Interesting Cat Facts

1. Though cats can see up to 120 feet away, they can't see detail very well.
2. Cats hate the scent of lemon and orange, so if you want your cat to stay away from a piece of furniture, spray it with either of these scents.
3. Cats are red/green color blind.
4. Cats sleep around 16 hours per day. This means that a 7 year old cat has only been awake for 2 years of its life.
5. A cat will spend approximately 10,950 hours of it's life purring.
6. 7% of cats snore when they sleep.
7. The oldest cat on record was from England, and lived to be 36 years old.
8. Cats have 32 muscles in each ear.
9. If you want a cat to come to you, look away from it. Looking directly at the cat is seen as a threatening gesture.
10. Cats are very vocal creatures. The more you talk to your cat, the more they'll "talk" back to you.

How Cats See The World...

My favorite cat youtube cartoon!

The creator of Simon's cat is seriously creative. All his effort to study, research and understand the cat behavior really shows. It is truly like watching my own cat and reminded of how he acted as a cat or kitten. And that is so cute :)

Enjoy!!

OMG!! this cat is soooo CUTE!!!

I'm gonna working with my own cat!! I'll upload my own video

When Your Cat Can't Stop Scratching

Does your cat scratch a lot? Or your cats over-groom for more than hygiene which can result in injury from excessive licking, biting, and results bald patches or redness to the skin. Have your vet check for dermatological problems or parasites first, as all these need to be treated. Skin infection (fungus), lice, fleas and ticks can be a reason. 

Skin infection (fungus),

Usually if you bring them to the vet, the vet will examine and screening you cat using UV light. From UV, you can see the a glowing green spot (protein) at the skin which indicate the fungus existence. Some medicated shampoo routine will be advised and medicated cream or solution to apply to treat fungus. I use Malaseb Shampoo and NaturalPet antifungal lotion.

Flea, ticks and lice:

You can check your cat at home by yourself. Screening over the furs and you can find a dirt like black dots or reds one or “moving” dandruff between the skin. For white coat cat, it may easy to see but for colored fur, you may take a damp white cloth and wipe on you cat coat. You may see the black or red dot. That is your enemies. I’m using Frontliner Spray and Spot on. It’s promising and effective.  

Controlling an Outbreak:

The eggs or spores can be transferred from a pet to anything in your house like carpets and household furniture. It is recommended which you also treat the home and check out other animals. Vacuum cleaning, disinfect the house and cages will do. I use Petdiatric Black Series to disinfect.  Bear in your mind, there could be an issue of excessive stress. If your cat is grooming too much because of stress, such as a change in routine or a new animal in the house, you can take steps to ease the problem.

Good Luck!

Play Time~

All cats love the feather teaser. I keep on buying the new one every 2 month because it wont last so long.  I never tire watching them play and do their thing. Each of them has a different personality and style.  This time I want to introduce my kids toys: If  they are not sleep or busy destroying my toilet paper and magazines and messing our home, they must be busy playing with their toys.

First one is ToyToy. We get it from Pets Wonderland since Chika complain he need friend for his brain development. Chika loves to ask me to play with ToyToy: The Catch me game. He will jump over the couch and coffee table untill he out of his breath and start to make a funny sound. When Chika was a kitten, he used to do back flips trying to get at ToyToy. Sometimes he can play with ToyToy alone!! After playing "Catch me", He will bite and parade with ToyToy in his mouth around the house and bragging his success! Even when ToyToy's body parts is now a part, Chika still in love with ToyToy!!After drooling around with ToyToy he will groom ToyToy as he grooms himself.

Pinka on the other hand is a bad toy! This fish-shape pillow always manipulate Chippy and Chumy to be in the carrier for Vet visit. 


Pinka always use her Catnip perfume and manipulate Chippy and Chummy but wont stop them to chase after a laser pointer.  If there's one toy cats never seem to tire of, it must be a laser pointer.

