Since she has moved to Boarding, her left eye has changed. It used to have a white circle on the lower half. Now that has disappeared but it looks as though the front part of her eye has become more spherical rather than being convex outwards. She seems very happy and friendly as ever.
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| Nova's eye | |
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| Chelsea |
Even Whitney's kittens aren't such quick escape artists.
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| Whitney's three |
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| Mystic |
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| Camilla |
She is next to Clyde who rather likes it in Welfare.
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| Clyde |
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| Robbie |
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| Big Kahuna, PC, Aslan |
1 day: Toby is settling in really well to his safe space. He has no problems eating or drinking and has already used his litter a couple of times. The owners are thinking of changing his name to Oscar but keep changing their minds since he's got so much personality they just can't settle on one! He's already starting to cuddle and loves to play a lot.
1 month: The owners are so happy with Toby. "He's made our little life a lot happier!"
Moet and Jerry
1 day: “They have settled in extremely well”. They’re drinking, eating and both using the litter tray. Their owner will be renaming them. “They are so friendly and very inquisitive. The experience of adopting them was extremely easy but also informative”
1 day
1 week: “They are both going really really well!!” They are very settled and their personality is really coming through. “Can't imagine life without them now!”
6 weeks: “They are going so so well.” Moet has been renamed Jas and Jerry has been renamed Benny. “Jas has to be on my lap at all times and Jerry is always playing and wants pats. They have changed my life already I love them so much!”
“Thankyou everyone for loving them so much”
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| 6 weeks |
Unfortunately, Rain the mum escaped about 3 months after coming into SAFE care, leaving her young kittens behind.
No follow ups for Simba (adopted by foster), Daisy, Charlie and Monkey.
1 day: Mark, now called Angus, has settled in quite well. He's been eating and drinking normally and the owner saw him doing pee & poo in the litter box. He's not playing a lot yet but is very cuddly and sleeps with the owner. He's found some hidey holes around the house, is happy to jump up for a pat and is purring a lot.
1 week: He's filled a giant cat shaped hole in the owners' lives.
1 month: Angus is definitely a fun, lovable member of the family now. He has grown lots and had had his first trip to the vet earlier in the week because of a scratch that was a bit red. He's all okay now. He's being harness trained and even climbed up a tree after meeting his first bush turkey.
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| Flick |
Olive's owner actually knew Sue from a few years ago and promised her to adopt a pet from Sue when she started the charity, which ended up being SAFE!
When I arrived, a little late due to visiting relatives, Big Kahuna was sitting in his high rise without his cone. Tim says that he has a couple of times a week under strict supervision to go without his cone for a while so that he can clean himself up. I undertook to keep a strict eye on him and to stop him scratching himself and he gave himself a really good licking. He was much more settled during the afternoon after his efforts.
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| Big Kahuna |
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| Biggie and PC |
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| colour coordinated! |
Victoria visited. She used to be a hands-on vollie. Nowdays she follows up on the adopters of our cats at 1 day, 1 week and 1 month (at the least) to make sure they/the cat has the best chance to settle in
to a new relationship. We had a lovely tour of the availables to reacquaint her with them.
Soon to be on the list, according to Irene, are the Palace kittens whom Naomi fostered.
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| Atkins |
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| Elsie & Eliza |
Sparkles says: Why not me?
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| Sparkle |
Her stand alone is now occupied by Mystic (who is a girl. No wonder her name was changed from Grey Guy!) Lola now is officially the occupier of Opie's room, now renamed Lola's room. And Charley did a fabulous tidy up of it today. Let's try to keep it that way. . . . . for Lola's sake. She may have potential adopters visiting her there.
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| Mystic |
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| Little One |
The only visitors we had today were repeats from Sunday. They are looking to replace a cat who lived with them for a while and who had a special love (mutual) for the small daughter. They rather liked Cuddlepie (her) and her neighbour Dylan (her dad). But today, Little One may have won them both over. They will return.
Jenni, Domino and Harry have moved between Prue and Trude and Mia. They don't seem to be very happy with the change.
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| Domino and Jenni |
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| Harry |
1 day: Blossom has had a bit to eat and drink but hasn't touched her litter tray yet. The owners will be renaming her to Rilly.
3 days: She hasn't eaten or drunk very much at all and has just been hiding under a shelf. Litter looks untouched. She's rotated between 5 different hiding places so far. The owners will give plain cooked chicken or tuna a try later tonight and will sleep on the couch for the time being to give Rilly more space.
4 days: Rilly took a very small bite of fish to eat overnight and has since settled into a clothing drawer under the bed. In terms of litter use, she's at most used it for a pee, no poop yet.
