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 I didn't take any photos except for Nahla today. Because she was looking so cute.

Nahla

 Thank goodness for Joy's photos.

Tilly must be sick of all the fuss at every meal time made by Biscuit and Milly. They fight over food.

Tilly

Biscuit and Milly

 Next door to B & M are Maple and Benny. . . another B & M!

Maple and Benny (who is who?)

 They are very civilized compared with their neighbours. And friendly.

Irene was trying to guage whether or not Renny and Blossom are bonded. I say no. Others say yes. We need individual kittens made available for adoption for the coming school holidays.

Renny and Blossom

Irene may take one of them home to destress.

Peaches is the one who needs to be tamed. She has had it with us.

Peaches

 This afternoon I fed in Incoming and discovered that one of Autumn's kittens was dead because Autumn was out of her bed box and happily stayed on the shelf. When I look closely at the photo I took on Wednesday there are only 5 kittens suckling. The sixth was probably dead then. She (a calico) probably died last week. She was very small and still had some umbilical cord attached. The trouble with overprotective mums is that we can't check out their kittens closely. 

Aslan report:

He likes the warmer weather.

Aslan

 

Whats with the bovine names?

 There are two new cats on Better Row named Moo Moo and Humphrey!

It is easy to tell the Moo Moo is the girl because she is a calico. Unless they named a girl Humphrey!

They are next door to Yantzee plus three how have moved out of Isolation. There used to be four kittens but one was not well last week.  

Yantzee + 3

In fact, Isolation now only houses the remaining three Planet kittens.  Even Peaches has moved to Welfare. She doesn't look so happy about it despite hating it in Isolation.

Peaches

 New next to Julie and Bassuria (who were fighting today!) is Alex and Olive.  . . . . . she is a black olive. Don't know where they came from. They are shy.

Alex and Olive

And they are next to loud Will who has scratched his eye. We suspect that some vollies are giving treats to cats even though they have "Special Diet" on their condos. 

It is not surprising to think that  a special diet would include treats! Perhaps we should change to a sign "Exclusive diet" or "Restricted diet" instead.

Will

Inappropriate treats may be the reason that Julie and Bass are fighting.

I am ready for the traditional September kitten season having sewn a new litter of Elizabethan collars.

It was wonderful that Robin came to visit today. 

And that Maple and Benny got adopted (at 3:40. . . . I almost did a Terry!)

Skinny teeth

 I arrived at Safe this morning before the Willoughby truck. So I thought that I would just check in the basement to see if both bins were on the pavement on my way upstairs. One wasn't. It was empty. Just on the off chance, I took it upstairs with me and found 9 bags of trash on the balcony. So I put them in the bin and took it down to the sidewalk. The Willoughby truck had just collected our lot and the man was organising the bins next door. He, very kindly, emptied my bin before moving on. 

So when it came to filling the Cousins bins, one was almost full (28.9Kg) and the other had only 10.4Kg in it.  . . . . until we got the diagnosis of the planet kittens in the play place. One died over the weekend so they all went to the vet. The diagnosis is serious and two more have died since. So the play place had a thorough bleach treatment. And I filled the second Cousins bin with large, potentially un-disinfectable things from there. We hope we have caught the highly infectious bug before it spreads further. 

Choc and Chip heard the fuss and the bolder of the two, Chip has taken to sitting on top of his shy brother to keep him safe. Sorry for the fuzzy photo. But, of course, kittens will move when you point a camera at them.

Chip and half a Choc

Where Mieka and Loki were are Maple and Benny . . . another bonded pair. Maple is the front "man" and Benny, with the brown nose is shyer. But they are very sweet.

Maple (left) and Benny (behind)

On high on Better Row is another gorgeous ginger boy called Bobby. I don't think I have seen a pattern like his.

Bobby

And we have a ginger Brennan:

Brennan

And Biscuit and Milly:

Biscuit and Milly

Gingers galore.

And the bad ginger news is the Griffin was returned today having been adopted on Monday! He got on with the resident cat and with the young(-ish) man who adopted him. But the mother thought that there wasn't enough room for a second cat!

He is getting to be Griffin the travelling cat.

 

 

 

Romeo adopted

 His new people fell in love with him on Saturday and took him home. Seemed like a match made in heaven to me. I hope he finds it so. On Sunday I brought Aslan home to have some R & R after I thoroughly vacuumed all Romeo's hair off the carpet. I don't think he has taken any notice of "other cat" smellls. He is just interested in finding the food. He can jump up onto the kitchen benches (unlike Romeo who kept all paws on the ground at all time). So never has my kitchen been so neat and clean.

As he is quite thin (4.2Kg) I will put him on normal rations to see if that diminishes the food drive. 

