Interesting people at the animal clinic

I visited my youngest cat at the hospital again today. It's just a little clinic at Kembangan where sick dogs and cats go.

When I came on Monday, he was a sad little thing, a cone wrapped around his head and dirt all over his mouth. He'd refused to eat and he didn't move much, not even to struggle when being manhandled. Never made a sound either.

There were other animals there too, mostly cats in fact. One had been admitted for having fits, this sad little orange and black local cat. Another was abandoned; being 19 years old, the owners decided to give up taking care of it and have passed that responsibility on to the vets.

While we were fussing over my cat, a couple came in to admit their cat as well. A Malay lady with an Angmoh husband and this fluffy Ragdoll cat. What a combination.

Surprisingly the Malay lady wasn't so stuck-up, and she talked to my aunt and I about all kinds of cat things. She told me about how her cat would just limp into your arms if you carried him; that's what the breed would do anyway. And her kitty is beautiful, those pretty boy kind.

I visited again today, and my kitty has made a vast improvement since then. My aunt and I arrived to see him so excitedly mewing the moment he saw us. He gobbled down his food and couldn't sit still, it was enlightening to see him so well again!

My youngest cat doesn't trust people so easily, and at home whenever he hears a stranger's voice he'd run and hide, not coming out til 2 hours later. But I could see how he's well acquainted with the vet already, how he actually mewed to her to carry him. It felt so nice to see him actually getting along with other humans (':

This man came in later, ordering some kind of vaccine stuff. While his orders were being processed by the vets he came over and said a hi to me as well as a rub on my kitty's head and a "Hey there, buddy."

He talked to us about a cat abuser at Beach Road, this old man who has killed more than 50 cats. Shocking, I know. He knew the killer, but the authorities wouldn't do anything about it because there wasn't enough evidence.

Thus, his cause called Save Beach Road Cats. I thought it was so admirable of him, to be standing up against this cat killer because even SPCA wouldn't do anything about it.

I'd met 3 new friends, all being breeds of cats I'd seldom seen in person. A Maine Coon who stared at me with huge green eyes; a Bengal cat who rolled around and locked my hand in both her paws; a Persian who stuck her paws out at me to pet her with that grouchy face of hers.

Later on, my aunt told me about the two nurses at the vet, these 2 girls from the Phillipines. Back home, they could qualify to be doctors, but they didn't get that kind of job here in Singapore.

But they didn't mind being just vets, their exact words being: "It's alright, a life is still a life." and they'd grown to be so passionate about these sick and abandoned animals that come onto their doorsteps every day.

I've met so many interesting people on just two visits. I find it amazing how a simple thing like love for a certain animal could bring people together.