[Adopt] Yolo from Yio Chu Kang, found as an orphaned baby kitten

Yolo, now at 11 weeks old

Yolo is a sweet, happy, sociable, human and cat loving extroverted kitten who is healthy and yes, really cute.

He came from a sad past though, found orphaned in the backyard of a home in Yio Chu Kang. When young baby kittens are sighted, the right thing to do is not to disturb the kitten and monitor to see if the mother comes back, while you remain out of sight. This is what the rescuer did, but Yolo's mother did not return.

Orphaned baby kitten incoming. Found in the backyard of a home in Yio Chu Kang, with no mother sighted even after hours of monitoring. We will foster it till it can be ready for adoption.

A photo posted by Love Kuching Project (@luvkuching) on Jul 27, 2015 at 5:18am PDT

Yolo needed to be handfed kitten milk formula round the clock as he was only close to 3 weeks old when he arrived. We all took turns to bring him to our own homes so we could do the feeding.

Earlier when the volunteers were feeding our Yio Chu Kang backyard kitten. It had been without its mother since about 3-4pm in the afternoon, drank milk hungrily.

A photo posted by Love Kuching Project (@luvkuching) on Jul 27, 2015 at 7:14am PDT

He then suffered from constipation, and we had to add olive oil and probiotics to his milk, give him enemas, and finally he did poop. Aside from that he got through early kittenhood alive and well.

Some kittens take a longer time to learn how to eat on their own, what is known as partial weaning, alongside milk feedings. Yolo was one of the slow ones. Baby kittens that need to be milk fed and cannot fully eat on their own have to stay at the Foster Care Volunteers' homes (whoever has volunteered to take the baby kitten home) till they are independent, then they can come and move into the Love Kuching cattery to stay in the kitten suite. Yolo did finally learn to eat eventually and that qualified him to move out of 'home nursery' care!

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A photo posted by David Sparkle (@gomeenam) on Aug 24, 2015 at 7:26am PDT

However, Yolo had to stay back a while because after he learned how to eat solid food on his own, there was a cat flu' bug going around in the cattery and we had to make sure Yolo didn't also get it. When the flu' passed, Yolo came to stay at the cattery. He made friends with all his new foster siblings, and really loves to cuddle with humans too.

He got vet checked, vaccinated and also went through his deworming schedule. Now he is ready to go to a loving forever home.

Loves to bite toys like a puppy

Sitting up like he's already a big boy

Looking cuddly here...

No mummy to clean him, so he grooms himself

Thrilled by human affection

Yolo is a really sociable kitten. He loves his older foster siblings, both kittens and adults alike. He also likes to cuddle and kiss humans, and makes friends easily. He likes to talk, especially when he wants attention. He will belong well in any household that has a lot of human or cat love to give, or both!

To adopt Yolo, see right side bar under 'How to adopt' or click here.

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[FUNDRAISING APPEAL] Urgent: 11 days till 1 October 2015

We have been through a month of heavy cash outflow, and currently do not have sufficient funds in our account to pay the monthly rental due via GIRO in 11 days' time.

We recently went through a widespread cat flu' bug, which really tired us out needing to administer flu' treatments and supplements. This is one of the reasons why we had a larger than usual cash outflow this month; one of our supplement orders cost S$383.36 because we intensively used supplements such as colostrum powder, echinacea tinctures for immunity for all the cats at risk, and lysine powder and marshmallow root which are some of the supplements for cat flu'. All the cats except severely immunocompromised Tiger have completely recovered since, although Tiger is already much better and no longer at the brink.

And if you follow us on social media, you would also know that we just spent $625.20 at the vet and we still need help covering that significant cash outlay.

Another item we recently purchased was a cat weighing scale that happened to be on 60% off. A cat weighing scale usually costs way over $100 and typically this is in USD. Our current weighing scale is inaccurate albeit we have been using it with some estimation for a couple of years now. It also cannot weigh kittens. Quite third world country standards but we haven't come across a suitable AND cheap weighing scale until this month. Cats' body weights are important information we need in order to callibrate the correct dosages of medication they require. Without that, even our vet, when she is at our cattery, has to use some estimation unless we bring the kitten to the vet clinic to weigh on their scale. We found a weighing scale at US$63.48, one that has a cradle so the cat cannot easily jump off, and, can weigh to the correct gram scale and decimal point for the weight range we need for all kinds of sizes of cats! We nearly leapt for joy and bought it while it was still in stock and on discount.

