New Years Eve

 Everbody watches TV on NYE. . . . all those who don't go to watch the fireworks in person, that is.

Except for Dinesh who watched cat TV on Alex's phone this afternoon. He was completely absorbed until I disturbed him. And then Joy came and took his photograph.

Dinesh

He is looking plumper and has half cleaned himself up since being on ZD diet.

 Talking of which, Max was adopted today to a single woman without any other cats who will be just perfect for him. He cooperated when I checked his microchip and didn't make a fuss when I put him into a carrier. I think he will be happy in his new home. (Happier than with us for sure.)

A Chinese family came in to get a kitten for the 9 year old daughter who is frightened of cats. The mother has some experience but not much. They rather liked Milky Way but were talking about keeping him in the "sun room" and buying an enclosure for him just like the one he was in. Sue and I talked them out of a kitten. I introduced them to Hunter who put on perfect purrs. They all loved Hunter. (Although the daughter wouldn't hold him). They went to have lunch and think about it, buy some things and never returned. Perhaps they will be back tomorrow. 

I tried to interest Angel in meeting them but he wasn't having any of this being held stuff.

Angel

There are two new kittens in Incoming who are very cute. They need names, of course. 

Happy New Year everyone. 

Found it!

 When I stopped at the post box this morning to see if any mail had come while I was away, there is was. Sitting, black side upwards, on my black car seat. Big sigh of relief all round. 

And a few photos.

Milky Way is all alone in the greeting stand alone. Now that his brothers Jupiter and Orion have been adopted he gets lots of attention.

Milky Way

As do the remaining two (the third has been adopted) of Muffin who have settled down in the stand alone in the lobby.

Toast and Hash Brown (don't know who is whom)

Since they have left her condo, and she has come onto heat, she is a reformed character and wants cuddles! (from Tim, I am not brave enough). 

Muffin

We still have Bubbles' kittens Rainbow, Fizz and Suds. And Tiger is the last of his litter since Dash was taken home.

Lost phone

 I lost my phone at Safe this afternoon. If anybody finds a white backed iPhone there tomorrow, it is probably mine. I had it in my pocket so I could ring Catsie to find out how Aslan did over Christmas while I was away and she feed him.

Yoga on Christmas morning

Everyone drinks on Christmas Day

She rang to find out if I would be home to give him dinner tonight. It was quiet at Safe today so I said that I would.  He was happy to see me. And is now trying to entice me into playing "throw grey mouse" or "swing the feather toy" games.

I must have put the phone down somewhere stupid and Ainsley has tidied it away somewhere sensible.

In the meantime, Oreo was adopted by a 14year old ('s mother) who has an older cat and a dog at home. He will adapt. She was smitten.

And over Christmas one of Mitten's 3 was adopted. (Mittens is on heat and is a completely different cat to the swipey terror of a week ago.) And Dawson was picked up. The two super-adoptable black and white fluffies Ronaldo and Messi went into his condo. 

Ronaldo and Messi

 There was a curfuffle with a boarder because the condo that he was assigned to was filled with a cat who hasn't been picked up yet. Luckily there was a spare condo in Dr Kim's. But the cat will have to be moved back to Safe when Dr Kim comes back after Jan 2. 

Hunter got lots of loving from the Friday vollie who loved Dawson.

Hunter

 

Leo fostered

 A woman arrived this afternoon to take Leo home. Irene told her exactly how to settle him into his new place. She advised moving everything he would need into the walk in closet. Forget about him wanting to look out of the window for a month or so. Leo was enticed into a carrier and taken away. A little later the fosterer rang to say that he was happily ensconced in the closet and all was good. Long may that last! 

We have more kittens in the stand alone by the Welfare door. One is a very pretty boy with champagne colouring, blue eyes and one grey foot and a black and white striped tail! Lots of outbreeding there. Tim suspects some ragdoll genes. I did take some photos of them. But my camera is playing up. And my phone accidentally upgraded itself to beyond my comprehension. So I will have to get my very young relatives to sort me out over Xmas. Until then, Irene sent a photo of the 4 new kittens in Incoming. They are very tame.  . . ie are prepared to explode out of the door as soon as it is opened. 

There is a new cat named Hunter above Goosey. He is a honey. 

And Tim moved Calli to Bissie's condo. (The rest of us were not brave enough to try it. But she went like a lamb in his hands (gloved) towards an extra piece of chicken.) 

Charlie came in and adopted one of her foster kittens who had been moved next to Roxy and her newly desexed kittens. The mum is traumatised by her move from  what she believed was her forever home. The kittens seem to be divided into "don't care" / "on Mum's side" camps. They will sort it out. And Charlie will be happy with her new kitten.

Sharon was worried about Georgie whom she fosters. Georgie is very clever and spits out her thyroid pills despite Sharon's efforts at disguising them. A vet visit was arranged. Georgie may, or may not, come in to board next week.  

I will use up Joy's photos from last week:

Saturn

 

Bumble

Raphaella

Bissie adopted

 After over 1100 days in the shelter by a lovely man who used to volunteer at Terry Hills AWL. He adopted an 8 year old cat from us from a foster home before we moved into Barcoo Street. That was 8 years ago. The cat died suddenly and peacefully last week so he came to get another cat from us. Bissie suited him. Luckily Joy took a photo of her last week. (When I went to take a photo of her empty condo this afternoon, my camera would not turn on and my phone was out of battery! Thank goodness for Joy.)

Bissie

Callie will probably go into her condo. To have Chai on one side. (She is a trendy cat. She has a green dish. . . . for matcha ie green tea in Japanese. Chai is Hindi for tea, I think)

Chai

And Amie on the other side.

Amie

And Dory below.

Dory

Opposite were the three kittens who were part of the 6 who were in Better Row for a while. Dash has been moved to Incoming because he as been adopted and one of the three has had spectacular diarrhea. Oreo and Tiger may have it as well. Or instead of Dash. The only way to tell is to separate them. The cleaning crew did a splendid job on their condo.

There is a new mum and her five kittens in Isolation. I don't think they are sick. Mum has the upstairs condo so can get away from the little ones. They don't like the arrangement very much. But she does. No names yet.

This afternoon an enthusiastic vollie checked all the food in the kitchen fridge. It was all out of date. Mostly by several years. So it was all thrown away. Sorry if somebody was saving something for a rainy day. It was past its use by date. I defrosted the fridge. It is now clean and empty. (But I don't imagine it will stay that way for long.)
 

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!