No Chicken Kitten

 For the first time a kitten refused chicken.

Thor

His brother gobbled it up.

Eddie

Thor and Eddie are in the stand alone behind Le Clerc. Their sister, Ginger was with them until spotted by a mother and her daughter who were playing with the kittens in the Play Place when I arrived. They made friends with Tallulah (not an easy task) and fell in love with Celine Dion. But Celine has a slightly mucky eye. So when they saw Ginger, it was love at first sight . . . mutually. They took her home.

And another family, Dad and 2 small daughters came in to do the paperwork for Smudge and Xena in foster. They were such nice, polite, listening girls that I am sure those kittens will have a lovely life.

Archie doesn't seem to think his life is much fun. . . . so far. We will wait to see if Geoff's magic works on him.

Tommy's pad could do with an upgrade .. ... . perhaps after he gets groomed.

Tommy

Where Suki was are a pair of mismatched cats. One, Mad. . . is loud. The other, Zoe hides.

Mad. .

There are two carriers in the double condo which is enough to make anybody mad.

Zoe

Zoe looks pretty.

And next door to Chelsea are three kittens who were quite difficult to get back into their condo after they had been let out for a run behind the flattened Top Cat. They are Petal, Ziggy and Koa. Must have come from a foster home. They liked chicken.

Petal, Ziggy and Koa (not in any order)

I let Le Clerc out for a wander. He enjoyed it. He was very  easy to bribe back into his rearranged stand alone. . . .. all it took was a bit more food.

Aiming for 40

 Suki was adopted this afternoon. I think the couple who took her looked like a good match but didn't do the adoption . . . . . Tim W and Sue looked after them. 

Another woman is coming back tomorrow to adopt Harry to go with her rather shy, small 7year old cat. He will be happy at her house. 

That probably will make 39 adoptions this month. Which must be a record.

We certainly have more kittens coming to make Feb and March record breakers as well. 

Peaches had 5 babies.

Peaches

Peaches' ? 3 boys and 2 girls (torties)

And Lilli had four:

Lilli + 4

The set of three kittens brought in last Friday were given names:

Mowgli is the tabby in front, Bagheera is the black on the right and Baloo is the black and white on the left.

At one stage all of Mateo's lot were in one hammock. I managed a photo when three were snuggled up together. So cute!

Catsie got a shot of them all together in one hammock.

 

 

Adoption Tails: Maia, Poppy

 Maia

1 day: Maia is settling in slowly but surely, the owners were very excited to hear some playful meows this morning (though she's still shy when they're in the room!). She has been eating her dry food and used her litter box last night thankfully! She's still quite tied to her "safety box" at the moment so it's tough to get pictures. The owners will keep Maia's name, the foster carer said she seems to recognise it and they think it's a sweet name for a sweet girl.

 1 week: Maia and the owner are now box patting buddies and very regular midnight bed snugglers with head boops. She is still quite attached to her box especially during the day but she's coming out to eat regularly at feeding time too!

1 month: She's doing great, her safety box is no longer needed like before. She has a nice cupboard to retreat to but will generally follow the owners around the house during the day and is playing all evening.

Poppy

 

1 day: Poppy is settling in really well. She has eaten dinner and breakfast since coming home, had some water and used her litter tray. She has played lots and slept well. "Her foster carers have done an amazing job!"

 

1 week: Poppy is settling in really well. She is very curious and loves to play and cuddle. She kept the owner company at the desk today.

 

1 month: Poppy is very well, she is definitely part of the family. She seems very settled, she still loves to play - she loves her tunnels, feather wands and balls although the Santa toy and old sock she came with are still firm favourites and are offered up as gifts most mornings. She will come and lie on the owners at night, belly up with purrs so loud they can't hear the TV.

Firsts

1. First time I ever washed a cat.

Natalie left a note asking if I could use a special ringworm shampoo on Teddy this afternoon. Before putting on the antifungus cream. I found the stuff and read the directions. You have to wet the cat all over, massage in the shampoo, leave the lather on the cat for 10 minutes. Then rinse it off and dry off the cat. 

The directions also said that any cohabiting cats should be washed as well.  GiGi!

I was prepared to do Teddy because he is a pussy cat. But baulked at GiGi. Natalie said not to bother with the other cat direction.

So we had a bath. I used a couple of the big red basin buckets so that the sink wouldn't get contaminated. 

Teddy, of course, was very tolerant. What he has had to put up with! I think he liked being rubbed dry best but he gave me such a look when I put him back with dirty GiGi. But he was all dry and comfy by the time I anointed him with the fungus ointment just before I left.

