Aslan adopted and Piglet picked up

 A day for alliterations!

 I learned from taking Aslan to the vet on Tuesday after breakfast: he threw it up and crapped on the way. Today, I went early to Safe Haven before his breakfast and after his morning poo. It was an almost odourless trip. . . . and quite short.

He was not happy to be back in an enclosure. And the vollies didn't recognize him. "He is so plump and his fur is fantastic."  Plus he wasn't complaining about anything. Irene did the adoption to his new family in Mosman. I think they will all be happy together. And I will try to keep my kitchen as clean as he has trained me to do it, in his honor.

Aslan ignores what is on TV just so long as he is close to you

 

 This afternoon Piglet was picked up which was nice for the Friday vollies who loved on her in the morning.

Piglet and her new staff! 

 

And Robin visited. She hopes to make it a more regular visitation. She celebrated by naming the kittens in "Incoming" as Sparky (because she loved the all-black horse of her childhood neighborhood) and Moet (to continue the sparkling theme). Will these names stick? Who knows.

Moet and Sparky

She took photos of her old mates Julie and Bassuria (who is much thinner than last she saw him).

And we visited Gideon who is moving more and eating a bit more. . . . sometimes. (Dinesh is definitely eating more, talking more, enjoying his position next to the feeding table to the max!)

Gideon

One of Peaches' kittens has been whisked off by their fosterer because she noticed that his gums were very red on Wednesday. Today she noticed that Peaches has some bald patches.

Peaches minus one

 

Lots of adoptions

 Perhaps we should move every year to a new location and get a rush of locals to adopt our cats!

6 went over the weekend including Lola and Pixie, Chaulk, Harry, Nutmeg. And today a volunteer came with her family to adopt Carrot after falling in love with her on her shift on Saturday.

I moved Ravyn down to where Clover was. It is a busy corner but she does like to be in the center of everything. Bubble and Squeek were moved down to Lola and Pixie's enclosure. And I moved the remaining pair upstairs (blocked their names) down to beside the tasty family.

Luckily Joy was with us to take lovely photos.

This pair of kittens is in the back wall Incoming area. I weighted them for Irene. The champagne is a girl and the black one is a boy with the biggest balls I've ever seen on a kitten. Names anyone? 

 There is a new white stand alone next door to  Garry. Very smart. With a mum called Pishi. Her four kittens were whisked away this morning, ? to be desexed. She sat relaxed all day long.

 

Pishi

Princess Peanut is ready to leave. Pity she is in the far corner of the "Welfare" area.

 

Princess Peanut

At the other end of that row of condos, is Indy and Marcy. We spotted a suspicious bare spot on Indy's shoulder today. Fingers crossed it is not ring worm.

Indy

 Marcy says "it wasn't me".

Marcy

Kath and I gave Gideon a bit of a wash today. He keeps on walking in his poo. He must have been a bit cleaner because 3 hand towels were pooey. All he wants is a lap to crawl onto.

Gideon

 

 

Piglet's new skill

 is standing on shoulders.

Piglet

Tim's new skill is numbering enclosures.

The numbers start at Lola and Pixie on the wall away from the office closest to the line of AWL condos.

 And end at 36 where Salt and Pepper are finally coming out from behind the sheets.

Across the way is Rascal in 37 to Clover in 39. Roxie is in 40 across the gap with Julie and Bassuria beside her in 41. The old AWL condos start with Marcy and Indie in 21 with Cheeto below in 22 and end with Peanut (aka Princess) at the other end of the line in 29.

Upstairs Dinesh is in D3. I assume (didn't look) that Raphaella (on the other side of the door) is in D1, etc. Raven is in D7.

Across the aisle, S1 has a boarder, Olive who moved in today. She didn't take long to settle into a hammock. (Which shows bravery because most cats wouldn't have ever seen a hammock before).

Olive

Gideon is at the end of that row of enclosures in S5. This afternoon he was curled up so tight you couldn't see his ears.

Gideon

 

Lost key

 I lost the front door key today. It must have jumped out of my pocket and down the drain. I searched everywhere. Catsie searched everywhere. It has vanished. Poor Tim will have to drive all the way to put another key in the lock box. It is the lock box at ankle level. The lock box at shoulder level is kaput. SORRY.

