The Master of the House

My lovely Mok.

Raisa, the Queen Mother. Izrin's girl.

Mok, everybody's love, adorable and cuddly.

I saw a program in Animal Planet about training animals including cats. One guy said about his girl-friend's cat, 'I have never seen such a lazy cat in my life .....' and I said to myself aloud,' Wait, you haven't seen my Mok..........' So this post is all about my Mok.........and Raisa.

Look at Mok's sexy backside, isn't it beautiful? Mok, my beautiful, adorable, lazy, cuddly, and manja mixed persian cat is definitely the Master of the House. He has the most bushy and thick tail which stands straight when he walks. The bushy tail is his signature. When I came back to PJ house last week I was so dismayed to see his bushy tail has turned scrawny, devoid of the thick hair. What happened to my adorable Mok? He looked so funny anyway, not the majestic King that we have seen him all our life. Ika said she saw clumps of Mok's hair around but didn't really notice about his scrawny tail. Mok's hair is dropping. We hypothesized that it is because of his old age. Mok is 13 years old - as old I am. But loosing hair? A thought came to my mind. He must be like many old men, getting bald. But let other men get bald but not my King Mok.

The next day I took him straight to see the vet. We feared he might have some kind of skin disease. Weighing 6 1/2 kg, he is definitely a big cat and a bit overweight. He is sooooooo good to cuddle and he loooooves to be held on the shoulder. You can feel his weight and his thich hair rubs on your face. The vet proclaimed him in good health and no skin disease. Dr. Netto asked me the 20 questions like:

Do we have a new cat at home? No.

Have we moved house? No

Any new people in the house? No

Have we changed his food? No

Has he been left alone too long? No

Do we comb his hair regularly? Yes

Does he eat well? Yes

Does he have ticks? No.

Doe he do his toilet regularly? Yes and so on and so forth.

Dr. Netto can't find anything wrong with him. Mok's life is perfect. Everyone is at his command. He is the Master, a spoilt one and nobody can tell him what to do. He will do it only at his own time. So, what's wrong with Mok? Finally after a thorough check, Dr. Netto concluded that Mok is under stress. What????? Mok under stress???? I was amused as well as baffled. I just can't figure out what is he stressed about.

At home, Ika and I discussef Mok's state of stress. Finally we suspected that Mok is stressed because there is street cat frequenting our compound and marking his territory. Mok must be upset that someone else is leaving his mark in his kingdom and he can do nothing except watched. My adorable Mok doesn't know the art of cat fight. He is too docile. He is scared even of coachroaches. I have seen him hissing at a cat and his hair stood making him look huge but it was just a while, then he turned away without a care in the world. We agreed we have found the solution to Mok's mistery. So Ika will watch out for that male cat and shoo him away.

Pic below show Mok's scrawny tail. The tail hair has not grown bushy like before. I am in despair over this but I still love him the same. Ika and I noticed his hair is thinning. I guess old age is creeping on him too. I just hope Mok and Raisa will live forever. We just can't imagine ourselves without them. They are family.

Sometimes I think Mok is very confused. He must be thinking he is human, not a cat. He loves to be around people who dote on him and he will not survive on his own.

Izrin will complain if I don't mention Raisa, the Queen Mother. Raisa is Izrin's faithful pet. We adopted Raisa for Izrin in 1991 when she was about 3 months old. A mixed Russian Blue, Raisa is an independent and intelligent lady. She is so tidy, diligent in cleaning herself (unlike Mok) and sits and walks elegantly. We used to compare Mok's and Raisa's behaviour. Raisa is dainty and a neat lady, whereas Mok is so selekeh. Raisa will sit ladylike while eating but Mok will just gobble up his food, dip his face in the bowl of water to drink, then goes off with water dripping from his whiskers. They are related but so different. Raisa is actually Mok's grandmother.

The relationship between Izrin (Jen) and Raisa is special. Raisa sleeps with Jen and she refuses to go out of Jen's room until he wakes up. She sleeps under the blanket, just like Jen does. Her devotion to Jen is wonderful. Nobody in the house can get close to her except Izrin. She used to wait for Jen to come home at night at the door no matter how late it is. At 18 years old (100 years human age) she is still so steady but slowed down a little bit, prefering to spend her time indoors. That's my girl, Raisa!

Now that Ika is full time at home, both cats seem to know who their carer is.

B uttonight, Mok will be purring with contentment snuggling against me. I love my fat Mok!!!











Raisa, the dignified Lady of the house. She is transferring her love and devotion to Ika. Watch out Jen, Raisa may abandone you as you leave her alone too long. Yong is taking care of her now, she prefers her more than you. So eat your heart out!