeal to make.

Will you be able to help foster Gerry, if all the food, litter and medical supplies are provided?

We ask this because there are many other cases on our waiting list right now that are not easy to foster, those needing full-day care, or palliative care. And they are still waiting for a slot, but we are absolutely full.

If you can join us as a foster caregiver, do email Ami at ami@lovekuchingproject.org to sign up as a foster caregiver for us. We will give you the supplies you need, provide you advice and direction, and we just need updates from you (photos etc.) regarding her progress. Any vet fees that may be incurred will be paid for by us. You can also email Ami if you have enquiries before you decide.

Spread the word to those you think can volunteer as Gerry's foster caregiver. We need the help, and other much sicker kitties need the spaces we can clear out.

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CALL TO ACTION: Foster Caregivers needed for sick/injured cats in Foster Network #FosNet

On average, we can take in one to two sick or injured cats per month. This means whoever else needs the space, we have to turn away. Where do they go? As of this week alone when this post was written, we already turned away two cats.

Here is how you can help make a difference and provide them Love Kuching care offsite, in your own home.

We are looking for Foster Caregivers who, supplied with food, litter, supplements and medication, can help give foster care in a home environment for cats we cannot take in ourselves due to space constraints.

Pharmaceutical and veterinary supplies will be given

Provision of cat food and litter

You will likely be a stay at home mom, someone who works part-time, a retiree or someone who works from home. You do not need incredible amounts of experience, as we can show you how to care for a case you take in.

This Foster Network is for cats that are sick or injured, not for rehoming. You do not need to host potential adopters, and the only visits you will get are liaisons from Love Kuching to give you the support you need and your supplies.

How can you become a Foster Caregiver for #FosNet? Email our Committee Member in charge of #FosNet, Ami, at ami@lovekuchingproject.org. You can also direct your questions there.

Join us in making a difference. Say yes to fostering. 

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Cuddy and Fanta got adopted by a volunteer, now named Peaches and Buttercup

| Gracie, Outreach Volunteer, and family |

On Tuesday, Cuddy went to her forever home with Fanta, adopted by one of our volunteers, Gracie. Our prerequisite for Cuddy's adoption was that she be adopted with a foster sibling, so this was a match made in heaven!

Gracie is an Outreach Volunteer, who brings cats to nursing homes and hospitals to administer Feline Therapy. On Saturday, she brought Peaches and Buttercup to Renci Nursing Home, to help them kick off their therapy cat career as pet cats.

Both of them have seen the vet already! Super responsible parents. Dr Dawn Chong advised them as much as a new cat owner would need in a consultation. Cuddy had developed teary eyes as a result of her new move - stress-induced flu' - and both of them had a bacterial skin infection and medications were given.

They have already eased into their new home well and play with each other every day. We love these kinds of happy endings.

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Handmade Crochet Keychains by Whitesundays - 10-40% of proceeds go to LKP

Crafting for a cause - Whitesundays is pledging to support Love Kuching Project.

For items with the Love Kuching signs, 40% of the sale price will be donated.

Black Crochet Cat

The black and white cat keychain is modelled after Sayang, Love Kuching mascot. Designed specially for this merchandise partnership with us!

For all other sales, 10% will be donated.

View more designs at Whitesundays Etsy store

Shop away and support our local crafters!

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Abandoned, rescued, socialised, rehabilitated and adopted - Ranger from Serangoon

We don't normally allow adoptions before a cat is posted on our blog for adoption but we are making an exception for this fellow, a true "cats' cat" who cannot live without feline siblings.

This boy, Ranger, was found abandoned in Serangoon. Likely a cross between a pedigree and a local cat, he was found lost and alone and nearly knocked down by a car. He was extremely feral and didn't enjoy the rescue process -at all-.

He came to us, and it took a while before he stopped hissing at us humans. Then he fell ill with a high fever, for which we had to administer fluids and give him ice-packs for a few days. He recovered and the rehabilitation actually started to make him love humans more.

We realised also, he really much preferred the company of other kitties. He developed a best friend relationship with Stout, a foster sibling. He would suckle and knead on Stout, and Stout would groom him - when Ranger squealed from his vaccination, Stout checked on him to see if he was okay!

We had a visit this Wednesday, and the adoptive family wanted to adopt one of the kopitiam kittens, but wanted two best friends. Because Stout and Ranger are so close, they will be taking this pair home tomorrow.

Ranger already had his adoption ad photoshoot with Furry Photos, so here are his photos nonetheless, because he is really cute. He is a bit slow, very chillout, and like Stout, okay with dogs, other cats old and young.

We always want to give priority to those who can adopt two kittens, not only because it means a better adoption rate and reduces shelter care time for the cats, but also because kittens go better as a pair. And Ranger being uniquely close to his BFF, enjoying very much the companionship and play with other friends his age, this adoption is really a match made in heaven.

Will post the adoptive family's photos with the pair when they go home tomorrow, on our social media. Join us in congratulations to the family when we do!

