Going, going

 The conference room (aka the junk room) is half empty.  The shelves on the right hand side have all gone (along with the boxes of gloves. But I am assured that there is a box of gloves somewhere). I couldn't find Lola this morning. She wasn't waiting for me at the front door. But when it was her turn to be fed, she appeared like magic.

There were only a few vollies but they did a splendid job and even though the mop is broken the place sparkled at the end of the day.

We had one customer. . . a young couple. He said that she had promised him they would have a cat before kids five years ago when they got married. They went around everybody. Every cat loved them. Including Peanut.

Peanut

They took photos. I sent them to the cafe next door to decide. The came back and adopted Bruce and Ruby. They will be very happy.

Kath did the adoption which went well until it came to printing out the Adoption Contract. Because Ruby has just turned 1 year old, the system has a hissy fit and doesn't process it to the end. It has happened before. (But not to Kath or me). But Kath worked around it and they took the cats off. 

On my way home I dropped by the new premises which look much better in real life than in photos. Geoff was there working away with Tim and Sue. Most of the new enclosures are erected so I was able to install one hammock in each. When they are all there, I will add extras because there are no shelves yet. 

Some of Joy's photos from last week: 

 

Piglet having time out

 Dory will now happily take treats from everybody.

Dory

 

And you have to put Gary's medicine into his left ear. He is such a sweetie he has forgiven those who put it into his other ear.

Gary

 

Chalk likes chicken

 Or he thought he did when I gave him a small bit. But when I gave him the dish to lick out, he was a bit confused. I moved the meat to his dish and he ate a bit. But then he settled down in his hammock looking much more relaxed.

Chalk (pity the phone focussed on the bars not on the cat)

 

Jasmine brought in her two foster cats. .. . the family is travelling so there won't be enough folk left at home to look after Pebbles and Tilly. They did, eventually, come out of their carry case.

Pebbles and Tilly

Borealis was adopted this afternoon. Her tummy is looking better than it did on Wednesday. Her new people were thrilled. (There is a photo on the Safe phone.)

I counted cats before she went and got to 86 in Safe Haven. Don't know how many carriers we have.

 The Voonies are much more lively. Very interested in their food. And mum is not a shy.

Voonies at play

Piglet down below them can run really fast. She took off out of her condo. Did a dash under the desks and circled back to her condo in a twinkling.

Chloe still has mucky eyes. She is being treated. And one of the other C kittens she came in with has it too. She is doing a great job in frilling the edge of her box.

Chloe

Tyler's foggy eye looks better.

Tyler

And I gave Ruby and Bruce a larger hammock because their second one lost a tie. They love having a bigger bed to snuggle in. Kind of hard to tell where each cat stops and starts. . . they just flow together.

Bruce and Ruby

 

 

Dory spoke

 He greeted his favourite Friday vollie with a kitten sized meow!

Dory

And, there is no dirty laundry at Safe Haven! We have finally caught up. (It has taken 5 years!)

Of course, the rubbish is another story with only one Willoughby bin still. But visitors took off several bags, as did I. So the balcony is not too bad. But anything but empty of bags is bad.

Bruce was blue today because his mum was at the vets. He stole Mickeys toy but still missed his mum/pillow.

Bruce

 Peter, Patch and Phoenix have been moved to Welfare. It is nice to have some tiny tabbies there.

P's

Faith and Flora were desexed. They came back with plastic cones but I changed them to cloth ones which are more comfortable.  They don't seem to get on all that well. But it might just have been the post op!

Flora and Faith

Chloe who was moved to Welfare some days ago, seems to have developed a mucky eye. She will get the dreaded ointment which is a shame because she has become much friendlier since being moved.

Chloe

Australis has been moved back to Incoming. Borealis left in Welfare all by herself is now enjoying visitors.

Borealis

In Isolation the four champagne, identical kittens suddenly have a champagne mum! She escaped while they were catching the family but has since been brought in. She seems a calm, sweet cat (who luckily remembered her kittens).

There is another kitten in Isolation called Bonnie. She was adopted from a breeder of British Short Hairs but developed ringworm and giardia. Both of these are infectious to people as well as to animals. So she was surrendered to us with a bag of food and meds and cash! I wasn't going close enough to get a good photo because both of those parasites infect people as well as felines. But she is cute enough to wait for.

