Poor Twinkle ...

Picture taken in 2007.

Twinkle has been diagnosed with FeLV, feline leukemia virus.

He's now hospitalised.

Poor little fella has a tough life since he was a kitten, battling poisoning and other ailments.

We hope the fighter in him will triumph over the disease.

Little Star

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

Does this kitten remind you of someone??

Twinkle twinkle, Little Star!

Yes, this is Twinkle's younger brother -- Little Star! Senor Achiwawa rescued the emaciated Little Star from his estate and boarded him at Phyllis' cattery where he is being nursed back to health.


Putty in my arms :)

Little Star is an agouti tabby with a lovely ticked coat.

Meanwhile, our friend Twinkle has become a Princeling of sorts, and gets to sleep with Mei-mei and a few other kitties.



Twinkle looking smug in the arms of his Guardian Angel, Mei-mei.

Twinkle must really thank his lucky stars!

Visit to cattery

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

We popped by the cattery this afternoon, it was nice to bump into Vegancat and ChaosCat there!

Our little friend Twinkle is totally living it up at the cattery.


Twinkle: Snzzz ...


Bleary-eyed Twinkle: Oh hi!

He is totally spoilt by Phyllis and her helpers, and even gets to sleep on Mei Mei's bed!


Twinkle: What to do? I am sooooo adorable!


Video courtesy of Vegancat.

Papa Porky was pleasantly surprised by this sweet ginger boy when it jumped onto his lap for cuddles. (Papa Porky has always complained that the trio at home NEVER do nice things like this.)



I found out subsequently from Mei Mei that this ginger cat is Goldie. He is truly lovable and pliant, hope he finds a good home soon ...

Twinkle Fatty Star

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

Hats off to Calsifer, who made a lardball out of Twinkle.


Pix courtesy of Calsifer, chieftain of Tipped Ear Clan.

I swear that Twinkle isn't as fatty bom bom in catperson. Time to throw away the Canon S2, Calsifer!! :)

Kitties galore at the cattery

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

There were so many abandoned kittens waiting for a good home at the cattery. Most of them were dumped as families started their festive preparations.



This is one of the Meowsons. She is such a darling, so amenable and cuddly. She's got a gorgeous ginger brother who is very manja, but because he couldn't keep still, there are no nice pixs of him (actually me thinks the photographer is lousy! *Ahem*).

Here are some random pixs of the cats at the big cattery, taken by Papa Porky.





And no, we haven't forgotten our little friend Twinkle, who is still waiting for a good home.


Pix courtesy of Vegancat.

Cats galore at the cattery

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

We went to the cattery this afternoon as an interested adopter wanted to view Twinkle.

Our little friend Twinkle is such a purring machine!


Video courtesy of Vegancat.


He's got such mesmerizing eyes! (Pix: Vegancat)


Twinkle: When will that special someone bring me home? (Pix: Vegancat)

The cattery was a hive of activity - the kitties were all craving for attention.


Heidi and Cutie.


Dusty enjoying scritches from Papa Porky.


That's all folks! Till we meet again - snzzz.

Twinkle is sick ...

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

Photo courtesy of southernoise.

Phyllis updated Senor Achiwawa two evenings ago that Twinkle had a high fever.

He was taken to Companion Animal Surgery where the vet made a diagnosis of bronchitis.

Will be visiting Twinkle at the cattery this Sunday afternoon.

Also just found out from Vegancat's blog that Twinkle's "cage mate" Mondee has passed on :(

Newly minted

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

Eunuch, that is.


Photo courtesy of Vegancat.


Photo courtesy of Tipped Ear Clan.

Twinkle is now officially a Tai Jian (太监).

Beautiful pictures ...

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

... of a beautiful soul.

Enjoy these lovely pixs of Twinkle, courtesy of southernoise.

Erm, Twinkle looks like he is ripe for "harvesting" :)

Lazybum of a Twinkle

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

A short clip of Twinkle and friends at Phyllis' cattery, thanks to Vegancat.



Background meowing provided by a newbie kitty who was crying out for its mommy :~(

Visit Twinkle this weekend!

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

Come on down to Phyllis' cattery this weekend!

There's an adoption drive plus mini bazaar where you can buy Phyllis' delectable pineapple tarts!

And you can see for yourself how lovely the cats are, including Twinkle.



Video & pix courtesy of Vegancat.

Twinkle playing possum at the cattery.

