Amazing number of adoptions

 So far this month we are up to 17, I think Sue said. 

Rosie and Callie were adopted over the weekend. As was Tilly of the North Pole so named because she was given a scratchy pole for 2024 Xmas. She wasn't even available last Friday. 

There has been magic done. (Thank you Irene)

Of course, we have new cats to fill the gaps.

In Incoming there is a charming family with two mums and 4 kittens. I doubt even the mums know who is who.

Mum 1

Mum 2 

3 of 4 kittens

 

4th kitten

Then there is Charlotte. Black cats seem to be a thing. (Not to mention clipped ears to signify desexed)

Charlotte

I moved Cheese from Better Row to Welfare. He was happy to get a bigger room with a better view.

Cheese

And Cullen

Cullen

And Claire. . . . complete the C series.

Claire

Almost. . . . but there is a spare Cookie to add.

 

Cookie

Thanks for the great photos Joy.

Tim wins

 In the "Sounds Crook" stakes. And he has been sick for longer than me. Despite that he picked up Callie from the vet this afternoon. ? for a check of her removed teeth? She was really keen for her dinner.

Callie

I introduced myself to Ravioli this afternoon. Irene talked about putting them up for adoption so I decided it was time for him to come out of hiding in a huge, fluffy bed. . . . . I ripped the top off his covering and discovered a very friendly cat under all the polyester fluff. Irene said "That is Billy, the friendly one". 

Billy

I thought the one who sat on the top shelf was Billy because he was so friendly (I overheard that much of the surrender process.) But the ragdoll is Ravioli.

Ravioli (sorry about the bad photos)

They will be on the website and are not expected to last for long. So get your pats in before they ..  . . . . . . 

I installed the Top Cat so vollies could entertain the kittens. Everybody enjoyed themselves.

Until they got put back into their condo and had to watch other kittens cavorting.

In Isolaation, I don't know which kitten is Borealis or Australis. The mum is Aurora. (Which seems a most inapprorpriate name for a spitty mum.)

Aurora on right. Larger kitten on left

Aurora's smaller kitten

 What do think?

 

 

He has arrived

 Giovanni. With a scratchy pole, a bed and a brand new cloth cat carrier. The telephone is already ringing with enquirers for this ragdoll. 

If only folk will phone for the Planet kittens who are now available. Mateo is booked into the Palace in 10 days or so. It would be good to say bye-bye to them before then.

Saturn giving Neptune a neck rub (with hiertongue)

 

Teddy doesn't seem to take any notice of them, in their palace, across the way from his play place.

Teddy

 

I got a shot of boarder Estelle's lovely green eyes because she had discarded the puffer jacket. . . . probably in disgust that her owner hasn't picked her up yet. I think she will take a while to forgive that owner for deserting her.

Estelle

Bissie was up and about this morning. Long time since I have seen her feet. She is shedding masses of hair. What a pity she will not tolerate being brushed.

Bissie

But Callie is getting more interactive. Don't think it will be long before she likes to be groomed.

Callie (Joy's photo)

Mike doesn't look like he will ever need to be brushed. . . I can do it myself
 

Mike

Roxy's champagne twins curled into a heart shape in a hammock. Forehead to forehead.

 

Her ginger wasn't invited.

 

Neat

 

In fact, I didn't notice how nicely the carrier cages on top of the condos in Welfare were arranged until after I spotted a label (that was on the carrier that Zena/Xena/Goldie came in via the cat taxi) in the paper bin by the computer. I usually sort the paper from the plastic from the tins in there on Wednesday. That label made me think that somebody had "given" her carrier to an adopter. So I looked up and "Amazing, Neat, Tidy" on both sides.

 And on top of the "new" cages.

So I looked on Better Row: which looked neat too.

But Boarding is still messy.

Later this afternoon I moved Dawson out of Boarding. He happily went into a long thin box to be transported. I put him into Rosie and Callie's condo in Welfare because they were adopted this afternoon to a lady who is disabled and lives quietly at home with 2 spare bedrooms and a carer who really CARES. He was lovely. I don't think it will be long before Callie is on her knee and Rosie is on the bed.

Then a couple came who had come before to look at cats but were off on their travels so postponed their choice. They chose Milo whom I hadn't met before. She was in Faith's condo. That seems to be the hot spot this year. I reminded them of the jingle "It's marvelous what a difference Milo makes" and they smiled, and smiled.

The play place is all disinfected and has a stand alone erected there for a returning cat. More on Friday (perhaps).
 

Geoff is home

 He had trouble getting home after 6 grueling weeks living in a tent and fighting fires in a very small town in Saskacthewan (300 residents plus 60 Aussie fire fighters). They were out fighting not only burning trees but burning ground under the trees every day. Only the heavy snow cover of winter will put the fires out permanently. The trouble getting home was Air Canada. Don't use it. His is the second disaster I have heard of recently. They did get home eventually though and Air Canada will be charged for the excess baggage that United Airlines charged them!

I did the quickest adoption this afternoon. A woman came in to adopt a cat from foster home for herself. She had previously adopted a cat for her mother. So she knew the routine. 

I asked Rong to count the carriers and the condos. We have 122 carriers and 61 condos. So even if there is more than one cat in a condo there will be enough carriers if we have to exit in a hurry. 

I didn't take any photos because Joy spent time photographing cats on Wednesday and her photos are beautiful.

On Better Row: 

Yahtzee plus 3

Geoff was very impressed with the blond kittens. (He has a weakness for Burmese-ish cats).

Willow

Geoff was delighted at how clean and relaxed her downstairs neighbour Archie looked. He promised to make Archie a new box/bar. Even Tommy looked sprucer to Geoff. But not as sparkling as Archie.

