Bye to Yochi and Hello Lychi

We really gave up. Yochi peed so much in the service yard the last few days that I had to mop instead of just using the usual tissue and wet wipes. Not only the service yard, but the whole house reeked of urine. Even the cleaning helper said that our service yard stinks. Sob. 

There are times that Mochi and Yochi exist in harmony or we found only droplets of pee in the service yard that I thought maybe there is hope. My dreams burst as quickly as they are formed. The next moment, Yochi would be attacking Mochi or I will be on my 4s, cleaning up pee in the service yard or somewhere in the house.

I will be going to Tokyo for business trip from 2 to 4 June. When we have decided to give up, we already told the fosterer (JJ), who was sympathetic since we had already tried for a significant period of time. I told her that we can keep Yochi for a while more but when the business trip is firmed, we know that we had to send Yochi away before I leave. 

I asked the fosterer if coming Wed works; she was willing to take Yochi back this afternoon. This morning, we told the kids, who all said their goodbye. I thought Yochi was behaving weirdly the whole morning. He kept meowing in an unusual way. I think he knows. Sob. 

It was easier to get Yochi into the carrier than Mochi. Mochi starts running and hiding the moment he sees us with the carrier. Yochi kept meowing the entire car ride. Sorry! But he still had the appetite to have a cat treat. 

My SIL bought the cat treat from Korea. After Yochi devoured the treats, then I realised that it is for dog? Both the Chis enjoyed the treats very much anyhow. Dog or cat doesn’t matter, so long it is treats. Haha.

Luckily, JJ’s place is only 15 mins drive away. Yochi was meowing so pitifully throughout, excepting when snacking. 

JJ continued to have many other cats at home. Yochi would be confined in a cage for the next few days. Yochi was super pissed, he was hissing and growling in the cage. JJ was so surprised bcos he was a meek cat just 3 over months ago. I duno what we did to him to make him a different cat. JJ also commented that Yochi has put on weight. That I know, he is so food motivated at our place. 

We talked about our experience and frustration and told JJ how sorry we are to have to give up on Yochi. JJ then asked if we are ready to adopt another cat. What? I actually thought and toyed with that idea but also badly bitten by Yochi’s experience. JJ said that she has these 2 orange cats fostered for 2 months from a shipyard. 

They are a boy and girl. The siblings are not close though.  The boy is a lot more playful. She would be happy if we can keen to take both. What!?

We thought for a while, and decided to try. So ya, we sub an Orange cat or another Orange cat. Yochi no. 2 will be called Lychi. Hoho. I really hope that he will live in harmony with Mochi and most importantly, pee in the litter box. 

Mummy Lim

Giving Up on Yochi

It had been more than a week since Yochi is on Clomipramine and we had been confining him to the service yard at nights and when we are away at work or school. This means that he sometimes could be confined for really long hours. 

Each morning and evening, we still unfortunately wake up to a pee-mess service yard. Not only does he peed outside of the litter box, he stepped on his pee and then walked all over the service yard. If we let him out of the service yard at the wrong time, we can see pee paw prints in the kitchen as he walked out of the service yard. Haiz. I had been cleaning the service yard and chasing after pee paw prints at least 2 times a day.

The pee mess can also come in the form of droplets. I am now suspicious of all weird looking droplets and liquid at home. I do find these droplets everywhere except for the bedrooms (thankfully) where Yochi is not allowed most time.

We have updated Dr Tay, who commented that Yochi seems to be really strong willed. He has suggested that we add on a night dose of medication and further confine Yochi to a smaller space like a playpen or cage, so that Mochi can exert dominance. That would be so sad and I can already imagine Yochi’s insistent meowing. 

I read that maybe the same confined space, aka the service yard, is giving him stress and changing a different confined space would help. We moved him to the balcony to try for 2 nights when it didn’t rain. The 1st morning was encouraging with a few random droplets but we woke up to pee and vomit in the 2nd morning. Not only did we ended up with a massive balcony cleanup, we also found pee on the sofa and behind the sofa after we let him out. Zzzzzzz.

This morning, in the short span of time that he was let out and Daddy Lim preparing bfast, Yochi peed in the pee pad, and beside the litter box in the living room. This is on top of the mess that he had already created in the service yard. 

I also found pee outside Zaky’s door later. 

I wanted to find a reason for Yochi. Maybe it is not him but Mochi creating the mess and we are accusing the wrong cat? Hmmm… we have only caught Yochi in the act once but I don’t think it is Mochi. 

