Sephy Has Left US

Sephy was very lethargic on Sunday, she couldn't stand much and preferred to slump on the floor. The signs were not good and I rushed her to Anicare at 12 noon. The vet had bad news, Sephy was undernourished and has worms and the flu. The main sign was when she tried to meow and no sound would come out, indicating a sore throat with ulcers. She was given a jab (the needle was huge for that tiny body!) some deworm, amoxicillin and the prognosis that she will probably not make it.

Which came as a shock as she was all chipper and was doing well with the bottle. But she was so tiny and weak that any disease that strikes would be devastating to her developing system. We brought her home and tried the best we could with medications and force-feeding her, as she was too upset to eat.

Sephy got progressively skinnier and we could feel the bones right under her skin. I didn't think she would make it through the night bit she did, and managed to get rid of a HUGE white roundworm. I was a bit more positive with this, but while at work today my brother called at 9:45am to tell me Sephy has moved on.

It was heartbreaking as I had really hoped she would beat the odds and make it, but I guess she was just too young, and the loss of a mother added another stress upon her. Plus the worm and the flu was just too much for her to handle. We buried her out back, beside the house of my landlord, who kindly dug the grave for us. R.I.P. Sephy, you were only 4 weeks old and had to endure such suffering. :(

Still so minuscule...

Side shot of the stumpy kitten.

Her expressions range from wide-eyed bewilderment to curious bewilderment. :P

She was only 4x5 tiles big!

Goggle-eyes

Closeup! I needed macro for this.

She had started to look better...

Those were a great 2 weeks, moving and warming up kitten formula the whole day, bottle feeding her, and cleaning up the mess afterwards.

I won't forget the 2 weeks when she brightened our lives with her squeaky mews and scrabbling on the side of her box to be let out. She will be missed.

All Agog

Sephy was whiny, so we let her out to wander about. We found her flopped out later on the bathmat...

Awww...

AWWWW....

*Head asplode from teh cute!*

She's like a tiny mouse.

*headsplosion no.2*

Cleo decided she wanted the attention and booted Sephy...

Update on Sephy - she's doing great! She's starting to eat more and looks less like a scrawny flea (my mother's words lol). Will begin weaning her next week. Let's see how that goes...

Moving House Blues

On the day that I found Sephy I was about to move house the very next day...it was quite stressful as Tuffie wasn't feeling the love (I was busy packing and cleaning) and then there was a new kitten to contend with...

In the weeks leading up to the BIG MOVE she was already leting her feelings show.

Her sunning spots have all been taken over by boxes...

I turned my room upside down and went to get a breather. When I can back there was a cat in the very center of the chaos.

'The Look'. Reserved for late meals and the human's inattentiveness to her needs.

Awww, but all she wanted was a little love and attention!

Moving day was hell. Tuffie was already unnerved by the constant changing environment, she was ready to bolt. It got so bad that she almost jumped from the balcony! :( She refused all food and was cranky. I had to lock her in her carrier in a quiet room, only then was she able to calm down and eat a bit.

Fortunately Cleo being still young thoroughly enjoyed the move. Though when we put her in the carrier to transfer her she thought we were bringing her to the vet again! Seems like the memories of being spayed were still fresh in her mind, and she started crying. That worried the Tuff and SHE started crying too -_- Oh cats...

New home! Shiny surfaces...

Tuffie got a good niche next to my bed ;)

Getting used to the new place...blobbing out.

Cleo couldn't care less about the new home, didn't affect her much :)

I had to move Tuffie and Cleo first during the evening. I then moved Sephy around 10pm. What a crazy weekend. Tuff took about a week and a bit to adjust. Even now at night she gets huffy cos there is a male cat patrolling the carpark downstairs. Cleo then gets smacked for getting in the way -_- Ooooh cats...

Cutesplosion!

Sephiroth The Kitten!

So the new kitten has a name...I know she's not a he but, Sephy sounds fine for a girl's name :P And also she's a major pain in the butt when it comes to feedings lol. Somehow teh cute is making me quite unable to speak proper. :D

Still belly-sliding along here.

DEATH STARE! Where's me milk?!

Those were from about 3 days ago, before I moved house. Now look at her posture:

Now we're walking here! Kitten steps! :D

She's very adventurous, loves to walk and explore.

Sephy's been practicing her lasers at a very young age.

She still goggles at everything, but now her pupils are actually dilating!

Awwww, still tiny though :P

A Kitten Appears!

Just when I'm in the midst of packing and moving to a new home, I found a tiny blob of fur. I was just coming home from buying a new cat carrier for Cleo (I wanted the cats to move in together) when I heard this kitten mewing.

Out of curiosity (of course who can ignore that plaintive wail?) I hunted around for the source. At first when I saw it I doubted my eyes, because the source of that loud wail was from a tiny little scrap of fur, in the Block D carpark.
Long story short, after looking around for the mother/nest I was unable to find her so I took the kitten up. Cleo and the Tuff were not pleased. They were very huffy yesterday at this intrusion, it was a little amusing to see them get so worked up over this kitten that's basically the size of Tuffie's fat tail :P

Feeding her was quite a challenge - I've never taken in a kitten this your before. And we didn't cut the hole in the nipple big enough, so she did not eat much yesterday. :(

Very wobbly, and stubborn -_-

This morning I took her to Petlink Vet, apparently she is 3-4 weeks of age, which is pretty good for me as she can go to the toilet without assistance (in the morning she did a HUGE pee...all over the floor). Also it helps her chances of surviving...I made a bigger hole in the nipple and she suckled for a bit. Still not eating enough though.

Crazy red bugeyes :P

When I got back from the vet I brought the kitten around to look for the mom. According to the workers downstairs it was a black cat that had the kittens. Apparently she abandoned this kitten after some kids played with her :( Well I found the cat, but she wasn't interested in getting the kitten back :( So it seems like we are gonna have to try our best with this one...wish me luck!

Cleo's Development

Well, it's been ages since I updated...been moving house. :/ Cleo seems to be enjoying the random configurations but Tuff was very worried - probably because of her past experience of being abandoned.

Speaking of Cleo she's doing well after her spaying, she had a lump for a while at the spay site but that went away and she's now back to her hyper kitten self :)

The lump on her belly, doesn't seem to faze her :)

Sleepdancing?

Copying Tuffie ;)