So, out of necessity, we had to spend more this month. Now we need your help to tide through to the very last day of September (when we have to wake people up).

How you can help
Make a general donation of any amount by 30 September, via any of these methods:
● Transfer funds via your bank to our corporate account DBS current 027-905975-3.
● Make a cash deposit at a POSB or DBS cash deposit machine to the same bank account number which will be classified at the machine as a DBS current account.
● Write a cheque to 'Love Kuching Project', cross it and write our account number at the back, then drop it at any POSB or DBS quick cheque deposit box.

After you give, please also share this post with your friends so we can reach as many cat lovers as we can within the next 11 days.

Thank you so much cat angels. If you would like us to verify receipt after your donation, email us.

Mimosa estate kittens - Moe and Melody | #Adopt |

Moe and Melody when they were ~ 3 weeks old

Found in a drain in a private estate, without any mother cat, Moe and Melody came to us as orphaned kittens. They needed to be bottle fed at the time, and then weaned onto solid food.

Dubbed the "cow babies" when they were, well, babies

They had to stay at our Foster Care Volunteers' house when they were still on milk (the volunteers take turns to host them), as they needed round the clock feeding. When they were fully weaned they came back to the shelter to get to know their foster
siblings.

Hanging out with our volunteers' own pet cat Jolie

Back at LKP kitten suite

They went through the usual kitten issues - worms and parasites - had to be dewormed and put on Revolution. They also got vet checked and vaccinated when they were of age. We taught them to eat, drink and use the litter box independently. Most of all, we acquainted them with positive human contact. Both kittens are now extremely friendly and affectionate with humans and with other cats, trained to be suitable as house cats.

Left: Moe, and his sister Melody

Moe is more of a cat's cat, a bit of a stoner kitty who likes to chill out a bit more than his sister Melody, who looks like a boy with her moustache and plays as rowdily as one too. Both enjoy playing a lot though, being their age, now 2.5-3 months old.

Moe be chillin' after a shower

Moe the stoner kitty

Melody, caught just before she wanted to run and play

Melody getting a playful hug-bite from her brother

Want to adopt the cow babies Moe and Melody? See right side bar under 'How to adopt', or click here to find out how! Spread the word!

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Romeo from a void deck in Pasir Ris, healing up from a fight wound

A well-loved community cat from Pasir Ris got himself bitten under his tail, and worried all his human friends when the wound festered and got infected. They brought him to the vet for treatment, where he stayed for two days.

Romeo

His infected bite wound under the tail

The vet had advised them that his wound would need daily cleaning and topical medication, and he would need to finish a course of antibiotics. If the wound didn't heal up well, he would need surgery to close it. The residents who brought him to the vet couldn't find a way to foster him while he needed this rehabilitation time. Thus Romeo came to us when we had space freed up.

When he first came to us

Lounging on our couch

Romeo is a sweet boy, and responded well to medication and treatment from day one.

Getting his wound cleaned

After he finished his antibiotics our vet examined his wound and found that he wouldn't need surgery to stitch the wound close; as you can see from the above photo, there is almost no more raw skin left! It is now a mere abrasion, and he can soon go home to his void deck and meet all his beloved humans again!

Looking forward

It hasn't been all that wonderful for him staying with us to recover, he misses his freedom, looks out the window grilles wistfully, wants to walkabout and get lots of physical affection. We hope to get him back home as soon as possible! Cheer him on on our updates on the cats through our social media channels - links below.

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Pretty Momo from Farrer Road - her story

| Momo currently recuperating with us |

Momo first started attracting unwanted attention by a condo management in Farrer Road, where she had then been unsterilised, finding boyfriends in the condo grounds, and giving birth within. She has since been sterilised, abandoned her boyfriends in the condo, preferring to hang out at a safer location outside the condo's perimeter. She was sterilised with a microchip under one of our volunteers' names.

| At her favourite bench with an ah pek |

Recently she was discovered limping by a resident in the area, who then called SPCA. Because of her stray cat microchip, our volunteer's name came up and was contacted by Cat Welfare Society. Momo was bailed out by our volunteer and brought to us to recuperate from her leg injury since we had the space.

Our vet prescribed cage rest and stretches for her, as it was not an injury that needed surgery or a splint. She however also came with a slight flu' and needed medication for it. She came to us on 5 June, and just completed medication for her flu'; her sneezing and nasal discharge are gone.

