Locked out

 When I left home Cody was having his morning nap.

When I arrived at Safe this afternoon Lola's room door was closed. And locked. I had a momentary panic that she was locked inside. But No. The reason the door was shut (and inadvertently locked) was that she was in the foyer early this morning and was due to go to the vet to have her spleen dealt with. To stop her running and hiding in her room somebody pulled the door closed. And it stayed closed until Tim removed a ceiling tile and climbed into the room to open the door from the inside. 

In the meantime, Lola's spleen was removed.

She should feel much better with that great lump out of her tummy.

Back at Safe, two foster cats were brought in. One, in a pram, had just had a dental. She, Emma is in Incoming. She is saving her bit of chicken for when her mouth feels better.

Emma

Her house mate, Bonnie, is in Boarding. She arrived in one of those backpack with perspex windows cat carriers. She had a little accident in the car and was not happy.

Bonnie

And we have a plenty of towels thank you if anybody tries to donate any to us. And plenty of everything else too.

Full laundry shelves

The A Team

 The cleaning team was in top form today. They even cleaned  the W kittens condo which was a mess. They had even thrown some poo out of their condo. I didn't see it. And I kneeled on it during the first morning feed. Luckily that was very early and I could take off my trousers, wash the poo off the knee and potter around in my knickers while they partially dried out on the balcony. They were back on well before the cleaning vollies arrived!

Later in the afternoon I let Le Clerk out for a wander. Wolfie, who is in the stand alone just inside the door was desperate to meet him. He is also deperate for food because he became accustomed to 6 meals a day while housed with his four daughters on Better Row.

Le Clerk and Wolfie

At the time, the girls were having a marvelous time in the Top Cat.

They are spectacular looking cats.

Wanda or Wynonna

Mateo had several turns at being out of his condo. He runs like a mad thing around  because he has so much energy to get out. I changed his stiff collar to an cloth collar (after consulting with Sue). That confused him for a while and he ran in circles but he soon got used to not being able to see out of the corner of his eye.

Here he is meeting the three extra kittens in the Palace. Don't know where they came from. They are shyer than the other three.

But the best news of the day is that somebody is coming to adopt Mia tomorrow, or the next
day. She has thrown a bare spot over her spine just below her shoulder blades just  because. . . . .

I hope it doesn't put her adopters off.

Adoption Tails: Charlie, Hansel and Gretel

Charlie

1 day: He's going well. Been under the bed the whole time but when the owner is not in the room, he has come out and ate. The owner has gone close to Charlie under the bed and pat him and he's been licking their fingers which is a good sign.

 

Charlie at Safe

1 week: Charlie is doing well. He's coming out from under the bed and starting to walk around the house now.

No
1 month response. 

 

Hansel & Derek, now Puma & Ninja

1 day: Hansel and Derek are eating very well and using their litter trays too. They're both sneezy with runny noses and Hansel has a runny eye. The owner will monitor it and be in touch if it does not get better.

 1 week: Hansel is now called Puma and Derek is Ninja as he is so agile. Their flu symptoms are much better and their runny tummies are also getting better as they are adjusting to the wet food. They love exploring and playing and they are super cute!

 1 month: Puma and Ninja have grown heaps! They are having a ball and the owners love them to bits!

 

Biscuit

1 day: Biscuit is doing great. She's in one of the daughter's room. She was quite shy at first, hiding under the bed but during the night, she came out, ate all her food, use the litter tray and even played with some toys. This morning, Biscuit came out and let the whole family pat her while being very purry. She's settled into her cat bed now and no longer hides.

 1 week: She's still a bit skittish. She'll run and hide sometimes when the owners come in the room but will come out pretty quickly and be friendly.

 

3 months: "After we unexpectedly lost our last cat, I really didn't want to get another cat but my daughter insisted she wanted another one and I'm really glad I listened to her. Biscuit has been an absolute delight. She is so friendly and wants to be involved in everything we do, to the point she's fallen in the bath several times trying to stay with the kids. I'm really thankful for the good work SAFE does to rescue and care for these cats and it was a very smooth process to adopt."

 

 

 

Working out the W's

 Joy took some lovely photos of Wolfie's kittens on Wednesday. But she couldn't work out who was whom. So I said that I would sort it out. . . . famous last words! And with Tim C's help, I think we know who is whom. They are all girls. Wolfie is their dad. Tim W held them while I took ID type photos. (Joy's will go on the website.)

Wanda

Wanda: no white fur

Wynonna

four white paws

Wilhelminna 

only 3 white paws, the back right one is a long white

Winnie

The last one: no white paws, White under nose and chin. Semi fluffy

Lovely separated spots!

I doubt that this will help Joy. But they will be adopted in a flash because they are lovely kittens.

Other things happening other than W's:

Lola's test results came back. She has a problem with her spleen. Human's can do well without their spleens. Don't know about cats. She was very happy to lick the chicken dish this afternoon.

