My Latest Pet

 

Taco sleeping soundly on the bed

Taco sleeping with me on the bed

Taco is the latest pet at home.  He is the only pet left at home.  At first, it was the children's idea to bring Taco home.  But now, it is like my pet.  I am taking care of Taco, bringing him to the vet alone too.  

Owning a pet is easy but to take good care of it is a huge responsibility.  I need to make sure he is safe under my care, otherwise I feel bad.  Yesterday at the vet, there were many pet owners with their pet at the vet.  We always see people with nice pet with them.  But at the vet, we see pet owners with ugly pet, something we don't get to see often in the media too.  I saw a woman with a bulldog, tongue dangling out of the mouth, half blind and badly diseased skin.  The woman and the dog seemed to have very good relationship.  The woman never abandon the pet despite the ugly look of the pet.  

Everyone brought their special breed of pets to the vet, mine is only a normal stray.  But a Malay couple was attracted to Taco, came close and said, "So cute".  Never mind that I have only a stray, at least I rescue him from the factory.  From a dirty hungry kitten, now a clean and ideal weight kitten.  The sibling Mochi and his mum have problems looking for food everyday.  Their living condition is very bad.  Taco was full of ticks and fleas when he came home initially.  After treatment done for him, he seldom scratch his body now.  All the fleas and ticks were gone. 

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Old Already

 

Taco at Singapore Cartons (27.2.2022), awaiting to go home

Taco (22.3.2022) in the carrier, waiting to go vet

Taco had an appointment with the vet at 4pm yesterday.  This is his first visit to the vet to get himself deworm and vaccinated. Taco was not even 1kg on the day he came to our home last month.  But yesterday, he was being weighed and his weight was 1.58kg!  He had grown so much!  Look at the photographs and you can see the difference in size.  

Yesterday I booked Gojek and the driver arrived.  He saw me with the kitten and he rejected me instantly.  Then I booked Grab.  The driver arrived, told me that they don't carry pets also.  But he said he would allow this time because "I see you so old" so he helped me.  I am so grateful that he was willing to take us.  He was a friendly and kind soul.  He told me that next time I need to call GrabPets, first time I heard of.  The last time I had Dora sent to the hospital was using Grab too.  That driver allowed us and sent us to the hospital.  So thankful to these drivers.  Last time (two to three years ago) when I sent Dora to the vet I always use Grab transport.  Nobody told me that pets were not allowed.  

After alighting me, he was still smiling, no wonder he got 5 star rating.  I will definitely give him a five stars too, and I did.  I told him too that I will give him 5 stars for helping me.  

Friendly and Kind Grab Driver

Last time when I took the cab, the driver will ask me "Are you Singaporean?" (2008).  Now I took the cab, "you are old mah" remarks I get.  When I go Giant, they also asked if I have senior citizen card.  The time I going to spend on this earth is getting shorter now.  I am left with at most 30 years to do what I want on earth, to do purposeful things on earth and then to leave this world without any regrets.  

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The New Baby

 

Picture of my hand petting Taco to sleep

Taco was so scared on the first day he arrived at our home.  We opened the carrier bag and he never moved at all.  We put food for him in the carrier bag and he did not eat either.  He will hissed if approached.  The children were scared and did not dare to touch him.  

At night, I wore a glove and carried him to sleep in a basket laid with towels.  He was sleepy and later on he fell asleep in the basket.  I put the basket beside my bed.  That night, I did not sleep well, tending to the new baby at home.  

The children feeding Taco with fish meal and milk

The next day Taco was doing rather well.  He started to eat and drink milk.  After about third time feeding of milk, Taco did not want milk anymore.  He did not like the milk that we fed.  Taco's appetite was good.  He ate a lot and we had to feed him four times a day.  

That was how small Taco was the second day he arrived at our home.

Taco was so small when he arrived at our home on 27.2.2022.  The photo above was taken the next day he was at home.  Taco drank little milk.  He prefers solid food.  

On the third day, Clara and I bathed Toca.  At the factory and also when he came home, our hand turned grey when petted him.  His nose was dirty too.  His fur felt rough before bathe.  After bathing him, his fur felt soft now and we often see bugs crawling on him.  He kept scratching himself.  

So I went to Pets' Station to buy Revolution for him.  After putting Revolution, the next day, so much ticks and fleas came out of the fur.  

Taco sleeping soundly as she was adapting very well to the home

Every day the little baby is adapting very well to the home and by the third day, he was able to sleep so soundly as shown in the picture above.  

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Taco Comes Home

 

Taco and his mum at Singapore Cartons

That was the first time I met Taco, on 26 February 2022.  On that day, we tried to find the kittens but was unsuccessful.  After a prayer, the mother cat came to call me.  She led me to the kittens!  And that was how the children and me saw the mother cat and the kittens.  

We wanted to bring home the two kittens.  There was an opportune time when I was able to capture them.  They were in the palette.  I caught hold of Taco, the ginger cat.  Then Taco meowed so loudly and fiercely that I released him.  If I did not release him at that moment, I would have brought him home on that day.  

Taco in the carrier bag

The children were sad that we went home on 26 Feb empty handed.  But fortunately on the next day we managed to bring home Taco.  It was so hard to capture the kittens.  They were able to run and hide very well.  Then the company got so many palette and they hide too deep into the palette that's why no one can catch them.  The children had to lure the cats out using food.  

We put Taco in the yellow carrier bag with roller.  But during transportation, the children put the bag on their lab and watched him while in the car.  I was sitting in the front of the car and I was not able to look at how Taco was doing.  

The car owner's sister happens to be a Catholic too.  The reason why we were taking his car was because there was no Grab or Gojek vehicles that were willing to come Gul Crescent on that day.  I kept calling for them but to no avail.  Then my mum and I walked to this colleague of her, she told him that we would pay him and he was so kind to accept the offer.  

I was sitting at the front seat of the car, and that was what I saw. 

I thought we must thank St Anthony and Mother Mary for what we had got for the day.  

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