Helping a Friend who had a Problem

As you all know, our human has made a number of friends, bipeds, quadrupeds including tripawds on daily morning walks.

This gentle friendly black male stray dog accompany certain hikers including our human almost daily. 

It was not as active as before and was not seen on some days.

And when it appeared, our human noticed that it moved slower and had something on its rump. On closer inspection, it looked like some skin infection.

A photo was quickly taken and sent to our human late kitties' vet (yes, we still keep in contact through whatsapp) explaining the situation and that we do what we can for that stray. A certain medication was recommended.

It was not easy as our human's jalopy could not possibly survive the 30km to the vet clinic and so had to order the medication from the nearest pet shop.

Other problems was guessing the stray's weight to order the right dosage and how to make it take the medication. While at the shop, our human suddenly had a brainwave and bought several sachets of delicious wet dog food.

Medication was mixed with the wet dog food in a plate and then given.

It did not eat immediately. Our human left and hoped that it would eat when it wanted.

More than a month passed and when our human saw that stray again, its rump was clear. (Those specks at the rump were sand.)

Happy, a thankful message was immediately sent to the vet for the free consultation.

Lately, the stray came and 'nosed' our human to ask for pets which our human gladly gave.

Silent Secret Support

Few mornings ago our human was lucky to meet this beautiful creature during the usual walk and stayed with it.

Our human was happy that no hiker was in sight during that time and waited to see where it wanted to go.

It crossed the path to the opposite side and tried to climb up which is a normal step for humans but a monumental climb for a tortoise.

To help its climb and not to frighten the tortoise from retracting into its shell, our human gently placed two fingers at the bottom of its shell to prevent it from falling down.

Our human stood silently urging and encouraging its efforts; and only left after seeing it moving out of sight into the thick undergrowth.

Sun Worshipper!

Our human heard a slight rustling movement in front and stopped immediately. Looking around, it was not easy to see as the early morning sun shone through the trees creating bright and dim patches on the path with fallen dead leaves of different colours.

Then, directly three feet in front was a small sun puddle with a reasonably-sized skink enjoying the warmth of the sun.

Our human took its picture with the cellphone.

That skink took a while to sunbathe. To get a better picture, our human ever so slowly bend the body left and right. It was difficult as the body was straining to balance and at the same time the leg muscles were starting to numb and cramp up.

The sun puddle moved when the early morining sun moved.

In a flash, that skink disappeared. Relieved our human continued the walk only after massaging the strained muscles.

Actually this photo did not do justice to the skink as the beautiful rainbow colour reflected on its tail was not captured.

Hello, Goodbye, Little Mickey Mouse!

Two weeks ago early one wet morning, our human woke up to the neighbour's cat hovering around the porch.

That cat angrily hissed at our human when it was told nicely to go home. Our human soon found out the reason for that behaviour.

Hidden between the small space of two flower pots was this totally soaked, trembling little injured mouse. Its injuries did not look good and our human decided that it had to stay the night.

It was quickly put inside a plastic container with some melon seeds and walnuts. For water container, a small bottle cap was used. Later it was given broccoli and cabbage.

The next morning, seeing that its injuries were better, our human decided to set it free.

A nearby food court car park was the perfect spot. There was an abandoned vehicle with overgrown plants on the left (which will provide shelter)  and rubbish bins on the right (which will provide food). 'Mickey' will also have friends; a cockerel, mother hen and their brood of little chicks live here too.

Can you see the cockerel in the middle of the picture on the green near the bin?

Though couldn't go for morning walk, our human was happy!

Perfect Camouflage!

Our human noticed some movement in front and stopped walking immediately.

Not knowing what creature it was, our human cautiously scanned the area. It took a few minutes of absolute concentration and finally saw it.

It was just in front and hidden in plain sight!

PS: Our human do not blog during heavy thunderstorms and do not want to take any chances when the house electricity trip several times. As a safety measure, all electrical appliances will be switched off and unplugged.