This morning, I texted Dr Tay again, sending him pictures, including this one with drips of pee that look blood stained. Maybe it is UTI? 

I duno which is the greater evil - Yochi to have UTI or pure behavioural issues.

Dr Tay looked at the various pictures and said that it is all pee. It is both exerting territorial claims as well as protesting, especially if he pees outside the litter box. Is there blood in the pee? Dr Tay said that it is darker urine but no blood.

He also asked if Yochi is still chasing Mochi. Of course! Unless Yochi is drugged and sleepy/ drowsy, else he is still does that a few times a day when somebody is home and let them both out. 

I have updated the fosterer and told her that we are giving up. The aggression issue can still be managed by segregation and reintroduction on a slower basis. We simply can’t handle the peeing issue. Bcos we are worried that Yochi would pee at places that he isn’t supposed to, we didn’t dare to let him roam the house while confining Mochi while we are out. We used to do that to give Yochi more time to roam. Things seem to have gotten worse in the last 2 days and Yochi has started peeing at random places, seemingly to mark territory. All the more, we felt compelled to confine him in the service yard. Sob. 

This week is the end of 12 weeks that Yochi has been with us. He will still be very affectionate but we are enjoying him less and less as the confinement increases. The fosterer said that she understands and didn’t mind taking Yochi back, since we have tried for a significant period of time. I offered to keep Yochi for a while more, if needed, so that she has time to find another fosterer or adopter. I don’t mind coordinate visit with potential adopters too. 

I think the deadline would really be my next business travel. I think that means early June. I think Yochi would be left to a filthy service yard for as long as I am away for business trip. 

Mummy Lim

The Chis

Yochi has been with us for 9 weeks. Everytime when I am away, I will hear about how bad he had bullied Mochi or peed outside the litter box or vomited. I got discouraged and would think that things wouldn’t work. Then things will get better and we decided to try a bit more. This has been the situation for the past 9 weeks, the ups and the downs. 

Then, Yochi started getting bald spots at the back shoulder, an area that he wouldn’t be able to lick. We really cannot tell what caused it. The timelines as follows: 

21 Feb - we got Yochi

7 Mar - we brought him to vet for 2nd vaccination jab

29 Mar - spotted a small spot that was balding on his left upper shoulder, Nana and I showered him and gave him evolution and the spot got bigger. One spot became 2 and then they combined to become 1 big patch

This was the original spot. The location is one that he couldn’t reach and thus unlikely to be excessive grooming.

The spot grew. It wasn’t sore or angry, just literally a bald spot. 

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At this point, the 2nd bald spot was starting to form beside it.

Then the 2 spots combined. Zzzzz…

I actually made an appointment to bring him to the vet already. I was worried that the bald spot would keep growing and he would become botak. Yochi also vomits very frequently, like once very few days. We haven’t seen him vomit but would find patches of dried vomit, that appear more like dried patches of liquid. When we tried to clean up, there was a lot of fur.

I had been procrastinating bcos the last time Yochi came back from the vet, he turned very aggressive towards Mochi. Ya, vet visits are very stressful. I consulted Yochi’s fosterer, who also suggested that we do home remedy and self treatment instead of sending to the vet for the time being. She also suggested that we tried to comb him more, so that he doesn’t digest too much fur. We did that for both Chis and had fur flying everywhere in the house. Lol. 

This morning, I thought that fur was starting to grow back in the 1st spot and we haven’t found new vomits. I canceled the vet appointment. But ah, did I see a new spot appearing above the current big bald patch? Why ah? 

Yochi is still bullying Mochi and I saw Mochi trying to fight back at times. There are also occasions that they exist in harmony. This morning, I found them both in the balcony, looking at the bird in our neighbours balcony. It all depends on whether Yochi instigates an attack. Poor Mochi. The only good thing is that Mochi now has no time to over groom himself and no new bald spots. 

Yochi can be very cute too. He is so affectionate and would jump up the sofa just to lie next to the human. Haiz, pls live in harmony. 

Mummy Lim

Yochi Starting Week 6

Yochi has been with us for 5 weeks. He is still very hungry, very loud, very noisy and bullying Mochi. I do think that he bullies Mochi less now. He growls and hisses less and the number of times that he chased after Mochi in a day also reduces. Yochi doesn’t jump as high as Mochi, so when. Yochi is in his fight mode, Mochi takes refuge on his hammock or on the fridge. Otherwise, underneath the sofa, where it can only fit 1 cat. 

