New Cats On The Blog

This is my second time as FSM-CFA exhibitor and I took this oppurtunity to enrol my mix-Persian, Speedy for this show. I had ‘pumped’ Speedy so that he’ll be gaining some weight but he gained approximately 200gm (4.9kg now). Since Speedy a fussy eater and he does not eat much in 1 go, I had to resort feeding him 3-4 times a day by adding nutrition supplements such as ginseng in powder form (for pets), Nutrical (his favorite) and Brewer Yeast. Grooming him is also another challenge since Speedy had long and ‘cottonish’ fur and blow dry him needs hell lots of patience and time. Getting Speedy to sit on the grooming table is no easy task since he don’t usually sit long at 1 spot for long. Therefore, a lot of short breaks (and Nutrical) are needed to get him 100% dry.

Here he is in the 4 days 3 nights in Melaka:

Above: Nope!! This is not Speedy. This is Speedy’s roomate, FullMetal. He is a Maine Coon and he had been ‘harrassing’ Speedy knowing Speedy is a newbie. Behind FullMetal is another Maine Coon called Chiu Kuan and mind you, that is my bed!!

Above: This is Speedy, the moment I had opened his carrier. Since he had been…. ‘prospered’ for the past month, he could not get his entire body into the side cabinet.

Above: Anyway, it does not took Speedy hiding for long since I had prepared his favourite meal, Frisian Tuna with Shrimp and after he had finished his asumptious meal, he walked around checking his other roomates and explore the entire room.

Above: OK. 1st day of show day. Here he is standing proud and anxiously waiting for his turn to be judged.

Above: Here is Speedy with Judge Ayumi Ueda. Speedy got 6th place under her judging.

Above: Here is Speedy with Judge Allan Raymond. Speedy also got 6th place under his judging.

Above: Here is Speedy with Judge Yukiko Hayata. Speedy got 9th place under her judging.

Above: Here is Speedy with Judge Jan Rogers. Speedy got 2nd under her judging.

Above: Here am I, been called upon by Jan Rogers (and so is the other cat owners under the Household Pets) to share stories about the cat.

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Above: Here is Speedy with his winning rossettes. He is kinda exhausted after came home from Melaka and he eventually slept the whole day. Anyway, I am so proud of him, whether he wins or not.

My only female cat at home, Lady Yelena had been spayed on Thursday, May 11th 2006 at the Pet Medical Centre, Bandar Sri Damansara under the care of Dr. Low Beng Kiong. Lady Yelena was at his clinic around 11am and I got her back at 6.30pm. Here are some pictures taken:-

Day 1

Yelena kinda sleepy and she is resting comfortably in her cage cushioned with her favourite blanket.

Day 2
I decided to let Yelena out from the cage to let her walk around and stretch herself a bit. She seemed pretty enjoying herself although she still has the sleepy kinda look. Maybe the sumptious meal that I had prepared for her that morning? Hmmmm…..

Below: Some close-up shots on Yelena’s spayed area

Day 11
This is the 11th day and Yelena had been recovering quite well although there was a mild infection on her incesion but nothing to worry about. One thing I had learnt through out this recovering stage is that cat owner’s need to monitor the wound everyday so that any infection can be rectified immediately. I had applied antiseptic cream (for cats) on her wound twice a day and thank god the inflammed part had been subsided.

It is nice to see Yelena had been acting normal with not much of tanturums. She still enjoys her regular activities which are sleeping on high places, eating but I noticed she had been very, very affectionate towards me and Casper as well (hmmmm….)

Day 14
With daily observation and cleaning the infection wound twice a day, the infection had stopped and getting better.

Day 18
After 2 weeks and a half, the wound had finally closed up and fur had already begin to grow as well. I decided to bath Yelena today and she doesn’t mind her 1st bath after spaying either. Just sit there in the bath tub without any tantrums.

Thank god everything had been going very well on Yelena’s recovery and thank you to my vet, Dr. Low Beng Kiong for doing a well-done job.

April 16th, 2006 was indeed a memorable to me and my Akechi, the Munchkin. It was Akechi’s first time entering a cat competing at Berjaya Times Square organised by Aftina House. The cat competition is the very first Malaysian National Cat Competition, a national level cat competition. (Click here for more info on the event.) Akechi was at his best behaviour sleeping in his cage most of the time and occasionally yawns when his name was called. But he got a bit agitated with constant meow and growling when he was presented to the judge of the day, Ms. Theresa Imboden-Johnson. Perhaps it was the scent of other cats which he was not comfortable. At the end of the show, Akechi was awarded Best Shorthair Pedigree cat under the Neuter category and most of all, Akechi was selected in the Top 5 Cats for Best in Show for this competition. There were a Persian, a Maine Coon, A Bengal, a Munchkin and a Siamese competiting for the Best in Show title. The official ranking is as below:

5th Best in Show: A Siamese
4th Best in Show: A Bengal
3rd Best in Show: A Munchkin
2nd Best in Show: A Maine Coon
Best in Show: A Persian

Akechi was given a special pillow with the picture of Australia Koala on it for his 3rd place. Here are some pictures taken when Akechi is being judged.