And then we have ShhhShhh and Blackie where we brought back from Ikea. Both are meant for Choco.

Everyone know Choco will play rough and bite us like a pugs! So ShhhShhh and Blackie is our victim to protect our finger from Choco's teeth! Sorry guys. Its really effective during the grooming session.

Amarise love to play with a ping pong balls and she never seem to get tired of playing. I make sure they always have something new and challenging to play with. Cat toys don't cost a lot, so reward and challenge your Cat with something new to play! Now I have to buy some toy for Cottilion since she keep stealing others toy and messing with my small garden!

Hmmm.. Any ideas??

Stud Tails

At first, i thought that neutered cat wont face this kind of problem. I'm wrong. turn out that stud tail is quite normal if you own a male cat. Neutered or not. Its perfectly normal but if it left untreated, the tail will get greasy and start losing hair. If you realize, there is a dark pigmentation of the skin too.

My lovely Chika now look like a chicken! He is so fat but the tail is bald. Check out the pic..

Currently I'm using dish washing liquid to remove the dirt and oil, and quickly wash and rinse it before shampooing. If there is no improvement, i'll treat it with GOOP. Thats what Jimmy Lee taught us during Grooming Class. And as a precautionary i have sprinkled talc into the area to absorb oils and brushed it out after the bath..

Stud tail. Should dea with it before it is too late ;P

Let see if there is any improvement~

TailsStory Wishing you..

Cat Show

Cat show is the place where you can meet new friends and share knowledge about the breed to other exhibitors and also the public. Preparing for a cat show should begin several weeks or a month before.

I bath my cat 2 days before the show to ensure the coat is fully dry and fluffy, Clean their ears and trim their nails. You can send them to your fav groomer~  Last time I did send my cat to a professional groomer and he did a very GOOD job! But can do it all by yourself too~

Note to exibitor: Please come early and make sure your cat is vaccinated.

This is my second time joining the show. Last time we brought Choco and Chika to compete. Choco participated Open Female Longhair Class and Chika in Neutered Longhair Class. But this time I brought Chippy for Neutered Longhair Class and my little kitten: Cottilion for Kitten Longhair Class.

I learned a lot from Kak Yati, the owner of Bluebabes catery. If its in between rings, she offers visitor antiseptic hand wash, explaining why we must disinfect before touching other cats, especially children. "please don't touch their nose ya.. cos that area is very sensitive."

And this is what we get :)

Yes.. its tiring but its all paid off!!

My Amarise giving birth~

When i took her in 5 months ago, i never thought she is pregnant. Until one day my friends Hasnan and Ash convinced me that Amarise came with a gift. At first i thought she just a heavy eater. I just moved in my new apartment and at that time i'm not sure i'm ready to have additional kittens in my furkids family~ So i just waited. I have no idea when she's going to give birth because i have no idea when she mated. Normal persian will give birth 65-68 days after mating.

But thank God, everything went fine. On 29th of November when i reached home from office alone, she kept calling me to accompany her in her room and at that's when the miracle happen!! Seriously i have no idea what to do. What i did was i grabbed some of Joey's hands towels and pet my dear Amarise. i'm called my friend and ash to come over after the 1st baby was born..

At least twice per week!!

We have a tight schedulle every day. Working from 9 to 6 in the office, and back home we only have about less than 15 hours to clean the house, take a bath, rest, social networking, do other housework or officework perhaps?   .. and then sleep. Thats why we schedulle to comb and brushing our cat twice a week. And we brush and comb them by pair every time. Thats mean we brush our cats daily!!

