Adoption Tails: Harley and Quinn, Heidi and Axel

 Harley

 1 day: She’s doing ok. She’s still a little shy and still likes her safe place. She’s eating well and using the litter box with no problems. They will be keeping her name.

Harley

1 week: “She's well and truly settled in. Definitely comfortable around the whole house now. Playing with the laser at the moment.”

5 weeks: She is doing well. The vet recommended feeding her more dry food than wet but it didn't agree with her stomach so they’re back to the way it was before but more of a balance. She's burning a lot more energy in a two-storey house.

Quinn

1 week: Quinn has done very well. She was happy to explore outside her safe from quite early. “She has a very healthy appetite.”

2 weeks: “She’s not shy anymore at all”

6 weeks: “We are doing well, Quinn is a very affectionate kitten. She loves the tunnel and scratching post playhouse they bought her. She lives inside and her owner thinks they’ll keep it that way long-term. She is now sitting on her owner’s lap while they’re studying.

Quinn

Heidi, now Cookie

3 days: “She’s settling in well.” She has used the litter tray and has been both eating and drinking. She has been renamed Cookie.

Heidi, now Cookie

1.5 weeks: “She’s settling in very well”. She explores the whole house and her safe room is now her bedroom.

Heidi

5 weeks: no response

Axel, now Popcorn

2 days: “Everything is good! His new name is pop corn and he likes sleep on my belly”. They haven’t seen him go to the toilet actively but if they put him in the litter tray, he will use it.

Axel

 4 days: They’ve bought a few scratchers and have put them on the floor. They also have vertical scratching areas on the cat tree. He doesn’t like using them and prefers to scratch on the carpet. He doesn’t seem to realise how to use the scratching post yet so they will watch him and guide him. They have already trimmed his nails when he’s sleepy. “He is a purring machine when we play with him”

1.5 weeks: He runs around in the living room every night. His owners say he is an “energetic boy”. “He plays and eats normally, and loves playing with us.”

Axel

 5 weeks: “Everything is well!”

 

More Mums

 I thought from the dirty state of her condo that Tilly had her kittens last night. But it seems they were born on Saturday night. We did try to clean up the mess but she didn't like it. So we covered it with a bath mat. She has five kittens.

Just like the mum last Tuesday night whom we named Quin.

We named the Mum with 3 kittens in Isolation Whitney.

Whitney plus 3

 And the pregnant mum in Incoming Zali. Her tummy is as round and hard as a ball. She is very friendly.

Zali

 I doubt that these names will stick but there are just too many "pregnant mum" labels around.

Raj has settled down on Better Row and is super friendly.

Raj

LeClerk had to move out of the Palace which now houses three of Katie's cats. He is not real pleased with the move.

LeClerk

Sparkle is next door to Big Kahuna. Heidi is in the play place. She was returned because the husband thinks she looks too much like the previous beloved cat who got run over. Her son Axel has been adopted.

Sparkle and Big K

Plus, the Willoughby bins were collected at before 7am so I didn't have a chance to add more bags to the bins. They are back to the pre Covid schedule.

Mums

 Axel's mum Heidi got adopted today by a woman who had a pair of cats but one of them was run over. She is going to install a meshed outdoor enclosure for them (having learned her lesson). But she was keen to get a companion for the remaining young boy cat. Heidi will be perfect. She will easily keep him in order because he is not as young and rambunctious as Axel. 

Axel spent the afternoon, after his mum was whisked away, sound asleep on his ledge.

Axel

He is bound to be adopted tomorrow. There have been lots of enquires about him.

Ginnie's nose looks much better since Tim bathed it. She seems much happier now too.

Ginnie

It seems that Chad's side was shaved so that he could have an ultrasound. His kidney's passed that test but they discovered a bladder infection. He seems happier now too. There is one vollie on Wednesday who makes him purr with pleasure.

I think the new mum in Incoming should be called Quinie as she had quins. Then we could call the babies Quin, Qutie (pronounced cutie), Quincy, Quester, Queery. . . . 

Queenie plus 5

And the mum in Isolation could be called Tripy because she has triplets. The kittens could be Truth, Trial, Tribulation. . . . .

Tripy plus 3

Light on vollies

 But those who came were splendid and all the work got done in record time. Thank you.

Fiona got adopted. A young man came to adopt her at 3:30pm. He had seen her on our website and decided that she was just the cat to go with his 1 year old kitten who really NEEDS another cat to play with (so that he can get on with his work). We did the deed in record time. He went off with a borrowed carrier and her litter tray (with litter but without the poo!) which he will return asap. Fiona was happy to go because she had a turn in the Top Cat so was feeling full of confidence.

Sooty also had a turn. She is a girl. Funny, I always though that Sooty was a boy's name.

Sooty

Maybe she will get adopted tomorrow!

We had a couple of phone calls about Axel. But nobody came to give us their money and sign our paperwork. First IN, first served.

A mother and daughter came to find a replacement for a dearly beloved cat. They looked at all the availables. Pity that Ivy didn't play up to them. She is a kitten with a split personality. Sometimes she turns herself inside out to attract you. Other times she hides.

Ivy

Much like Harper and Emma. They only come out of their shell when their foster mum comes (with chicken) for them to love on. Then they are completely different cats. . . full of love and purrs and invitations to interact. (Not the reactions they show when I open their doors to take a photo!)

Emma in the bed that her foster mum will wash when she is adopted

Harper

Joy's Wednesday

Billy in main cattery

Hilda and white kitten in Incoming

Gracie on Better Row

Pebbles just inside the door

Valentina in Boarding

New boy LeClerk in Cat Palace

lookalikes. . Mum and son: Heidi and Axel