The Story of
Ben
Rescue Project 01
Hello! My name is Ben! :) For an abandoned cat like myself, I have been roaming and wondering the streets for at least 5 years and my overall health is still great! Albeit losing one of my canine tooth, I stand strong and healthy with a weight of 5.6kg, all thanks to the feeder aunties and jiejie who has been feeding me for as long as I can remember!
Feeder jiejie Ivy, found me in distressed and she approached Silver&Matcha Mama for help because she is unable to take me in. We had a stood off for 6 hours before I finally agree to go for a vet consultation with them.
02/01/2021 - Vet Consultation.
The preliminary results received was that they deduced another cat fought me and scratched my eye but that shall remain as a mystery because 讲出去的话我这么在我的街混得下去?!
I have 2 wounds in total, a minor tear in my ear and a serious tear in my eyelid. It got infected and the tissues has separated because I refused to show my wound to anyone for days until I got really hungry. The vet jiejie told SM Mama that it needs to be flushed with saline and she needs to apply the ointment twice a day. I need to be fed some oral medications like painkillers and antibiotics.
Post Operation
Vet updates: The wound should be relatively easy to take care of and heal on its own without much complications since it's at my eye area with lots of blood vessels and tissues. The fortunate thing was that my wound was still quite raw and so they manage to stitch the flesh together and all we have to do is leave it to the tissues to repair themselves! They cleansed both of my wound so I look better now, not that I look gross before because I think I look manly with the wound but at least I look clean and manly now...
ANYWAY, both the vets complimented me for being obedient and when I was homed, SM Mama also say I'm more obedient than Silver and Matcha because I was MUCH EASIER to take care of. I ate my food, my medications and, I quietly let her help me cleansed my wound once more and she proceeded to apply the ointment, fed me my oral medications. I did not fuss at all, unlike her own sons which are barbaric. 😂
I'm a strong bub!
We are really grateful to @/furballparadise on Instagram for kindly sponsoring Ben's e-collar! 🥺☺️ I was extremely cranky with the plastic e-collar provided by the vet. It wasn't the most comfortable to sleep in and I really wanted to go home. I planned my escape really well! First, I escaped my plastic collar then, I tipped over my playpen because I saw that was how SM Mama always come inside. Too bad the damn playpen was zipped up...... THE ONLY FLAW IN MY OTHERWISE PERFECT PLAN. 🤡 I was at a loss because all my food and drink got spilled and I was in an uncomfortable position so I just talked throughout the night until SM Mama woke up to help me. MUAHAHAHAH.
I finished my last dosage of painkiller and vet jiejie called to ask if I was behaving abnormally and how was my wound... What do you mean? Y'all praised me for being obedient...... Anyway, everything was fine with me and can I just say, I HATED the fact that SM Mama told the pretty vet jiejie that I was having CONSTIPATION for four days. Hello?? My image how?? 我本来是个大帅哥，这样给你讲我还有面子吗？But the vet told her ignorant ass that it could be because I was in an unfamiliar environment coupled with the GA that was administered that resulted in my constipa... FORGET IT ALRIGHT!
We would like to thank everyone for contributing to my hefty vet bills! We'd be forever indebted to you guys! THANK YOU EVERYONE! 💕
Removal of Sutures!! FINALLY!!
Thanks to everyone's help, I had a speedy recovery and I got to remove my sutures within 2 weeks! ☺️✌🏻 Ain't I gorgeous looking? SM Mama's in awed with my looks, she keeps saying that I look very masculine, like a white tiger. The vet says that inevitably, a scar will remain.
(Honestly, Ivy and us can't tell where's his scar right now... so we're really grateful that we've met some skilful vets and for Ben, who has been extremely cooperative with us, not doing anything to aggravate his wounds.) 🙏🏻
31/01/2021 - I'm back home!
SM Mama cried so much and my fellow brothers, Silver & Matcha misses me dearly too, but they think that returning me back there wasn't a bad decision because the neighbourhood is really cat friendly and I had fans welcoming me home on that night itself.
真的是。。。这该死的魅力啊 😂 SM Mama visited me every now and then while Ivy Jiejie visited me almost every day! She even send SM Mama updates of my belly...... This crazy woman is in love with my belly...??? Someone call SPCA for me... they've been taking photos of my belly without consent... KIDDING please don't call SPCA.
I'm well-loved by everyone!
这该死的魅力啊
Ivy Jiejie came over to visit me and my tired SM Mama. She brought food for us and while Mama is resting after eating her food, Ivy jiejie came into the playpen, sat down with me and she gave me a video of birds to watch.
I'm really thankful that Ivy jiejie has been keeping updated with my condition and she's relaying all these to the feeder aunties so that they'd be less worried for me! ☺️ SM Mama told me I'm well-loved by everyone and many many people came forward to contribute to my hefty vet bills, dry kibbles and also the e-collar! Thank you so much everyone! Thank you for loving and helping me! I'd forever be grateful and I'll try my best not to start a fight with other cats! But no promises in terms of retaliation because I'm no scaredy cat.
I'm the boss, I call the shots there.
Nevertheless, thank you though, I appreciate your efforts in helping SM Mama tide over this somewhat difficult situation in terms of finances. It really helped her took her mind off the burden and concentrate on giving me the best treatment like making home-cooked broth, taking care of my wound and daily grooming since I can't groom myself now thanks to this collar I have to wear.
We would like to express our utmost gratitude and appreciation to everyone who has contributed in helping Ben recover. It was thanks to everyone's generous donations that has enabled us to give timely help to Ben. We couldn't have done it without you guys and no words can convey how grateful we are for you guys but we'd never forget your kindness. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much!
(Unfortunately...... things didn't went well for Ben and he's back with us. Please head over to our Instagram @SilverwithMatcha to read up about him and his current health status...