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It is dengue season, but pesticides can harm cats, so how?

The answer is essential oils!

Not only is dengue a risk for humans, mosquitoes can also transmit diseases to cats, such as blood parasites and heartworm. But using pesticides in the home where there are pets is not safe as they might ingest it. We found our answer in an essential oil blend called Purification.

Purification

You can use it in a variety of ways. Diffuse it in the home, drip it on to pet bedding  - it also repels fleas - or drip it into places where there might be stagnant water such as soaking laundry, plant pot bases. Because it contains citronella, it repels mosquitoes, but due to the high quality of this brand of essential oils, it will not be irritating to cats as it is meant to be safe for their use too. (We use the cheaper versions of citronella to get cats off countertops! Citronella plants outside the house also repel stray cats from the corridor.)

How to purchase:

Go to www.youngliving.com

www.youngliving.com

Sign up to shop under our user ID (we get credits for purchases so it helps lower our costs when you buy!)

How to sign up

If you have any queries, you can email Young Living Singapore office at 6391-0170 or custservsingapore@youngliving.com

Then select Purification to buy. If you want to know what other essential oils may benefit your cats, take a look at an earlier post here.

Hope this information on cat-safe mozzie prevention helps!

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Donate to Love Kuching Project with your Credit/Debit Card

You can now give via credit or debit card using our partner site, Simply Giving. It is really easy! Here is how.

Go to our Simply Giving page

You will see a 'Donate to us' button. Click that, and it will lead you to the next page.

Hit the Next button after this page and you will be prompted to key in your card details. That is it.

Simple, right?

(Go rack up some credit card points while you are at it too :P)

Share this link with your overseas pals so they can give to Singapore cat rescue too!

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[Adopt] Fanta, Soya, Stout and Milo the Kopitiam Kittens

One of our volunteers, Soya, went to an industrial park kopitiam in Tampines and was troubled to see a litter of kittens there that were flu' ridden. She went back over the next few days, coordinating with the staff at the kopitiam, hoping to rescue them to get them medicated and rehabilitated.

Obvious signs of flu'

It turns out they moved to the industrial park itself, to one of the workshops nearby.

Construction workshop

Broken glass

The need for them to get rescued out of there escalated when they started hanging around broken glass and various construction debris that could crush them. Soya finally caught them and brought them over here. We treated them for their flu' immediately.

Applying eye medication

We put them on oral antibiotics and flu' supplements, placed a humidifier in their covered cat suite and they got better very fast! Unfortunately, they needed a lot of time to get socialised, especially Milo who was very fierce at first (but is now a manja pot). Also, Soya and Fanta caught a fever after they recovered from their flu', and had to be given ice packs over a couple of days, and have their temperatures monitored in case it was another viral infection.

As they got socialised, and got better, dewormed and litter trained, they were brought for their vaccinations. Now they are superb house pets waiting for new homes!

Stout

Soya

Milo

Fanta

And here are some of them up to their shenanigans. They are a hyperactive bunch, but Soya and Stout are slightly more chillout than their other two brothers.

Milo and Stout

Fanta loves to run and climb and jump

Soya, who growls when playing with toys

And oh, they are good with older cats, even our Disciplinarian Cat Scooter:

Respect your elders, little one

To adopt any of the kopitiam kittens, see right side bar under 'How to adopt' or click here.

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[Adopt] Cuddy, tabby and white female kitten rescued from near-drowning

Last month a 4 week old kitten arrived at our foster home, rescued by Charles and Diana. Cuddy was found in a small but clogged drain in the Bukit Merah area, and was nearly going to drown to death. An uncle nearby was trying to bail water out, which was what alerted Diana to the situation.

Cuddy at 9 weeks old

They brought Cuddy to the vet to ensure no water entered her lungs, and she thankfully got the all clear. Subsequently, Cuddy did not show signs of remnant fluid in lungs either. However, she suffered a prolapsed anus, and we adjusted it back for her, but were worried, and brought her to the vet. The vet once again declared her okay but to monitor her closely. We were to give her an enema for constipation if necessary.

She then seemed... not to grow! She was stuck in a midget phase, and while we tried to make her eat more, she didn't want to. She was underweight and ate only enough, not greedily like most kittens do.

Mini Cuddy

Because of this we waited one more week to get her vaccinated, at 9 weeks instead of 8 weeks, and to monitor and ensure she didn't get severe side effects from vaccination because of her small stature.

When it came to her socialisation to make her a good house pet for adoption - Cuddy showed all the signs of a diva! She didn't like her foster siblings at first, but grew to enjoy playing with them after effort by all the volunteers. Her favourite activity is now pouncing on her foster brothers and sisters, running after them.

Cuddy trying to get to her foster brother

As such, we are giving priority to adopters who can adopt her with a foster sibling as it would be healthier emotionally for Cuddy to grow up with someone close to her own age to play with.

How to adopt: see right side bar under 'How to adopt' or click here.

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