Chippy is tired after a grooming session :)

Combing and brushing them is especially the longhaired one actually required a daily routine. This is to prevent matted and its also help you to bond with your cats. Its the only quality time we had during weekdays. All my cats is highly tolerate during the brushing and combing session. Some of them even purring during the session. If we start the routine since kitten, they will get used to it :)

As a rule, only semi-long and longhaired cats will get mats, but sometimes a shorthaired cat with an extremely dense coat is may face the same problem too. Cats with long hair tend to have a very thin outer layer of skin and cutting out a mat of fur can cause a really nasty injury. Even a small nick can split the skin and create a gaping hole.
When combing longhaired cats you can use a wide toothed comb followed by a fine tooth comb. Shorthaired cats should be combed with a short toothed comb or a rubber brush. This will make the combing easier and more pleasant for your cat. We have like 6 different comb and brush for different purpose.  For Longhaired cat, take the end of the wide toothed comb and start picking at the mat gently. You will notice that the hair starts to loosen after awhile. Remember to be gentle and patient. Pain will trigger aggression in a cat who will associate grooming sessions with torture.

Begin the session with play, and then gradually comb the areas that don't seem to bother your cat. If the cat starts to misbehave, stop the session and continue combing only when the cat is calm and rested. Try to avoid pulling the mat.
It is quite important to note that some long haired cats such as Persians have what is known as an undercoat as well as their top coat, so you must comb this as well to prevent the fur becoming matted. Do not comb your cat when they are wet! Dry them first before the session. Last but not least ; Be gentle and Be patient~

Rehome the Dance Dance:)

Now the Dance Dance babies is all grown healthy.  They are now eating by their own and have their own personality. Playful, very smart fun kitty, easy going and minggles well. We have litter trained them well and just adorable!! Its time to rehome them to the lovely house,

Galliard is now living with Miss Angel at Rawang. He is the fast learner! He is the one who eat by his own first and learned how to use the litterbox.  He is a very affectionate, independant kitten and responds to its name. Call his name and he will come running to you!!

I love Oddisey who love to stay as close as he can with people. He dont like to be alone, very playful and sociable. He love to sit next to us and watching TV, running around with big cats, and eating everyone food except his own!  He can sleep at anywhere he wanted.  Oddisey just adopted by Mr Amim from Johor Bahru. We will missing this cheeky little rascal that makes everyone smile :)

And Cottilion will stay with us and be spoilt like her uncle ; Chika~

New cats:)

HEY!! its been quite sometime since the last update. we are kindda busy with our new job, adjusting with the new house and environment and also with our additional members in our family.. Did I said additional member?

Let me introduce Chippy: Male neutered Bicolor Blue and white.

He look like a bear to me!! He got a beautiful expression on his face. the "I dont care" eyes and his double coat furs.

And he come together with Chummy, Female adult classic brown tabby, she have a very serious expression, obvious patern of coat and a bit talkative too.CHECK OUT THOSE PHOTO!!

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There are not just a cat. they are the promise. the link of relation. the understanding and the memories..

and now my house was like..

Maybe its time to move to a bigger house!! LOL
Last but not least.. the new bff in my house!!Thanks to Sha Razali & Shahida Razali for this lovely babies :)

Datang lah selalu..:)

The day. The big day!!

I try to believe that she is just a heavy eater. She eats a lot and purrs all the time. I thought in the first place she may be on heat. But she did not even took a glance at my neutered prince. She just loves to eat. We feed our kids with IAMS kitten and she never left anything in her bowl. She just finished it all. We even send her for vaccinations. 


Until one day friend of mine pay a visit and try to convince me that she is pregnant! OMG! I just moved in to my new apartment and am still trying to adjust myself and the cat that i took in for less than 2 months is pregnant! i'm about to have babies of my cat! I dont know how i felt at that time.. a part of me is blooming happily but a part of me is full with worries. I have another 2 cats of mine. and i will have another kittens? So later i will have 6 cats? and i'm living in apartment! Yes I'm worried.


Day after day, and in no time her tummy is getting bigger and bigger and she become more friendly. Her appetite grew bigger and she eats more and more, until on this one Friday there was still kibbles in her bowl. Her tail is wet and i think her water just broke. So I brought her to my cat spa to shave her tummy. Back at home, i cage her with boxes and blanket to make her comfortable and feels safe. Every hour i check on her but nothing happen. On the 28th, Joey was so excited that the babies would have the same birthday as him. But again nothing happen. 