Each time we see the 2 cats in the same vicinity, we do a little yippy dance in celebration. 

I suspect that Yochi bullies Mochi less when we are not home. We have started not to “cage” Yochi in the service yard when we are home and at night. Nana sometimes takes one of the cats in her room at night, depending on how tired she is. Each morning and time that we are home, the cats look fine, not bloodied and very much alive. Yday morning, I opened my bedroom room door to the 2 of them meowing (harmoniously with each other) at me for bfast. No fights, no bullying. 

We also realised that Yochi turns aggressive on Mochi shortly after meal. I am thinking if he is guarding his food and have started to feed them further apart. It seems to help. 

Nana says that Yochi is very smelly. I don’t know if Yochi ever had a shower. Nana and I dragged Yochi for a shower yday afternoon. He was very vocal in expressing his displeasure. When we opened the bathroom door, Mochi was there, trying to see what was happening. #busybody.

Yochi wasn’t happy about the shower and showed his anger on Mochi. Poor Mochi! 

We had dinner with my brother’s family. They wanted to visit the Chis. 

Our rare family picture with the 2 uncooperative cats.

Mochi has always been the scardy cat. With so many people and Yochi chasing after him, we kept him in the room, hoping that he doesn’t get traumatised. Yochi was a lot braver and was happily eating snacks and chasing toy.

I hope Yochi doesn’t become too aggressive after the traumatic shower and the family visit. There is also the aircon servicing taking place tomorrow. I am already worried for Mochi.

The fosterer had been kept updated. She doesn’t chased us to make decisions on Yochi. She thinks very highly of the Chis and that they would be great friends soon, head butting and all. Good ah, we need the optimism. Haha. 

Mummy Lim

Week 3 with Yochi

This is actually the start of week 4. Both cats are still alive. 

I was almost giving up last week bcos Yochi was so aggressive towards Mochi after his vaccination. I had hope that his aggressiveness would simmer off. He did, but Yochi still doesn’t love Mochi. 

Yochi still sleeps in the service yard most nights but managed to jail break on 2 mornings, when we didn’t close the service yard door properly. I was shocked on those 2 mornings to hear Yochi meowed so loudly outside our door for bfast. Otherwise, Nana adopts him on some nights. 

While the attacks are less frequent as compared to the day after his vaccination, it is still a few times a day. Mochi has learnt to “fight back” by trying to gently paw (or pretend to try to paw) and hissed (once) at Yochi but he is definitely no match. Mochi just usually runs away and Yochi will give chase. We lost count of the times that we had to stop/ block Yochi from chasing and attacking Mochi. Mochi didn’t seem to be hurt but he always looks so pathetic. Our heart aches for our resident cat. I lost count of the times that Yochi force Mochi to a corner and Mochi was just sitting that helplessly while waiting for us to save him.

Yochi is so affectionate with humans. Nana says that Moxhi will sleep at her feet but Yochi will sleep everywhere on her bed and on her. He just simply doesn’t like Mochi.

We let Yochi out of the service yard when we are home but I would usually either stay in the same place as them so that I can keep an eye on them or keep one of them in the room to save the trouble. 

I was working from home on Monday and both cats were roaming in the house. They don’t fight when it is meal time or for most part of the day bcos they are both sleeping somewhere. The fighting problem usually happen in the morning and evening after meals. Oh ya, Yochi eats so much more than Mochi but is still so lean. Anyhow, he is always meowing for food. 

Mochi seems to have accepted the fact that Yochi is the alpha male and many times tiptoe past him. That is so sad! He doesn’t provoke Yochi as much now (I think) but Yochi still 看它不顺眼 from time to time and will decide to attack Mochi for no reason. 

There had been occasions that I came home to both cats roaming in the house. Apparently somebody had decided that they have turned good friends and no longer fight. Or they simply forget. On those occasions, they are left alone for a few hours. I duno if Mochi was bullied then or maybe Yochi will only turn aggressive on Mochi when there are humans around. 

I duno how long we still can cage Yochi. He is always so vocal when we lock him that we were afraid that we would disturb the neighbours. Haiz, when does it take for them to live in harmony? 

I already stopped Yochi from chasing Mochi 2x this morning. Zzzzzz.

Mummy Lim

Week 2 with Yochi

I wasn’t home for 3 days out of the week but I supposed all were managed well. 

