Wiley

Hello everybody,

Greetings from my new home!

I settled in quite fast after my adoption back in January. Some hick ups during the first three days (I guess I ate too much too fast - no more sharing with the others!). But apart from that, everything is fine. Four weeks of confinement passed in no time at all and I started to explore the garden area. I love my cosy bassinet and snore away the night indoors.

Seamus and Melly, The Extrovert And Introvert!

I adopted two cats, Seamus and Melly, on 28 January 2012. They have adjusted well to life in my house and have tried out every spot to have a nap in. They also enjoy chasing each other around the house. Melly has been very out-going from the beginning. Seamus seems to be startled easily and likes to hide. He is a bit shy but has become less shy with time. They are both lovely cats and I am enjoying them (and I hope they like it here, too, of course).

Tania Morizzo

Panda - Older, Wiser

Dear Friends at the SPCA,

We just wanted to write to say how much we have enjoyed our cat Panda since adopting him in November.

Although he was described as a "senior kittizen" on your website, our seven-year-old black and white short hair has shown he is certainly not ready to join the retirement sun and sit crowd. He may be seven-years-old, but he loves to seek out attention, is very comfortable with all kinds of people and adds so much life to our home. I know some people who visit your shelter can be wary of adopting an older pet, but animals like Panda have so much to give and easily adjust to their new families. I hope that when people hear of our success and enjoyment of Panda, they will also choose to open their homes and their hearts and adopt one of these fun and loving animals.

Panda was also already home trained by his previous owner; so another bonus to adopted an older cat from another home was that he came fully toilet trained and not so hyper active compared to a kitten. He hardly scratches anything in our home so he was basically a furniture proof cat!

Regards,
Amy and Steve Moore and Panda

Verity's Fox and Cooper

Dear SPCA,
I have two adorable rabbits that I have adopted from the SPCA. Fox is a X-Lion Head with red eyes. I adopted him last year (2010) and I adopted Copper this year ( 2011 ). They are both such a joy to me! Foxy is adventurous and very curious about the house while Copper likes to hop about in the garden and munch on the grass. They enjoy the treats I give them and love to chase each other around.

They make me smile and laugh especially when Fox gets a bit too curious and sits on one of the plant pots and sniffs at the dirt. When it's raining, He loves to hide at the second shelf there to get away from the rain, He sits on the basket with a towel and waits for the rain to stop. I usually give him hay to munch on. Copper loves the rain, she sits in the garden to jump about but if it's raining real heavily, well, she hides in her box. I love them so much, They are really my Friends for life!

Verity Chow

Baxter - The Inspiring Rabbit

Dear SPCA,
It really only hits me when I received the Animal Adoption Form on the day my family and I received Baxter, the albino rabbit, home. It is a confirmation of the commitment we are giving to this little animal. It almost reminded me of the day when I received the Birth Certificate of my first born!

Baxter is our family's first pet. My son, who is 11 years old, has always wanted a pet. After much consideration, we decided that a bunny will be a good start to owning a family pet. But before we went on the adoption hunt, we read up a lot from the internet about the responsibilities of owning a pet rabbit, the kind of space it needs, the food, etc. Next we went on the internet to look at both the SPCA and HRSS adoption pages. We decided to go to SPCA to have a look at the bunnies.

We were greeted warmly at the SPCA. We were also allowed time to look around at the bunnies available for adoption. One, six-month old very curious little white rabbit caught my son's attention almost immediately. We stayed on for a little while more to allow my son to interact a little longer with the bunny. At the end of the session, both my helper and my son agreed spontaneously that Baxter is the one for us.

Before we could adopt Baxter, we were interviewed intensely by the SPCA staff, to make sure that we were not one of those families looking for a bunny just because it is the Year of the Rabbit. Of course my son could answer all the questions about care of rabbits and rabbits behaviour with flying colours because of our intensive research before adoption!

So on 8th February 2011, we took Baxter home.

However, after one week of interacting with Baxter, we found that there is something not quite right about his eye-sight. So SPCA told us to bring Baxter back for the vet to have a look. It was then confirmed that Baxter is partially blind, probably from birth. Our hearts went out to Baxter. Without hesitation, my son quickly picked up Baxter and put him back into the cage and took him home. My son's thinking was "If Baxter is blind, no one else will adopt him, we must look after him." I was so touched by this little young man's compassion and was almost in tears!

So, Baxter has been with us since. He is a very gentle and appreciative bunny. However, he has been spoilt by us and is now very fussy with the selection of his greens! His favourite treats are apples and pears! I am sure you can see how much we love Baxter from some of the photos here. Baxter is so charming, he can do little tricks and he is a hit with our visitors. We gave two of our young visitors a soft bunny toy that looks like Baxter because they are so fond of Baxter. They love the soft toys so much as they remind them of Baxter and they take the toys to bed with them every night!

Baxter has been such an inspiration to my son. In my son's latest school project work, he is required to share his thoughts with the world about something that can make a difference to the world. He has chosen to highlight to the world the plight of abandoned and abused animals. He wants people to be responsible pet owners and to adopt a pet rather than to buy one. You can see his work on the website: http://286983.edicypages.com/en

It is our hope that more people will adopt animals rather than to buy them; and be responsible pet owners. We share the same vision as SPCA! Thank you, SPCA!

Mrs Yap