In Boarding: 

Bree

Who looks as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth but she has a very solid right fist full of claws.

Callie

Who is getting more used to people now that nobody is trying to give her medicine.

New in the Enclosures:

Sterling and Dorian

Who used to be on Better Row and then went home to Irene for some months. They are still shy.

In Welfare is Cody who has magnificent furnishings but is not availble yet. . . still.

Cody

And Rain who came in as a possible pregnant but failed to deliver

Rain

Is Autumn in Incoming going to be another?

Autumn

Thanks Joy for the lovely photos. 

Adoption Tails: Libby, Rosie & Callie

Libby

1 day: She remains as Libby. Eating, drinking and using litter. Did not need the safe room as soon as the cage opened and strolled out straightaway passed the owners and toured the whole unit . . not at all concerned. She is deaf though this is not a problem to her or the owners.

 

Libby

1 week: Libby is very adapted, cuddling with some of the owner's friends who came to meet her. She has started to play with toys and sitting on the flatmate's lap at night.

1 month: Libby is good, playful and eating well.

 

Rosie and Callie

1 day: They are very calm and are under the owner's bed in the bedroom. The owner has put some food and water in the room and hopes that they will be fine with her around (and won't stay under the bed forever...). Rosie and Callie already have a comfortable bed, lots of toys and are spoiled before the owner even picked them up!

 

1 week: Rosie and Callie only come out from under the bed at night when the owner is in bed (she is not sure how long they spend out there). She hopes they’re well and is doing everything for their comfort though she never sees them. Their food bowls were by the bed until just one day ago when she put them in the kitchen (which they went to and ate with no issues) They eat well, play and toilet… only all at night which is a little frustrating for the owner.

 

1 month: They're going very well, even Callie. The owner can be quite close to her even though Callie is still not 100% comfortable but much better than before. The two cats sleep with the owner in bed after 2 weeks of being home. The owner loves them so much! They are so happy now.

 

Useful blog

 Charley was surprised when Martin was missing this morning. And Callie. I said to myself "You should read the blog".

Then later she asked if I knew who was Little and who was Rory. This time I said it out loud. And brought up the blog on the computer so that I could be reminded who is who. Little has the white on the right cheek and Tory has white on his left cheek. Charley took a photo of the blog url so now can keep up.

The other way I keep up is by making a list of all the cats available on our web site and crossing them off when they get adopted. It gets pretty chaotic by the end of the month.

January 2024

 

March 2024 so far

 Why is Angel still with us?

I had to leave at 1pm just when a former vollie had finally decided to adopt Tinkerbelle rather than Gemma. Tinkerbelle's name will be changed. Her new owner stopped being a vollie because she kept bursting into tears. But now she wants a cat of her own and came to us to choose. Tinkerbelle was in Martin's stand alone and Gemma was happy having her next door. Michelle moved into Callie's stand alone by the front door.

Tinkerbelle

 Tim had to do the adoption because I had to leave after feeding lunches. And Sandy's adopter was due in at 1:30 to pick her up, at last. Poor Tim wasn't looking forward to the mystic mumbo jumbo.

Magic has gone home with her fosterer.

When I arrived one of the boarder's condo door's was open. It didn't take me long to find Oscar. He was under the food shelves bellowing. I don't think he could get out even though he got in. So I removed the laundry bins, food bags, etc, etc and lifted up the shelf. He stood up and stepped out, into my embrace so I could carry him back to his condo. 

Sorry for the old photos but I never think about taking any until 4pm.

Finally!

 Cass was adopted this morning along with Talia. The folk came at 10am to do the adoption. Certainly not the best time to do an adoption especially when you haven't done one for a while. But they were out of there by the time I arrived at noon. Poor Michelle is all alone in her big enclosure. 

A man whose cat has recently died came with a trolley load of food, carrier, meds, dishes, etc. He was "happy to have found us" and on the way out met all the cats including Mia who positively fawned over him. If she could have, she would have licked his hand! He was taken with her too. So perhaps he will be back.

Then a woman arrived to look at our cats because her boy cat had recently died and her girl cat is feeling lonely. She fell in love with Martin who is the same colour as her previous boy cat. Seemed to be preordained. She entertained herself during the adoption by texting all her friends, getting their opinions, getting offers of a Uber back home to Bondi Junction and offers of kitty sitting forever.

A woman rang with a sad story of her friend having found 5 kittens in a rubbish bin. The friend was bottle feeding them but Tim and Helen think they are older than needing that. So they agreed to take them in. And then their photos showed gooey eyes. So they probably have the flu, at least. Tim was waiting for them to arrive when I left.

He was also doing the adoption of a foster cat with the couple who came last week to collect some special food. Plus he was having trouble with the computer . . . . as I usually do. So I had to sign on so that he could complete the adoption. In the meantime the couple played with Callie who is now available. They had chosen a toy from the merch shelves while waiting for Tim to sort his computer problems and played with it. They noticed Callie's fascination with the toy and I gave them permission to let her play with it. She was having a fine time when I left. (I didn't sign out just in case I crashed the computer).

Didn't get around to taking any photos either so will use Joy's from Wednesday

Rory or Little

Sue says that there is more white on Little's feet than on Rory's. But when you look at their faces, One has a white left cheek and the other has a white right cheek. Little above, Rory below.

Freya's kittens have ventured out of their bed chamber. They are charming lumps of plump. Not quite so plump as Josie's though. And Betty and her kittens are looking less squinty than in this photo taken on Wednesday.

Betty's bundle of B's

squinty Betty

Mickey is getting more confidence and is Pistachio. We will have some pretty kittens for Easter.

Mickey above, Pistachio below