[Adopt] Bibi and Beanie, two girl kitties found at a dustbin in Ubi

Now 11 weeks old, fully independent when it comes to food and litter training, vet-checked and vaccinated, parasite-free, Bibi and Beanie are ready for adoption.To think that not long ago we were passing them among the volunteers to bring home to handfeed milk because they came to us at only about 3 weeks old.

Bibi (left) is the slightly smart one of the two girls

Bibi is the quick-thinking one and she is also pretty chill when it comes to affection. 

Bibi

Bibi being sayanged

Knows how to pose for nice portrait

We love Beanie's white socks, they make a tabby mackerel stripes more apparent. She came to us with a small abrasion on her right shoulder as a baby, which then turned out to be an abscess. It healed up with some wound care from the Foster Care Volunteers. .

Beanie with a small raw patch on her shoulder

Here she is now, all ok

Looking curious (and a wee bit blur!)

Another "Where did it go?" pose

She finally catches a toy

Both girls are very active and enjoy playing with one another. We hope to see them adopted together; also because adopting kittens in pairs means less destruction to your home because they play with each other instead of with your furniture and household items. They LOVE to climb, so cat proofing of your windows is a must, and you should provide cat condos or cat shelves for them to use instead of your furniture.

If you wish to adopt them, see right side bar under 'How to adopt'.

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New Temporary Student Volunteer!

Hello everyone!

This month of June, something (slightly) new will be happening at Love Kuching: They have gotten a new temporary student volunteer, me!

 

This is me. ^ At that moment, I was getting distracted by the adorable Sunkist who came straight up to me and requested a petting ;)

Okay, let me formally introduce myself: My name is Ashley, and I am currently a Secondary Two student, who came to Love Kuching, wanting to do something productive yet meaningful during the one-month June Holiday that most (if not all) students get. So, I decided to volunteer at a place that really would benefit me in many ways, and after much sleuthing, I found Love Kuching. (and was really thick-skinned to pester Elaine to let me volunteer >< Sorry Elaine!) I  thought that I could take away at least five things from this stint at Love Kuching:

#1: I could benefit a cause that I love.
 Love Kuching is really about helping cats, and benefiting the welfare of the cats, a cause which I really support as I, myself have two darling cats at home:

 Here's a diagrammatic representation that i made of my cats (on a science book no less)

 And, helping Love Kuching means helping more cats! whats not to love about that :D

#2: I could learn new skills.
At Love Kuching, I was exposed to some new things like how to do admin work, how to better take care of cats... the possibilities are abundant. All these new-found skills have helped me to be a wiser person, as well as a better 'mommy' to my kitties! I even got a service learning journal so that this experience could be more meaningful!

#3: I could meet like-minded (aka cat crazy) people:
I could meet, and interact with new people, and might even end up making lasting friendships as we bonded over our mutual cat-appreciation! And I did! On one of my volunteer slots, I met many people who were very nice, and we ended up sitting around, chatting, playing with the cats, and swapping funny cat stories after we had finished our work!

#4: I could get CIP points.
In case of any parents worrying that I could be using the time spent volunteering to study, I could just tell them that I was getting CIP points! In my secondary school, you have to spend at least 100 hours on volunteering, to be able to subtract two points from your O-level score. So by volunteering, you are benefiting your future score!

And #5: I get to interact with kitties!

 

 There are nine cats at Love Kuching's Foster Space, (and although I only saw some as they were shy), most of them are very sociable, welcoming and friendly!

I really enjoyed my volunteering time so far, and I hope that after my time is over, that I can find some more time to volunteer!

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Report on latest sterilisation in Ubi!

During the last week of April we conducted a round of trap-neuter-return for new cats that have appeared in the residential part of Ubi nearest the Techpark and Paya Ubi. The caregivers here do sterilise the strays but not at a pace that can catch up with residents letting unsterilised outdoor 'pet' cats mating and new cats recently dumped.

A sterilised stray in residential Ubi near the factories

We managed to get 2 strays from here sterilised, a tom and a pregnant queen. There are actually 2 more but they eluded us. The other pregnant queen we spotted at our recce before this disappeared. We fear the worst: that she has given birth somewhere.

