News Update

Koo-Ching is back! After being gone for about 24 hours, we found her at a neighbour's patio, hidden behind some shrubs and resting nicely on an old cushion (I'm guessing the neighbours won't be using it anymore).

Her unmistakable meow caught our attention and we managed to coax her out through the fence. We brought her back home, gave her a bowl of food, a thorough bath and her medication. Poor little thing was so hungry that she practically growled as she ate.

Since then she's been out and about, exploring away but always comes back. Today she was away from the house a bit longer most likely because we had the gardener around to cut the grass and it freaked her out. But she later made her way home.

She's nicely gaining weight - in fact, she's getting rather plump - and her right eye certainly looks much better than when we first found her. However, her left eye still looks as bad as ever. We're hoping that it's just taking a bit longer to get better because her immune system is so weak since her body was so undernourished to begin with.

The boys are happily playing with her, although Harun and Thomas still stay away from her. We figured they can sniff out a sick cat and instinctively distance themselves so they don't get sick too. Actually, the cats' reaction to Koo-Ching is rather interesting. Although Harun won't have anything to do with her, he's not openly hostile and behaves in pretty much the same way he normally does. Thomas, on the other hand, not only makes known his disapproval of her, he also seems to seek more attention from us.

Whatever it is, I'm sure we'll reach a Cat Equilibrium soon. Thomas will eventually get used to having Koo-Ching around.