Suki had two lots of interested visitors. She was out and about when they visited and behaved like a prima donna. Later on when Geoff fed her, she yelled at him that she wanted more, warmer, fresher, etc, etc.

I changed Jule and Bass's hammock for the right kind rather than the square ones. They cuddled up together in the narrower hammock.

Julie and Bassuria

Irene brought in more kittens. One group of three:

And a group of four:

No names. They are in Incoming.

The kittens except Mateo in the stand alone there were taken to the vet last thing today to see if they do have flu or are just stuffy kittens. Mateo loved being alone and settled on my lap to have his eye ointment and pill.

Mateo

Nova still hasn't ventured upwards in her stand alone. We will move her to a condo as soon as one becomes available.

But the GOOD NEWS is that Chad has gone to a foster home which will probably be permanent. The lucky fosterer left a box of goodies for us as well. 

2. I didn't succumb because I didn't get around to having my lunch all afternoon. . .  another first.

Bottled kitten

 I made room on the top shelf of the laundry shelves by putting the ping pong balls into the toy drawers and consolidating other toys. There are two piles of towels there now.

I was going to throw the large plastic pot that the ping pong balls came in but was distracted by holding kitten duty while the Palace was cleaned. Tom Claws decided to climb into the pot. Later Hui Hui climbed in and Tim W carried her to show what a clever girl she is.

Potted Hui Hui

So that is why the pot is in the Palace. They have all that space and choose to be confined! 

Hui Hui is the lightest of the three and needs to be encouraged to eat. Tulip in Isolation with Tilly doesn't need encouragement to eat but she has a blocked nostril (R) and wheezes. I had to move GG and Teddy because the hinge on their condo 6 failed.

But because kittens have been adopted I moved various cats.

Nova is where Missy used to be. She stayed at ground level all afternoon. I wonder if, having only one functioning eye, she finds 3D difficult.

Nova hiding in plain sight

Next door, in "Lola's stand alone" is Celine Dion. She got the jumping from level to level without any problem. The two boys (Cheesecake and Waffle) were the quickest adoption ever because Sue gave the new owner the folder of info yesterday. She took it home and read it thoroughly.

Celine Dion

I also moved Annabelle and Emily into Welfare. They settled down very well.

Annabelle (l) and Emily (r) the matriach

And Kyle has settled down very nicely. He is such a friendly cat but very difficult to get a photo of because he is completely black.

A woman visited and fell in love with Chad. She may be back.

Another woman visited and feels that Suki might be good for her but has had experience with Siamese who pee in public before so thinks she should foster to adopt to see if they can live happily together.

Adoption Tails: Bonny, Ricky, Jessa, Belle

 Bonny

 

Bonny at Safe

1 week: Bonny has settled in really well with the owners, Jordan & Rachel at home. She has adjusted well to using her own litter tray and has been eating/drinking normally which is so great. She's found her own toys throughout the house and enjoys waking the owners up in the morning by launching herself onto the bed right onto their faces. It's been noted that Bonny has been sneezing quite often, getting a little bit lethargic sometimes through the day and developed a runny nose. The owners are not too concerned at the moment because she's still got her full appetite and is still a kitten so any kind of lethargy might just be her running up and down the apartment for hours when nobody's around. They are keeping a look out for things getting worse but is putting it down to a flare up of cat flu from all the recent changes.

No 1 month response

Ricky, now Baldur

 

1 day: Ricky's name is now Baldur, after the Norse god. The owners' corgi is called Freya. Baldur is okay, he has yet to leave his carrier since coming home. He has started to eat this morning, only if the bowl is in the carrier. The owner is concerned about him not drinking any water and is thinking of putting some water into his next meal. The owners have been taking turns sitting in the bathroom, watching something with headphones to spend some quiet time with Baldur and get him used to their presence and smells. They've put in 2 blanketed carboard boxes for him in there for when he is out of the carrier. Freya is being kept away from the bathroom with the doggy gate set up to keep her in the lounge area.

Baldur

 1 week: Baldur is going great, he is very comfortable in the new space, he loves jumping up and hanging out in the owner's egg chair. Freya the corgi is coping just fine, she does get spooked when Baldur jumps up onto his cat tree. They are tolerating each other too, the owners had them in the lounge room together split by a fence but Baldur kept jumping the fence so it was removed and the two are doing fine. He is a very curious and adventurous kitty, definitely a lover of jumping and climbing.

Baldur and Freya

 1 month: The owners are currently getting ready to move so Baldur is enjoying all the jungle gym of boxes everywhere and now empty shelves to sniff and explore. He's doing great, adventurous as ever, extremely talkative in the morning as he wants breakfast immediately. He loves looking out the window in his hammock during the day. At night, Freya and Baldur cuddle in front of the heater which is very cute. He also loves to hang in the owner's egg chair.

