Cyza Sector

Introducing Lola, our family (pet member). She, we believed is a teenager, maybe adolescent. She joined the family in December, last year. That means she has been with us nearly 2 months. She’s a gorgeous, tender and good cat.

Where was Lola from?

We don’t know. She just appeared in front of our house in December and decided to stay at our house! That’s kind of weird but the kids love her. I like cats, so I let her stay.

Where does she sleep?

We don’t allow her to sleep in the house. We prepared a nice box covered with cloth for Lola to sleep and relax at the porch. She knows it is her place. However, sometimes, If we forgot, she took the opportunity to sleep in the the house which is warmer and peaceful from the male gangster cat who always patrol in front and behind of our house.

What does she eat?

I bought cheap cat food and feed Lola with it. It cost me RM9 per kg.

Where has she been yesterday?

Seriously, none of us know where she has been yesterday the whole day and night. Normally, she’ll be around us and let herself bullied by Alya! But, she wasn’t around yesterday.

What had possibly happened?

Today, at about 9am, I found Lola under our white Proton Exora. She seems very weak and barely moved. She meow…meow…meow…weakly. We checked her out and saw that she was badly hurt on her right back leg, possibly bitten or scratched fiercely by other cat or/and self defending herself from being forcde to make love (or raped) by the male gangster cat (I presumed). She could not walk properly. We felt sorry for her. We fed her and put her nicely on her box for her to relaxed.

My other half applied “minyak gamat” on her injured leg. Lola did not react that much. She kind of understand that we want to treat her and want her to be back up on her feet again.

What happen after few hours?

She’s back missing! We don’t know where she went. She’s badly injured cannot walk properly, yet she still want to go for window shopping!

We just hope she’s safe…and will return home in one piece.

I decided to cancel my trip to Kuala Trengganu yesterday, fearing the flood might trap us somewhere along the way there. So, now, we are at home. Since our maid is on her break, I have to stay home and take care of the Alya, my youngest daughter. It’s not bad at all staying alone with Alya. We did some interesting activities…

1. Play and feed the cats in front and behind our house. We brought the front cat behind our house and they fought with each other… haha..

2. Sweep the porch.

3. Collected the dry clothes from our porch. It almost rain but it didn’t.

4. Fed her with some junk food of her choice. She ate a little only. Not much.

Well, that’s about it… The things that we did not do together:

Alya: She watches the cartoon channel.

Cyza: I do my work.

Do you love cats? I do. What cats do you have? Do you have a Persian cat? Or do you own a Siamese cat? Or just ordinary plain species of cat. One thing for sure is my in laws love cats so much. The entire family love those cats. There are a lots gorgeous cats taken care by them. My mother in law is the chief of cat department. She manages the department from her home in Kuantan. There are 5 Persian cats under her supervision and she’s handling them with the assistance of the other family members.

As an amateur reporter, I interviewed her about her Persian cats maintenance costs. Following are the gist of the interview:

1. Cat Food

5 cats require 7 kg of vetmaster/month (Vetmaster is a food brand that she used to feed the cat. It’s just like Friskies and Whiskas, but it is cheaper and contain less nutritions compared to those branded cat food). The cost of vetmaster is RM10 per kg. She buys the food at the local vet clinic in Kuantan. The cat food container cost between RM10-15 per piece.

For a baby persian cat, she will spend RM35 per kg Friskees which has complete nutritions and easily digestable for growing up kittens. If the kitten’s mum milk is not enough, she have to buy additional specially formulated milk which cost RM30 per can.

 Cats heaven!!!

2. Cat Shampoo

Normal shampoo for healthy cat will cost RM15/bottle. Bath frequency is once week per cat and the shampoo can last for 2 to 3 months. For Persian cat with ringworm problem, a special medicated shampoo is required which cost about Rm30/bottle. The special shampoo must be applied until the Persian cat is free from ringworm.

3. Medication

Like us, Persian cat also require vaccine. The vaccine is injected around the butt area. The cost for one jab is RM 20 per cat and it is applied when it reaches 2 months old. A subsequent jab is carried out after 1 month and after that, it will need will annual vaccination to be perfectly healthy which cost RM20 per vaccine injection.

When the Persian cat experience high fever, it must be given an antibiotic injection which cost RM10 per cat. If the Persian cat has fleas, a special injection to treat it cost RM20 per cat for a duration of 3 months. The Persian cat also needs consistent eye drop medication to ensure its eyes are OK and that cost RM10 for a duration of 3 months which is applied once a week.

When the Persian cat is attacked with ringworm, besides the special shampoo, a special anti ringworm injection is required. It will cost RM15 per week and the jab is continuously applied until the Persian cat recovers. Another one is the “Ubat Cacing” which cost RM5 per cat per month.

Persian cat also need to be given vitamins for various reasons which include as appetizer and to maintain the healthiness of its fur. The cost are RM6 for a duration of 3 months (applied once a week) and RM8 every 3 months, respectively.

4. Cat Sex Fertility, production

If a male Persian cat need to be circumcision, it will cost about RM60 per cat. For a female Persian cat, to remove it’s uterus, it will cost RM180. To barren or sterile the female Persian cat, the cost is RM20 per cat per 6 months. These activities are mainly applied if we want to control the Persian cat production.

If a pregnant Persian cat experienced a late delivery, an injection need to be done to speed up the birth and to reduce the pain. If there is complication, then an operation (caeserian) must be performed and it cost about RM400 (luckily there is an interest free installment plan for it).

5. Cat Bungalow House Cage

A small simple cage will cost about RM60/piece while a bigger one will cost more than RM250 ++.

Small cat cage

6. Others

A Persian cat needs sand to poop and the sand cost RM 12/kg. The hair or fur of the Persian cat need to be combed. The comb cost about RM30 per piece and can be used for all Persian cats. If my mother in law and the entire family is away for a trip, it is impossible to bring along all 5 cats. So, she’ll temporarily leave the cats at a pet shop or clinic. The pet shop or clinic will take care of the cat and charge RM10 per cat per day. So, if there are 5 cats, it will cost RM50 per day.

For a 2 month old Persian kitten, the value is about RM500-600. For a Persian cat which is more than 6 months old, the starting value is from RM800 ++. Other places may have different price range of a Persian cat. It is really expensive to buy a Persian cat and also very costly to maintain one.

TOTAL COST to maintain a Persian Cat:

A lot!!!! As I’m writing this entry, I’m already confused with all the dollar and cost of maintaining this cat because there are simply to much of things to take care. I love the cat but I’m not willing to take care of one. Well, I’ll just settle with stray cats!

What about stray cats?….

$0.00. No cost. Maintenance Free. Very easy to handle. In fact the easiest type of cat species to be handled. You don’t have to take care of them. They’ll take care of themself. You just give them whaever waste food you have and they’ll be very happy to consume it.

So, now you choose which cat to pick as your favourite pet?

Siamese Cat

Stray Cat