Adooption Tails: Jewel litter

 No updates for Ruby the mum.

No updates for Garnet.

Mittens, previously Diamond

1 day: Diamond has been renamed to Mittens. The girls have fallen in love with him.     
1 week: Diamond (now Mittens) got his tail caught in their reclining chair, they took him to Northside Emergency Vet and they said the tail needed to be amputated. SAFE agreed to help pay for the surgery and transferred him to the affiliated Vet-O Brookvale.

Mittens wrapped up

1 month: Mittens is the most loving perfect little fit for their family. Although he had a rough start here, he is so loving and loved by everybody in the family. The owner is so happy with SAFE and has told many people about SAFE. 

Mittens

Nature, previously Emerald

1 day: Emerald has been renamed to Nature. She is looking better than the owner expected. She did spend quite a bit of time under the bed and sofa. Currently, she is purring and sleeping next to the owner.

Nature

1 week: Nature is really naughty. Willing to play with the owner and even wake them up in the morning. She is really enjoying her time at her new home and already very familiar with it.
No 1 month response

Ace, previously Sapphire

1 day: Sapphire is now called Ace. He is settling in fine, loves the attention and sleeping in the bed with us. He has been eating, drinking and using his litter tray.
3 day: Ace is in the bedroom and resident cat has the rest of the house. Resident cat will hiss and make noises at Ace. The owner was wondering how much attention to give to each cat and has been forwarded SAFE's guide to introducing cats for clarity and emphasised the concept of cat territory and resources.

Ace

1 week: Ace and resident cat are chasing each other around and playing now when the owner is home. Ace is kept in the bedroom when nobody is home. The owner is hoping that the two will be used to each other completely over the weekend.

Ace

1 month: Ace and Cleo the resident cat are getting along nicely now. They're both happy and settled in together.

Suzie previously Topaz

Topaz

1 day: The owners (Alanna & Denny) have renamed Topaz to Suzie and she is adorable! She has had both dry and wet food but they have yet to see her drink water or use the litter tray. She is ok in her safe room and has been pretty playful and affectionate but does get a little scared with loud noises. They are still getting Denny's cat (Vader) used to having a little kitten around and introducing them slowly by feeding them on either side of the door as Vader is a little territorial. Suzie is so sweet and we love her.
1 week: Suzie was taken home (Alanna's home without Vader) on Sunday as the owner had to work from home over the week. She adjusted very well - settled in well and was happy, playful and affectionate. "She's beautiful!" Over the weekend, Suzie went with her owner to see her partner and Vader. She has her safe room set up there and they continued introductions between Suzie and Vader. Vader was unsure of Suzie at first but after slow exposure, the two are now bolting around the apartment and loving it and playing together. Their play is always supervised and Suzie stays in her safe room when nobody is home. Vader has hissed at Suzie during mealtime so they eat separately in the saferoom and kitchen. Vader has done a wee in the corner of the lounge room and Suzie did one next to the fridge in the corner of the kitchen. Other than this, the two seem very happy and love to play with each other.
1 month: Suzie is the most gorgeous little girl. She gets up on the owner's lap which is so adorable! They love how affectionate she is and her purring is so cute too! They are currently working through Suzie and Vader eating each other's food by having them separated during mealtimes and clearing the bowls.

I had a cat called Suzy. She moved into the preschool where a neighbour worked and took charge of the doll's beds. The headmistress didn't like that (or Suzy's attitude to small humans) so my neighbour brought her home to live with her four boy cats. Suzy didn't fancy being number 5 so moved in with me. Eventually I moved and took her with me (to the ex neighbour's relief). She was a great hammock tester, She didn't need them to be tied up: just freshly ironed.

Suzy

Simba gone

 He was adopted on Sunday afternoon. I don't think a reader of this blog adopted him. But the vibe might have helped.

Diamond was adopted today: one of Ruby's fluffies is to be a surprise for a child this afternoon.

Lots of vollies meant that the cleaning was done early. On Helen's suggestion I helped with the washing up and it certainly went faster with one to wash and rinse and the other to spray with bleach and, eventually, F10. 

In the afternoon we let single cats out to wander in the barricaded Welfare area. First were Tibby and Tabby with Helena and Kate in the Top Cat. They mostly stayed on their shelf and watched but one did come down to greet her friends. (I don't know who is who). We sterilized the floor between cats.

Kate and Helena

Then Phantom had a run (stagger) and a smooch with Lucy. Then Ginger George came out to play. (He had been swearing at me from his condo while the youngsters were out). I went out back to unpack some tins and who should come wandering out to me but Ginger George. I escorted him back to the enclosure thinking that he had jumped over the barricade. 

Calvin actually moved to make friends with Ginger

But he promptly crawled under Milo's stand alone, turned left at the windows and crawled under the trolley to freedom! I have since put a longer sheet over Milo's stand alone that falls to the floor. I don't think it will fool Ginger but it is worth a try.

Vicky wanted some photos of Jolene. I changed her Elizabethan collar to a smaller one that she could walk in and she had a lovely wander to say hello to Tibby and Tabby. 

