kotmj Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 There is a yellow-black female feral cat that likes giving birth in my attic. I work directly below the attic, so I can hear the sounds of the newly-born kittens. A few months back she had a litter. On a rainy Sunday morning, when I went back up to the workroom after a coffee break below, there was a dripping wet kitten right below the cutting board. It was deposited there by the mother. After some reading up on the topic, I found that mother cats regularly abandon their kittens. Some kittens get rejected right after birth. The mother would give it no attention. Some kittens get killed by the mother. Some are deposited near humans in the hope that the humans would take care of it. The wet white kitten was barely a week old because its eyes have not yet opened. It was very feeble, having been meowing a long time without food. It just kept meowing. I see no way to keep it alive. So I decided to give it a swift end. I put on some disposable gloves, and going out to my balcony, threw it up high into the air. It then dropped some 20 meters onto some roof tiles below and was never heard from again. Today, there was incessant meowing behind the door that opened to the attic. I opened it and saw a tan kitten. It looked me in the face for a moment, then scampered away. I chased, but it went into a dark through that I couldn't reach. It was still meowing a few hours later. It was obvious the mother had abandoned it. The mother's litter was elsewhere in the roof -- this kitten had been segregated and left to its own fate. One of its eyes was severely infected -- it was only half open and covered in green pus. Otherwise it looked quite healthy, and is at least 3 weeks old. I had to do something about it because otherwise it would die in the attic and smell really bad. It would also be death by dehydration or starvation -- not a good way to die. But this was an energetic kitten that could see. It hid from me. It saw me as a threat. I had to bait it so I could capture it. I fetched my laptop, went on youtube, and played some videos of cats meowing. Did it respond! It meowed right back! I had to play a few videos of cats meowing but saw that the kitten responded strongly to a vid of another 3-week old kitten meowing. I played it on loop. The tan kitten meowed the whole time in synch with the vid, and started coming closer. Eventually it came so close that I could reach out and catch it. It was immediately obvious to me that I cannot kill this kitten. It was healthy, it was conscious. So I went on the internet to find out how to care for abandoned 3-week old kittens. The last 4 hours I have been preoccupied with the kitten. I hand-fed it with some milk injected via a contact lens solution bottle. I bathed it in a warm tea tree oil soapy water -- the water was brown with dirt! I also saw that it suffered from lice infestation -- its skin was covered in lice. I dripped contact lens solution onto its eyes (the solution is antiseptic) -- the infected eye cleared up rapidly, within hours, and looks normal now. The kitten is now sleeping in a Muji silicone laundry basket with some wrapping paper over it (kittens, I found out just now, like to be under something, they dislike being in the open all exposed). ^3-week old feral kitten sleeping in a silicone laundry basket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonian Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 well done. it needs a perm next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holymoly Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 well done. it needs a perm next. Careful with that - it will change its life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrorsquad Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 The cat needs a perm. Kotmj needs a gf/wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted March 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I went to the pet shop in Empire Subang and bought kitten milk formula. Fed it at 11pm and at 3am. It looked ok, albeit very sleepy after feeding. Then this morning at 7am, it was dead. I think its heart just stopped beating in its sleep. In memory of this cute little kitten... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 A lot of kittens do not survive even with proper care. They are just that fragile. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I miss the kitten. It would have been good if it was still alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarium Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Maybe you should think about getting a pet. It could do you lots of good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 For me, so far the most likely explanation http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinzan Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Yep agreed, but it doesn't explain the lack if debris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 What if the white bobbing objects are just plastic debris? The whole world is there now, just because of a March 16 pic of two in distinct white objects. Muahaha, i hope it's nothing then the families and the rest of them can blame the Australians for 'conflicting, misleading' info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonian Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Actually they can't because the Australians have repeatedly said that it may just be plastic debris. The Malaysians on the other hand made multiple directly contradictory statements day after day with no caveats and no explanation about why the contradictory statements were made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Joonian, is there one thing the Malaysian gov. has done right (not MH370 related). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonian Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I'm not sure there is. Anything good in Malaysia today is in spite of the government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petepan Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I would tend to echo that sentiment. The world is certainly not given any impression of competence, leadership, transparency, openness, etc. I struggle to think of one redeeming feature from this whole event. And before others pipe up with more anti government comments, perhaps try to consider why the anti sentiment exists at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kotmj Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I wonder if Hishammuddin will recover from this or if he will forever be Mr MH370. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonian Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 He will be spending more time with his tailor. Have to look good in front of all those cameras. Actually his suits do look pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I noticed too. Conspicuously good. Also lots of hidden button downs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonian Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 His collars are very nice. Didn't realise they were hidden but now that you mention it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinzan Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Sparkmanshop if I'm not mistaken. Don't ask me which branch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I'm getting quite serious about acquiring a labrador. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonian Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Best dogs. Mine's been with me for 11 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Quite a learning curve for me reading about them. I'll be picking from a litter of four. Purebred, with birth cert from Malaysian Kennel Association and implanted microchip. The litter is in Ipoh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotmj Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Today is a spdcial day. It's very rare to find a corporate/brand tagline that is remarkable. today, i may have just found one on the same caliber level as the Ultimate Driving Machine. It's by the pet food manufscturer Purina. Here it is: "Where our first ingredient is honesty." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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