Busy afternoon

 There were three adoptions.

First a woman rang to ask if we had any grey kittens. She wanted to replace her ferret who died aged 8 after a hard start recovering from being shaken by a dog. She saw George on our website. George played hard to get, of course. I introduced her to Princess the not-ready-yet big fluffy grey in Boarding. She chose George who was surprisingly easy to get into her carrier. So I feel they will settle down together nicely.

The couple who adopted Bear instead of George might be surprised when they pick him up on Monday.

Then a woman came from her apartment in Sussex St, Sydney to do the paperwork for Onyx who is in foster.

Then a young man came for a quick look at the cats at 3:45pm. It wasn't a quick look. But because he had such a lovely Scottish accent he was forgiven. (His accent is just like Sean the Shepherd's on YouTube. . . great viewing if you like to watch dogs herding sheep and ducklings). He fell in love with Tank, the first kitten he saw. (Lilly's kittens were all being desexed in Fairfield at their donor's expense). Tank liked him too.

Tank

 Then he spotted Pip Squeak who is in Luna's condo. Pippy was his charming self. 

Pip Squeak

 Pikachu was interested in meeting him but a bit shy.

Then I introduced him to Shadow and they had an instant relationship. It is amazing how Shadow has taken to people in the last month.

Shadow

He will be back on Sunday to make his choice.

More names needed

 I got to the cattery before the Willoughby collection. So gleefully planned schlepping out bags to fill others bins. But, the trolley was obstructed by boxes and bags of litter so I decided that I would wait for the Cousins bins. Which we did before lunch. And the Willoughby bins were still not emptied. They were by the time that I left. But even though the store room had been somewhat cleared, I decided not to get out the trolley into the pouring rain. Sorry tomorrow. There are bags on the balcony.

We had 3 lots of adopters this afternoon. One couple came to adopt Bear. They had been in on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Initially they wanted George because he is grey like their previous, much beloved cat. But George is Shy and Bear is liquidly loving. They did the paperwork despite a computer malfunction. They will collect him on Monday because they are going away this weekend.

The next couple had been before as well. They are in love with Ryan of Lilly's litter in Enclosure 3 (the one out of which 5 kittens explode at every meal time). But somebody else has bagsed him . . . if we have the correct kitten. They don't have microchip numbers in the computer so it is difficult to tell them apart from the tiny photos. This couple will return.

The final couple came to look at George. Of course Bear came up for cuddles. I showed them other kittens. They were entranced. I showed them adults. They were enthusiastic. They decided that an adult would suit them better and had trouble deciding between Shadow and Luma. Shadow was very friendly. 

Shadow

But Luna was loving. So they chose her. Done! I think it is a very good match for all three of them.

In the meantime, Claire took photos and videos in Incoming. She has named the six fluffy kittens in the stand alone:

Fluffy tabby (white diamond): Choux

Fluffy tabby with white moustache: Souffles (with a grave on the e)

Fluffy tabby: Mont Blanc

Fluffy tabby with left beauty spot: Brulee

short hair tabby: Kingston

tabby, short hair and orange: Monte Carlo

 The last kitten is probably a calico so is female. Perhaps she can be Monte Carla.

 Peache's kittens are all well and have moved to Incoming to Shadow's condo. They don't quite know how to jump up the levels. They are used to scrambling up the wires of the stand alone or swinging up the hammocks. They need Peachy names.

Peaches kittens

Aziza's girl kittens have been desexed. So next weekend should be a bumper adoption weekend. And there is still an Adom.

Aziza's girls

Adom

You can tell from the quality of the photos the Joy is back. Hurrah!

Five in Playplace

 There are five kittens in the play place. They are all playing together and seem much happier now. Especially at meal times.

Bagheera, Rama, George, Samuel and Bear.. . . . not necessarily in that order

There were adoptions over the weekend. Tulip and Tilly have moved into Mallee's condo.

I moved Prime into Hui Hui's condo to give him more room. And three kittens came out of the stand alone in incoming to be next door to Bassuria and Julie (who looks even thinner this week.

I had a shock when I opened the Isolation door this afternoon. Minty's mate Rascal's door was wide open. He was nowhere to be seen. I opened his bedbox door. There he was . . . . hissing at me.

Minty doesn't hiss as much

There were 14 of us workers at Safehaven today. Which meant the work was finished early and the vollies got to play with the kittens.