Jolene ignores Tia

She ignored the tender chirrups that Taylor's mum made at her. She must be missing her son.

This morning Lucy distracted Mia with some creamy treat while I cleaned her downstairs without incident. Later Judy thought that there was a strong smell of urine coming from the cat carrier that she doesn't sit in. While it was quiet I decided to remove the carrier so donned the giant blue gloves and picked up the large picker upper. As I approached Mia's condo she screeched at me. I turned around and took off the gloves, hung the picker upper back on the wall and apologised to Mia. Maybe somebody can try it one morning. Maybe she likes the smell. Maybe it is Biscuit above who might just be on heat.

New Years specials

It is almost as though we have a sale on and cats are going "out the door". Primrose and Patchy were picked up today by a young couple who paid for them a couple of days ago but had to get all their gear ready. Diamond was adopted. Hurrah. Robyn took home Isabella who still hasn't had her kittens. She might have had them in the car on the way home she looked so full of kittens when she went into the carry cage.

Robyn is thrilled at the prospect of being a foster parent. I forgot to tell her to give Isabella some newspaper to shred into a nest. It didn't often work at Peggy's but sometimes it brought on the litter. Irene also has a mum at home who had had four kittens by the time she dragged herself away to come volunteer at Safe Haven. We expect to get lots of Zelda's kitten sized kittens back from them both in 3 months time. My purpose this afternoon was to get decent photos of Dolly, Elona and Elliot for the website. Dolly eventually obliged, after numerous photobombs by Dobby.

But Elona was not going to smile. (And look at that odd shaving on her leg).

And Elliot would not stand or sit still. See how beautifully in focus the scratchy pole is!

Because Diamond was gone, I convinced Tim to let me move Mia and Belle into her wheely cage. They didn't like the move and hid in the igloo that Mia arrived in. But their heads came out at dinner time.

Not sisters

I had a visitor today. He came to look for a companion for his 15 year old Burmese boy whose brother has recently died. I, of course, said that he would need a girl to go with his boy and showed Hera and Diamond who I said were sisters. Because I have always thought that they were sisters. He said "Why is one 1 year old and the other is 2 years old?". I looked up the paperwork and it is true: Hera's date of birth is 22/1/18 and Diamond's is 28/4/19! No wonder they were quarreling about food. Old(er) sisters are so bossy! (say's Prue who is the youngest of four daughters).

I showed the visitor around the available cats and he fell in love with Ollie. He will be back tomorrow morning to do the deal but couldn't do it today because he was working all day and has to set things up correctly, as per our web site, to introduce the "new" cat to the resident cat. I think that Ollie will take it in his stride and a Burmese is always ready to welcome a new slave.

Patchy's Spotty and Tippy have been adopted. They were renamed PJ and Penelope for adoption. And Charlie found a home. There is only one tiny kitten of the four who has survived. Tim takes him home every night. The others are thriving.

The biggest, fluffiest two of Star's kittens have been separated from her family to give the little ones a better chance. Luna's and family had a fabulous play in the play place today. At one point I looked around to see a kitten hanging from the mesh ceiling. It dropped to the floor. . . . at least 7 feet, landed on its four feet not on its mother and ran off to play some more! I don't know about Luna but my heart stopped. We have a new cat called Cecily. She is in boaring at the moment but should be moved as she is available. She is the sweetest green eyed girl.

Weight lifting

When I arrive in the morning I leave all the doors open so that the pong de chat can dissapate. Imagine my horror when I went through to the feeding station to see Buddy and Petey's door wide open, again. I rushed back to close the doors and then approached their condo. They were sitting together in their carry cage. Petey has learned to jump up to the higher level. My heart beat went back to normal.

Later when I was bathing the face of the dark tabby kitten (to the right of the desk) I heard Peggy hiss. I looked over my shoulder to see Macy stopped in her tracks on the gutter outside Peggy's condo. Perhaps Macy wanted to visit Rara. Mimi was watching from the open door of their condo with a worried expression on her face. I just turned Macy around with one hand (the other was holding the above kitten) and she walked back home. But it may be the eyebrow marking that makes Mimi look worried. Because later when I was washing the gummy eyes of some of Gracie's kittens, she watched with concern. I went to take a photo and my camera said "Charge the battery". Sue had three new volunteers to train this morning and Robyn is still nursing a very sore arm so took it gently. There were plenty of helpers. And then the men's shed arrived. They call themselves a community shed these days because there are women as well as men involved. They wanted to attach the brackets that will support the walls and top of the play place. And they the brought bits to fit.

We thought that they would be able to work around the stack of litter bags. But no, they had to be moved from where I put them yesterday. Luckily the community shedders did the moving, not me. I did it yesterday. And we had to move Hera, Diamond and Octavia because the litter bags are now behind Octavia where the scratchy poles used to be. They have been moved to the foyer beside the ones for sale. Really Octavia and Lily should change wheely cages. Octavia's only has three wheels and a peg leg. Lily's has 4 wheels. Maybe tomorrow. The community shedders will be back tomorrow or Friday to finish the job. By the way, I think Hera and Diamond are happier in separate areas rather that bunking in together. Patchy and her crew were happy when I rotated them so that I could mop their area.

