What happened, Cow?

Two nights ago, I found sitting under the car and he looked quite badly beaten up.  I quickly took him in and found nasty-looking bruises around his head area.  There was quite a bit of blood too.  We suspect it's the ginger cat, the new intruder in the neighbourhood. 

Cow, being Cow, is not easy to manage, especially when his ego has been affected, so it took me quite a while before I could clean him up and quickly apply some iodine on the bruises.  It did not look that bad, actually, but I was worried it would become infected and develop into a soft lump later (formation of pus).  With Bunny last time, it happened the very next day and he had a fever (Cow attacked Bunny!).  Bunny had to undergo sedation to have the pus drained out.  And after that, it was a nightmare for me, having to give him the full course of antibiotics. 

The night of the attack.  Cow went up to the landing of the staircase and sat all by himself. 

He was still eating, so that was good.  But he really smelt!  What a pong!  Maybe the fight occurred inside the drains.  Notice that bit of swelling on the cheeks? 

The next day...Off to the vet's, Cow!  Can't take any chances.

The vet shaved off his hair to check where all the bite marks were.  Thank goodness, they were not too serious.  Just needed cleaning and application of iodine.  But there is one bruise I need to monitor.  The swelling, according to the vet, was due at the lymph node. 

Cow came home and the first to welcome him was....Bobby!!  They even touched noses (ah...I missed that shot!)

Bobby stayed with Cow to ensure he was alright. 

Don't worry, I'll be okay.

Cow, as alpha as he is, can be a real pussy whenever he is injured.  We think he is also slightly hypochondriac. 

He stayed by me all day.

This morning's photo - the two best friends.

Cow has this funny way of sitting.  He stretches out his hind legs.  He's been like that since young.  My children call it the "fish pose". 

I think Cow should be okay. 

By the way, this was a "new" vet who had attended to Cow.  "New" as in "I've never met him before", as the clinic had recently been taken over by a new management.  But whoosh...I learnt SO much about cats from him.  Hang on...will share it with all of you later. 

He's one of the best vets I've ever met!

Got to go to work now! 

Have a nice day. 

On guard...!!

Remember the ginger cat who trespassed into my house the other day?  Well, the next day, all my cats were on full alert....

Indy at the frontlines...

Tiger...secondliner?

Thirdliner?  No, no...Bunny's curious about something else...

Cow thought he should look after Bobby instead.

Cleo...watching from the porch.

I'm not afraid, I will keep watch too...

Indy decided he would have a better view up on the pillar.   It's safer too.

Bunny still keeping watch.

Cow took over the watch-post later, so Bunny took over Cow's task of leading Bobby to his foodbowl (Bobby is blind).

Eat up, Bobby!

Yes, yum yum...

BUNNY!!!  That's stealing!

Okay, okay...I'll be good.  I'll just sit.

However, last night, Cow had a big fight with the ginger cat and came home all battered.  Story later....(it's late now), but he's okay.  Don't worry. 

Halt....WHO goes there??

Early this morning as I was doing my work in my room, I heard the sound of a big feline stand-off in the living room.

I went out to check and found a big ginger-cat at the foot of the stairs and Indy was defending the house, in a big stand-off with the cat.  Indy's tail was all fluffed up. 

It didn't look like there was any danger as there was just noise, so....

Grab the camera, quick!!

There's the intruder...making his escape!

Once outside, Cow took over...with Indy right behind. 

Look at Cow's tail...also fluffed up.

Yay for the black-and-whites, the heroes of the day.

Indy went back inside to assure Bunny and Cleo that all is well.  Don't worry, we've got it all covered.  Bunny investigates the scene of the crime. 

Cleo checks for tell-tale scent along the trail of the intruder.

Er...what are you two doing? 

Both of them probably didn't know what was going on. 

Well, Bobby is blind and a bit deaf...but Tiger?

Maybe he thought it'll be safer to stay with Bobby.

Through it all, I thought Bunny had become so docile. 

He seemed so afraid of the ginger-cat. 