We met the resident here who has been letting his unsterilised cats roam, mate with strays and inviting complaints to the Town Council. He finally recently neutered one of his cats, leaving another two more he says he will send next week. The pregnant queen we managed to trap to neuter is his cat's descendent (same seal-coloured gene pool):

Preggers girl, seal and white coloured

A black and white tom from this area

Subsequently we went to Ubi Techpark to trap and neuter a mother and her grown up kittens. The mother was already pregnant however, and when she was on the operating table at the vet, she gave birth! The 5 kittens however did not survive despite the clinic staff's intervention. The mother was returned to her territory after neuter and a few days spent trying to get her to nurse her kittens.

Trapping within a Ubi Techpark compound, requested for security access

Mother cat

Kitten approx 4+months old

Second kitten. We couldn't trap the third one.

We do TNR projects in areas where there are no caregivers sterilising, or if the caregiver is unable to financially, especially in areas where cats have been abandoned and the caregivers cannot cope. If you know of any such cat colonies do inform us so we can help.

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Gonna be sterillising some newish Ubi stray cats

We noticed some new stray cats at Ubi Techpark nearest to the residential estate, and also received feedback that the residential blocks there had some newly dumped unsterilised cats. So we went to check it out. This kitten is new to the area and is pregnant. She is very wary of humans. In front of this block, we found 3 more strays that are not neutered. Likely 2 toms and 1 queen. Across the road at the Ubi Techpark, we saw 3 kittens that are about 4 months old. Not sure yet if the vets will neuter them this age. Only 1 is less scared of humans but all three are rather feral. We gauge that he is the male and the owhter 2 are female. Further along where this bunch of kittens hang out, there is a ginger tom we have seen a couple of times. This makes the total number of cats that we can TNR to be at least 5, if not 8. We are planning to trap and sterilise these cats next week if the pregnant kitten is not too late to be neutered. The date to be confirmed and will be announced on Facebook and Twitter. It will be in the evening at 6pm. What you can do: It costs $35 to sterilise and board (1 night) a male stray. For females, it ranges from $55 to $75 for the same. Based on the initial cat count, it will likely cost $280-$390 to sterilise these cats, excluding $80 for trapping and transport. If you can give a little to help pay for the sterilisation of these strays, make a deposit to POSB savings 188-52652-7, and email us to indicate that you have given to our Sterilisation Fund. Any overflow will be used for the next TNR project. Live or work in this area? If you know of a cat or two that also needs TNR, show us where or better yet, bring it to us when we trap, we will send it to the clinic and release it back to Ubi together with the rest.

Adopt Dobi, Bambi and Cubby with their favourite foster sibling

The dustbin kittens are ready for adoption! Dobi, Bambi and Cubby are able to eat well on their own, both dry and wet food. They have been dewormed, are on Revolution, and just received their first vaccination. They have also been socialised with humans and other cats.

We would like them to be adopted in a pair. Either with their own natural siblling, or with a foster sibling i.e. one of the other kitties that are on the Adoption Alert. Single adoptions will not be allowed.

Cubby, female, tricoloured

Cubby has the sweetest nature among all three. She is friendly towards everyone and very undemanding. She is mostly black, white socks, with a mid-length tail, and small bits of ginger fur around her body and her face.

Cubby's tricoloured markings

Cubby sitting cooperatively for photo

Cubby enjoys Lenny's company very much

Cubby is closest to Lenny, and her own brother Bambi, so she can be adopted with either one of them.

Bambi, ginger boy with long tail

Bambi is shy, used to get scared very easily. We realised he takes a bit longer than his siblings do at warming up to someone. He is the sort that demands a gentle touch, a gentleman in the making we reckon!

Always looks just a little worried!

Dobi looks like Bambi, also a ginger boy, but with a bobtail, and with an outgoing personality.

Dobi

Can be carried  for sure!

Naughty face, no?

Dobi is also close to Lenny (Lenny loves EVERYONE). He definitely needs to have an older sibling because he has the propensity to be mischievous and create a mess if no one is around to kitty play with him. Apart from Lenny, he is also on good terms with his own brother Bambi.

