The Start Of A TNRM Programme In TTDI (a Sharing By Koo)

We thank Koo very much for sharing his experiences in initiating and carrying out a TNRM programme in his neighbourhood, and we hope more residents will start a similar programme in their respective neighbourhoods. We will definitely support with our neutering subsidy:�http://myanimalcare.org/subsidy/.

From:�TTDI Koo
Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Stray cat under my TNRM neighborhood project
To: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com>

Hi Dr Chan,

Firstly, thank you for your help in my TNRM neighborhood program.

Due to a reported outbreak of Feline Panleucopaenia in my
neighborhood, I had to proceed with caution because I didn’t want to
weaken any stray cats from neutering/spaying to the point that they
couldn’t fight the virus. A kitten which I rescued from my
neighborhood suddenly died on CNY eve and I suspect it was due to this
virus so I had to do a thorough sanatising of my home before I could
take in another cat/kitten.

Eventually, I started with a stray newcomer in my backlane. I noticed
him because he would meow very loudly when passing by my kitchen and
thus, I named him Opera. He was a male cat with a tail deformity, with
no collar and was observed eating scraps. When I managed to trap him
into my kitchen using wet cat food on 21 February 2013, I brought him
to the vet clinic on the next day and the vet found that he was
missing his front teeth despite his young age of less than 1 year old
and the vet believed that it was due to cat fights. He also had fleas
on his body. In addition, he had third eyelid problem which could be
due to birth defect, dehydration or virus. All these observations
confirms my belief that he’s definitely a stray.

He was Frontline-d and successfully neutered on 22 February 2013 and
on the advice of the vet, I kept him caged for five days for his
recovery before his release to my backlane on 28 February 2013. I
regularly feed him with dry cat food and fresh water in the morning
and evening to keep him close. Due to the virus outbreak, I trapped
him again on 9 March 2013 and brought him back to the vet clinic where
he was dewormed and vaccinated. He was kept for a day to recover
before releasing him back again. �I’m fully sponsoring the neutering,
deworming and vaccination of Opera.

The whole exercise was a good experience and I encountered a few small
problems for this first TNRM case which helped me to finetune my TNRM
plan. I will share my TNRM experience and plan with any interested
residents in my neighborhood but to make this work on a large-scale
throughout my neighborhood, I’ll emphasise that this can only be
successful on a shared responsibility where everybody contribute their
effort either in catching, fostering, transporting, sponsoring,
feeding, etc. The AGM of the Residents’ Association (RA) of my
neighborhood would be held next month and I’ll take the opportunity to
publicise my TNRM proposal which has already been endorsed by the RA
and hopefully, will get more resident volunteers to help out.

Attached are some pictures:
1.jpg: Caught and apprehensive at the vet clinic.
2.jpg: Calm while being checked by the vet before neutering.
3.jpg: The third eyelid problem which can be clearly seen here.
4.jpg: Brought back to the vet clinic to be dewormed and vaccinated.
5.jpg: Released back to my backlane after a day of cage rest.

Thank you again for your help, advice and guidance.

Best regards,

Koo

Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2013/03/11/the-start-of-a-tnrm-programme-in-ttdi-a-sharing-by-koo/

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