This evening, my neighbour Siti called me and asked me if Bunny was alright.

Why, I asked?

Well, apparently, according to Siti, Bunny was in a big stand-off with "an orange cat" (the same culprit, obviously) for HOURS outside our gate.  Siti said she tried to shoo the orange cat away but he wouldn't budge.  And through it all, Cow was sitting across the road watching the entire episode. 

Who's the orange cat, Siti asked.  Never seen him in the neighbourhood before. 

I don't know.  First time spotting him too. 

No wonder Bunny's so tired this evening.

Poor little Bunny Bun Buns.

Ok, sleep well.

The hero of the day?

Who's watching me?

As I'm writing these posting right now, I suddenly sensed a presence nearby... I looked out of my window and lookie there....who is that?

Hello there...

I know this cat!  This is the small little black kitten that Wii brought back as a friend shortly after Vixey (his sister, who was also black in colour) passed away.  The black kitten was extremely brave and used to come into my kitchen to eat. 

Now that Wii has been adopted, I guess this little black beauty has taken over Wii's space in the back alley. 

He/She looks exactly like Vixey, too....

Tiger, the interior decorator

We've noticed that all our cats have very distinct and different characters, and none of it is trained.  They seem to come with these traits.  


Tiger is our most mild-mannered cat and he seems to like ornaments.  He plays with socks (rolled up in a ball) and keychains with round ornaments.  His current favourite toy is a keychain my son bought from Kuching - it has a toy croissant attached to it and Tiger simply loves it!


Well, I didn't know that Tiger had another talent - interior decorating.


I was putting up little ornaments in the house for Chinese New Year.  As I was doing it, Tiger was watching very intently.  

He was very fascinated with these little plum blossoms.

And the white pebbles.

But he couldn't reach them as they were on this shelf.

We have this Buddha bust and I had placed some white pebbles in front of it.

Tiger could get up onto this shelf, and he did.  What is he doing?  He decided it was too untidy leaving the white pebbles outside, so he started pushing them under the bust.

There, I'm all done.  Isn't it much neater like this?

And Tiger lay next to the bust until my husband got home.  He made little noises to attract my husband's attention to the pebbles.  I then told my husband what Tiger had done with the pebbles. 

It was only after my husband had praised him that Tiger got down from the shelf, quite happy with his finished task in improving my decorating skills!

Thank you, Tiger!

See the pebbles, all neatly tucked in...by Tiger!

Ahh..this isn't good enough....let me do something about it...

  

Bobby has two more guide-cats!

I had written earlier about Bunny and Cow being Bobby's guide-cats.  Bunny takes care of (almost blind) Bobby inside the house, making sure he doesn't bump into the furniture and guides him up the stairs.  Cow takes Bobby to his food bowl for every meal and accompanies him as he eats.


Well, Bobby has another two guide-cats.  These two look after him when he is outside on the porch and driveway.  


It's Indy and Tiger, our other two male cats.


Take a look...

Bobby was prowling in the driveway and the little gate was open.  As Bobby headed towards the little gate, Tiger came to the rescue and tried to block him from going out.  

But Bobby was adamant, so Tiger had to step out with Bobby as well.

Help, I need reinforcement, says Tiger.  Indy came to the rescue, and they both stood in front of the little gate to block Bobby from going out.  

Hold it, hold it...what's going on here?  Bunny came trotting out of the house.  What's going on?  Why wasn't I informed about this?  (Tiger moves aside to let Bunny take over the task.)

I'll take over from here, Bunny seems to say.  By now, we had closed the little gate, but Bunny was not going to take any chances. 

This is how Bunny blocks Bobby.  He stands in front of him.

You go back, Bobby, you're not getting past me, Bunny says.  Bobby gets the message and turns back.

I might as well go back into the garden, if I can't go out.

Bobby heads back into the house.

Thus ends another episode of Bobby and his Guide-Cats!

Which almost-blind dog can boast of having FOUR guide-cats to help him around? 

As I've said, one good turn deserves another.  Bobby looked after all of them when they were young.  Now, it's their turn!