Escaped

 Yesterday a cat escaped while his enclosure was being cleaned. He, and his friend, are very scardy cats so were put upstairs. At the first opportunity Midnight bolted and was seen climbing up the wall onto the office "roof". A sheet of cardboard was put onto the top of the enclosure with litter on it to see if he jumped down that way. He did. And wee'd in it. And ate the wet food placed on the floor outside a carry cage. And has disappeared again.

A trap will be set tonight and we hope that he will be safely back with his mate in no time. (But it did take several weeks to get Salt to walk into the cat trap.

In the meantime. Four cats went to the vet today including Nigel. He has a spot on his leg that might be ringworm and a deformed claw. He has an enthusiastic adopter who arrived shortly after he left. She has taken 5 days off work to settle him down at her place. DISAPPOINTED!

But this evening, Nigel was delivered back to us. The spot is probably a scar from an old wound. And the claw was probably permanently damaged in some kind of incident/fight. So he is set to go. Let's hope his lady comes back soon.

Nigel returns

He has a new neighbour named Dash who is charming as well. I installed a clean hammock (because the other one had been vomited into) and he was intrigued.

Dash

We got all kinds of cat food from AWL who has had to empty a storage facility. It included a bag of Rag Doll food. That will be nice for the folk who adopt them. Thanks AWL.

 And thankyou to Dawn who left some catty fabric for me to sew into hammocks.

Teddy got his cuddles and brushes today.

Teddy

And Iris' kittens crashed in their litter tray.

 

Contrary cats

 They have that reputation. And Elle certainly lived up to it today. She loved some people but not me. (Of course, I am the horrid person who grabs her kittens to get treated for . . . .goodness knows what!)

Smooching Elle

 We got three more cats today. Two are the cats of the parents of a young woman who can't take over their care now that the parents can no longer do it. Harley, named for the bike, likes baths. (Which reminded me of my first cat, Coco, who liked to join me in the tub. He'd sit on my chest. This was a long time ago. We named him Coco because my father took the family to see The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan as performed by the D'Oyle Carte company. . . . way back in the 1950's or 60's. He was a lovely cat.)

Harley

And his housemate Abby. They will make lovely older cats to adopt.

Abby

Glitter came with them. She is a colony cat who has been rescued and "tamed."

Glitter

I was surprised when showing around a mother and daughter that Nigel had a pink name tag. 

I checked. He is a boy who just happens to have FIV. So I changed his label to a blue one.

Nigel

The visitors liked several others, as well as Nigel. They will return.

In the meantime, Oreo's body language said all there was to say about the weather.

Oreo

Fingers or food?

I took Oreo on a walk this afternoon on a leash. The only way he would go forward was if there was a treat to walk towards. I tried to interest his neighbours in my finger. They were only interested if I had a licky treat in my hand. Perhaps that is why they are pink?

 We have some lovely new cats. Nigel is very handsome. And super friendly.

Nigel

 And Winnie is just divine with those green eyes.

Winnie

 Spook got moved to where Cindy was because his two siblings were adopted and we needed their enclosure for two adult cats who came this afternoon (?Blackie and Charlie?)  who are super friendly.

Spook

 They are next door to Tiger who was out and about this afternoon which is most unusual. Perhaps the new cats are old friends of his.

Tiger

 Sooty is in the green stand alone. I don't expect she will last long as she is the smallest kitten, apart from Cleo who went to the vet this afternoon.

Sooty

 I cooked a cook earlier in the week for the cats. Toby got to lick the dish.

Toby

 

 

Joy's photos (again) save the day

 No time today to take any photos because of small kittens that need bottle and syringe feeding as well as drops in eyes after eye bathing, etc, etc. So I will fall back on Joy's photos from Wednesday. (Thank You Joy).

Courtney and Charlotte.

Courtney's eye is cured. And they have a sign "We are Adopted".  Don't know when they are to be picked up.

I got the message yesterday that somebody was to come to adopt Cindy at 3:40pm this afternoon. They (father and teenaged daughter) arrived just after David at lunch time. So he was able to enjoy adopting her to them.

Cindy

I got the job of putting her into a carrier. She was not pleased at that prospect. But she was polite about her absolute rejection of the possibility of getting into a carrier. I persevered. She, being a polite cat  . . . submitted. She was carried off to a home where she will be beloved.

Courtney and Charlotte have the "Adopted" sigen. They seem cool with that.

Cortney and Charlotte

Every time I opened Topaz's door . . . gently .  . . today. . . . . her kitten slid to the floor. Luckily she is so plump that she bounces.

Topaz and her rather large jewel

 Joy's last photo (thank you Joy for the photos) is of Prue and Trude who are relaxed about  being back with us.

Prue and Trude

 I am glad that the hammocks fit two adult cats.

 

 

New hammocks

 Last week Katrina brought in her mum's old quilt for me to make into hammocks. I did that over the weekend because Katrina intended to come back in today to pick up the painting of cats she bought from us last year some time. And she was going to bring her mum. So I put up some of the hammocks downstairs in the hope that the cats would smile at the visitors. 

Only Katrina came. And she was delighted. Roxie posed so beguilingly on her new hammock thata Katrina may just adopt her. 

 She also fancied Cindy. Who liked her back and performed very well despite not having any hammocks in her condo. Katrina will return.

Salt and Pepper got one of the new hammocks as well. (They have been using theirs since we moved to Mona Vale and they were dirty.)

Salt and Pepper

 

Truffles and Oreo love their hammocks.

Truffles and Oreo

 

As does Oreo next door

Oreo

Bree, not so much.

Bree

 

I found time to brush Teddy. For a very black cat, it is surprising how grey the brushings are from him.

 Teddy has been moved downstairs into Bassuria's enclosure. Bass has been fostered-to-adopt. Hurrah!

 

See Feb 6, 2026

 I didn't expect Toby to stalk my kitchen benches to the extent that Aslan did. But today I left a frozen nan on the toaster to thaw while I was off playing tennis.

When I got home I found it moved, and nibbled a little bit. 

He Is currently sitting under the dining room table waiting for me to fix my dinner and sit down there. I share a tiny bit of whatever meat I have prepared with him. He is very polite about taking it from my fingers.

He still does not want me to pat him but he chooses to sleep where I sit on the couch now that his electric blanket has been turned off. 

He is a very satisfactory, no-touch cat to have around the house.

Snow's kittens

Early this morning the fosterer of Snow's kittens brought them in. She had fattened them up so that they can be quickly desexed and then be available for adoption within a fortnight! We popped them into the green stand alone in the Transit Lounge.

Then they were looked at and a ring shaped lesion appeared in the fluorescent torch light in the bathroom. So they have been transferred to Isolation with suspect ringworm. The one with the ring is by herself.

Sad S kitten

 The trash can kittens have settled in. I put in another hammock so the one (B & W) that gets sucked on can get away from the other three!

 Bassuria is going to get publicity because he has been with us for 4 years. (Feels longer to me!)

Bassuria