The cats are still segregated during the nights and when we are not home. Yochi continues to be kept in the service yard while Mochi gets to roam the house. Yochi gets to get out when we are around and sometimes we keep Mochi in one of the rooms so that Yochi can roam freely. 

Probably bcos we had originally kept Yochi in Nana’s room, he has a preference for her room. When we let him out, it is no surprise to find him napping in Nana’s room. The litter box issue seems to have resolved. Fingers crossed. 

Yochi still doesn’t like Mochi. They had existed in peace during meal time and once or twice during naps. Otherwise, they tend to be at different parts of the house. Yochi would growl (less hissing now) and paw at Mochi when Mochi gets too close. Then Mochi will purposely go and disturb Yochi. I would like to think that Mochi wants to make friends and do think that we need a 2nd cat, just that I duno if it is Yochi. 

Yochi also didn’t quite like the service yard. When we are home, he would meow for us to let him out. On Thursday night, Nana kept him in her room and there was no pee incidents. Still, I get anxious to allow him to do that. I don’t want to hunt and clean pee. 

Yochi was due for his vaccination booster. We willingly took on the responsibility and cost (reasonably at $52). We visited the Gaia clinic near to our place and the experience was quite pleasant for the humans. Yochi didn’t agree. He started meowing the moment we got him into the carrier and was very vocal on the way and at the clinic. 

Then he tried to escape in the examination room and table. Yochi is about 4.3kg and has no major issues upon physical examination. If it had been Mochi, Mochi would probably just freeze there throughout. Haha. 

Yochi was glad to be home and slept a lot for the rest of the evening. We had a peaceful evening, with the 2 “chis” napping in 2 different parts of the house. 

This morning, I was awoken by Yochi’s meowing. He is always so vocal and loud. Daddy Lim was getting ready for work and said that Yochi was being aggressive to Mochi and chased him around the house. I am wondering if it is the vaccination. Yochi also vomited a little. Then, I had to stop Yochi 2x from attacking and chasing Mochi. The last time was so bad; Mochi’s fur was flying and Yochi was really attacking and chasing Mochi. He was growling at Mochi, even when Mochi was hiding behind the curtain. Poor Mochi! Luckily Mochi wasn’t hurt. 

I had to separate them and kept Yochi in Nana’s room and then back in the service yard when I left for church. Zaky was the last one to leave the house and we told him not to let Yochi out. Zaky said that Yochi was meowing so insistently and loudly. 

Daddy Lim and I are indeed a little giving up. JJ, his fosterer had been kept updated. We are still trying and hoping that his aggressive behaviour this morning was due to the travel to the clinic and vaccination. Yochi is so snuggly with humans. He would come and sleep at our legs but he doesn’t like Mochi. Sob. 

I read that the integration can sometimes take weeks and even months. JJ is very kind to allow us to try for as long as needed. The vet whom Yochi saw wasn’t very “encouraging”. She said that with them both being male and so closed in age, Yochi may want to be the alfa male and thus the aggressive behaviour. She said that Yochi may be more suited to be the only cat. Sob. While we are keen to try, we should also remember and consider Mochi. 

Ok, ok. Maybe 1 more week and see how it goes. 

Mummy Lim

Yochi, 1st Week

Yochi has been with us for a week! Both cats are still alive. Hoho. 

Yochi did a really bad thing on the 4th night that he was in Nana’s room - he peed on Nana’s bed. Arrrrrgggghhh. Thankfully I had the cleaning auntie coming and I was working from home. Nana’s bedsheet was changed, I sprayed whenever chemical I could and her room was extensively aired to hopefully remove whatever lingering cat pee smell. That was also my last straw. 

While I busied myself with work in the morning, I had to keep Yochi in the tiny playpen. Yoshi wasn’t pleased and meowed in protest. He also got upset when Mochi lingered around the playpen and I had to keep the playpen in Nana’s room. Interestingly, he used the litter box in the playpen.

JJ was updated and I was almost ready to give Yochi back. I cannot handle worrying about Yochi anyhow peeing, then hunting for pee and cleaning up. Cats are supposed to use the litter box. I had decided to give Yochi a final chance but in a way that I could also keep my sanity - I moved him to the service yard. It was indeed very sad to be kept in a tiny playpen.

To make sure that Yochi is comfortable, I sacrifice my lunch time and lugged the shelf that was in the service yard to the balcony, and moved the cat condo in the balcony to the service yard. His litter box was also moved in, along with one of the scratch box. Yochi is the most comfortable in Nana’s room and always meow in protest, whenever we moved him. Can you see him? He was hiding in the scratch box. 

