A space

 A man dropped by on his way to Queensland to pick up a carrier for a dog. He thought the one above the stand alone in Incoming was a bit small. But the one on top of the Palace was perfect. He paid $50 for it and has taken off to collect a border collie to drive back to Sydney.

a light headed Palace

 And here is a gratuitous photo of the laundry shelves that I did a bit of tidying up of. Irene and Tim agreed that most of the pillow slips can go. (Didn't ask them about the cotton blanket with holes designed to snag cat's claws which went into a Cozens bin this afternoon.)

We received a pair of boarders a day late: Mo and George. Their owners seemed to think that they would be absolutely fine. They don't agree.

Mo

Georgie

Later Estelle arrived. Her owner was upset at leaving her to go to Japan for 17 days but said that Estelle would be just fine. She left a puffer jacket just in case she wanted a smell of home. 

Estelle under the puffer

 She is a tuxedo with beautiful green eyes.

Arthur moved into Cody's condo. His whiskers are just a grand as hers are. (But he doesn't have her furnishings).

Arthur

 Below, where  Leo was, is a box containing Goosy. Irene transported her from Incoming in the box at about 2pm. She was still in the box at chicken time. And still there at dinner time. She is a cat that doesn't like change. She was really frightened when she came in as a "pregnant" cat. No babies eventuated. Lovely food. She became quite friendly in Incoming. Now she is traumatized all over again.

boxed Goosy

 

 

 

Another mouth

 I seem to feed critters all day long on Wednesdays. When I got home Aslan was STARVING. And a crimson rosella was too:

I haven't met this bird before. He has a strange upstanding tuft of feathers on top of his beak. They must talk amongst themselves and tell where to go to get 4 almonds each.

Aslan is only interested in the birds when the rainbow lorikeets (up to 15 of them) come to pick up the bits that the bigger parrots drop on the tiles. Otherwise his favourite place is:

Aslan

 Leo was adopted over the weekend by Dr Kim next door. At one stage we took him there for her to check him out and she said "I want this cat!" 

And somebody came in and adopted Cody. Which proves that having a beautiful face, fur and furnishings will get you far.

Joy took photos of some of our mums and bubs today. Autumn has lost her hissy-ness. Motherhood has calmed her down.

Autumn

Or else, having 5 kittens to feed has worn her out.

Autumn's 5 . . .. seasonal names please.

Valentina is doing well with her two but I think she'd rather spend time with people than kittens. Her ginger kitten is behind her.

 Moo doesn't have any kittens yet and is looking pretty slim.

Moo

 Talking of cats with bovine names: The visitor of Heffer was very disappointed that he couldn't have his loving time with her because she was adopted last week. He was encouraged to transfer his attentions to Dawson who lapped them up. 

And we have another Moo Moo on Better Row who is stunning.

Moo Moo

She shares a condo with Humphrey. He looks stunned.

Humphrey

 

 

 

 

 

Yahtzee adopted

 A mother came in to buy her son (grown up and in his own apartment) a cat for his birthday because his previous cat recently died. They were lovely. Irene sold them (on) Zahtzee. I think they will be very happy together. The mother is going to tell all her friends about us.

Yahtzee

This is one of Joy's photos (as you can tell). Her others this week were mostly of our white cats:

Will

We had Will out to run in the Top Cat in Welfare space this afternoon. He loves to chase anything. But I noticed that his claws keep getting caught on whatever he was chasing.  I managed to trim two on his right front paw. Feel free to try any of the others!

Minty

Rascal

 The plan is to have Boarding and Better Row emptied out before the boarding season starts at the end of November. What will happen to R & M? Will somebody foster them? I can recommend fostering. Aslan is very easy to live with and his poos are not as sloppy/smelly as they used to be.

Aslan keeps my chair warm 

 Because Goldie got adopted, Alex (male) was moved into her condo. Which left that enclosure empty. So Roxy and her three kittens moved into it, after I cleaned it. I cleverly positioned hammocks close to the ground so that the kittens wouldn't have to climb. Of course, the first thing they did was to scramble up as high as they could. Their names have been reverted to the first decided upon names: Riley, Rosie and Rachael. As they still don't have microchips only they know who is who.

Roxy Enclosure

 The empty stand alone by the door which used to house Licorice has a new black, female cat with a sparser patch of white fur on her chest. She came from a foster home and her name is Ravyn. But I think some folk might assume that Licorice has returned.

Ravyn

 

Door charm

 Lola does like having all the junk moved off "her" table. In the mornings she sits there while waiting for her breakfast. I can't decide if she likes the sun on her back, the purring noise that the air makes as it is sucked through the door gap or the breeze that comes in. 

Of course, it might just be a good vantage point for her to track my progress towards her food bowl.

Irene asked me to weight Roxy's kittens today. The ginger, named Roo has always been the runt of that family and she is just over 1 Kg. Too light to be desexed. 