Below: Akechi with his winning ribbon, plaque and Koala pillow

Besides Akechi, my Rico was also shown in the show but under the Household Category. Although he did not won anything but he had certainly won my heart. Below is Rico taking the oppurtunity lying down on Akechi’s winning pillow…. isn’t he adorable?

Took the oppurtunity to snap some quick pics of my Akechi, the Munchkin performing some ballads. Enjoy…

Rico: Can i join in as well??

Rico: Ai yah… shy lah since this fellow dance so well…

It had been a week now ever since Lady Yelena, my 6th and only female cat arrived at her new home. She is the most gentle cat compared to my other rascals (hahahaha…). She hardly meows but if she does, one can hardly hear her. It took a few days for the rest of my cats to accept Yelena’s arrival and I must say she, too can be a rascal when it comes to playing. Her favourite toy was the feather. She just go ballistic when she sees me holding the feather stick.

According to my vet, she is approximately 1 - 1.5 years old, a healthy, beautiful young adult female cat. Here are some shots taken:

Yelena: Uuwwaaaahhhhhh……..

Yelena posing with my Akechi

Akechi: Can I join as well?
Yelena: You are trying to steal my limelight, is it??

Lady Yelena is a brown mackerel with white semi-longhair cat. Approximately 6 months old or so and she is my 6th member of my cat family. To begin with the story, Yelena was actually a pet cat for a lady whom about to migrate to China and therefore, had left Yelena to my close friend’s mother to take care. When my friend mentioned about this, I told him that I am interested to have a look since I am in search of a female cat.

Currently, Yelena is still with my friend’s place and hopefully Yelena will be arriving to my home before this Chinese New Year and Yelena…. proud daddy is waiting for ya…..

Finally, Akechi had been accepted as a member of the family. All my cats including big bro Wesley and Casper had been going along very well with Akechi… Here are some photos that I snapped yesterday…

Rico: I now bestowed u, Akechi Samanosuke as the 5th member of the Horatio’s family and may you enjoy the legacy that me and the 3 brothers above me had shared…

Another angle shot…

Rico: “Hey… I said we are brothers… You don’t start the bullying thing ya…”

Akechi trying to ambush Rico….

Akechi and Speed….

Akechi & Wesley… finally!!!

The 3 Muskeeters…

Cat Meeting???

Hi guys…

it had been a while since I posted my cats’ pictures n so.. here they are…

This is Casper… look how serious he is but he is very affectionate. Looks, sometime can be deceiving….

My Wesley taking a nap… i know, i know… he is huge… :-p

Wesley: “I thought I saw lightning… Is it raining??”

The grumpy look of Speed…. juz woke up.. hehehehe

My lil Rico’s favorite spot to ‘lepak’ (rest)… near my wireless boradband router…

Rico:“I thought I saw a pussy cat (Akechi)….”

ok guys…This is Akechi Samanosuke, a blotched black tabby with white Munchkin borned on 14th August 2005 is my 5th cat in my family. I got him from the Pusaka Rimba Cattery last weekend. To make it as a story, I only came to know about this Munchkin breed when I attended a gathering among cat lovers which was held October 2004. That time, Yusri brought his Munchkin named Norton (father of Akechi) and the moment I saw Norton, I fell in love with the breed or you can say love at first sight…

From then, I promised myself that Munchkin will be in my wishing list and finally, I owned one. Akechi indeed an adorable cat. He constantly need human touch when he sees me and perhaps that is the reason I had picked him. Whenever I sat on the couch or using my computer, Akechi had never failed to come by and ask for attention. As of this time (posting), my Speed and Rico had been getting along with Akechi and I am sure with a little bit of time, his other 2 brothers; Wesley and Casper would accept Akechi into the family…

Ok guys… introducing my kids… The red-white cat is called Wesley aka Big Wussy. Very affectionate but easily sulk. He was borned on Feb 2001 and that makes him 4 years 8 months old (at the time of this posting). Wesley is the only cat that shares the same pillow with me every night when we sleep…

Needless to say that, I love all my cats and I sincerely believed that I still able to take care a couple more (before moving to a bigger house…). All of my cats are not pedigree cats and for me, Love needs no pedigree. Domestic cats or Pedigrees; cats are still cats and they should not be treated differently by sensible beings like us….

Weekend Cat Blogging WCB #68