Moo gone

 She got adopted yesterday. Sebastian has already moved into her small stand alone.

Sebastian

He has been desexed and is ready to go. Savannah was sprawled out in their condo this afternoon while Sybie was in the bed box by herself. 

 And Tiger has been moved from Incoming to be with his siblings, Dash and Oreo because he has recovered from whatever upset his kidneys. You can tell which of the tabbies is Tiger. He is the one who jumps onto your head when you open the door.

Oreo, Tiger, Dash. . .. perhaps

I have noticed that Goosey is very affectionate at dinner time. If you approach her at other times, she does NOT want to know you. But at dinner time she would rather have cuddles than food. 

And since Ravyn has had a harness on, she is much more relaxed. Perhaps it is the prospect of wanders that has taken off the edge. Or just the realization that she is in an enviable position. . . . all that space for just her. Or the vollies who give her treats whenever they approach her.

Ravyn

On the other end of the scale is Dinesh who looks miserable and has battle scars to justify that feeling. Must find out his history.

Dinesh

Joy's new phone

 She says she bought it so that she could take even better photos of our cats. For example:

Fawney and family

 

Cookie

She is a newcomer in Incoming. When I fed her afternoon tea she was lying on her back with her legs in the air. Kim took Sebastian home with her this afternoon so as to give Sybie some room to recover without "big brother" hogging all the food.

Oreo

Look at those whiskers! The third kitten has ?been adopted.

Dash

Bubbles and Squeek are less nervous.

Bubbles

Squeek

And next door, Freckles and Posie are almost friendly.

Freckles and Posie

We got a new cat from a colony today from a devoted colony cat carer (Her colony has about 20 cats). He is Angel and he is a sweetie. I had to turf Ravyn out of her stand alone, give it a quick steralization, and reinstall it beside the door. It was nice not having a stand alone there.

 The photos are splendid. Thank you Joy.

 

Tim wins

 In the "Sounds Crook" stakes. And he has been sick for longer than me. Despite that he picked up Callie from the vet this afternoon. ? for a check of her removed teeth? She was really keen for her dinner.

Callie

I introduced myself to Ravioli this afternoon. Irene talked about putting them up for adoption so I decided it was time for him to come out of hiding in a huge, fluffy bed. . . . . I ripped the top off his covering and discovered a very friendly cat under all the polyester fluff. Irene said "That is Billy, the friendly one". 

Billy

I thought the one who sat on the top shelf was Billy because he was so friendly (I overheard that much of the surrender process.) But the ragdoll is Ravioli.

Ravioli (sorry about the bad photos)

They will be on the website and are not expected to last for long. So get your pats in before they ..  . . . . . . 

I installed the Top Cat so vollies could entertain the kittens. Everybody enjoyed themselves.

Until they got put back into their condo and had to watch other kittens cavorting.

In Isolaation, I don't know which kitten is Borealis or Australis. The mum is Aurora. (Which seems a most inapprorpriate name for a spitty mum.)

Aurora on right. Larger kitten on left

Aurora's smaller kitten

 What do think?

 

 

Early mark

 Sue took pity on my post cold croaky-ness and sent me home early. Even though I tangled up with the school traffic, Aslan is thrilled. He reckons that he will be able to get two dinners if he eats the first one fast enough. He has a mouse that he prefers to play with.

Aslan

Which means that I didn't take any photos today. There was opportunity when Roxie's kittens and the three left-over kittens had a lovely frolic in the Top Cat. But I missed it. I was sorting out the Willoughby bins that didn't get collected until this afternoon. But the Couzens paper bin was emptied this morning.

So back to Joy's superior photos from last Wednesday. 

The lovely Willow has decided that people are not all scary. But she is not prepared to come off her cloud most of the time.

Willow

 Freckles and Rosie have been moved from the back corner of Boarding to the Welfare floor. They are getting less spitty. One of them is quite calm, most of the time.

Freckles and Rosie

They are next door to Bubble and Squeek who are still shell shocked at their move. By the time they have chewed their box to pieces, they should be settled down.

Bubbles and Squeek

 In November, we averaged one adoption a day: 30 for the month. Well done us!

In they came

 Irene scheduled folk with cats to come in at hourly intervals but they all arrived at the same time!

The first was a mum with her 8year old daughter who wanted to foster a needy cat. They finally chose Mia. Irene had no trouble getting her into a carrier!

Then a woman came to surrender her beloved Mr Blondie. She is moving overseas and can't take him with her. Irene already has a fosterer lined up for Mr Blondie who will pick him up on Monday.

Mr Blondie

 I wonder if we should tell them about the trolley load FULL of stuff for him. His person was in floods. He was shell shocked. 

Then a couple of blokes arrived who have a pair of loving cats. They (the men) have joined the navy so can't keep the cats. 

Ravioli

 They are a bonded pair. So where the rag doll Ravioli goes, Billie will follow. . . slowly.

Billie

Two of the 6 kittens on Better Row were gleefully adopted by a woman whose husband and children will be THRILLED when they get home tonight. One must have been adopted during the Adoption Day at Collaroy Vets last Saturday. The final 3 have been moved to Archie's condo in Welfare. [Any voodoo I can do to keep Archie at home is worth it!]

The Friday vollies were delighted to have Dawson back again. He got hours of lap time. To the extent that he had to go downstairs for a snooze.

Dawson

 And this is Muffin's 3 snoozing between feeds.

