Caught!

 The runaway cat was back in Incoming. The expert cat trapper got him (I guess). He has a banged up nose from the trap but is otherwise well. When I took the chicken around this afternoon he came out of his bed box in Incoming to get his share. (He'd been in hiding before that.) And "they" have labelled him/her Salt. Which means that the gradually getting friendly/confident one on Better Row is Pepper.

I was called in early because Ainsley who was doing Friday morning because Sharon is away, needed to get away early. No problem, I thought. It is Good Friday and the traffic should be minimal. But then I got stuck behind a line of bicyclists on the Bends! I did get to Safe in time to hand out morning tea to the littles.

And to take a call from a woman who wanted to make sure that we were open so that she could come in to get an adult cat to replace her dearly beloved cat who died of unwell not-so-old age. She warned me that she was bringing her husband, sister and another for support! We did lots of cuddling with the older cats and she eventually chose. . . . the last H kitten!

I think it is a perfect match. David did the adoption paperwork. 

You can tell that my camera has died. I will add some of Joy's photos from Wednesday. . . . after one of Aslan, looking superior. I am to look after PC next week for a few days while his foster carer travels. I hope they remember that they like each other.

Aslan

Rory no longer needs to have nasty ointment put into both of his eyes. Poor fellow would so love to live a quiet life.

Rory

Roxie has been demoted from her enclosure to a single condo on Better Row. She is no happier (or unhappier) there. But she is directly behind the condo in Boarding where her daughter Rosie is boarding with a very fancy collar on! (I did take a photo but the camera carked).

Not Seasoned

 The escapee Salt or Pepper is still at large. Tomorrow the cat trapper extraordinaire is to come to do her magic. 

Seasoning set-up (as viewed from our balcony)

The unescaped seasoned cat is getting tamer by the day. Perhaps he should be called Salt and the escapee should be Pepper.

Last month we adopted out 43 cats and kittens (or was it 42. . . . either way it was brilliant work!)

Today the couple who adopted Othello came back for a companion for him. They think he needs a friend. So they chose Octavia. The husband loved her on sight and cuddled her happily. Meantime, the wife looked at the cat in the next stand alone, Biscotti (I think. This kitten came from a foster home and is very chill). She fell in love. They couldn't agree on which kitten to take home to Othello so decided to take them both.

On the way home, it turns out, Octavia had a funny turn. They took her to Pymble vet (after they got home) and we will get the bill.

So I cleaned those two stand alones and, as instructed, moved the L kittens from Incoming. Let's hope they have left their sloppy poos way behind them. These three girls were delighted with their more spacious accommodation and played and played. 

Larissa, Lyra and Liana: the dark torties

We also have a Lina in a stand alone.

Lina the calico

Poor Tsuki is all alone in his double condo.

Tsuki

I expect he will be moved by Friday.
Rory is not looking well. He is on eye ointment which cats hate.

Rory

And we have a new tiny kitten, Earl who is not eating properly. You have to put the food into his mouth before he will try it. This afternoon I rearranged his condo so that his food bowl was at the same level as he was sitting on his hottie. Earlier the food needed to be reached down to and I don't think he was confident enough to try that. We will see if he has nibbled on his small patches of different foods overnight.

The mum and her 5 kittens is now Mum Fae plus 4. When I arrived this morning her kittens were rolled up in a rug and she was out of the sleeping box. . . . probably wondering where she had stashed/buried them.

Fae + 4

 Note to Sharon: When Lucas and Gary get into a serious rumble, one shot from a water bottle at Lucas calms him down.

Friends Lucas and Gary

 

 

Happy Birthday David

 Thanks to David I have photos from today. I left both my camera and my phone at home this morning. It is Sharon's fault because I was asked to fill in for her. . . . she is away which is why we have Gary back with us. 

So I got up early (and left stuff at home) and did the Full Friday ADM. It was terrific. The vollies work so well together and they spend quality time with the cats at the end of their shift. Even Dory was enticed to come forward to get some creamy treat from a hand held offering!

No adoptions today. We have stored our potential for Terry tomorrow.

David photographed Julie and Bassuria enjoying a new, clean, wide hammock together.

Bassuria and Julie

 

David was delighted to meet the new cat in Incoming who was accepted before she dropped 5 kittens. She is a sweetie so we are thrilled to have her and her tiny, 2 day olds.

As it is his birthday, David got to name her and chose Faye. The last time we had a Faye was in 2022. That Faye only had 2 kittens. We will have to come up with 5 F names when we know who is boy and which is girl. 

Faye + 5

 Probably some of Ruby's kittens will get adopted this weekend. They are seriously cute.

4 in a hammock

 It must have been the sudden cold spell that sent the kittens to the hammocks. Even Ody and Ophelia succumbed.

Ophelia and Oydsseus

 (But somebody got Ody out to explore after his nap)

Odysseus

 

Early mark

 Sharon trained a group of new vollies this morning. They did Better Row.

There were plenty of our regular vollies to do the rest. Only one border who came in today and a few empty condos. And in view of our possible move, condos are remaining empty. So far this month we have adopted 33 cats and kittens, according to Sue. Goosey was adopted over the weekend! 

Her condo is occupied by Elly who has been in the back corner of Isolation for months. She went to the vet. Is on meds. And is not eating. I hope Goosey's good vibes revive her.