5 days: She ate a substantial amount overnight but there is a new issue of her peeing on the bed.
1 week: She's a little more settled. Ended up using one of the litter boxes the owners have set up. In terms of eating, she seems to be a little cautious still but should have an appetite now.
6 weeks: She's been hiding behind the couch still. Has been healthily eating and using her litter. The owners found out that she's been finding ways to get inside of the couch which is trouble as they don't know if she is stuck there or perfectly fine. Rilly rotates between 3 spots at the moment, inside the couch, behind the couch and under the couch.
(Go to https://safehavencats.blogspot.com/2024/03/adoption-tails-blossoms-kittens.html to see her kitten's Adoption Tails)
1 day: The owner was a little worried when Sandy first came home yesterday as she completely refused to eat. They went out later to get some cat milk which was resisted for a little while until the owner woke up at 2am to sounds of drinking! Sandy has since had "brunch" and is currently snoring in her blankie. Her new name is Sandy Kendi (pronounced like Candy), a Kenyan name from the owner's community meaning she who loves and is loved. She's eaten and drank water well, already used her litter box and was just snoring away for a good play session by herself with some toys.
3 days: Sandy & the owner have made great progress. By night two, the princess has approved of her new safe spot, safely tucked away in a cat cave behind the makeshift teepee. Sandy independently hopped onto the bed, cleaned herself and is now relaxing. "Total waste of the two beds I got her but not complaining"
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| Sandy |
1 week: Kendi's settled in well. Noticed she loves sleeping to a particular YouTube video in the background. Unfortunately when the owner first got her, she had the sneezes. One week in and she is still getting the sneezes. The owner has bushed her and has been using an air purifier and humidifier with no scents at home but nothing seems to be helping. They've even tried shower steam. She gets full on sneezes (spraying spit and sniffles) and gunk in her eyes.
1.5 weeks: Kendi still has low energy and appetite. The owner has tried different wet foods, mixed with homemade bone broth which she will drink but leaves the solids. She still has gunk in her eyes and the owner suspects she may have ear mites too as she itches and has dark spots in her ears.
3 weeks: Annabelle is settling in much quicker than Kendi. She left her safe spot and explored the room before choosing her safe spot to be the foot of the owner's bed. "Might have to have the stranger danger talk with her." Kendi is a smart girl, she knows there's someone somewhere. She's very curious but has not hissed at Annabelle's scent yet. The owner has set up her second bed by the couch where she likes to snooze with the blanket and pillow so Kendi is getting just as much cuddles and she loves it.
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| Annabelle |
3.5 weeks: Annabelle currently eats adult food mixed with kitten food. However, she would pick the kitten food out which isn't much and try to go to Kendi's bowl to eat. The owner is keeping the bowls separated but the two cats would go and eat each other's food so the bowls are going to be put away shortly after finishing. Annabelle loves to play with craft twines (only under supervision) and she also loves the strings on her hammock more than the hammock itself.
1 month: Annabelle and Kendi are doing great and can be in the same room with no growling and hissing. Annabelle is definitely more loving and follows the owner around, which at first Kendi was jealous of and would give a nasty look but now is usually not too far from Annabelle. Kendi's climbing skills are also getting better almost like "I didn't know we could do that" and does everything Annabelle does. The owner has no regrets getting two cats, no signs of stress but does notice that Annabelle enjoys her quiet time so she has full access to the bedroom for any power naps. She also has access to hammocks out of Kendi's reach which is used after playtime. Kendi also has comfortable baskets of choice in spaces that Annabelle cannot squeeze into for alone time and lots of cuddles when needed.
A fosterer came in with Oliver and Billy, in tears. She has to go to UK for 8 days and doesn't want to leave the kittens to the tender mercy of her family so they are to stay with us. She wants to adopt them when she gets back. Her daughter (pre teenaged) was more stoic than she was.
They are identical ticked tabbies but Ollie has a pink nose and Billy has a black nose. They are both unhappy.
A couple of hours later there was a phone call from a woman who wanted to know all about them because she would like to come in tomorrow to adopt them. Luckily, perhaps, we couldn't find the paperwork so couldn't do the adoption tomorrow anyway. Will it continue to be lost until the fosterer gets back from the UK?
LeClerk has moved back to his station by the door so that they can have the quieter spot.
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| Le Clerk |
And another woman came to visit with Harper, for the second time. She is seriously considering adopting her. I suggested she contact Irene to connect with Kym who can talk to her about Harper! (Kym could talk a cat hater into adopting a cranky cat!)
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| Harper's visitor |
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| notice the tail. . . . she wasn't so far away |
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| Emma |
