Baileys, Bernice & Bernie
Originally uploaded by iwadesu
This is by far my favourite photo for now. 3 in a row! And so cute!
I had to carry them out of their kennel and they were absolutely adorable.
Apr 15, 2008
Baileys, Bernice & Bernie
Baileys, Bernice & Bernie
Originally uploaded by iwadesu
Tails
Found the ASPCA website. It's very professional and attractive. Of course, looking at the careers page, they have professional full time staff to manage it, which SPCA Singapore probably does not have at the moment.
I especially like the ASPCA's system of colour-coding the animals in the adoption shelter to better suit potential families. Check out their Meet Your Match system. (They even have a link for shelter professionals to assist them in implementing the system in their own shelters.)
Also recommend their dogs and cats adoption pages. And of course their information pages.
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I met a cat owner at the cat show, an 'ang mo' who told me he was trying to find vegetarian cat food for his cats.
Cats are carnivores, and cannot live on vegetables alone due to the absence of some very important nutrients and vitamins in a vegetarian diet, hence vegetarian cat food is full of synthetic minerals and vitamins.
Currently, this vegetarian cat owner is importing his food from back home, and it costs a bomb. As far as I know, he has not found his vegetarian cat food in Singapore yet. There is no market for it.
It never occurred to me that cats might have to go vegetarian because of their owners. It brings up a lot of interesting, never-thought-of-before questions.
Judge's table at cat show
I especially like the ASPCA's system of colour-coding the animals in the adoption shelter to better suit potential families. Check out their Meet Your Match system. (They even have a link for shelter professionals to assist them in implementing the system in their own shelters.)
Also recommend their dogs and cats adoption pages. And of course their information pages.
I met a cat owner at the cat show, an 'ang mo' who told me he was trying to find vegetarian cat food for his cats.
Cats are carnivores, and cannot live on vegetables alone due to the absence of some very important nutrients and vitamins in a vegetarian diet, hence vegetarian cat food is full of synthetic minerals and vitamins.
Currently, this vegetarian cat owner is importing his food from back home, and it costs a bomb. As far as I know, he has not found his vegetarian cat food in Singapore yet. There is no market for it.
It never occurred to me that cats might have to go vegetarian because of their owners. It brings up a lot of interesting, never-thought-of-before questions.
Judge's table at cat show
Apr 2, 2008
A Cat like Muffin
Everybody wants a cat like Muffin.
Muffin, Persian, with a hint of Maine Coon. Blue-grey with yellow eyes. He surveys his strange surroundings calmly. He lets you pet him, but is not keen to be picked up. He's quiet. He is a gem among all the 'local' breed cats at the SPCA.
This morning, a middle age lady and her husband have chosen him. He is just like my old cat, she tells the pet counselors. It died over a year ago. We found him one day outside the house and kept him for 12 years, but he had breathing problems and we had to put him to sleep.
Muffin has lost his reticence and is pawing the lady affectionately. He reaches out with both paws through the bars of the cage, and places them on the sides of her face, a gesture that looks as if he is caressing a face that is very dear to him. I think he is the reincarnation of my cat, she tells me later, weaving Hindu mysticism into the lives of the cats at the shelter.
But Muffin already has somebody waiting to adopt him, and the Indian couple is placed on the waiting list. A few days later, Muffin goes to a new home, and somebody must have been disappointed.
Everybody wants a cat like Muffin, except the person who left him at the SPCA.
Muffin, Persian, with a hint of Maine Coon. Blue-grey with yellow eyes. He surveys his strange surroundings calmly. He lets you pet him, but is not keen to be picked up. He's quiet. He is a gem among all the 'local' breed cats at the SPCA.
This morning, a middle age lady and her husband have chosen him. He is just like my old cat, she tells the pet counselors. It died over a year ago. We found him one day outside the house and kept him for 12 years, but he had breathing problems and we had to put him to sleep.
Muffin has lost his reticence and is pawing the lady affectionately. He reaches out with both paws through the bars of the cage, and places them on the sides of her face, a gesture that looks as if he is caressing a face that is very dear to him. I think he is the reincarnation of my cat, she tells me later, weaving Hindu mysticism into the lives of the cats at the shelter.
But Muffin already has somebody waiting to adopt him, and the Indian couple is placed on the waiting list. A few days later, Muffin goes to a new home, and somebody must have been disappointed.
Everybody wants a cat like Muffin, except the person who left him at the SPCA.
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