Dylan Did

 I offered time in the Top Cat to Darcy after Annabelle and Emily (who are in the condo below his) showed him what fun it can be. He declined to move out of his safe space.

Darcy didn't

So I moved the Top Cat to Dylan's slot and opened up to Petal and Koa who had a lovely play. Once they had had enough, I put them in and opened Dylan's door and out she came.

Dylan did

I wish I was quicker with my camera. On my way out this afternoon I checked the water bowls. Zoe had wrapped herself up in her blankie. So cute. But by the time I got the camera out of my pocket, she had untangled herself to greet me.

Zoe

Yahz

Do you remember Lola who was where Sunny is now several years ago? A friend of mine adopted her and they get on very well because Gina knows that she is number 2 in the house. Gina sent me a photo of Lola who is wearing one of our Elizabethan collars because she has a rash on her tummy that she keeps on licking. (As Gina gave me the fabric that I used to make the collars, I think that it is entirely appropriate that she can have a collar for her/our cat).

What is she thinking?

Bottled kitten

 I made room on the top shelf of the laundry shelves by putting the ping pong balls into the toy drawers and consolidating other toys. There are two piles of towels there now.

I was going to throw the large plastic pot that the ping pong balls came in but was distracted by holding kitten duty while the Palace was cleaned. Tom Claws decided to climb into the pot. Later Hui Hui climbed in and Tim W carried her to show what a clever girl she is.

Potted Hui Hui

So that is why the pot is in the Palace. They have all that space and choose to be confined! 

Hui Hui is the lightest of the three and needs to be encouraged to eat. Tulip in Isolation with Tilly doesn't need encouragement to eat but she has a blocked nostril (R) and wheezes. I had to move GG and Teddy because the hinge on their condo 6 failed.

But because kittens have been adopted I moved various cats.

Nova is where Missy used to be. She stayed at ground level all afternoon. I wonder if, having only one functioning eye, she finds 3D difficult.

Nova hiding in plain sight

Next door, in "Lola's stand alone" is Celine Dion. She got the jumping from level to level without any problem. The two boys (Cheesecake and Waffle) were the quickest adoption ever because Sue gave the new owner the folder of info yesterday. She took it home and read it thoroughly.

Celine Dion

I also moved Annabelle and Emily into Welfare. They settled down very well.

Annabelle (l) and Emily (r) the matriach

And Kyle has settled down very nicely. He is such a friendly cat but very difficult to get a photo of because he is completely black.

A woman visited and fell in love with Chad. She may be back.

Another woman visited and feels that Suki might be good for her but has had experience with Siamese who pee in public before so thinks she should foster to adopt to see if they can live happily together.

Escapees

 Gracie got out again. Overnight. When I arrived before noon she was wedged in the basket of Elizabethan collars next to the fridge on Better Row. Which reminds me that I should bring them all home to be washed. 

Gracie

And Phoebe broke out of her condo in Welfare by tearing the mesh. She was eventually spotted under the merchandise shelves. Irene did her trick with boxes and got them both back into condos on Better Row. And Geoff stayed back to fix the mesh.

Phoebe

We had three kittens adopted this afternoon.

Chandler went to a young woman who came in looking for an older lap cat and was seduced by his handsome, friendly gingerness. Then a mum brought in her two daughters who chose Didley and Jacob. The boys are not the same young age so I hope they get on well. The girls were willing to play all day with them.

Cheesecake and Waffle will be moved into Jacob's stand alone. They had their names swapped because Tim mixed up their microchips. (Cheesecake is now the champagne and white while Waffle is the straight champagne). Their upstairs neighbour Alexa will go home tomorrow.

Alexa

 And Dylan was happy to be carried from Isolation to Chandler's condo in Welfare in Irene's arms. (He was not quite so happy as she was).

Dylan

 The remaining three of Annabelle and Emily were moved from the Play Place to the Palace. 

Daisy May, Hui Hui, Tom Claws

 I rearranged the Play Place because there is a leak coming from the pipes in the back left corner. I moved away the furniture so it will be easier to soak up whatever the liquid is.

 

Bagless

 I arrived earlier than the Willoughby bin pick up trucks. So all the bags got taken out.

Not only is the verandah bag free it is maggot free! S
omebody put a pair of carpet tiles out there and the maggots thought it was hard ground and burrowed their way into the tiles. I threw them out in the Cousins bins. Likewise some dirty, wet towels that had been left on the floor. 

We only had five cleaning vollies but they did a splendid job and all left on time. Tim, the vollie not Tim, the Cross got to practice an adoption and to impress us by talking to the adopters in Chinese! The smallest ginger kitten in the haven was adopted by a couple from China who found homes for 20 stray cats in China before coming here. She, with no English, worked with a vet there. He is very fluent. They both love Emily's Beanie. Emily and Annabelle were desexed and are tucked away from their kittens in Boarding. Beanie would have been first in line for a nipple!

Irene asked me to take a photo of Felicity. Here it is.

Felicity

Wendell adopted

He just needed the right stratchy pole to sit on to look super adorable to get adopted.
Emily also was adopted this weekend. I made new hammocks (as the others were hairy and there were no spares. . .. that huge pile at Ingleside has probably been recycled: they were all cotton so will rot and replenish the earth) So Eden has two new hammocks in his enclosure. He chose to sit on the pink one. The other is blue. In Victorian times, boys were dressed in pink and girls in blue.

Eden

 The A kittens got new hammocks too. But there is only room for three on two triangles. I will have to make some square ones. They should all be desexed by next week in time for the big Adoption Day at Mona Vale on Feb 15.

A kittens

A kittens

Elsa had an exciting night. Her litter tray was completely overturned. I noticed, when on the chair to talk to her, that she grooms her bed. You can just see, in the photo, the combed/tongued patches beside her head.

Elsa

Just before we left, a young woman came in and was impressed by Melody and by Peanut. I told her that he was the colour of her hair when he arrived (a slight exaggeration as she is redder than blond). Then Catsie told her what a lovely colour her hair was on her way out. She is to return with the boyfriend.

Cute Critters in Collars

Evie and Melody look lovely in their collars and they seem to be doing the trick comfortably.

Evie

Melody

They will be ready to be adopted soon. Evie's grey and white kitten was duely adopted. Emily is a great purrer and Eden is as handsome as a silver tabby can be. They shouldn't last long.

Eden and Emily

As I left the A kittens woke up from their hammock naps, for a moment. (I need to make more hammocks as they are getting used. The only reason this litter hasn't been desexed is that the one girl is still under one kilo. The three boys are all well over the kilo. She gets fed separately so that she gets her fair share).

A kittens

I washed the tiny kittens, again. They were only half as pooy as on Wednesday. After cleaning they look like rat tailed cats.

 Blake, next door, has Egyptian khol markings from the outer corners of both his eyes. He looks particularly fetching on the pink and white blanket but rushes forward when you open his door. Another potential photo for Valentines Day.

Blake

 Peanut was looking much better today than on Wednesday. The grass did the trick.

Peanut