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18 November 2018
This is a growing collection of post-adoption photos of Nyoman's life with us. She's turned out to be a little "si betina" dragging in quite a few mice! She's putting on quite a bit of weight too. Posted by Alex Chan on Monday, June 8, 2009
10 December 2008
Kim picked up our new cat on Wed 10 Dec 2008 from the SPCA. We called her “Nyoman”, the Balinese birth order name for one’s third child. Kim picked up our new cat on Wed 10 Dec 2008 from the SPCA. We called her "Nyoman", the Balinese birth order name for one's third child. Photos […]
25 May 2008
Sylvester was named after the cartoon character … he was nearly called Pingu, aftger the penguin cartoon character but not many people knew that one. He loves to butt heads with people. We realised his high IQ early in the piece and started to teach him a few tricks, beginning with sitting on command.
15 May 2008
Sylvester finally graduates. Here’s a video of his final examination … he nearly didn’t make the grade as there was a little hesitation in his performance.
15 May 2008
Shaking hands was a bit tricky. I don’t think cats like their paws being touched but we managed to achieve this by gently shaking his paws before each meal.
15 May 2008
The second lesson was actually easier. Standing was achieved by holding a treat above him. You just had to remind him “no hands” as he would try grab the food with his paw. Ouch!