Miscellaneous

1) Retirement of the Rocking Zebra

Stella is growing up fast. She is heavier and bigger, weighing 3.4kg at the age of 7.5 months old. She has also grown mentally and is now more risk averse. Accordingly, her interest towards the Rocking Zebra is diminishing. With Stella being the last member of this family, the Rocking Zebra will retire.

Thank you Rocking Zebra for being part of our family for the past 10 years! 

2) Tuxedo

I bought this M size 3-piece suit from a sale in 2013. So far only Goldie managed to wear it. Lately, we let Stella try, but is already a bit tight. Anyway, she just bear with us and took a few photos. 

Both kids look very different in the tuxedo - Goldie, the mature executive and Stella the yuppy. 

Goldie, 8.5 years old

Stella , 7.5 months old

From now on, the tuxedo will go into safe keeping as part of our precious memories. 

3) We went to the latest Pet Accessories Show (2-5 February 2023). I don't find this year's event exciting, but we bought some wet wipes and can food for the children. Just a few catnip toys and an electronic toy! We tried our best to get some samples, which will be donated to volunteers to help feed other less fortunate children.

The smart toy

萬事如意! 身壯力健! 步步高陞!

Wishing all our bloggers a Happy, Prosperous and Successful Year of the Rabbit!

Stella wishes everyone 步步高陞 and she puts it in action!

When Stella was 3-5 months old:

A breakthrough occurred when she was close to 6 months old i.e. took 2.5 months to achieve her goal, mainly because she was a bit short and muscles not strong enough for it.

The fun began....

Betty turns 9 today !

 Happy Birthday, Betty dear! 

Wish you Good Health, Lots of Joy and Happiness at all time!

2022, a year of transition

 2022 is a year of transition for us, hopefully for a better future.

The most difficult issue, was Felix underwent his third surgery in June due to blockage in the stent in his bile duct. This sure came as a negative surprise to us and only 1.5 years from the second surgery. The useless dangling part of the stent was removed and biopsy of his liver tissue resulted in his having to take steroid for the long term. Its sad, but this boy is a real fighter. Overall, I would say he is coping well, but for sure less energetic than before. Lately, via X-ray and ultrasound, suspect there might be some sludge accumulation in the bile duct. Hope with the right dosage of medication, this issue could be resolved. 

Stella joining us was the happier incident. Her playfulness bought laughter, liveliness and lots of scolding into our otherwise quiet home. Her highest value add was to keep both Betty and Felix moving - teasing, chasing, smelling, kissing each other form part of their daily routine. Just hope their bonding could strengthen further over time.

By coincidence, Stella also gave Betty a special gift. In preparation of Stella coming, I took Betty for a long overdue 3-in-1 injection. From the blood test, found out that she is having early stage renal failure. So promptly, we modify her diet. Surprisingly, she is very co-operative in having acupuncture and taking Chinese medicine. Just hope these efforts would pay off.  

As for myself, I entered into the final phase of my life. Now with more leisure time, its mostly spent on the cats, though I hope to assume volunteer work in the coming year. It truly is a very great regret that my parents are no longer around when I can be more accessible! Hope I can continue to adhere to good self discipline when comes to monetary matters and way of living. 

Finally wishing all our friends 

A short video by the 3 kids for a laugh to end the year!

Tong's Rocking Zebra Training School

Tong's Rocking Zebra Training School started in summer of 2013, after adopting a rocking zebra from Qpet. Now, with its mission being fully accomplished, the Rocking Zebra would likely retire in 2023.

Over the past 9 years, a total of 5 smart kitties managed to undergo the harsh training and graduated with flying colors as shown by the following videos. 

Kitty and Goldie:

Betty:

Felix: 

Stella:

Overall, the above shows the improvement in quality of the photographic equipment (camera and mobile phone) and the various editing software. Also, its easier for a breakthrough to start training at a young age, as they are less risk averse.

 

 

Its been a year, but the heart aches, the eyes watery, the nose blocked .... only precious sweet memories remain

Goldie dear, today (9th November) marks the first anniversary of your being an angel. I could still clearly remember our lunch meeting that day. Despite not being well, you ate a few spoons of wet food and we planned to return every 2 hours during clinic opening hours to feed you so that you can eat more and recover well. I remember that after feeding and wiping you, I put back the oxygen mask on you, but very quickly, you shook it off and turn your head to look at us. I still clearly remember your lovely appearance - big warm lovely eyes. At that moment, I have thought of taking a picture of you, but I didn't, as I honestly believed that you could recover. At hindsight, it was a very deep regret. It was actually your saying good-bye to us (for you pass away within 2 hours of our leaving)! How careless of me to ignore your message and missed the chance to accompany you when you made the transition to rainbow bridge.  

Life without you is never the same. Occasionally, I still called your name while I was trying to call the boy or girls at home. Don't worry, its a sign of my ageing, and of course how deeply I missed you, for you are you. The one and only! 

It was a great comfort to me, that you are enjoying your new life in rainbow bridge. You like your job of helping with harvesting and making a lot of friends. Goldie dear, you know you are always welcome to come and visit us. Pardon me for being insensitive, I have so far not sensed anything. 

Miss you! Take care and God bless you dear!

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Stella has been with us for over a month already. She's adjusting to our way of life well and is a bit more disciplined. She still likes to intimidate her brother and sister, and they are both pretty accommodating, though Betty could still give her long lectures. She is still pretty daring, driving us nuts at times with her high jump. 

Anyway, she has come a long way and still has a long list of training to go.....

Their current relationship

A cat or a dog?

Cat walk?

Fun with LED pen

Can I make it to the top?

Happy Halloween

 This year, being restricted by what Stella can do, our theme is Little Indians....

We failed to get Stella to sit properly in the group photo, but I do like what we got! Please feel free to add your own narrations .....haha