Elly

I moved Marmalade and Cookie from Isolation to Incoming today. They will stay in C14 for a while to confirm that they don't have any ringworm lesions.

Valentina has been adopted too. And her stand alone is occupied by a pretty calico with a cloudy right eye also. She seems to be just as hungry as Valentina was.

Lina

It was strange that nobody adopted Harlow and Hobson. But it does make it easier for the cleaners not to have four kittens erupting from that condo. 

Hobson and Harlow

That joy has been taken over by Ruby's kittens. It is a good way to get a cuddle. They got plenty today and had an afternoon nap to recover.

 4 Kittens in a hammock: Front to Back: Piper, Bruce, Frankie, Freddy (I think). The boys are all available.

There is an older pair, Zena and Tiger in Prue and Trude's enclosure. Don't know who is who.

Zena/Tiger

I got a very early mark because Sue had to attend an on line lecture at 6pm and she wouldn't have got home in time for that anyway. So Aslan got his dinner early for a Wednesday. Sue took Ravyn for a walk (or vice versa).

 

Sue on Friday

 She came because she couldn't come on Wednesday (car problems) and had a ADM to train. And a Tim to talk to. Good to see her even though she can't see us quite as well as before her op. It will improve. The trainee got to watch Sharon adopting Minette (in the stand alone beside the O's) to a girl and her mum. They were all entranced by those whiskers.

Salt/Pepper, the escapee, is still on the loose. 

Our Friday vollie (who slowly loved on Kitty until she was an acceptable adoptee ie she actually loved him so much she was prepared to like other humans including a stranger) has moved on to Dory. Goosey was easy-peasy for him. She now accepts pats from everybody. Dory is more of a challenge. He worked with small bits of the squeezy soft food on the floor and gradually Dory came forward to eat them. I noticed at dinner time that Dory was more relaxed. (?Full of squeezy food.) 

My camera is defunct. When I took photos with my phone it ran out of juice. But here is Nutmeg who was found talking to Lola earlier in the day. . .. in the front foyer.

Nutmeg

 Cookie and Marmalade are resigned to their boring stand alone. . . . except when somebody passes with food.

Cookie and Marmalade

 

Don't know why nobody has adopted the last of the H litter:

Harlow and Hudson

 Or the last G kitten, either.

Thanks to Joy for her three finger photos on Wednesday for Peanut:

Look at those whiskers!

 And Cheeto and Luna . . . are they related?

Cheeto and Luna

 

Quick post

 This will have to be quick because I have a committee meeting by Zoom in 15 minutes.

 We had a donation this afternoon from a deceased estate. Luckily it included a bag of pine litter because we are down to our last bag.

 The daughter is visiting from the UK. If she was living here she would have taken the O boy who with his 2 sisters has been moved to the stand alone beside the door. That is a popular spot at the moment for adoptions!

Odysseus is all by himself on Better Row.

But that is the exciting place to be. One of Salt and Pepper escaped from the condo below and took off over the balcony. Last seen running across the drive and up the passageway behind Building 1. Tim has set up a trap just across from the garage below us. The food in is has disappeared but nothing has been trapped. I left the remains of the chicken that was bought last week for Lilly the tiny kitten who would only eat chicken. There is plenty more in the freezer.

And there is Ruby and her kittens who will be moved into PC's space because PC has found another foster home. Let's hope they can put some weight on him. Ruby's lot will go to be desexed tomorrow. They were having a final suckle this afternoon.

Ruby et al

We have another Jerry. This one came in from foster with a Ben. Told you we should have spelled Mouse's Jerry with a G for Geraldine.

Jerry

Ben

There are only 2 H kittens and 1 G kitten left.

Harlow and Hudson

 

Late day

Poor Aslan didn't get dinner until 7pm tonight. And I am eating my lunch as I type this. This morning there were only 5 vollies who worked hard and long. And I had 3 adoptions. 

1. A young woman came in with her friend who adopted from us before. She had looked at the website and rather fancied Harry. But she loved every cat that she met including Mimi, both G boys, the Japanese boy and all the H kittens. But eventually she spotted Kitty. Fell in love. And adopted her!

Kitty

(Sorry about the repeat photos. I didn't have time to take photos today).

Thanks to the lovely Friday vollie who has spent time with her after his shift for the past 2/3 months, Kitty was willing, and eager, to meet a new person who thought she looked perfect.

She was even easy to put into a carrier!

Then a mother and daughter came in to get a cat to go with their female cat as their old man cat had died. The daughter wanted a fluffy. Harry was it. Although Rory had a chance when I told them that he had had the entropian operation (? spelling of the condition in which the eyelid rolls in so that the eyelashes scratch the cornea). Seems that the daughter has had the same operation! 

Harry and bro

There will be a disappointed visitor tomorrow. One of Harry's brothers will be just as nice. Or one of the remaining G boys.

After they left, a woman arrived looking for a replacement for her beloved 20year old cat. We went around everybody but she kept coming back to Mimi who happily got out of her box and came for pats every time her door was opened. She took Mimi home. And as she works from home, I think Mimi will believe that she has gone to heaven.

Sorry Saturday folk for adopting out all the nicest cats in the place. 

Goosey is really friendly.

Got to go. Aslan wants to play.