Next day, I started to worried and started doing more research. I know that she may faced a false pregnancy but the most thing i worried is if something goes wrong with the babies inside. Then after work i decide to send her to our vet for scanning but once i reach home she wanted me to stay with her in the bedroom. i went to my wardrobe but she insisted that i stayed with her.


After changed i lay next to her in my bedroom then she start to breath heavily..some fluid and a little blood started to dirt on the towel. and the first baby comes out in the sac struggling be be out. I try to calm my queen even i'm a lil panic because this is my first time faced this miracle of birth. Amarise look confuse. She even hissing at her baby. but after few minutes she smell the kitten and start to lick him up.


  My 2 other cat wait outside my bedroom. I just want Amarise felt safe and secure. Then Joey is back and come into the room. Then the second contraction is coming. She stop lick her 1st baby and she purring again. Another sac is out and Joey reach the second kitten to Amarise. 


The kitten is crying out loud and only be silent after been lick by Amarise. Amarise clean up the baby. She start to eat the placenta. I help up to cut the cord with clean scissor. We document the scene with Joey's iphone. My cat-fancy friend Ash also there for support. Amarise start to show her motherhood and start to nursing the baby. 

After 10 minutes she starts her 3rd contraction. Her breath getting heavily. She purring and this time the larger sac is out. The 3rd kitten is out. The baby is bigger than the other. She clean the baby and put the baby together with the 1st and 2nd one. 


She start to clean herself..

Another 3 babies in the house..

I dont wanna tell you the whole story yet.. but see those pictures below.. then you know where they coming from... :) At the very beautiful Monday same day my bff 27th bdays they r coming out to see the world!

Ok let me introduce them one by one..

This is the first one. His name is Galliard. He is the smallest among the babies. He is brown mackerel tabby and white.. Not too noise. And always sleep (Yeaaahhh..Well baby always sleep!)

This Tuxedo little boy name Dance-Dance Oddisey. He is the 2nd biggest! And pretty vocal too!! Its Joey who delivered this babies. He kindda active and he got the milk first!

The last one which is the largest is a Silver Classic tabby girl. She is the biggest! the one who first open eyes in fornt of us.. We named her Dance - Dance Cotillion.

And Who's the mother?

I'll tell you guys how its happen latter and maybe some video perhaps? just wait and see~

And today is their 14th Day with us since they born..

ZZZzzzzZZZZ

Sleep and wake up and eat and nap and play and sleep and sleep and dream and sleep back and wake up and rooming around and nap and play and eat and sleep and sleep.. that is what they do all day. it can be anytime and anywhere day or night. They can sleep even in front their water bowl or under my coffee table, under my bed, in the toilet, in the car, you name it.

I believe they have a dream like we do too.. Dream about the kibbles, playing games, dream about playing chase or dream about grooming, boyfriend or girlfriend, or nightmare in the vet! Chika is a sleep walker.

He can sleep and walk few step and falls sleep again! Choco even mengigau, talking in her sleep! move her hand like trying to catch something then suddenly wake up and panting tired at the corner of my couch! I always witness this while watching TV! She must have been dreaming of chasing some flying can food!!

This schedule is no exaggeration. Cat sleep more than 18 hour per day! Active at night. Play around themself, investigating whatever mission, make a noise,eating, jump on top of your body when you are sleeping and puuuuring asking us to stroke them and sleep again like what TJ do at night. 

Who want to be woken by a cat to pour more kibbles in their food bowl? Dont train your cat to wake you up in the middle of night just to feed them. Train them to sleep at night and active on day. Train them on weekend. at least they wont bother you and wake you up at on weekday night.

Go to sleep Amarise!! or eat some at Chika or Choco bowl!! I promise to feed you with more kibbles tomorrow morning!! FIRST thing to do list!!

Night!