Five in Playplace

 There are five kittens in the play place. They are all playing together and seem much happier now. Especially at meal times.

Bagheera, Rama, George, Samuel and Bear.. . . . not necessarily in that order

There were adoptions over the weekend. Tulip and Tilly have moved into Mallee's condo.

I moved Prime into Hui Hui's condo to give him more room. And three kittens came out of the stand alone in incoming to be next door to Bassuria and Julie (who looks even thinner this week.

I had a shock when I opened the Isolation door this afternoon. Minty's mate Rascal's door was wide open. He was nowhere to be seen. I opened his bedbox door. There he was . . . . hissing at me.

Minty doesn't hiss as much

There were 14 of us workers at Safehaven today. Which meant the work was finished early and the vollies got to play with the kittens.

Play time

Mistaken move

 Irene wanted kittens moved. So I successfully organised vollies to move Chloe, Pikachu and Blaze to the double under Bissie in Welfare. They settled in immediately. Especially Pikachu (the name comes from Pokemon, I am told). The other two are sweet, friendly kittens Pikachu is wary of people (with good reason!)

Chloe, Pikachu and Blaze. . .  L to R

I moved Romeo out of the Play Place back to his condo. He spent most of his time lying in his litterbox in the Play place which is a bit of a waste of the space. 

Then I organised a couple of vollies to move the kittens in Incoming who came together from the same kitten rescuer but who had been in two small condos. I mistakenly had them put into the Play Place. Irene hoped they would go into the Enclosure where Chloe, P & B were. But that might have been a bit close for comfort,

We left Panda behind. He was in a single condo with two older kittens and has become very aggressive about food (because he had to fight for every mouthful). His condo mates, Bagheera and Rama now reunited with George, Samuel and Bear. Later this afternoon I could only see three black and one tabby kitten in the play place. The grey one has hidden himself somewhere. We did take them all there. 

More missing kittens: Two of Peaches kittens are back into Isolation from the vet. One is still there. Two died. Peaches has been moved to condo 6 which she doesn't like because the door is so noisy.

 Cordelia's pair are thriving.

Cordelia's two

Valentine is also thriving. She will soon be as big as that pillow that we got when we had boarders next door over Christmas. 

Valentina

And Irene asked me to weigh Aziza's kittens. They are all too light to be desexed. But I took the opportunity to check their sexes.

Adom is a boy. He is the heaviest. And is ginger and white.

Anat is a ticked tabby girl.

Ali is the tabby girl

Ava is the calico and is, of course, a girl.

 

Balls galore

We had a visitor this morning on her second visit. She has three adult (6, 11 and 12) female cats at home as well as 2 doodle dogs and 3 kids from 12 up. The house is currently being worked on so her husband has said "Not this week!" and also "Not a kitten". A pity because she likes Rose ( in Incoming or Rosa in Welfare who was adopted over the weekend). She also likes Mallee. Who doesn't really like people yet but I am sure she will learn to love the person who feeds her. 

We were keen for her to like Storm. A boy, young cat would be a good idea to go with all those females and he probably met some dogs while he was living at large. 

Storm

So we opened up the Top Cat and let him out to play with Petal and Koa (Ziggy was adopted over the weekend). They had a fabulous time chasing ping pong balls. Eventually they chased them into the space between Pepper's condo and the wall. I sent Tim W to get them out. He found 11 ping pong balls there!

Later, after she left and Storm went in for a rest, we added Prime who had a fine time. 

Then added Zoe who really wanted to play with all the balls by herself but not with any other cats, thank you. I eventually put on the blue gloves to put her back she was having such a bolshie time.

If you notice a pink washer rolled into the space beside  Pepper's condo, it is to keep the ping pong balls out.

Pepper wanted to play too.

Later on Helen and I rotated Hiccup and Turbo's carrier so that the larger "window" could be opened. They are very friendly cats (especially if you have something delicious to temp them). Now they can't hide so well.

Hiccup and Turbo

Two of the stand alone kittens in incoming have been desexed. Their collars were off and wet. So I put on clean collars. I think that wink says that the collars will be off as soon as I walk out of the room!

There is another new mum in Incoming. She had four kittens yesterday. Her name is Yahtzee. What are we going to name her kittens? Yvette, Yves, Yvonne, Yosef, Yale, Yasmine. . . . not Yoel!
 

Yahtzee

And Peaches is all alone in Isolation. She has been since March 24 when her kittens were sent to the vet.

Peaches not happy

Adoption Tails: Suki Sioux, Shawna and Louie

 Suki Souix

1 week: Suki has settled in very quickly and has won their hearts. She was in her safe room for one day before taking over the rest of the house. They say that she has only sounded like a Siamese once.

