Sunday, July 31, 2022

4185. Video. How to care for the runt of the 7 sibling Syrian hamsters?

How to care for the smallest and weakest of 7 baby sibling Syrian hamsters?



Ms Shan, a lady hamster owner, shares her experience of caring and feeding an adopted runt from 7 sibling hamsters. After 5 montmhs of kindness and care, the Syrian Hamster is healthy and thriving. A beautifully created video with a good story telling and narration. Many images of the baby hamsters and at 5 months of age and food, treats and clothing add lots of interest in this video. Well done.



LINK TO SHAN'S YOUTUBE AT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vtqabwdZj4



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4184. Good morning sweetheart! photo for sale

Good morning sweetheart!” PHOTO FOR SALE. Singapore, Sat 30 Jul 2022  5 PM
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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:  Focus on the plant head (R)

3 plants represent grandma, grandpa and grand daughter
Grandparents would say: “Good morning sweetheart!” to encourage the silent granddaughter to greet them. Grand daughter used to shout “GOOD MORNING GRANDPA!”



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4183. Photography tips: Istana Park

Istana Park, Singapore, Sat 30 Jul 2022  5 PM



PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:  Focus on the cyclist’s face (L)

Include people to give a sense of scale and add interest in the photo



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Canon EOS R5 Kit RF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
P Mode



 

Saturday, July 30, 2022

4182. Hamster tumour surgery at Toa Payoh Vets. 29 Jul 2022 case.

 

2013 case video

Hamster with tumour at the hip

14,311 views 16 Jan 2013 Hamster with tumour at the hip is removed. Early detection and removal is best for the hamsters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6d03LrHZS8


Toa Payoh Vets' giving back to society is through the sharing of clinical research and knowledge via the production of vet educational videos for vet students and pet owners. These videos are listed at: www.toapayohvets.com/videos.htm.


Veterinary cases studies and articles of Toa Payoh Vets' case studies by Dr Sing Kong Yuen are at www.toapayohvets.com.

Toa Payoh Vets hamster website cases

http://www.toapayohvets.com/surgery/050609hamsters_ToaPayohVets.htm

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 4182. Hamster tumour surgery at Toa Payoh Vets.  29 Jul 2022 case.



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Friday, July 29, 2022

4181. Orange bougainvillae flowers are rare - Good Morning greetings e card


29 JUL 2022

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:
I placed Canon EOS 90D camera on top of wall behind the plantar box of bougainvillae flowers on the 10th floor of Rasa Sentosa Resort. Afternoon sun.  Breezes blowing the flowers. I took 11 shots in succession and got this one. You need a tripod or support to get sharp images of the genuine flowers which are petite trumpet-shaped white and yellow blooms. To buy photo: shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets.


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4180. South Korean food and parcel delivery rider in Seoul Dragon City in Jun 2022

SOUTH KOREA - 22 JUN 2022

A face-masked lady food and parcel delivery rider in Seoul Dragon City. Grabfood, Panda and Deliveroo do not exist in Jun 2022.


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4179. South Korea's van hailing service or call van - Kakao T Venti's taxi vans. Yangon taxis by iPhone 14.

Good Morning. A "call van" photo from my travel to South Korea's Seoul Dragon City. No need to "call taxis" if you need roomier ride with privacy to yourself or do your work or watch the 17.3-inch TV in a high tech van taxi. Inform driver via app that you want privacy, not talking to him.

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The 9-seater, television, automatic running board step “call van” from Kakao Taxi for those who want roomier, quiet, clean rides in a high-tech vehicle

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SOUTH KOREA - 22 JUN 2022: The 9-seater with television Hyundai Motor's Staria Lounge Mobility. It is  offered by Kakao T Venti taxis's van-hailing service. Roomier ride in clean, quiet high-tech van - automated running board step and 17.3-inch TV hanging from the back. Not only for customers with heavy luggages or large families. Kakao is largest taxi.

 

The biggest van-hailing service provider is Kakao T Venti, which is operated by Kakao Mobility. It is well known as Kakao Taxi. It is the leader in the taxi-hailing industry with 80 percent market share. 

Kakao T Venti recently added Hyundai Motor's nine-seater Staria Lounge Mobility to its fleet.





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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Distorted taxi images. Distractions, truncating subject.

19 Feb 2024: 

Yangon taxis


Top 1/3 of photo was cropped. An interesting iPhone image of two Yangon taxis which look distorted in size. It is better to take normal angles of taxis for stock photos and then other angles.

