He is Plastic. He was the latest stranger. He has been sent to a safer place now because he was nearly knocked over by vehicles.

He was very protective towards himself at first and had always shown a fierce look on his face. But he got friendlier after that and began to mix with the group (the Siamese twin and Orange). Maybe he knew that he won’t be harmed. Unfortunately, the cats couldn’t accept him when he tried to walk side by side with them. They sniffed him and turned away. Poor Plastic was alone all the time. We thought he would leave soon but he stayed.

He would normally sit like that. One afternoon, we came back from outside and found him outside the gate. He wasn’t very responsive even to the vehicles and he seemed weak. We were worried that he might die so without wasting time, we immediately took him to the vet. Due to the sudden decision, we couldn’t find anything to carry him so I just grabbed a black plastic bag and Colin put him inside. He didn’t object much and sat quietly the whole journey.

When we arrived, I hopped out of the car quickly and rushed to the vet. The vet looked surprised and asked me what was inside the bag and I told him it is a kitten. He laughed and said he has never seen people bringing in a cat with a plastic bag like this and he thought that I have brought a dead animal instead. So, he opened the plastic bag and took the kitten out. Plastic hissed at the vet.

The vet has diagnosed that Plastic had worms inside his body, a fever, a weak body and eye problem. Plastic had a tuna meal at the vet and an injection. He was not only given antibiotics and eye drops to be taken at home, but the vet also suggested that we name him Plastic because that how he got there. His eyes were not fully recovered so we continued giving him the eye drops before he left.

He was more active after visiting the vet. He licked his paw everytime he has finished his meals. We really miss him.

“What are you looking at?” asked Orange.
“Can I sit next to you?” asked Plastic.
“I’ll think about it.” said Orange.

Haha! I find this picture very adorable. Look at Orange and Plastic. A strong contrast between them in the sense of colour and their sizes. Eventually, Plastic got along well with the Siamese twin. They slept together. But he was sent away without our knowledge.  We only knew about it weeks later.  Good bye, Plastic. We hope that you are living good and healthy out there. Take care.