Muffin + 3

 

 

Dawson returned

 He behaved very well in his new home. But the adopters figured out, when they got him home, that they wanted to reproduce their previous family of a greyhound who was subservient to a female cat. They realised that Dawson, being blind, might just be overwhelmed by a greyhound. (As would I). She showed me videos of Dawson walking around "his" room towards the kiddy gate at the door. I am sure that they were told to keep him in a Safe Room not a room open to a large house with all the many sounds and smells coming at him.

Put it down to experience for him. He, and we, will choose better next time. Today he was quiet but not distressed to be back "home". 

Dawson

Moo went to the vet to be desexed. When they opened her up, they found that she had already been desexed. BRING BACK THE TATTOOs on desexed cats ears. (All other tattoos should be discouraged, IMO). We cut down a carpet tile so that she can have ground floor carpet in the small stand alone.

Moo

Mike also went to the vet. He has had teeth/tooth removed. . . . yum. . . wet food forever, he thinks.

Mike looking for dinner

This morning when I arrived, Goosy was very pleased to see me. Then to be fed by me. The rest of the day she didn't want to know me. Until dinnertime when she was my bestie again.

They know our routines. 

2 Goosy's

We have a new cat on Better Row. Dinesh looks like a hang over from Halloween.

Dinesh

Delaney, for her final saving graceful gesture to Safe this afternoon, fixed the connection of the phone to the payment app. THANK YOU, Delaney. It has been a pleasure working with you.
 

Archie Adopted

 When I saw on the Safe website this morning that he had been adopted, I assumed it was the woman who came and smooched with him on Wednesday afternoon. But it was a couple, much younger, who took him home yesterday. Heavens to Betsy! I hope they have patience because he will disappear for a quite a while. I wonder if we can get Geoff to make him another Archie's Bar box to settle him into his new home?

 The only other thing missing when I arrived at Safe this noontime, was vollies. All but 4 called in sick. But those 4 plus the ADM's did sterling work and everybody was happy, clean and fed. The vollies were rewarded by the six kittens in Amie's old condo. (Amie wasn't feeling too good today). These kittens are to go with Irene to an adoption day at the Collaroy vets tomorrow. But they aren't ready for adoption even though they have been desexed. They are all boys which makes it easier and not so weight dependent as with girls. (It is the anesthetic which is hard for vets to calculate). And there are 4 tabbies (plus 1 ginger and one tuxedo) who are hard to tell apart.

Here is a photo of Moo to lighten Joy's heart.

Moo

She has been booked into the vet next week to see if she is pregnant or not. She is getting fat but that is because she is on pregnant cat rations.

For the first time Valentina's kittens were out at dinner time. 

I think she will have to fight for her share as they grow.

The new cat in Incoming has a warning on his condo:

But he is a pussy cat:

Binx

In contrast to Dory in Welfare who does not want to be with us or to be seen or to be looked at:

He is in Dawson's condo. I hope that some of D's vibe will rub off on Dory.

Dory

 

Adoption Tales: LeClerc

1 day: “He has spent most of his time in his carrier in which we brought him home. He is eating and drinking but hasn't used the litter yet. He has warmed up to the humans in the house so has rubbed against and allowed to be picked up. He is still very cautious and low to the ground when walking. We will be renaming him. Already renamed to Jelly bean (inspired from another cat from the shelter). Here is a picture of a rug that my daughter made in a carpet weaving class today. Leclerc inspired.“

 

1 week: “Jellybean is doing wonderfully! He is very confident and has already adapted to his new room. He loves to play and wants to explore the rest of the house already”

1 month: “They are now on almost completely friendly terms. Running after each other, playing and sleeping in the same place.” 

Archie drooled

 Archie has a visitor who is determined to find him a foster home. She has worked with AWL for many years (knew Peggy mum) and has a great touch with cats. Archie was in heaven. She is going to drop by to spend 15 minutes with him frequently

Teddy has been adopted. . . already.

Teddy

And so has Moo Moo. . . thank goodness all the cow names have gone.

And Saturn's sisters vanished over the weekend. He feels lonely and cries for somebody to come play with him.

Saturn

Talking of things celestial. I went out this afternoon to take the paper to the Cozen's paper bin and there was a vapour trail from behind our building, over the top way high and extending to a thin line in the direction of Parramatta, probably. It was most impressive.

We had Peter and Brock out to play. And Ravyn for a while. She was more interested in food. (Not surprising as she looks quite thin when walking around).

Ravyn

Irene did a fabulous job on the medicine cabinet last Friday.

And I got enough hair from a scratchy pole to make a kitten.

Kiki adopted

 Sorry I am late. I got talking to my niece to celebrate my birthday and it went on, and on. 

 It was a quiet Friday. We had one visitor who arrived late (traffic) to adopt Kiki. Both were thrilled and it went smoothly. (Irene took a photo to be posted on the WWB).

I will use Joy's delightful photos of the mums and bubs on Wednesday.

Valentine plus 2

She is still a kitten herself. Somebody Googled when a cat could first get pregnant and Valentine probably was on the theoretical schedule! She is a kitten and has these two great kittens of her own.

Savannah is on heat, again. Her two: Sebastian (her own) and Sybie (given to her after Seb's birth) are both  flu-full. They need a bigger space.

Sybie (ex Elle)

Sebastian and Savannah

Today Peter and Brock broke out of the Top Cat and had a lovely time running all around Welfare. This is probably their more usual activity than sitting, demurely, in their condo when Joy snapped them.

Peter and Brock

 If they don't get adopted soon it will break Irene's heart.