Play time

Mistaken move

 Irene wanted kittens moved. So I successfully organised vollies to move Chloe, Pikachu and Blaze to the double under Bissie in Welfare. They settled in immediately. Especially Pikachu (the name comes from Pokemon, I am told). The other two are sweet, friendly kittens Pikachu is wary of people (with good reason!)

Chloe, Pikachu and Blaze. . .  L to R

I moved Romeo out of the Play Place back to his condo. He spent most of his time lying in his litterbox in the Play place which is a bit of a waste of the space. 

Then I organised a couple of vollies to move the kittens in Incoming who came together from the same kitten rescuer but who had been in two small condos. I mistakenly had them put into the Play Place. Irene hoped they would go into the Enclosure where Chloe, P & B were. But that might have been a bit close for comfort,

We left Panda behind. He was in a single condo with two older kittens and has become very aggressive about food (because he had to fight for every mouthful). His condo mates, Bagheera and Rama now reunited with George, Samuel and Bear. Later this afternoon I could only see three black and one tabby kitten in the play place. The grey one has hidden himself somewhere. We did take them all there. 

More missing kittens: Two of Peaches kittens are back into Isolation from the vet. One is still there. Two died. Peaches has been moved to condo 6 which she doesn't like because the door is so noisy.

 Cordelia's pair are thriving.

Cordelia's two

Valentine is also thriving. She will soon be as big as that pillow that we got when we had boarders next door over Christmas. 

Valentina

And Irene asked me to weigh Aziza's kittens. They are all too light to be desexed. But I took the opportunity to check their sexes.

Adom is a boy. He is the heaviest. And is ginger and white.

Anat is a ticked tabby girl.

Ali is the tabby girl

Ava is the calico and is, of course, a girl.

 

I missed it

 This morning a nice lady came in and adopted Helena, Kate and Jagger!

 

How is that for a brilliant end to a brilliant week!

Later this afternoon a lovely young woman from DY came to adopt Bear from foster. He will be a happy cat.

 Timmi and Hugo went to be desexed today. I am not usually at Safe when the fixed ones come back. Timmi was off her face with the happy drugs that they gave her. She is on Better Row and easily levited to the high shelf, and shedded an Elizabethan collar on the way. After dinner she will sleep like a log.

Hugo is to be moved to the main room (to Kate and Helena's) but his condo wasn't quite ready so he went back into Better Row. Good thing until his pong evaporates. I took home his dirty bedding and had to drive with all my windows open.

Adoption Tails: Ruby and her litter. Plus Matteo

 Ruby, adopted May 27, 2022

Day 1: Ruby has settled in very well and is eating, drinking and toileting as if she has been with her new owner a while. She has already claimed her favourite spots to sleep and be able to see what her owner is doing. She is still a bit nervous if she hears outside noises and will hide but will overcome that with time. We are both very happy.

 

Week 1: Ruby is settling in well and has investigated the rest of the house but prefers the family room and the 2nd bedroom but is still a bit nervous of noises. She heads into the bedroom and under the bed and needs tempting to come out but she will get better in time."

Month 1: Ruby seems to have settled really well now and is being quite affectionate and no longer hiding under beds after noises she doesn't know. Rather she comes to find her owner and is always aware of where she am of it not sure, will check out where she is."

Ebby, adopted April 6, 2022

Day 1: Ebby is great. She ate last night and this morning, using her litter tray has done a poop! Loves hiding under her owners bed and crawled all over her last night when I was sleeping. She's got a couple of hiding places but has been coming in and out.

Ebby

Week 1: Ebby's doing great! Giving lots of cuddles and running around exploring.

 

Ebby

No Month 1 report. 

Bear, adopted May 29. 2022

1 day: Bear is quite confident. She is eating and toileting and sleeping well. She isn't hiding but will go back into her carrier to sleep. She will be kept in her room for 2 weeks.

1 week: She's settling in absolutely perfectly. She's eating, drinking and using her litter tray well! She's very happy to explore. She's familiarised herself mostly with 2 rooms but is happy to go for an explore while her owner is around. She seems to have settled into the routines. 
She has been renamed Penelope/Penny (Bear was slightly masculine for such a sweet little thing) and thinks her settling down is going very fast. The kitty trusts her person a lot and she's confident to explore, play and follow him around everywhere.

Bear/Penny

1 month: She has been absolutely fantastic. She's her owner's best friend in every way and she's been well-behaved the entire time. She's able to explore the backyard now, which is great because he can actually leave the back door open and she can explore, but she can't escape! She's 
always really interested in hassling his leftover food.
 