One of Lilli's kittens is failing to thrive. She is only around 150gm and her sibling is 450gm. We tried, with varying success to give her bottle feeds, ointment for her gummy eyes, extra intraperitoneal fluid, hotties, cuddles, doxycycline.

For light relief, I let Mateo out for a run. He had a fabulous time belting around Boarding and Better Row. He stopped occasionally to touch noses with Gimli in the Play Place.

Gimli and Kiki were supposed to be picked up this afternoon. Their people have probably been delayed by airplanes or trains. Expect them tomorrow.

And a lovely lady will come on Monday to adopt Phoebe.

Lola was pleased to see me

I was greeted like a long lost relative this morning. She has certainly overcome her horror of people. But her tummy is still swollen. She has had an ultrasound. And she is still chucking up with abandon.

I decided that the mum cat in Isolation should have a name. So I looked up Google to find some Egyptian names because the lovely ladies who brought the family in spoke some kind of middle eastern language and one was veiled. I decided on some names and wrote them down but didn't take a photo. Probably by Friday all evidence of my efforts will be removed.

I also put up a third triangular hammock in their stand alone so that the kittens can climb their way to mum who tends to lie in the highest hammock. And they are still drinking from her. . . . so who can blame her for retreating to the heights.

Three hammock stand alone

We had some intersting visitors this afternoon (but no adoptions.) The woman who adopted Maisey a couple of years ago (https://safehavencats.blogspot.com/2023/07/ps-maisy.html) came in to tell us about the failure of a microchip company which stores the microchip info on cats. The way we work is that the council where the cat lives gets that information. So we don't think this applies to us. 

While she was here she fell in love with Leo and with Harry. She sat on the floor for ages playing with him and his neighbours (including Mia and Bassuria!)

Leo was also the focus of the attention of a couple who have a couple of free days before they head back to China to live. The free days are because the airline decided that their two cats could not travel with them in the cabin. They have to go in the baggage compartment. Their owners are not happy. And especially so since when they came to Australia their cats where caught up in a beaucratic wrangle that had them for 6 months. The cats were not pleased but did forgive their people eventually. Their people are not looking forward to going through that process again! Leo offered them confort today. 

Leo

Luna, next door to him, would have liked to join in the cuddle fest.

Luna

 

 

Lola went to the vet

 Tim is concerned that her tummy is swollen. We had been rather pleased that she has stopped throwing up daily. Bloods and fluids have been taken for testing.

Lola with a tummy

Roisin was on the list for adoption but today isn't because she too has a funny tummy. She has evidence of a particular bacterium that might cause sloppy poos. She had a visitor this afternoon. A woman brought in her nephew (about 5yo) to meet Henry because she really wants a ginger cat. Henry did not like the nephew at all. He hissed and fluffed up his tail. The kid has a big dog at home. Perhaps Henry could smell the dog? But the woman really preferred Roisin. She will be back when her card colour changes.

Roisin

Could have adopted Gimli to her if he was ours not a boarder. Gimli was grooming Tim just before I took this photo.

Two new friendly cats came into Incoming from a grateful cat rescuer who made a donation as well as buying a mug.

They may be mother and daughter. Cordelia is not yet 2

Cordelia of the splendid ear hairs

And Zoe is around 1yo. Both named by their rescuer.

Zoe

I did the adoption paperwork for a pair of kittens, Poppy and Meeka, who had been met while in their foster home. A dad came to make his two children very happy this Valentines Day.

Last (of) Tango in Roseville

 A couple of women came this afternoon to adopt a pair of kittens. One of the two has just moved to Sydney and was the primary adopter. She looked at everybody until she got to Tango and then fell deeply in love. It was mutual, of course. Tango is a loving fellow. They decided to come back for a companion for him when he, and she, settles down in Sydney. (They rather liked Mia!)

Within half an hour somebody else rang to ask about him.

And within that half hour we had cleaned/sterilized his condo and moved Leo into it. He was a bit startled but willing. Perhaps he was thrilled to move away from the lingering smell in his condo in Incoming. That has been taken care of as you can tell from his shaved rear. His place as the love boat in Incoming has been taken over by Storm who was brought in today by a fosterer. She said that he is as easy as pie. She trimmed his nails at the stop lights on their trip to us. He put his paws towards her out of the carrier and she snipped.

Leo

 Mateo was picked up at 8am (thank you Kym) for his three balls operation: one eyeball and two testicles. The planning for his pickup went array so I got to leave early to go to Manly Vale to collect him. He was as good as gold in the car and is in Boarding above Ashley.

Mateo

His four siblings will go down the Boarding row when they have had their desex ops. The stand alone in Incoming is needed for another group.

I moved Tulip and Tilly to Better Row because a family of possibly ringwormy kittens was expected at 11:30am. Thank you Sophie for scrubbing the stand alone in Isolation. The four kittens did arrive and look exhausted. We will see how they progress. And Tilly says that she will regress while Tulip is just fine with the new digs.

Tilly

Tulip

On my way out (the second time) I spotted Lola making love to her fluffy blankie. She stopped, of course, as soon as I pointed my camera at her.