 Nutmeg was adopted over the weekend and her new owner rang to say "THANK YOU". Nutmeg has settled right in. Doesn't want to be in the safe room. Wants to be with her new people. Is talkative, playful and a pure delight.

A woman came in to look at the cats for her daughter. She rang later to make sure that Lola and Pixie are available. 

Ariel was moved into Nutmeg's stand alone. 

She loved the scratchy pole

 Chalk thinks a new neighbour will mean more food for him.

Chalk

Autumn, opposite them, will enjoy having somebody new to watch (down her nose).

Autumn

Piglet has been moved from "Incoming". She should get her pink name tag soon. I doubt she will last long.

Piglet would like the scratchy pole to go with her

And Sharon brought Garry back. She has commitments that mean that she can't keep him with her even though she would love to.

He is in the big stand alone in "Incoming" which I moved closer to the feeding table so he could be entertained by watching the feeders antics. 

Garry

 

Bree's bum

 I thought it was my camera. But her back end is definitely ginger. Today she was moved out of the low stand alone to an enclosure upstairs. She seemed delighted with the move because her back glowed.

Bree upstairs

I do not believe the orange glow is a reflection from that orange doona cover that is now an enclosure cover. But she matches.

We have some new cats. Penelope and Ariel have moved into Incoming (the area along the wall beside the feeding station.) They came in from a fosterer who was able to cuddle them both. Ariel is the tabby and is the friendly one. The other is Penelope, ginger and white.
 

Penelope and Ariel

The same fosterer brought in Peaches and her litter. They have moved into the enclosure next to Sparrow.

 Peaches is a fluffy (DMH) ginger without any white on her. Her kittens are quite big (F5s). There is Muffin who is grey calico with a stub tail, 

Honey who is a medium haired, ginger and white,

Biscuit who is a ginger with a whitish smear on his forehead  

Peaches and Biscuit

Muffin and Honey

The fosterer said she must have been hungry when she named them.

Settling in

 Robin visited today. It was grand to see her. And she hopes that now that she is just 5 minutes away, we will see her more often. Australis was thrilled to meet her. Her tail almost touches her ears when she is particularly pleased.

Australis and Robyn's fascinating finger

The crew had the brilliant idea of moving the stand alones to sweep beneath them.

 And while stand alones were moving, Bree's was rotated by 90degrees so that she backs up to the end of Chalk and Percy's.

 She glowed at the prospect of being able to watch Lola and Pixie. (Or my too smart iPhone changed her colours to what it thought was appropriate!

R

Bree isn't this tortie!

Rascal is becoming more sociable in her new digs.

Rascal

 Even, Oreo next door seems more relaxed.

Oreo

On his other side is Clover, the Ume replacement. She is not a happy cat.

Clover

 But Gideon was when we took off his cone so that he could eat and try to walk. (The eating went well for soft food. But the walking is all over the place unless there is a lap to be had.)

 

Gideon loves a lap

Only 2 to go

 That is, Tim has only two more enclosures to put together. He has run out of a nuts. The fastening shop next door was closed by the time he realized that. They might have the right kind (as well as a nice dog). The hardware stores up the road didn't. 

And I might have made enough hammocks for these last two. But the remaining hammocks are either the wrong size or need the nifty attachers that we got from the toys that Mariko gave each cat in the cattery four (?) years ago. I will have to devise an alternative so that those old ones can be used. And make some more for when boarders (expected on Sunday) go home.

I really was too busy to take any photos today. There were visitors. Some came to Roseville a couple of weeks ago. They live in Bayview so brought more family with them to choose. More opinions really don't make for easier decisions. They adjourned for coffee. Came back with dad who complicated matters further and then whisked off for a business meeting. Terry be warned. They may be back tomorrow.

When I left David was processing an adoption. I don't know of whom. He had the <F6's to give dinner to.

The vollies did a splendid job in the morning. The following photos demonstrate, courtesy of Umi, how difficult, and time consuming, it can be.

 

 Hero Catsie dropped by with some chicken that was loitering in her fridge. It was so splendidly and finely chopped that we fed it to the kittens who LOVED IT. Thank you Catsie (again).