 

#yangon
#myanmar

#taxis
#toapayohvets
#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

4178. Singapore Rhodendron flowers

PHOTOGRAPHY. Dr Sing Kong Yuen. 27 Jul 2022.
The Singapore Rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum) in Yio Chu Kang Cres forest in July 2022. It thrives in nature reserves and public parks and gardens. The most common colour od the flowers are light pink-purple with elbowed anthers surrounding the style. There is the white flower rarely seen.

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4177. Louise Evans - 5 chairs in behaviours

An approach that can change your life: the 5 chairs - Louise Evans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff4YLS3oUFU


Similar talk in:
Own your behaviours, Master your communications, Determine Your Success by Louise Evans in TEDxGenova

 

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

4176. The Plain Tiger butterfly sips nectar in The Esplanade, 22 May 2022

 

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP. SERIES OF PHOTOS.
I took a series of 10 photographs in one shutter click. This may be considered one sharp image,
 

The Plain Tiger butterfly sips nectar

Forecourt Garden, Esplanade


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The image below is rejected by Shutterstock. 

Reason is post-production technique ie. over producing image layers.



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Monday, July 25, 2022

4174. PHOTOGRAPHY. Gentle breezes Marina Bay lady in white

Gentle breezes sweep over the clear waters of Marina Bay, cooling the tanned lady in white TO BUY PHOTO:  shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets   19 Jul 2022 



PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS from Dr Sing Kong Yuen

I took 3 images in succession, focusing on the lady's eyes. Zoom lens 18-200mm, Canon EOS 90D, P Mode.


Some photography magazines advise using the Manual, Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority Modes. I find that it was not possible to get good exposure due to lack of professional experience in the settings and the very short duration of time to take this photo.

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Saturday, July 23, 2022

4173. THE TNR Program in Singapore - Stray Cats. A volunteer of 20 years.

THE TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) PROGRAM IN SINGAPORE.
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow)

1. Culling the stray cat and dogs using the pest control companies and professional trappers paid on performance, shooting of stray dogs in the early 1980s or feeding them poisoned food have been practised in Singapore. Over the past years, kind individuals and NGOs (Non-government Organisations) and the AVS (Animal & Veterinary Service) have successfully executed the TNR Program.

 2. The TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release)  Program involves the following: 

2.1 Cat trappers are either volunteers or professionals who use the cat trap cage to entice the cat with cat food to trap them.

2.2 Cat welfare activists who are volunteers will transport the stray cats to and fro this clinic for this service.They may be cat trappers as in these two videos.

2.3  A veterinary clinic that participates in the TNR (Trap Neuter Return) program provides low-cost sterilisation of the stray cats.


The two videos show the kindness of an individual --- a 70-year-old woman (VOL) who operates her TNR program for the past 20 years.

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VIDEO 1/2. 

In this video, she is putting a cat trap into the boot of her van after retrieving it from the veterinary clinic. She spoke about her self-funded services to stray cats and dogs in Singapore. This is a rough translation of her Hokkien to English conversations with Dr Sing Kong Yuen (SKY). 

SKY: This is a cat volunteer. Are you a volunteer (in the TNR program)?

VOL:  Ah...Volunteer? You can say that.

SKY: You are not paid (for doing this TNR program)

VOL: No (payment of) money lah! (for doing this work)

SKY: You have had been doing this workfor 10 years?

VOL: 20 years


SKY: Do you feed stray cats?

VOL: I feed 10 cats. I have two at home.

SKY: Do you feed stray cats?

VOL: Yes, yes, yes

SKY: Does the Cat Welfare Society give you money (for the TNR work)? 

SKY:  Do you feed stray cats?

VOL: Yes, yes, yes

SKY: (Do) you buy your cat food?

VOL: I buy the food myself

SKY: Does the Cat Welfare (Society) give you money (to buy food)?

VOL: No lah!

SKY: It does not provide you money?

VOL: No lah! I am self-funded. 

VOL: I feed (strays) in Harus

SKY: Not many (strays) in Harus nowadays?

VOL: Very few
 

SKY: You feed stray cats or dogs?

VOL: Dogs and cats. Harus has no stray cats. Cats are in Simei

SKY: Do you feed (strays) daily?

VOL: Yes

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VIDEO 2/2

1. The TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) Program involves the following: 

1.1 Cat trappers are either volunteers or professionals who use the cat trap cage to entice the cat with cat food to trap them.