Lola

Adoption Tails: Micky, Rainy, Henry, Fluff and Tango

 Micky 

Micky  at Safe

1 day: He’s settling in nicely. “Very gregarious and already keen to play and explore.” He’s eating and drinking but ignored the litter box in favour of a quiet corner of the room for a poo. They’ve moved the litter to that quiet corner and he managed to find it for a second poo earlier in the afternoon. He slept under the bed last night but is already coming out as soon as anyone goes into the room.

1 week: Micky’s still a bit shy about leaving the room but probably because there’s an exuberant puppy wanting him to play. “Micky doesn’t seem to bothered by him but at the moment not keen to play!”

 1 month: All is going very well. Micky is quite comfortable around the entire house and also with their dog. The next step is to explore outside but he seems pretty happy still inside.

Rainy, now Lizzie

Rainy at 6 days

6 days: “Rainy is doing very well. Very settled and very playful. My kids love her”. She is toileting and eating fine but they’ve realised she can be quite fussy with meals. They bought kitten Dine and she didn’t like it but she loved Purina kitten wet food.

3 weeks: Rainy has been renamed Lizzie. She’s doing very well and is part of the family now. She goes around the whole house and up and down the stairs like her own home. “She jumps around quite a bit too!” She is very attached to the owner’s daughter.

Rainy now Lizzie

5 weeks: “She is very good. Getting mischievous and pretends nothing happened… super cute!”

Henry

 

1 day: Henry is settling into his safe room at the moment, he's eating and drinking, quite a hungry boy. The owners are sticking to 1/8 cup of dry food 3x a day and 2tsp of wet food. He's using the litter tray. He'll be keeping his name. The owners will be going to NZ for 10 days in roughly 1 month, they are trying to see if they can get someone to house sit so that Henry doesn't feel displaced but may end up booking in some boarding with SAFE since he is familiar. They don't want Henry to feel like he's being returned. He has started to come out to eat and will even come up and purr for pats and things.

No 1 week response. 

1 month: Henry is fantastic now! He has opened up so much since the owners first brought him home.

Henry

Meatball, now Pippin

1 day: Meatball is doing well. He did not toilet until the second morning which was a relief for the owner. He is eating well, eating dry food slowly but loves the raw chicken. He also loves cuddles and be around people. Enjoying the cat bed and pet heated mat as well. They've decided to rename him Pippin from Lord of the Rings.

Meatball now Pippin

 1 week: Pippin is happy and playful. He loves to roam around the apartment. He has a big appetite and tends to inhale his food so the owners need to be careful not to overfeed.

 1 month: Pippin is happy, healthy and such a good eater. He plays with all his toys, climbs the cat tree and sleeps in the human bed at night. His ear yeast infection shows signs of returning so the owners will take him to the vet. Other than that, Pippin is loved and full of life.

Fluff, now Gatsby

 

1 day: Fluff has been renamed Gatsby and he’s settling in very well. “He plays with us, and even lets us pet him already”

1.5 weeks: He has been very confident. He has been playing around, jumping on every cupboard, biting all the plants and getting zoomies. “He’s loving life - he’s also eating, drinking & sleeping well. And enjoys his cuddles”

Fluff

1 month: no response

Tango, now Hanae

 

1 day: Tango was really scared for the first few hours but has since settled in well. She has been eating, drinking, toileting, and playing a lot. She hasn’t met the resident cat as they don’t seem happy to see her.

Tango day 1

1 week: Tango has settled into the unit very well. She runs around and plays a lot. “She seems to be very comfortable in the new environment.” The resident cat has not adjusted to Tango yet. Tango tries to get along with the resident cat who gets scared and runs away. Her owner thinks it will take longer for the resident cat to adjust to Tango. She had her 3-month vaccination this morning. She was a bit scared and the nurse needed to help but it all went well.

1 month: “I renamed her Hanae (which means flowers & smile). She is very active and loves playing with toys, running around a lot. She seems to be more comfortable now. My resident cat is not able to adjust yet but I can see her slow improvement. Hanae has brought a bright light to my life and now she is my loved family member”

Tango and resident cat

 

No Chicken

 I left it in my lunchbox on the kitchen bench. Had to go out to get something at Sonia's for lunch. She didn't have any chicken. There were disappointed cats. But Lola was too busy snoozing to complain. (I don't think she feels well.)

I let Le Clerc out for a wander. The H kittens were fascinated. And LC played touchy paws with them through the bars.

Le Clerc, playing with a bit of litter, being watched by Harry, Hobs and H . . .

Julie likes her gold fish box.

Julie has a place to hide

The woman who adopted Suki Sioux last week returned the cat carrier that she borrowed. She brought her sister to meet cats. 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.

The "Siamese" on Better Row has been moved to Chad's condo. He is friendly as can be. He has a blue card but isn't on the web site yet. Might be a nice surprise for a visitor tomorrow?

Tango

Suki Sioux's "aunt" was interested but now is not a good time for her to get another cat. But she might consider volunteering with us. She has just retired from an IT job. We could use her skills.