Matteo

Day 1: Matteo is doing really well, hasn't stopped purring. Been exploring the bedroom he is staying in and playing with a few toys. Ate all his dinner last night and breakfast this morning. He has used his litter tray as well. As soon as someone comes into the room, he runs and hides under the bed but when you sit down, he normally comes out. We will be keeping the name Matteo, it's a nice name. He slept in the carrier last night with two towels, wanders in and out. Has tried out the bed too, but only briefly.

Matteo

Week 1: "He's adorable and so affectionate. Was lying in bed with his owner last night watching TV. Follows her into the bathroom & her wardrobe. He sleeps in his room but during the day we leave the door open so he can explore if he wants to. Only when we are home. Today he was even sitting in the bathroom when the owner had a shower. When finished, he went in there by himself. He is very curious. He still has a bit of discharge coming out of his eyes. Bought some special wipes so I have been wiping them twice a day.

Month 1:  He is adorable. Have started leaving the door open at night and he comes into the owners' bed. Trying to get him to sleep next to me instead of on top of me. THe daughter has a puppy so we are slowly introducing them to each other. Just saying hello at the moment. The puppy licked his face today. His eyes have been better the last two days sort of comes and goes a bit. The vet said to come and see her next week if it’s not better.  He is so loved by everyone in the family.

Matteo

 

[I think they need more cats]

Max is back

 I misnamed the escapee cat on Wednesday. It was Hana not Luna. I have corrected the blog. She has settled back into her condo. She must have told Lucy next door all about it last night because when I arrived around noon, all we could see of Lucy was her feet and her dream twitchy tail. She woke up in time for chicken.

Lucy's feet

But Max is back. Things seemed to be going well. He was getting on well with his new man . . . . accepting pats and laps and exploring the apartment. Then Max bit the man. The man had to go to hospital to have intravenous antibiotics. Max came back to us. He doesn't seem too upset. He was keen for chicken and enjoyed my company while I ate my lunch sitting on the white stool in front of his condo.

Max watching me

I spent the time trying to see differences between Princess and Precious. They both have short white front socks, long back socks, white bibs and tummies. The only difference I could pick was that one, on her left front paw has a black little toe and the other has all white toes. One black toe is Precious from her microchip. She is the shy one. Princess has all white toes and it more confident. . . . if anybody asks!

There is no difference between Bear and Ebby. Their mum, Ruby was adopted this afternoon by a woman who spent her time recovering from elbow surgery by scanning the "cats available" websites. Her 10th cat got tick bitten. She was delighted to find us, and came to choose between Ruby and Sootie. Not a hard choice if you want a lap cat.

And Katie found a home for Archie. He went home with the woman who came on Thursday to buy Mayka. They did all the paperwork and had the long discussion about Mayka being a shy cat and possibly never a lap cat. And the lady was keen. But when it came time to put Mayka into a carry cage, the cat wasn't having a bar of it. The lady decided that Mayka was not for her after all! She will be so happy with Archie.

Engaging Ebony

There was a hole in the mesh of Wasabi's condo before she moved in. (Star's kittens did it). Her kittens have just learned to poke their heads through the hole. Within days their bodies will follow. So I patched the hole. Unfortunately there wasn't any of the thicker mesh left so it is a temporary fix. But whatever it was, Ebony was fascinated.

She gazed and gazed. While Wasabi tried to hide in her bed because my hands kept coming into her condo.

And her kittens went to sleep in a carry case that kept them from escaping all over the place.

Tim has listed lots of cats and kittens availble so that Terry can get them all adopted tomorrow. The list includes Coco, Cola and Pepsi who had a lovely time this afternoon in the play place while Silky's kittens were off getting desexed. Charles and Christopher are available. The "I am adopted" sign on Elona's condo that had Charles written on it was a mistake. Elona is to be picked up tomorrow. And perhaps the interested person of Wednesday will come by for Charles. Zelda is back on the available list and is desperate for cuddles. Steph's kittens Dash, Flash, Bear and Chip are bound to go quickly because they are such love bugs. Dobby, at last, is available with his loving snot.

As is Windsor with his old man's morning cough and hack.

Talking of which, why is Sunny's nose brown? He is available.

And Salam. We tried to get a good photo but he kept wigglying with the joy of being out and with people to love on.