Jessa, now Nesta is the mother of Belle

Jessa and Belle at Safe

1 day: Jessa is settling in quite well in her safe room. She is still very shy and likes to hide in tight, small cubbies somewhere on the ground. She is quite scared at the moment but still appreciates a good stroke or pet on the ears or head with some occasional purring. She is eating and drinking well and using the litterbox which is great to know that she feels comfortable enough to do that. The owners are renaming her to Nesta.

1 week: Despite Nesta's missing fur on her tail, she is thriving and enjoying her new digs! She's such a joy and a cheeky character.

Nesta

 1 month: Nesta has definitely grown, feels heavier and bright-eyed. Very cheeky! Seems like she's quite treat-oriented, just like her new hound-brother. They seem to have adapted to each other well!

Belle, now Turbo

Turbo's owner previously adopted Oliver from the kitten litter. 

1 day: She is settling really well. She is such a tiny sweetheart. She's eating and using her litter and exploring her room. The owners have been feeding Oliver on the other side of the door and his litter is also near there (moved away during feeding time) so hopefully they are smelling each other well enough. She seems to be grooming her desexing scar quite a bit and it looks a little lumpy but she doesn't seem bothered by it.

1 week: She is really good, the owners are still not sure of the perfect name for her. She and Oliver are getting on well but are kept apart when nobody is home to keep an eye on them. The two of them were all snuggled up for sleepy time the other day. She's been exploring the flat like a little adventurer!

Turbo with ginger Oliver

 1 month: The family absolutely adores her and have decided to change her name to Turbo. She zooms about and is so curious. The lumpy desex scar has gone away fully and her fur is coming back nicely. The sons are keen to throw Turbo her birthday party once she turns one. She and Oliver are great friends and often snuggle up for sleeps on the bed through the day.

 

 

Escapees

 Gracie got out again. Overnight. When I arrived before noon she was wedged in the basket of Elizabethan collars next to the fridge on Better Row. Which reminds me that I should bring them all home to be washed. 

Gracie

And Phoebe broke out of her condo in Welfare by tearing the mesh. She was eventually spotted under the merchandise shelves. Irene did her trick with boxes and got them both back into condos on Better Row. And Geoff stayed back to fix the mesh.

Phoebe

We had three kittens adopted this afternoon.

Chandler went to a young woman who came in looking for an older lap cat and was seduced by his handsome, friendly gingerness. Then a mum brought in her two daughters who chose Didley and Jacob. The boys are not the same young age so I hope they get on well. The girls were willing to play all day with them.

Cheesecake and Waffle will be moved into Jacob's stand alone. They had their names swapped because Tim mixed up their microchips. (Cheesecake is now the champagne and white while Waffle is the straight champagne). Their upstairs neighbour Alexa will go home tomorrow.

Alexa

 And Dylan was happy to be carried from Isolation to Chandler's condo in Welfare in Irene's arms. (He was not quite so happy as she was).

Dylan

 The remaining three of Annabelle and Emily were moved from the Play Place to the Palace. 

Daisy May, Hui Hui, Tom Claws

 I rearranged the Play Place because there is a leak coming from the pipes in the back left corner. I moved away the furniture so it will be easier to soak up whatever the liquid is.

 

Bagless

 I arrived earlier than the Willoughby bin pick up trucks. So all the bags got taken out.

Not only is the verandah bag free it is maggot free! S
omebody put a pair of carpet tiles out there and the maggots thought it was hard ground and burrowed their way into the tiles. I threw them out in the Cousins bins. Likewise some dirty, wet towels that had been left on the floor. 

We only had five cleaning vollies but they did a splendid job and all left on time. Tim, the vollie not Tim, the Cross got to practice an adoption and to impress us by talking to the adopters in Chinese! The smallest ginger kitten in the haven was adopted by a couple from China who found homes for 20 stray cats in China before coming here. She, with no English, worked with a vet there. He is very fluent. They both love Emily's Beanie. Emily and Annabelle were desexed and are tucked away from their kittens in Boarding. Beanie would have been first in line for a nipple!

Irene asked me to take a photo of Felicity. Here it is.

Felicity

Adoption Tails: Cindy, Rebecca, Oliver, Janet

 Here are the follow ups for a litter of kittens who did not get a group name and no mother with them.

Cindy, now Pepperoni (6764)

1 day: She has been great! Eating/drinking and using the litter tray well. She loves scoffing her food down. The owners will change her name to Pepperoni.