1.2 Cat welfare activists who are volunteers will transport the stray cats to and fro this clinic for this service.They may be cat trappers as in these two videos.

1.3  A veterinary clinic that participates in the TNR (Trap Neuter Return) program provides low-cost sterilisation of the stray cats.

A kind 70-year-old woman (VOL) operates this TNR program for 20 years.


VIDEO 2/2

SKY: (This bike is used) for feeding (stray cats)? This bike is not for catching dogs?

VOL: No, No! Others will trap dogs. I don’t have the expertise.

SKY: (You use this bike) in Kranji?

 VOL: The (stray cats and dogs) will be waiting for me. 

SKY: The dog trappers have trapped the dogs. They will be waiting for you to accept the dogs?

VOL: This bike is used for feeding dogs

SKY: To bring food for the stray dogs?

 VOL: Yes. Yes. My van cannot be driven inside some places in Kranji (Industrial Park). I use this bike.

SKY: Kranji (Industrial Estate)? Kranji has numerous stray dogs?

VOL: Yes!

SKY: Kranji is famous (amongst the stray dog trapping volunteers). They must feed (stray dogs in Kranji) at night?
 
VOL: Yes






Thursday, July 21, 2022

4172. Posing for me today 21 Jul 2022: Japanese Rice Grasshopper and brown butterfly

SINGAPORE – JAN 25, 2021: A basking Japanese Rice Grasshopper, Oxya japonica is a pest as it is herbivorous and eats the farmers' crops. Climate change has increased its numbers in some countries. 




2 FEB 2023


The Malayan Eggfly is dark reddish brown medium sized butterfly. It has a series of post-discal and sub-marginal white spots on both wings. Seen in Lentor St Playground on 2 Feb 2023, 9 am.


This brown medium-sized butterfly perched on the white flowers in a plant in Lentor Street Playground. He posed for me for over one minute. Flew away. Then came back to the same tree leaves and posed for me longer.My Canon R5 lens was within 3 feet away from him. Sometimes, the butterfly will quickly fly away but not this butterfly.

I took two videos too.

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4171. FINAL VIDEO. How Toa Payoh Vets treat an adult red-eared slider that has no appetite (anorexia). X-ray

 

HOW TOA PAYOH VETS TREAT ANOREXIA (NO APPETITE)  IN AN ADULT RED-EARED SLIDER.

A Be Kind To Pets Veterinary Educational Video
sponsored by Toa Payoh Vets.

This video provides a brief view of how a case of anorexia in a red-eared slider, F, 25 years old, 1.2 kg is treated.


Inpatient treatment from 3 days for observation and syringe feeding. The following procedures will be done and recorded:

1. Physical examination. Eyes. Respiratory rate. Mucous membrane pale or not. Mouth ulcers. Shell rot. Vent inspection. 

2. Activity. Walks a lot show she is active. Upright test in less than 30 seconds shows vigour and excellent health.

3. Appetite. Food as at  home. This red-eared slider eats pellets and chicken meat. Monitor amount.

4. Swimming. Level swimming. Lop-sided swimming. Amount and colour of poo in past 24 hours.

5. Sunlight or Ultraviolet for 30 minutes. Basking.

6. X-rays if necessary. Chest and abdomen for foreign bodies and egg binding, impaction of oviduct.

7. Treatment - medication, multi-vitamins and syringe feeding of pelleted food.

8. Discussions and follow up with the owner about the history, behaviour and any other matters related to the slider.



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RADIOGRAPHY TIPS – EXPOSURE.

24 Jul 2022. X-ray images. An example of a well exposed radiograph of a red-eared slider. No photoshopping needs to be done. A normal X-ray of a healthy 25-year-old female red-eared slider, 1.2 kg. Active, swims level, not lop-sided. Eats voraciously pellets and chicken meat. X-ray to check for eggs and foreign body. Some gas inside the intestines is normal.
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4170. PHOTOGRAPHY OF SMILES. A radiant smile for a street photographer

SINGAPORE - 19 JUL 2022: Tourists at the Merlion Park. After the removal of Covid-19 travel curbs in April, tourism from ASEAN countries has increased much more.

A radiant smile for an elderly street photographer 



SINGAPORE - 19 JUL 2022: Tourists at the Merlion Park. After the removal of Covid-19 travel curbs in April, tourism from ASEAN countries has increased much more.