Roo, Ri. .  and Roxy

We decided that the champagne's names will be Riley and Rimi. . . or Ri until they get microchips and can be distinguished.  The two champagnes are almost heavy enough. They are both girls and are identical. We tried very hard to seen some difference but couldn't. So one in the photo suffices.

This afternoon I noticed that Chester's door was open. He wasn't in his box. We found him pretty quickly crouching under the cleaning trolley in Welfare. He ran straight back into his stand alone.

Chester

 I am sure that Alex could have told me where he was, if s/he deigned to talk to a person. (We couldn't find the paperwork to find out whether Alex is a male or female). His/her cage mate  Olive was adopted on Saturday. She would have told us.

Alex

Also adopted on the weekend were Choc and Chip. And they are likely to be returned this week because Choc is too shy. BUT WE TOLD THEM! (Some people don't deserve our cats).

I am sure that the nice man who adopted Goldie this afternoon will be happy with her. 

The Planet kittens have been moved out of Isolation. They are in the Palace until Teddy moves elsewhere.

 

 

Saturn

 

Venus

 

 

Neptune

Still here!

 Fugu is still with us. He was supposed to be picked up on Thursday morning. I left a message for his owner to come get him tomorrow morning. He is not happy being confined. . . even in a Palace.

Fugu

Heffer was happy because her visitor came this afternoon to groom and smooch with her.

Heffer's visitor

 He would have got into her condo if he could. He did spend a bit of time with her old cage mate, Ginger.

But Dawson was the one who lucked out. The woman who bought something from us on line and chose a free scratchy pole and something else came to collect her loot. She paid for what she bought and then had a look around. Dawson appealed to her so I drew up the poof and opened the door. It was love at first . . . not sight because he is blind. . . . perhaps at first smell. They cuddled and smooched. Unfortunately she has 3 cats at home who are from the same litter so he wouldn't be welcomed. (By the cats or her husband).

Dawson's favourite person

Will's name card has changed to blue. I put in a rainbow for him to celebrate with. 

Will

His neighbour Olive has two clients interested in her. One might have come this afternoon (but didn't). The other is definitely coming first thing tomorrow morning to collect her and take her north.

Olive

A new cat arrived late this afternoon. . . . Chai. She came with meds so had something done. I took a quick photo and quickly showed Tim. He said that bloody saliva is normal after a dental procedure. Not a happy cat but will be on "wet food only". 

Chai

But Tommy is still the unhappiest cat.

Tommy

 

 

 

Exercising kittens

 When I arrived this morning, the door of the small stand alone by the merch shelves was open. And peeking out of the box inside the stand alone was a ginger and white face! 

Chester

Chester was moved from Boarding because he really wasn't getting on with the two wilder kittens that he came in with. Freckles and Posie, in Boarding, seem calmer without him.

Freckles and Posie

(Aren't I lucky that Joy was in to take photos today!)

Blossom and Renny seem happier on Better Row than in Incoming. More space and fewer baby neighbours.

Blossom and Renny

Like Mouse's three who used to be below them. Today was the first time all three were out in the window'd area.

Mouse and her three

They were there before we moved Roxy's into the Incoming stand alone to get some exercise for their flat back feet which have been bound for weeks to try to develop their muscles correctly. Probably playing will do just as much good. I took a lovely video of them bouncing around but cannot upload it. Just imagine them moving:

Roxy's kittens' playground

 One cat who wasn't moving was Dawson. He was happy with a lap. 

Dawson and Alex

Here he was happy with Alex. Later he favoured Robin who visited briefly. Later yet he favoured a complete stranger!
 

PS We have another busted litter can so are down to one Willoughy bin.  

 

All clean

 Today, for the first time, there were no bags of dirty laundry left for other folk to take home. I just brought home one bag. The clean laundry shelves are all full. And a woman rang to ask if we would like more towels. (I said yes, please despite the full shelves today.)

Dawson seems happier in Welfare. He didn't have anything to say for himself this afternoon. But when he first moved to Boarding, he was quiet. So it may not last.

Dawson enjoying a scratch

Goosy was out and about this afternoon. She was at the vet's on Wednesday. Must have had a good time because she doesn't usually come out of her sleeping box.

Goosy

A young couple came to look at black cats. They liked the sound of Midnight on line but prefered Licorice in person. Licorice needs to go to the vet to have her gums looked at again. They were a bit inflammed when she went to be desexed. With any luck she will get the all clear and the lucky couple will have the black cat of their dreams. (They were both completely dressed in black and both black haired!)

We have a new occupant of Faith's condo. She has been called Kiki. She wasn't chatty this afternoon but perhaps she will catch Faith's chat.

Kiki

Rose might be adopted this weekend. She is almost ready.

Rose

And Sybie is still putting on weight with extra bottle feeds. Gotta love those blue eyes.

Sybie

And, gotta love the Gymea lily at ground level. Probably the only chance we will ever get of being face to face with one.

 

Theatre

 

How is the star at Safe Haven?

 

LOLA!