Today we are up to 41 adoptions for August. Including Mateo who was spotted at the Cat Show by an enthusiastic dad who came at 10am to adopt him. It would have been 43 if the computer had cooperated when I did the paperwork for Phoenix and Sydney. The new owner didn't want to pick them up until tomorrow or Friday when everything in their house will be ready for them anyway. Now the paperwork is mostly done and Sydney just needs his vaccination before he is set to go. So they have an "ADOPTED" sign on their condo. And Tim will sort out what I did to Shelter Buddy tomorrow.

Sydney and Phoenix

Maple and Benny have moved into Loki and Mieka's condo. The young man kept on coming back.

 

Maple and Benny

I just heard a suspicious noise from the kitchen. Aslan was attempting to open the jars of fish food that I used to keep beside the fish tank. They are now in a drawer. I wonder how long it will take him to catch the tiny tetras! 

Aston is in Alladin and Jasmine's stand alone. Not happy.

Aston

And Brennan is where Doris was for a nanosecond. He is a typical ginger: noisy and demanding.

Brennan

This afternoon the "pregnant mum" had one kitten. Black and white. May not be the last one. She was remarkably relaxed about it. Perhaps it is not her first litter. Which means that there may be many more by tomorrow morning.

Adoption Tails: Schmoo, Benny, Sesame, Agnetha and Bjorn

Schmoo = Nefertiti

 1 day: She is going great. She has been renamed Nefertiti, or Nefi for short. She’s eating, drinking, pooping, peeing, and sleeping well. When her owner checks on her in the safe room, she comes over for pets and rolls onto her back for belly rubs.
1 week: Nefi is going well and has been exploring. She loves her food and playing with her toys. It’s getting hard to keep her in the safe room as she wants to get out but their resident cat is not quite ready to meet her yet. Her owner will try site swapping for short periods of time. Otherwise, she is settling in wonderfully.

1 week

1 month: Nefi is going well. She is much more confident now, runs around like crazy and is more willing for cuddles. Their resident cat isn’t sure about Nefi’s enthusiasm but is getting used to her. “Nefi is such a beautiful little one and we love having her in our family.”

Schmoo/Nefi 1 month

 Benny = Mango

1 day: He’s doing great! Very much settled in, and is eating, drinking and pooping. He does long meows at night but they usually pet him to console him and then he stops. 

1 week: Benny has been renamed Mango. He’s been great and started exploring outside of his safe room on the second day. He’s very inquisitive and friendly. He settled in immediately, cuddles up to his owners when he’s sleepy, plays well, poops every day and is always after their food when they’re eating. He no longer meows during the night. “We can't believe our luck, he's been absolutely adorable and lovable!”

Benny/Mango 1 week

Sesame

1 day: She is eating, drinking and using the litter tray. “She’s settling in very well! She’s perfect.”

Sesame 1 day

1 week: She is doing well! She has explored the whole apartment now. She is comfortable being out in the lounge room and has made the place her own. Her appetite has improved massively and she is now eating very well. 

1 month: She’s doing great. She’s fully at home now and has a good eating schedule. She’s super playful, independent, and sleeps fine. “We’re a happy family”

Sesame 1 month

Agnetha = Maggie Mae and Bjorn = Freddie

1 day: Everything is going well. They both seem as happy and playful as when they were at SAFE and are finding their way around their room. They are both eating, drinking and using the litter tray.

Bjorn: day 1

Agnetha: day 1

1 week: They’re doing brilliantly! Agnetha is now Maggie Mae and Bjorn is now Freddie (Mercury). They’re currently both gobbling down their meals super quickly. They are happy, active and growing. Their owner has been occasionally opening the door to let them explore outside of their safe room. Freddie is braver than Maggie who meows every time Freddie disappears. Their owner says they are hilarious and they clumsily prance around each other. 

1 month: Both are doing well. Maggie is getting increasingly confident.

Freddy and Maggie Mae: 1 month

 

Cat watching

 There were some adoptions over the weekend: Benny, Earl, Gia, Schmo, Scout, Sesame and Smudge.

Our cats have been moved back from next door. Their condos have been cleaned. Our cats have been rearranged on Better Row. They all seemed subdued this afternoon.

Lucy, sporting new multicoloured hair tackled the dry food shelves. They are now neatly labelled and perfectly organised. I didn't take a photo. I will take one on Friday when she has installed the proper, typed labels. I didn't take a photo of the great wall of poo bags on the back deck either. . . . too disgusting.

Tiger and Phantom parallel played this afternoon.

Phantom and Tiger

But Tiger is really a desk cat.

Tiger

And Phantom is a chick magnet. Yin and Yang can't resist watching him

Yin, Yang, Phantom

Talking about being watched. Tibby was inspected by Ginger George and Max (who she must think of as dirty old men)

Ginger, Tibby, Max

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