 1 month: Suki was peeing quite frequently out of her litter box. They had taken her to Allambie vet who had suggested various things. Suki is kept in her safe room overnight. It seems progress is being made & she is settling down somewhat. They are trying all sorts of strategies to help her and love her.

 

Shawna

1 day: Shawna is doing really well. Eating really well, drinking and has toileted.

 

1 week: She's very happy. "She crawled in under this blanket... too cute!" Everything else is going really well. It's love for the owners and Shawna.

 

No 1 month response

Louie now Floquinho

1 day: Louie is now called Floquinho ("little snowflake" in Portuguese). He has adapted very well and already seems to feel like he owns the place. He loves his new toys but what he really enjoys most is being with the owners. He's always playing, cuddling and loves to lay on their laps. Floquinho is receiving a lot of love and attention and has already had some visitors who absolutely adored him. He got along very well with everyone. He still has the habit of playfully biting but the owners are teaching him to stop it. He is doing great!

 1 week: He's doing very well and has quickly adapted to both owners and his new home. He's having a lot of fun, plays a lot and gets plenty of affection. They're taking good care of him and he's already part of the family. "We're really enjoying having him with us!"

 

 1 month: Floquinho is settled at home. He's getting better with scratching due to some crusty bumps. The owners and the vet are taking good care of him.

 

 

106

 I was curious and counted the cats in the cattery this afternoon. One hundred and six cats and kittens.

The most recent two are doing well. Cordelia is getting up to eat so I got a good photo of them.

Cordelia's two, at two days old

 Bree's three were on display as well. She keeps well to the rear and spits.

Bree plus 3

I tried to take a good photo of Le Clerc because the one on the Safe Haven website is very blurred. Mine were all as bad. That cat doesn't like to stand still. We let him out for a wander and a vollie took lots of photos with her phone. I hope she can send them to Irene to upload. He had a lovely play with the bobbles on a stick.

Gracie was out today. . . not out of her condo but off her sleeping shelf. It is a long time since her kittens were adopted. It would be good if she started to accept chin rubs as Shadow is doing in Incoming.

Gracie

Likewise, Ezra in Isolation, of the fluffy feet. He still spits.

Ezra

I carried Casper from Isolation to Wolfie's stand alone. No problem. He enjoyed it as much as I did. It didn't take him long to settle down. He will be on the "available" list as soon as he has been vaccinated.

Peaches and four of her kittens are back from the vet. She is in the stand alone in Isolation. She and the kittens have had two lots of medicine for their intestinal parasites. The littlest ones aren't eating well but Peaches is back to feeding them and she is eating well. Throw away any poo'y towels. We have plenty of towels. And no spare bags of washing today!

Don't know why nobody has snaffled Zoe and Maddy. They came in together but don't really seem to get on well. (Perhaps a clash of two dominant females). They enjoyed time in the top cat.

Zoe above, Maddy below, as usual

Cordelia is a mum

 I could tell that something was going on this morning when she wasn't waiting anxiously for her breakfast. I had a quick peak and saw one baby. Later on I saw another. Don't know if she had them today or I just missed the second one on my first brief peek. Later I got photos:

Cordelia with white with black kitten

Cordelia with white and ginger kitten

 We will have to read up on our Shakespeare to get names for them. There may be more by tomorrow.

Bree is getting more relaxed. We need names for her great gingers.

Bree and her ?boys

I tried to make friends with Shadow. He was not thrilled but submitted to being touched, briefly. Charley made real friends with him earlier so perhaps he was sick of the attention by the time I got to him.

Shadow

The other girl Shadow, on the other side of that condo block, renamed Codie, has got the sloppy, smelly poos. She may have got it from Peaches. Peaches and family are at the vets for tlc.

Zoe and Maddy are available for adoption, separately. One of them had inappropriate urinating problems in the home that she came from. So we have not labeled them as a bonded pair. Often two females together, if they are not related, have dominance issues that result in inappropriate peeing. 

Zoel and Maddy

The other Zoe is ready to a proper home, she tells me.

Zoe

And Wolfie has gone to his home. A young woman came in to adopt him from the play place. It was a wonderful opportunity to have a final cuddle. I quickly trimmed 6 of his nails before he realised what I was doing. I gave the trimmers to his new owner to finish off the job. All his daughters have been adopted as well.

 

Adoption Tails: Venice, Muffin, Ella, Jorge and Gingerbread

Venice & Muffin

 Venice & Muffin were still quite shy when adopted and the owner has been very patient and has continued to work on their confidence. Venice & Muffin were rescued with another kitten named Cookie, now Umami, Her follow up is here: https://safehavencats.blogspot.com/2023/12/adoption-tails-chessie-cookie.html

1 week: They are super shy and still very scared. The owners are going slowly and giving them plenty of space.