The day went well and it seemed like this is a good arrangement. They sometimes see each other, smelled each other and nicely separated by the glass door. Yochi also nicely used his litter box.

The last few days went well too. Yochi continue to use his litter box. It was a little troublesome when doing laundry but this is much better than having to worry that he would anyhow pee and that we had to hunt and clean pee. 

When we are home, we would let Yochi out. If we don’t, he would meow until we do. Yochi loves Nana’s room and would usually find him on her bed or chair. Both, where he left his “mark”. Zzzz…

The cats reside nicely during feeding time. We sometimes find them eating each other’s food, which is the same. 

Many times, Mochi would try to sneak/ crept up to Yochi, who would hiss and growl in retaliation. Mochi would keep trying until Yochi would attack/ paw him away. Poor Mochi! 

The other time that I found them exist in harmony is nap time. Yochi was napping on Nana’s bed and in his half awake state, Mochi jumped onto the bed too, without much reaction from Yochi. 

Where is Nana? Her bed has been taken and she took the floor.

Most times, Yochi still look like he hates Mochi. Mochi does look like he wanted to get close to Yochi, or maybe he is just bent on disturbing Yochi. I think Mochi wants a friend. 

We have kept JJ updated and had asked for a longer trial period, hoping that Mochi and Yochi can get along well. We would probably keep Yochi for another week or 2 before deciding if we could keep him permanently. Yochi reacts very well with humans. I am just worried that he doesn’t like other cats and is better suited to be in a single cat household.

Mummy Lim

Yochi, Day 1 to 4

Orange was called Orange bcos he is Orange. We had been debating over a new name for him. The kids are fond of calling him Ron, Fred or George (Weasley). But we all know of a Ron, Fred, George (or multiples of them) in life and it is so weird to name a pet that. “Hey Ron, my cat is called Ron too!”

There were so many ideas and we couldn’t agree on one until Nana suggested “Yochi”, which is supposed to be some Aussie yoghurt brand. That doesn’t matter but what is important is that “Yochi” rhymes with “Mochi”. 

Yochi has been with us for 4 days. On day 1, Nana volunteered to keep him in her room. He slept on her bed and was a quiet cat at night, unlike Mochi. Mochi only sleeps in Nana’s room occasionally, when she isn’t too tired bcos Mochi will meow at unearthly hours, to be let out of the room. 

Yochi ate well. 

I hope he is drinking too; it is harder to track the water bowl. 

The 2 cats are segregated. Mochi was very wary on day 1 but could smell the new cat. 

We told JJ that we would fully mesh up the metal gate and she suggested that we do something to the big gap in the balcony too. She warned that when there is a new cat, sometimes, even the resident cat will try to escape. We heeded her advice and went to several places to try to find the cat mesh. #backache

I duno how sturdy the mesh at the balcony is but Mochi normally will not attempt to squeeze when he sees an obstacle. I hope he remains this way and Yochi too. 

On Sunday morning (day 2), Yochi peed in the litter box. Hooray! Not long after the celebration, he pooped outside and beside the litter box. Zzzzz… I hope he is not trying to mark his territory. If he continues to do that, it will be a series of CSI that we needed to do and I am not looking forward. Is the box too small? Does he not like the litter? Is he sick? Is he stress? JJ says that Yochi is using the litter box ok previously but she has huge litter bins at home. Yochi continued to stay and sleep in Nana’s room on Sunday. 

On Monday (day 3), Nana’s room has become so stinky. The litter has a strong soya bean smell and Yochi is not sweet smelling either. Her window and door are shut tightly and this cannot go on much longer. I decided to move Yochi to our room instead and aired Nana’s room as much as possible. It helped so much. 

When I was home yday evening, Nana has taken Yochi to her room and our room was so super stinko. I removed the litter box, which was dry and empty and tried to air our room before bed. We also tried to let the 2 cats meet. Yochi kept hissing at Mochi and then growl at him. Mochi was wary at 1st but later was just very chilled. So proud of Mochi. 

Unfortunately, even after a couple of hours, our room smelled really bad. Daddy Lim and I guessed that Yochi may have peed somewhere in the room. Zzzzzz. 

We were really on our 4s, sniffing away and trying to see if Yochi had peed in the room. He did. Zzzzzz.. right at the corner, next to our bed, on Daddy Lim’s side. The stink was so bed. We cleaned and sprayed Dettol and opened the windows wide for the entire night.

