Mateo has gone home

 His person is absolutely bespotted by him. He has the biggest cat carrier. We formed a farewell queue to see him out. He will be back.

I made it to Safe before the Willoughby trucks did. So there are no bags on the balcony and room in one of the Cousins bins. Because I was so early I got to see the full moon setting on my way to Safe. And I saw it again rising on my way home. How often does that happen on a Wednesday?

We had visitors this afternoon. The sons of the family who brought back Teddy visited to say goodbye properly. Their explanations about why he was returned were more along the lines of "realized that we need to travel, not a good time, etc, etc". 

But this afternoon he was adopted to a woman who visited yesterday and left her T-shirt in his hammock for him to get used to her smell. (I didn't know about that and had chucked it out by the time she arrived because I thought one of the sons had left it). Never mind. He has gone to a better home.

A couple rang to say they wanted to meet Pirate Pete and came in about 3pm. P Pete wasn't very friendly. Charlie dropped off her foster kitten Mylo this morning and said that he was super cuddley. He didn't want anything to do with this older couple.

Mylo

So I introduced them to Emma. I had to drag her from her upper shelf. But she soon settled into my arms and when I handed her over to the woman, she started to purr. They have gone away to think about it and may be back tomorrow (at 10am).

Emma

Then another couple (mother and daughter) came in. They had phoned after looking at our website and wanted to meet Pikachu. They spent quite a bit of time with her. And she liked them. They are both dark skinned, dark haired women so perhaps she can see them more clearly. They will be back tomorrow to adopt her.

Pikachu

And another woman came in to adopt Alfie, a kitten from foster.

Recently Lola has taken up residence on Tim's chair or on his desk. Not exactly convenient for Tim. But good for Lola to stroll over to the feeding station. Today one of the vollies suggested giving her a box. There was a black box that looked conveniently small. I put it behind Tim's screen. And she climbed in, curled herself into a tight ball and went to sleep.

More Mums and kittens

Fosterers have surrendered their kittens to us. They have come from all over Sydney and none have names yet.

There are two mums who both seem friendly. One has (almost) weaned her kittens the other hasn't.

There is a litter of three kittens who are not quite 1Kg. But as soon as they have got rid of their fleas and worms they will put on weight quickly. They were chasing fleas madly after Tim dosed them. And investigating the toys I gave them.

The Liverpool cats all have L names.

Lennox and Lyla

Luca

Luca has been moved to Taylor's condo. He is very friendly and much appreciated having something to play with.

I am to pick up two more teenagers from the Liverpool colony on Friday. That should be the end of them because the Granny cat will stay in Liverpool.

Were Diana and Danielle were are a pair of kittens: Alfie (ginger and white) and Abbey (tortie tabby). Alfie is the bigger, more active kitten and Abbey was rather getting the brunt of his energy until I added some toys and a scratchy pole.

Alfie and Abbey

And in Elsa's condo we have a private surrender, Katie who came with the most glamorous cat carrier ever. 

She is the bit of fuzz you can see behind it. I zipped off the lid to give her more space. She is a ragdoll. . . . . naturally.