We have a new, nameless, label-less mum with four grey kittens. She is a frightened, hissy mum. But she has a collar on. So she must just be really pissed off to be with us rather than a wild child. Later when It was quiet I noticed Star's tail hanging out of her condo. And when I looked at the photo there are two kitten tails hanging out as well. . . . cute.

Flash and kittens. . . . poof

Dolly's kittens didn't even make it onto the website last weekend. When I arrived this morning there was only one left with Dolly. He was the one that was too snuffly to be desexed. (I thought it was a ginger but the microchip never lies).

And Flash was adopted by a woman who already has two cats. Lily was desexed yesterday. Her leg was though her collar this afternoon.

We have a Lucky cat who was handed in by a Good Samaritan. Her collar has slipped over her shoulders which is quite appropriate as she has stitches on her side (lateral desex). (She is where Belle was).

Other movements: Octavia is now in the big room. Lily is where she was. Diamond and Hera are in separate wheely cages where Lily was. Confused?

We had plenty of vollies this morning. Rod is back. He feels safe to venture out from his retirement village (or can get back in safely after venturing out). There were no cats that he recognised from when he came last. Last week's learner vollie came and was very efficient. But next time she will tie her hair back. And a Qantas hostie came because she is still not working. The last job of the day was to try to remove some of the tangles on Star's tummy. Her kittens have been kneading her mammaries and felting her soft, fine fur. The nipples are clear because the hair falls away from them when the cat gets pregnant. I think Star enjoyed the attention.

Surprise return

Last night I checked the SH webpage to know who was available for adoption and saw Diamond/Hera and Tammy 6. So I assumed that my computer was stuck in two weeks ago. I tried everything but couldn't get it to update. This morning I found Tammy 6 back in her condo.

She has been there since Saturday. (I just didn't notice her yesterday). Evidently, the person who adopted her found that she is a trip risk. She knew that her eyesight was not as good as it used to be but, perhaps, didn't realise how much sight she has lost. She did adore Tammy and was very sorry to give her back to us. Tammy won't be with us long. I had three enquires after her today. Across from her is Mimi plus 1 who came in yesterday with her boyfriend Rara. Pretty silly name for an entire male, semi feral cat. Perhaps we could say that it is his nick name and that his real name is Rory.(We might spell it fancier. . . . Roreigh). Mimi seems friendly enough. The kitten is very skitty. Angelique and Ashleigh were moved to below where Lillie used to be. In Lillie's condo is Luna and her three kittens one of whom LOVES food.

A second before I took this photo he was spreadeagled across the double bowl with his face in the wet food. Luna couldn't get any of it. He still had food on his tummy (for later).

His siblings were happily playing in the bed, not the slightest bit interested in the food. They are only distinguished by the shape of the white line on their noses.

Too busy

Safe Haven was a scene of controlled chaos when I arrived at noon. Star had her babies overnight. They are all black, just like her so are difficult to count.

A foster carer came to take her home but took Zelda instead because she hadn't had her kittens yet. . . . not a good idea to transplant newborns. Then a couple arrived, cats in arms, in tears because they have lost their jobs and their home and need to go back to Germany pronto so can't keep their furbabies. They don't get on very well so are in adjacent condos.

They are Lillie (the name of the month) and Toby (the grey tabby)

Then a "family" of three young adults came to adopt Lucia. They have not had a cat before so needed all kinds of advice and inctructions and support. Tim gently lifted her in her Rose box out of the wheely cage and she stepped out of it into their carry cage. He then gave them the box with instructions to not clean out her hairs. I set up an wheely for Diamond and Hera. Tim transferred them: Diamond to the bottom door and Hera to the top door. Diamond stayed where she was but Hera had to be helped to find a way down to her.

Sewing circle

Today I repaired the hole in the mesh that Hera and Diamond made. John next door donated the mesh. I provided the needle and thread and the cats watched. Katie just above to the right purred throughout. She made music for me to stitch by.

Hera and Diamond were fascinated. They have forgotten their part in the hole.

Beyond Katie, Peggy was fascinated.

Even Mally wanted to know what was going on. Or maybe he just interested in the music Katie was singing.

We got it done and now can admire the moire effect of two adjacent grids. Will it survive a cat's claws?

Apricot has gone to Sue's house to be turned into a brave cat. We have a replacement ginger puss called Billy.

We have a new cat called Emma because Emma brought her. We don't know if we will keep her.

There is a new mum with bubs under where Abbey used to be in Boarding. I didn't realise that she had bubs in her carrier. I got her confused with the other mum with bubs at the other end of Boarding, who has been named Dolly.

And there is a new cat called Maisy under Leopold.

Not to mention the fact that Larry and Leonard went home today. The lovely man who adopted them may just come back to adopt Lucia as well. But I think that is greedying too many greys.