Yochi was back in Nana’s room on Tuesday (day 4). He peed and pooped once in the litter box in the morning. I was very worried about his peeing problem the entire day. My biggest worry is that he would pee on the mattress. Can cry.

In the evening, we found some pee on the floor beside the litter box again. The litter box was empty and dry. We took Yochi out of Nana’s room so that we could open the window and air her room. Yochi was roaming in the house and he doesn’t like Mochi. He would hiss and growl at Mochi when Mochi goes near him. Mochi was very chill and simply walked away. 

Yochi again spent the night with Nana. 

Mummy Lim

Looking for a 2nd Cat

We have Mochi for coming to 3.5 years. He has moved 3 homes with us. In the last 2 years, he has spent many long days alone at home while we were in school and work. Even when we are home, he rarely “disturbs” us, only meowing when he needed attention. 

I duno if he is lonely or if he needs a companion but I read that some cats are perfectly happy on their own. Then in the last 2 years, we saw that there are many occasions where he overgroomed himself, resulting in painful looking sore spots. We once brought him to the vet and it wasn’t skin issues. If it is allergies, we have no idea to what since the bald spots will appear randomly. 

We guess it could boredom. He is afterall alone at home most of the time. Ooooo… Mochi has such a cute face.

We started toying with the idea of a second cat. Actually, I think Daddy Lim and the kids would love to have a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th… cat anytime. I probably am the one who holds the final decision bcos I am the 铲屎官. 

The journey to get a 2nd cat is so tough. I didn’t know that it would be so tough bcos getting Mochi wasn’t difficult. We got Mochi from SPCA and thought that we should adopt the 2nd one too, to give the rescued and strays a 2nd chance. We had originally thought of a kitten but had been convinced that our house is not cat proofed enough for a kitten. We thought of a young adult cat (like 1 yo) and had been browsing SPCA website and following different cat rescue groups on social media. 

SPCA may have kittens once in a while but mainly older cats or cats with special needs. We didn’t find one from SPCA. We reached out to different groups on social media, visit their adoption drives and encountered so much frustration in the process. 

These groups often advocate adoption to give these cats a 2nd chance but have such stringent criteria, and we fall short. Our bedroom and toilet windows are not meshed. Our grilles at the balcony are 2 inches wide and that is too wide. We need to fully mesh up our metal gate. I get it that they are trying to keep the cats safe. The mere fact that Mochi has been with us for the past 3 years and perfectly alive is not good enough for them. Even after I took pictures of our balcony and showed how impossible it is for Mochi to squeeze through the balcony grilles, they are not convinced/ satisfied.

Now, why do people buy cats instead of adopt? What a mockery. 

I almost give up after asking, leaving my contact, sending videos of our place and waiting patiently (or try to) for the organisations to reply bcos they are volunteers. It was tough. 

Thankfully for FB, who is eavesdropping and snooping in the background and knew that we are trying to adopt and similar news feed popped up. I saw this cat rescuer JJ and that she is fostering one of the rescue cats, Orange and to help him look for a forever home. 

I reached out and she responded. Yay! While she asked the standard set of questions, she was much more reasonable. Orange is a ginger cat, stray, about 2 yo and sterilised. His feeder rescued him from the streets bcos he was bullied. Daddy Lim and I visited Orange at JJ’s place before CNY. Ginger cats are supposed to be very affectionate and we are hoping to have a lap cat next.

JJ is like SS, Mochi’s sitter. JJ has over 10 cats of her own. She adopted them when she couldn’t find them a forever home and the number grew along the years. In addition, she helped to foster cats, giving them a temporary home meanwhile. Orange was just with her for a couple of days when we visited. He was very shy and scared and voluntarily caged himself, hiding from the many other cats that JJ has. 

We didn’t get much of a chance to interact with Orange bcos he was constantly hiding in the cage and we were also very distracted by JJ’s multiple other cats. Is Orange a typical cat that Daddy Lim would like? No. Orange has a sharp face and no tail. Daddy Lim loves Mochi for his cute rounded face and long tail. Orange has an unfair advantage simply bcos he is a ginger. 

JJ has offered a home trial. She is opened to a 2-week period but willing to do longer, understanding that it would take longer to integrate 2 adult cats. As we were in Cebu over CNY, we agreed to start the home trial last Saturday, after CNY. 

We are going to have a new cat! 

Mummy Lim