Interested to give one of these abandoned kittens a forever loving home? If you want to be their parent, find out how by looking here, or see right side bar under 'How to adopt.'

Make a financial gift via a deposit to our POSB savings account 188-52652-7. Find out more.
Become a monthly giver to help ensure our rescues continue getting their needs met.  
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Literally Litter

Last week we heard unfamiliar meowing from below the block where our Ubi foster home is. It was loud enough to attract complaints for sure, so we had to go investigate. The meows came from behind a dustbin that was full, and amongst the overflowing trash on the ground around the bin, were 3 kittens, 6 weeks old, with no mother.

Picked up the three kittens from the trash

Not only were the kittens meowing in distress and dirty, they were absolutely covered in fleas. It is a tight squeeze for us now at the foster home but we had to take the kittens in before they were complained about or abused.

We de-fleaed and dewormed them, showered and groomed all of them and started them on solid food. All the cats had to go on Revolution because of the fleas that came in with this dustbin three.

Had to clean them up (and remove all the fleas)

The kittens are still too young to vaccinate, will have to bring them for their first jabs next week. So, in the meantime, we boosted them with supplements: vitamin B, C, echinecea, colloidal silver, coQ10, probiotics. Their appetite was okay at first, then the second day it went down, and we had to handfeed them with milk using syringes/droppers. After some grooming and cuddles (touch therapy, important for orphan kittens) they started eating again. Their appetite is good now.

Currently on soft food with supplements

There are two red (ginger) boys, from left: Bambi, Gobi, and Cubby is a calico girl whose only red patch is on her nose bridge.

They get along really well with the older foster kitties, and our own kitty staff as well.

Sealy the Kitten IC with (clockwise) Bambi, Cubby and Dobi

More photos when the 3 are ready for adoption (after they are vaccinated and have transitted fully onto dry food).

Make a financial gift via a deposit to our POSB savings account 188-52652-7. Find out more.  
Become a monthly giver to help ensure our rescues continue getting their needs met.
Feed and provide litter to the cats we foster via our corporate sponsor The Water Dish.   
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Cute little Ebi needs a forever home!

| Contender for cutest bicolour kitten ever |

This is Ebi, sitting on a tree branch in Katong Park where Furry Photos did his photo shoot, so that he will look super gorgeous on photographs and make you want to take him home immediately. (He is wearing a leash in the photos.)

The cute faces of Ebi

Ebi's classic "I'm pitiful!" look...

We did a caption contest for Ebi's photoshoot and here is the winning entry! 

Submitted by Charmaine

Ebi is now about 4 months old. He first came to us with a burn on his leg. After his burn wound had healed, and he went through his vaccinations, he then came down with diarrhoea. The vet did a fecal exam and found there to be no bacterial infection, so we treated him for his runny poo till he got better. And hooray he is now a-okay!

Vet checked, he's healthy now!

Active and curious

Ebi is now about 4 months old, male black and white kitten with a mid-length tail. He is litter-trained, vaccinated and de-wormed. He is able to eat both dry and wet food and drink water on his own.

Ebi's bicoloured markings

Personality-wise he is confident most of the time, daring to make friends with other cats easily even if older ones give him a hissy fit first as is the norm in catty greetings. He charms humans over with his super cute face, "I am so poor thing!" that just makes anyone's heart melt. He is vocal when he needs something, like food, and loves affection, purring away the minute you pick him up. He also listens to us humans when we tell him yes or no, and he is not overly mischievous!

"Mreow!"

(Almost) Always a good boy!

Ebi posing with his friend Sunkist, also for adoption

If you would like to adopt Ebi, please see right side bar under 'How to adopt' or click here to find out how to adopt Ebi.

Please don't let Ebi be homeless!

Give financially to our cause by depositing to our bank account POSB savings 188-52652-7    
Sponsor a foster kitten's vaccination through our Sponsor-A-LoveKuching-Cat Scheme  
Give food and litter at charity rates through our corporate sponsor The Water Dish 

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