Smashed bin

 Only one Willoughby bin was taken to the sidewalk yesterday. There were more bags on the balcony and and empty bin in the garage. But, perhaps, if it had been filled and taken to be collected this morning, the collection truck would have dropped and smashed it as well. 

Seems to be our luck with trash cans.

It has been reported. The mess moved into the erstwhile empty bin which is back in the garage. Let's hope they are quicker at getting us a new bin than usual.

In the meantime, our monthly tally of one cat/kitten adopted per day is holding in April.

This afternoon last week's keen family came back for Cheetah. I left Kath to it because I wanted to rush home to PC. (Just like previously, I left two bags of washing and a bag of washed tins in the loading bay in my rush to get home).

PC had a very quiet day in bed. He hadn't got up even for a drink of water, let alone food. Yesterday he and Aslan basked on the nice warm tiles on the verandah . . . between snacks.

PC and Aslan

 I don't think PC got out of his bed today. Not even for a drink of water. We have fixed that but he isn't interested in eating anything. But rather likes it on my bed.

PC

Just like Cookie liked it on my lap earlier in the afternoon while I brushed her tummy.

Cookie's pretty tummy

And Bruce loves lying on his mummy's tummy.

Ruby is a pillow for Bruce

 Old AWL vollies will enjoy that we had an email from the daughter of the woman who adopted Jasmine, with 3 legs. I fostered Jasmine before and after her amputation and she was a lovely cat. And I used to feed her when the mother went to visit other family in Canberra. I could go through the blog I kept then to find a photo if anybody is interested.

 

Kittens going (and coming)

 There have been lots of adoptions. Bruce and Ruby have moved out of the enclosure opposite Lina as they are the last of that litter. They have moved into the stand alone by the door. I hope somebody adopts them together. Bruce is very loving to Ruby.

Bruce and Ruby

Panther and co have moved from Incoming to their enclosure. They like it much better and are really friendly there. A family came this afternoon and are very keen on one of them who loved the attention. But those boys haven't been desexed yet so they will just have to wait.

And Lina is waiting to be picked up. She was adopted today by a mother and her two kids. They are going to take time to set everything up at home before picking her up on Saturday. It seems like a very good match. Their previous cat was blind at the end of her life. 

Kath and I figured out who is who of Zena and Tiger.  

Zena and Tiger

Tiger has the white stripe on his nose.

Tiger

And Oreo likes to have his forehead scratched through the bars.

Oreo

I tried to move Peanut to Welfare this afternoon but she wasn't having it. I really think we should change her name to Princess.

 

Early mark

 Sharon trained a group of new vollies this morning. They did Better Row.

There were plenty of our regular vollies to do the rest. Only one border who came in today and a few empty condos. And in view of our possible move, condos are remaining empty. So far this month we have adopted 33 cats and kittens, according to Sue. Goosey was adopted over the weekend! 

Her condo is occupied by Elly who has been in the back corner of Isolation for months. She went to the vet. Is on meds. And is not eating. I hope Goosey's good vibes revive her.

Elly

I moved Marmalade and Cookie from Isolation to Incoming today. They will stay in C14 for a while to confirm that they don't have any ringworm lesions.

Valentina has been adopted too. And her stand alone is occupied by a pretty calico with a cloudy right eye also. She seems to be just as hungry as Valentina was.

Lina

It was strange that nobody adopted Harlow and Hobson. But it does make it easier for the cleaners not to have four kittens erupting from that condo. 

Hobson and Harlow

That joy has been taken over by Ruby's kittens. It is a good way to get a cuddle. They got plenty today and had an afternoon nap to recover.

 4 Kittens in a hammock: Front to Back: Piper, Bruce, Frankie, Freddy (I think). The boys are all available.

There is an older pair, Zena and Tiger in Prue and Trude's enclosure. Don't know who is who.

Zena/Tiger

I got a very early mark because Sue had to attend an on line lecture at 6pm and she wouldn't have got home in time for that anyway. So Aslan got his dinner early for a Wednesday. Sue took Ravyn for a walk (or vice versa).