1 week: Pepperoni is going well and her gunky eye is pretty much all gone now.

No 1 month response

Rebecca

No response

Note: she was originally adopted along with Akio but eventually came back to SAFE care before being adopted out again. 

Rebecca

 Oliver (6766)

1 day: Oliver is settling in really well. He is eating both wet and dry food and water that is offered. He uses his litter tray with no problems. He comes and sits with the owner when she visits him in his room and is a real purr machine who loves tummy rubs.

Oliver

1 week: He is the best! He loves playing with his toys and feathers. He comes out for snuggles on the couch with the boys and is not timid with them at all. He really fits the family perfectly! The boys love him so much and really enjoy when Oliver gives them nose kisses and they all like it when he comes out for zooming play time. They think he is the funniest!

Oliver

1 month: He is honestly the most perfect cat for us! He is enjoying being able to roam and explore the family's little home and has found his favourite sunny spot by the window. He is super affectionate and loves playing with the boys (and mum's knitting!).

Janet - now Ruby

3 days: “She is adorable”. On her first day, she hid the whole day and only came out at night to eat, use the litter box and play. Her second day was much better as she slept on the end of her owner’s bed at night. During the day, she slept in an open tree house and didn’t hide at all. She is eating very well and plays a lot, especially at night. “She lets us pet and go near her but still hasn’t let her guard down sometimes she runs away when we suddenly go near her.” They have renamed her Ruby but she hasn’t responded yet. She purrs a lot when they pet her. “We are very happy and excited hope she is happy with us as well”

5 days: “She roams all around the house now”. She has been window gazing this morning

Janet now Ruby

1 week: “She is very comfortable”. Her owners say she’s “been amazing” and let them give her a hygiene trim today. 

1 month: “She is doing great. she doesn’t even wake up when we walk very close to her while sleeping.” She was lethargic last week and her owners knew something was wrong. They took her to the vet immediately and found out that she had a slight fever, which she was given an injection for. Her fever was gone by the evening and she started playing again. “She is adorable, doesn’t ask for anything and very intelligent, learned everything so quickly. She sleeps with me with her head in my arms now. we are very happy to have her as a part of our family, thank you to you all”

Adoption Tails: Freya and her kittens

 Freya

 

Freya at Safe

1 day: The owner might change the name to Poppy. She's currently in the second bedroom and spends most of her time under the bed. The owner didn't see her until last night when she went in and saw Poppy's back legs and tail as she went back scurrying under the bed. For a little while, Poppy did not eat but has now since started eating, but did have a little vomit. She's also using the litter tray fine. The owner is set on persevering with Poppy until she gets more comfortable at home.

1 week: Freya is doing well - still in the second bedroom, just about ready to come out to explore the rest of her new home. She's often at the door when the owner wakes up and is getting breakfast ready. Freya is a good eater despite hiding away initially and spent her time observing. She is much better now and even sleeps out in the open on the bed in the room she is staying in. The owner will likely let her out to the rest of the house over the weekend.

3 weeks: She's escaped for a few days but has come back to eat both the dry and wet food the owner has left out near the front door, who is pretty sure the two neighbourhood cats are kept indoors during the night. 

1 month: She's eating well, doing well. Freya was just spooked by a neighbourhood cat who is quite big but pleasant and was just sulking a little. The owner leaves the backdoor open during the daytime so that Freya can walk out onto the deck and follow the sun. She's very motivated by the food and warmth so she definitely comes back by early evening. She's not terribly affectionate, the owner has patted her on the head once but the two are working on their friendship with time and patience.

 

Florence, now Jigsaw

 

1 day: She's doing great. She ate dinner and breakfast since coming home (only wet food, doesn't touch the dry food). She used her litter last night. She's been playful and prefers the carrier over her bed so the gate has been left open and she can roam around in the room.

Florence

 1 week: Florence still only finishes her wet food when fed. The owner always keeps dry food in her bowl and sometimes she'll eat a little bit of it when nobody's home but it is never finished. Other than that, she's very energetic, explores everything and loves to play.

Florence = Jigsaw

 1 month: Florence has been renamed Jigsaw. She's doing well, really energetic and playful but can also be naughty like most kittens. She matches toddler energy and children love playing with her. The owner is a cancer patient and met one of SAFE's volunteer Holly at the cancer centre who told her all about SAFE. "Big thanks to Holly for connecting us!"

Fleur

 

The owner previously adopted Gino, from Gracie's litter. 

1 week: Fleur and Gino have settled well with each other. It did take a good week and the owners took it slow. Certainly paid off as they are now super sweet with each other now.

Gino and Fleur