We need to check that she can walk properly now, and thereafter she can return to her favourite spot.

Momo being comfortable back home

You may recall that a litter of kittens was rescued from the same locale - yes, she is the mother of Leo, Lennon, Laney and Louie.

Help us help other cats like Momo and family, through becoming a monthly Boarding Fund giver. Through a budgeted recurring gift from you every month, deducted automatically by your bank, we can ensure the cats that need a temporary home have one with us where they can receive the rehabilitation they need. Young kittens without a mother can find foster parents in our volunteers till they are trained and rehomed. Injured kitties can receive care and rest till they are well enough to go back to the streets. Sick kitties with serious illness can have a final resting place where their physical and emotional welfare will be taken care of.

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About a sick kitty found in a drain and soaked with rain

This is Scarlett's story as we know it, and her journey with us receiving the medical care she needs.

Scarlett was found in Chip Bee Gardens. A resident there heard about a cat sitting in the drain, soaked through after a few days of rain. The feeder in that area didn't recognise her, so she might have been abandoned there, we won't know for sure. She was brought to the vet and found to be hypothermic, apart from other things.

When first sighted in the drain

En route to the vet

She was found to have kidney failure and would need subcutaneous fluids daily. She was hospitalised for 4 days. When she was ready to be discharged, she came to us.

Scarlett after getting discharged

Then we realised Scarlett is blind. Dilated pupils, unable to see someone approaching her. We were initially applying topical medication for her eyes because her first vet diagnosed eye ulceration. After Scarlett saw our vet, it turns out she has no eye ulcers but it is indeed blind. We stopped her topical eye drops.

Kidney failure cats often have high blood pressure / hypertension, which leads to blindness that is usually irreversible. We got her blood pressure tested and it was indeed very high. The standard medication for kidney problems is Fortekor which is also good for hypertension, so she needed to only be on Fortekor. We started her on it straightaway.

Scarlett's rescuer visiting her

A Foster Care Volunteer with Scarlett

Giving Scarlett her fluids and meds are so easy because she is such an agreeable cat. However, she gets easily stressed out because of her high blood pressure. Her heart sometimes beats very fast, and just today, she had very heavy breathing and needed oxygen.

She will rest at our cattery to get her treatment and care necessary. Follow Scarlett's journey with us on social media!

Scarlett likes hugs

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[Adopt] Freckles, kitty rescued from Seletar Farmway (where there are lots of stray dogs!)

We got an appeal for help for fostering Freckles from a couple who found her along Seletar Farmway. That road has a lot of wild stray dogs, and Freckles was the only cat in the area. We are unsure if she was dumped there, but it was a very dangerous place for her to be in.

Freckles when she was found

Unfortunately, they were unable to foster her because of space issues and asked us for help, while in the meantime they kept her in a pet carrier. It was very uncomfortable for Freckles, and stressful for the rescuers.

We normally don't take in kittens that are too old, and Freckles was already 3 months old in the picture. But because the rescuers had nowhere else to house her away from the situation, and the place she was found was really dangerous, we made an exception with Freckles. They in the meantime got her vaccinated and vet checked. She was docile at first, but owing to her already past the ideal socialisation age, and because she began having teething discomfort not long after, she started to be more aggressive towards her rescuers not long after. When she first came to Love Kuching, she was all fierce and unfriendly.

A week later, we managed to break the ice with her. She enjoys cuddling with humans and playing with other kittens (after she makes sure she has her say!) now that she realised she likes companionship.

Freckles now, now 4 months old

She really likes her foster brothers, and plays as rough as they do.

Turmeric: "This Freckles be cray-cray!"

"Am not scared of you! I am the Kitten King!"

"Wait - this. THIS is our real enemy! This noodly thing!"

Then she has her sweet girly side to help her get away with mischief. With a pretty face no one can say no to.

Beautiful tortoiseshell colouring

Playing with a toy strawberry

Her poses are often very demure

All cuddly-cute in her favourite cat shelf

She still maintains some of her old quirks. She definitely hates dogs after being where she was from. She still needs to be told not to use her mouth to nip people, especially now that she is teething - kittens' adult teeth start growing out between 4 and 6 months of age. She may be cuddly on your tummy and sweet that way but is still a feisty girl. Sure to reign in any household!

She has been vaccinated, vet-checked and is litter-trained. Currently 4 months of age. To adopt Freckles, see right side bar under 'How to adopt' or click here.

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