Ponder

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

"The hardest part of anything in life is thinking about it." ~ Ajahn Brahm, Opening The Door of Your Heart, 2004



Twinkle: Haiyah, these beings called humans ah, they think too much!!! (Photo courtesy of Vegancat)

It wasn't a very positive start to the week.

I know it wasn't really my business, but I couldn't help but feel for my good friend and her younger brother, who was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia at the prime of his life. He started an intensive seven-day course of chemotherapy today. I cannot imagine what it is like to have a cocktail of powerful drugs injected into your body day after day, feeling the drugs nibbling away at the misbehaving leukaemia cells and the good ones as well.

I know it hurts. I have seen my mom at her fortnightly chemo session for nasopharyngeal cancer treatment. I remember vividly how she grimaced in obvious discomfort as the killer drugs cruised into her bloodstream. The pain that tingles through her vein via the IV drip spreads from nerve to nerve, synapse to synapse, all over her wretched body. And there was nothing I could do, except to watch helplessly, and curse the damn cancer cells which refused to go away after a full course of radiation. The treatment left my mom zapped, both in spirits and in physical health. She has been in remission for the past two years, and we are hoping for the best.

I hope the young man will take to the treatment well, and emerge stronger.

* * *

Why don't people realise that the unhappiness and frustrations at work/home and with one another are but a waste of precious time in our brief sojourn in this world?

Before and after

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

15 April 2007.



It was as if the little life would slip away -- its scrawny body tormented by poison, its soul wretched with physical suffering.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

17 June 2007.


Photo courtesy of Vegancatsg.

We are thankful that Twinkle didn't give up fighting and that Phyllis didn't give up trying.

P.S. I think Twinkle's got to watch that tum-tum of his!!

Twinkle Twinkle Shining Bright

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

I could hardly recognise our little friend Twinkle from this video, courtesy of Vegancat.



This boy has grown so much!

When I went to the cattery yesterday afternoon, he was sleeping like a log!

Twinkle and friends

From the desk of Mama Piggy:



This was supposedly Mondee's video, but guess who hogged the limelight (and the toy) and even swatted Mondee while playing? :D

Thanks to Vegancat for sharing this lovely video clip.

Twinkle Lucky Star

From the desk of Mama Piggy:



Thanks to Phyllis, our little friend is now a bundle of energy!




We hope to get Twinkle a new home soon!

Phyllis is organising another Adoption Drive / Fundraising Bazaar in June. We will be donating some cat mugs (in mint condition) and other trinkets for the bazaar sale, do give her and the community cats your support!

Twinkle Twinkle

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

Thanks to Vegancat, who sent over this lovely clip of our dear little friend, Twinkle!



Twinkle has blossomed into a beautiful kitty, so full of life!

Phyllis, Mei-mei and Lala has done a great job transforming this sickly kitten on the brink of death to a handsome boy.

Update on Twinkle

From the desk of Mama Piggy:


Poor Twinkle has been keeping Phyllis very busy the past couple of weeks with his diarrhoea.

After several vet visits, it is now confirmed that the little fella is down with some kind of poisoning, the cause of which might be attributed to the fumigation at the rubbish dump where he was found.

It breaks our hearts to see him suffering. We can't wait to see this manja purring machine back in the pink of health!

Some random pictures taken at the cattery today:


Timmy old boy with Papa Porky.


Senor Achiwawa having a tete-a-tete with Sunshine.


Poser at Cattery 1.

Busy day

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

Tiny Twinkle is now boarded at Phyllis' cattery, where he'll receive tender loving care.

The feisty boy walloped a whole plate of boiled chicken at the cattery.

Senor Achiwawa and his sister also brought Brownie and Scout to Pet Clinic for their second booster jab.

They have done a great job fattening up Brownie, who now weighs in at 3.65kg. She will be sterilised soon.

Little Scout has grown into a big furball!

He was a bit anxious while waiting for his turn at the vet, check out the video :P

Twinkle

From the desk of Mama Piggy:

Cat-napping is infectious, it seems.

Our friend Senor Achiwawa and his sister have catnapped a scrawny 3-month-old tabby boy from their Marine Parade estate.


Tabby boy is malnourished and is suffering from a bout of diarrhoea. He's now boarded at Pet Clinic for observation and will be put up for adoption once he's in a better shape.

We've decided to call him Twinkle. He's skin and bones now, but with tender loving care, he should blossom into a beautiful cat.


Senor Achiwawa says Twinkle (top) resembles Kootoo the kitten (below), what do you think?