Magic upstairs

  Since Kath was last in 14 cats have been adopted which has made space for more. Vivienne brought in 3 large kittens who she swears are Enzo's offspring. They are all large tabbies and are very shy with us just like Enzo used to be. Enzo himself has been adopted and will be picked up tomorrow after 10am.

Enzo's kids

 They are upstairs in the first enclosure you come to. Teddy, Sue's beloved, is across the way while she is in Japan. He needs lots of loving, brushes and talking to. He is on a special diet so no treats.

Today a couple came and adopted Hunter. They will pick him up on Saturday.

Hunter

And Gideon put on a giddy-eon show while chasing Bree's feather toy. (I put it into his enclosure because he had chewed it and gave Bree a new one. There are 4 more new ones downstairs for other cats). Sorry I don't seem to be able to upload the video. He will perform again for anybody who wants to play with him,

Catsie did an amazing job on the merch shelves. The stuff looks enticing now. Thank you.

 

 

 

 

The Trials of Toby

 Last night I left his door open so that he could explore the house again. And I couldn't find him anywhere in the house in the morning. Previously he was waiting for his breakfast behind his couch. This morning, not there. I went downstairs again and heard a thunk (as though somebody had jumped off the top of a wardrobe upstairs) and there was Toby behind his couch. He was reluctant to eat breakfast. And did a smelly poo. And then ate breakfast. And did another smelly poo.

I put the smelly poos down to the treats that I gave him yesterday. He liked the ones that we are trying to give away. The ones that we have a wall full of boxes of. But Toby won't be getting any more of them. His tummy is, after two big poos, still so upset that he hasn't finished his dinner. 

He will have a quiet couple of days.

At the moment he is sitting on the other end of his couch, on his electric blanket while I sit at my end.

Tuesday at 2:20pm

 

International Day of the Cat, 2026

 Mona Vale Vet hosted a celebration of the day and Irene organised a visitation by some of our cats.

She was going to take all three C kittens but a young man came at 10am to get a kitten as a surprise for his girlfriend and as a treat to go with their existing boy cat. He fell in love with Crystal. And took her home.The remaining 2 C girls went to the celebration and only one came back as the other was adopted. Only Caroline left now.

She also took Kiwi who has gone home on appro with the vet nurse.

Kiwi

Soon after they left for the celebration, an older lady came in to meet Enzo. Her most beloved cat died recently and she needs a cat. She loved Enzo on our website. But, Enzo was not impressed with her. So I introduced her to Nala who, most uncharacteristically, turned herself inside out to impress the person. She purred, flashed her fabulous whiskers, jumped up a level, etc, etc. The lady was entranced. 

Then I suggested that we meet Minke just to have met all the possibles. And the lady fell in love. Minke lapped it up. Match made in heaven. Minke will live happily ever after.

Minke

 Susie and Sirocco didn't go the the celebration so they are still with us. (And Susie has shed her collar since Joy took these photos on Wednesday. Thanks Joy.)

Susie

 

Sirocco

 

 

 

Comings and goings

 Frankie and Floyd were returned after a short adoption. They were "too active".

Frankie and Floyd

Better luck next time kids.

It might be a race between them and Belle and Beau who are active kittens (except when they are resting.)

 

Beau and Belle

I have decided to let Toby explore the house tonight because I will have time tomorrow morning to find him if he has hidden himself somewhere. The visitors are well gone and last night he came to sit under my foot stool while I spent time with him in his room. 

Toby

A mother and daughter who visited last Friday returned and decided on Tyrone. But when I got the paperwork out, it says "Tim to approve adoption". They are happy to come back tomorrow for him to approve.

Lola will approve.

Lola

 And we have a new "breed" cat to replace Demi who has gone home to her owner. Kiwi's people rang this morning to ask how the cat was settling in!

Kiwi

 

Shy ones appear

 There was a happy crew of vollies today and after they left the cats were eager to interact.

 Persephone was introduced to THE shoulder. She knew just what to do. (Must have seen my blog posts).

Later in the afternoon, she seriously napped to recover from the thrill of smelling Mayavan's hair.

Persephone

 Tahlia, who arrived from the western suburbs on Wednesday turned on a show for Robin who visited this afternoon. Look at these whiskers! And an orange leg to display when she joy rolled. Not to mention the green eyes.

Tahlia

 Later in the afternoon, I had a loving time with Nala! Up to now she has hidden and pointedly refused food. Today she jumped up to her ledge, licked the blankey and allowed me to pat her.

Nala likes this blanket

 

Nala's profile

Her neighbour, Muffin has devised a new game. You poke your finger against the sheet covering her stand alone and she tries to pounce on your finger. It is an endless game.

On our website it says that she is tail-less. But she does have a very cute, short, pompom tail. 

Muffin

 

 

8 adoptions last week

 Kath knows how to get to the computer page that tells us how many and who were adopted.

 And one adoption today that Kath did in record time because the adopters were in our system. They adopted one of the Spice Girls, Cumin at Bunnings not so long ago. She has got to the stage that she needs a friend to play with so the people can relax. They thought they should get a boy just in case the two female cats had trouble deciding who was going to be boss. With a boy and a girl it is very straightforward. . . . . the girl will be boss. 

So they chose Solano and went home to talk dad into it. Later in the day they were back with their carrier ready to take him home. 

Solano

That left Siroleo all alone tonight. I put an igloo in his stand alone so that he had a warm place to snooze.

Siroleo

The excitement of the day, though, was that Lani washed Persephone while I held her (the kitten) down.

 First she got her nails done.

"pink please"

  Then into the tub. Her eyes were huge and black and she wheezed throughout.

Persephone

But after being dried with Lani's hair dryer and popped into the Transit Lounge with a pair of hotties, she was her usual bouncy self.

Kath took a photo of Gideon to record his progress. (He finished off Lola's breakfast while going for a walk around the office.)

Gideon

Tim is back so his cats have gone home. 
 

More vollies

 A couple of folk (women) came today to check us out as potential volunteer opportunities. One decided, in view of the work involved, that she'd wait until her back got better. The other would have signed on straight away. And we had two new, trained vollies on shift today. I will be able to retire soon.

Cats went to the vet or have come back since Wednesday. The C girls are all back. Only the Elizabethan collars distinguish them from their brothers. All are sweet and friendly.

C girls above and below. Could be Crystal, Caitlin or Carolyn

I almost had a home for Cedric, the almost Siamese-coloured boy today. A young woman came in with her son who is obsessed with a ginger cat of movie/iTunes fame and mum liked Cedric best. But the boy didn't make a choice. He did like other coloured cats. They will be back.

Rascal was taken to the vets. I was the lucky one who managed to get her into a carrier. I might never live that down until another wild one rips my arm off. Nevertheless, she came back with a clean bill of health so should be available for adoption soon.

Rascal

Likewise, Hunter went. And came back just as sweet as when he left.

Hunter

And while upstairs, I photographed Dinesh just to record how much better he is looking. He seems happier as well and while he still begs for food every time he sees me, it is not so mindlessly as it used to be. Soon he will be white below his "knees".

Dinesh

 In my last blog post I misnamed a vollie who came in to love on Bonnie and others. She is Amelia and here she is training one of our new vollies today how to win the trust of the shyer cats, like Minke.

I had never seen Minke out of her safe space before let alone being happy to be cuddled.