 

1 month: Venice and Muffin are still very shy. The owners try their best to give some love and cuddles. They will need more time, especially Muffin. They're hopeful that the two become more comfortable and confident in the future.

 Ella

 

1 day: Ella is still very reserved as the owner expected. She is mostly just hiding under the bed but has eaten and used her litter tray. She's all set up in her own room. The owner is keeping her name.

1 week: Ella is going okay, still a bit shy but she has started coming out of the room and coming into the owner's room. She's been slowly approaching the owner but has yet to allow petting. She is eating well.

Ella in foster

 No 1 month response.

 

Jorge

 

1 day: Jorge is very well and is staying on just one side of the house from the resident cat who is aware of his presence. They have yet to meet each other. Jorge is eating very well, toileting and sleeping very well. He plays a lot and is very affectionate with the owners.

 

1 week: orge is doing very well. He is so playful and naughty. He is so affectionate. The owner's older, resident cat is already getting more friendly with Jorge, the two will smell each other.

 

 

1 month: Jorge and the resident cat are good friends now. They are so cute together!

 

 Gingerbread, now Maya

 

1 week: She is slowly settling in. Doing very well now. She is a very playful kitten and is so adorable.

 

Gingerbread (Maya)

 

1 month: Gingerbread is now called Maya. She is still growing and very well adjusted in the apartment. The owner took her to the vet for a flea treatment. "Thanks for introducing Maya in my life."

Rebagged

 On Wednesday I left Safe with a huge bag of washing. Somebody had sewn a pretty print of cartoon cats into a laundry bag that would have been big enough for Santa to deliver presents to the Old Lady who Lived in a Shoe. Sue thought I looked hilarious. The bag held four loads of washing. I cut it into two to make two laundry bags of a more reasonable size.

Cody approved

Mateo was collected yesterday so his small condo was free. We moved Prime into there. He is the biggest of the kittens in Mia's condo and added greatly to the havoc of feeding time by greedying as much tucker as he could get his paws on. Moved into his own condo he hid in the hammock. And wasn't interested in his dinner! He is available for adoption.

Prime

As are Prue and Trude. Irene took lots of cats to the vet this morning. It is great to see their name cards changed to pink!

Prue and Trude

Also good to see was Archie out of his Pub Box. His face is cleaner but he needs to work on his body.

Archie

And also great to see was Shadow in Incoming responding to occasional visitor Christine.

Shadow

Now we know that he likes pats, we all need to give them to him.

Aziza and co were moved out of Isolation because a small kitten with ringworm was moved in. A and the little A's are in the Palace. I moved one of the Lola anointed stratchy poles from the front foyer into the palace so that the kittens could move vertically to get to Aziza. (My chosen names have been approved).

A visitor came to choose a second kitten to go with her boy kitten. She fell for Hui Hui because Tim W has her trained to be carried around lying on her back in his arms! She may well be back tomorrow at 10am to adopt her (after consulting her mother).

Split bin gone

 So we are back to 2 Willoughby bins. But they only emptied one of them this morning. Tim W phoned the council and they promised to empty it in the next day, or so. What a relief. Because I had schlepped out 22 bags of poo from the balcony, with their resident maggots, into other peoples bins there was only enough trash from today to fill one Cozens bin. I didn't fancy having to transfer bags from the Willoughby bin to the other Cozens bin. It would have been way overweight.

 No surprise, Mateo has been chosen. He will be picked up tomorrow. The woman who adopted him came for two kittens. Why didn't she choose Hui Hui and Daisy May? Put it down to Mateo's charm.

Irene wanted a photo of him for social media. He doesn't stand still long enough for a good shot.

Mateo ignoring Tim W and Sue

Wolfie sat still and watched. He had a wander time out today too.. . . . we still hope he will become an old persons' home cat.

Wolfie

So did Hui Hui and Daisy May. That woman should have chosen them.

Hui Hui and Daisy May

I think we should swap their stand alone position with Wolfie's so that they are nearest the front door and get seen by the incomers.

Wolfie only has two daughters left on the premises. I got the job of holding them while their condo was cleaned (because we were short on vollies this morning). A hard job but somebody. . . .. (gets lucky).

Wilhelmina and Wanda

Violet is off "wet food only". I think she likes the full tummy effect of crunchies.

Violet

Grumpy cat faces:

Greta in Incoming.

Greta

Mickey in Welfare

Mickey

Zoe, is more confused than grumpy now that she has moved from Incoming to Welfare. This is last week's photo of her in Incoming. Today, she wouldn't stand still for a photo.

Zoe