My first Tuesday

 It was very nice to meet the Tuesday crew (or some of it) at last.

One thing they, and everyone else will have to remember is that the new, industrial mop needs to be rinsed out after it is finished with for the day. Otherwise all the dirt stays in it.

I told Tim that Julie and Bass are almost out of ZD wet, which has been their sole diet since he had a tooth out. Tim decided that it was time they were reintroduced to ZD crunchies. Aslan is proof positive that you don't have to have any teeth at all to enjoy crunchies. (But he does love his wet ZD).

Julie and Bassuria

 

I gave Dinesh a hammock today. Is was brand new. I made it out of a pillowslip yesterday. He watched them next door playing in theirs. (Do we have a name for Demi's kitten? How about "Half")

Demi + 1

At some stage Demi threw up on his new hammock. I have made him another one this evening. If anybody has some old, cotton or flanelette pillowslips, please bring them in. They are the perfect size for the larger enclosures. 
 

 

It is probably me who is doing something odd!

 

Elle

Elly

Sparrow

When I left this afternoon around 4pm there was a very small rabbit sitting on the side of the road as though it was waiting for it's mum to pick it up  from kindy. About 5 ins tall (12cm), dark grey with a white rim around its chest. Super cute.

Continuing. . . because Blogger did something odd

 

Phoebe

Autumn

Cosmo & Coco

Mouse

Bree

Voomie's

How's it going

 I photographed every cat at Mona Vale today. You can tell by their faces how they are coping.

Demi plus 1

Dinesh

Bonnie

Roxie

Ume

Rascal and Raphaella

Julie & Bassuria

Chalk

 

Autum

First shift at the new place

 The three vollies who came to Mona Vale had to search out all the bits and pieces that they needed. Some things were missing  . . . . like rubbish bins and aprons. But they improvised and did a splendid job. They deserved two photos -- one at each end of out large downstairs space.

 

 Thanks guys. Most of the cats have settled down after their big day on Friday. Some haven't. Salt and Pepper are still ready to bolt. Chalk is a happy chappy and Ume just wants a cuddle.

One third gone

 It started out as a normal day except for the instruction to not add any litter to any litter tray because cats will be moved and their litter discarded. Then mid morning volunteer drivers started arriving and Irene's Peter came in with Terry to coral cats into carriers.

Then I had a thought. Why not put the cat's litter into the plastic food bags that have been saved for lo these many years in the bin under the feeding table. It worked: that bin is almost empty now, the rubbish bins are full and there are no bags on the balcony and the cats have a familiar smell of self in their new home.

Thanks Kath for photos taken while the first arrivals were settled into Mona Vale. Bonnie is in a corner by herself (because of her ring worm). She had to be collected especially because she was forgotten in a carrier in Isolation. In her new naughty corner she was having a lovely time and tore her name tag off her stand alone.

Bonnie

Chalk seems to have settled in right away. I will try to get the cats more cuddled in with sheet covers tomorrow.
 

Salt and Pepper are back together in an enclosure. Salt is NOT HAPPY. She looks as though she will rip the arm off anybody who tries to open the door in her rush to get away.  (Again.)

I think this is Umi. Because I had to tie up her hammocks this evening. 

What is left at Roseville? I counted 55 cats. There were 86 on Wednesday. 

And there is a bit of washing up. (One of the lovely transporters washed all the dishes while waiting for Peter to catch her car load of cats.)

Going, going

 The conference room (aka the junk room) is half empty.  The shelves on the right hand side have all gone (along with the boxes of gloves. But I am assured that there is a box of gloves somewhere). I couldn't find Lola this morning. She wasn't waiting for me at the front door. But when it was her turn to be fed, she appeared like magic.

There were only a few vollies but they did a splendid job and even though the mop is broken the place sparkled at the end of the day.

We had one customer. . . a young couple. He said that she had promised him they would have a cat before kids five years ago when they got married. They went around everybody. Every cat loved them. Including Peanut.

Peanut

They took photos. I sent them to the cafe next door to decide. The came back and adopted Bruce and Ruby. They will be very happy.

Kath did the adoption which went well until it came to printing out the Adoption Contract. Because Ruby has just turned 1 year old, the system has a hissy fit and doesn't process it to the end. It has happened before. (But not to Kath or me). But Kath worked around it and they took the cats off. 

On my way home I dropped by the new premises which look much better in real life than in photos. Geoff was there working away with Tim and Sue. Most of the new enclosures are erected so I was able to install one hammock in each. When they are all there, I will add extras because there are no shelves yet. 

Some of Joy's photos from last week: 

 

Piglet having time out

 Dory will now happily take treats from everybody.

Dory

 

And you have to put Gary's medicine into his left ear. He is such a sweetie he has forgiven those who put it into his other ear.

Gary