"Mum" came

I was late at SH this afternoon because Sam, my man, took his sweet time servicing my car. She is purring now.

Eve's wheely cage was very empty. It is now sterile and ready for the next occupant.

But the other wheely is occupied by a sweet, semi fluffy tortie called Missy. Don't know where she came from.

Missy

And below Baby, whose eye is looking much better . . . . 

Baby

Is a very handsome boy (I assume) called Tux. Don't know where he came from either.

Tux

And talking about handsome, Milo has glorious markings. I tried to get a side on shot but he is saving his best side for later.

Milo

After the vet visit on Thursday, the ginger boys are out of quarantine. But Charlie is in quarantine. And Diamond and Hera are still in quarantine.

I went off to collect the Juvies from the vet (their names are now Juju and Elle. I suggested Juju and Violet but Tim forgot about the Vi and the vet chose Elle.) They are not hissy at all and let me put their collars on without protest: especially when I got the grown up size rather than trying to cram their faces into kitten sized collars. The secret is in the colour of the braid: adults get brown, kittens red). In the time I went and returned to the vet, George and Fred disappeared. Their former owner (the one before the person who surrendered them) sent her son to spring them out of our hands. Pouf!

L names

Irene decided that Lily's tuxedo girl (the little one) is a Lizzie but couldn't come up with three boy's names. So I chose:
Laertes, Lorrado and Laurie. Somebody else can decide whom is which. . . . or call them something else starting with an L. Perhaps L (plate) car names: Lamborghini (Lamb for short), Lancia (bit ouchy), Lexus, Lincoln. Here is a long list of names of cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_automobile_marques

Kimmi went home to Chatswood with his new Chinese mum who could barely hold her in her carrier so I offered to carry her down to the street to wait for the Uber. Kimmi was as quiet as a mouse. I suggested that she be weighed in the carrier before being let out and not be allowed to put on any more weight. But who knows how much was understood.

Eve has been adopted but won't be picked up until later next week. So she will have time to say goodbye to everybody. . . she is a very chatty cat, as well as a smoocher.

There are two new 8-ish month old cats who were found wandering and came to us.

 Pepper

Pepper is a pretty, friendly tortie. She was sitting on a damp blankie surrounded by clear and yellow liquid. Perhaps the stitches in her side (from being sterilized) were pulling. Tim removed the obvious one but there is another poking through her skin that refused to be pulled out.

Milo is also friendly but quiet. So far.

Milo

 I tried to engage Morley in a game of rolling ping pong balls but he was not interested. Makes you wonder if all that time being sat on by his ginger brothers retarded his prey instinct.

Apricot has a bare patch on the back of her neck just where the flea treatment landed. It used to be red and then got pussy. Now it looks like bare skin. I only noticed it because she reached forwards to get her treat. Tim noticed it weeks ago.

Apricot

Tim wants Petey and Buddy to get out of their separate carry cases and cosy up together. So we started on Petey's level (the lower one because he is the three legged cat . . . front right leg is missing which probably explains why he is a growler rather than a swiper). We managed to tip him out but he preferred the litter tray to his comfy bed box.

 Petey

Sorry about the lack of flash: I don't like to frighten the cats even more.

Bos at home

The folk who adopted Bosley sent photos to show just how easily and well he has settled into their family. His favourite pose is to stretch out, full length on his back on somebody's legs with a beatific smile on his face. Ask Tim to show you the photos. And to show the photos of Lynette in her new home. She seems very happy watching squirrels and birds on the computer and cuddling up to her man on the couch.

Adam was collected. Eve cheered as he left. I moved his toys to her wheely cage and moved his cage away. 

Eve

A woman came in to compare her and Kimmi as a suitable companion. She chose Kimmi and will be back on Friday to finalise the deal.

A pair of cats, Fred (shorthaired ginger at rear) and George (outgoing, medium haired ginger at front) were surrendered. I had a call from their previous owner who passed them onto a friend when she moved but now that they have been surrendered to us, she worries that they might be separated, or unhappy, or lost track of. She will visit next week.

George (and Fred in the background).

I removed the handbags from Cookie and TIm Tam's condo because they were flat and the cats were sitting on hard, cold shelves looking soulful. I added a nice big bed. But should have put a rug in it because the Burmese has disappeared.

Cookie and Tim Tam

Wendy was brought in to have her stitches removed. I remembered how to do it from Peggy days. Although, the method of stitching has changed to a double twist so I had to learn on the job, so to speak. She is much loved. Her new name is Suki.

I carried her to Willow's condo. Neither was impressed. Why does Willow still have a collar? Because it suits her?

Willow

Lily's babies are getting bigger than her. Her appetite is growing as fast as they are.

Lily

Just as I was about to leave (a couple of minutes after 4pm), Steph arrived with her four cats. She is to go to Tweed Heads and we get to meet her fur babies. Two boys and two girls: in the corner beyond Nom. Steph wondered if Linda would remember them and be comforted by their presence. Perhaps she could be moved to the condo above them to receive their rising auras. Linda had an enema yesterday because she hasn't poo'd for 6 days. She hardly ate anything today. But she did get lots of love.

Missed one

I sterilized six vacated condos this afternoon.

Two were in boarding. One cat stayed three nights but another condo was only occupied by a pair of cats overnight. They were driven up from Canberra the afternoon before for an 11am appointment next door. (?No good vets in Canberra?)

Then I cleaned the condo that Willow moved into last week. That was much easier than the condo where she and her kittens lived. She was desexed yesterday and has moved to Lynette's condo.

Willow

And the condo where Wendy recovered from her desexing. It is below Lily and her babies.

Lily and No 1 son

Then I cleaned out Buffy's condo because she has been adopted! Lucky Buffy will be so happy this weekend.

 Buffy

And I cleaned the condo where Adam and Eve were because they are happy in separate wheely cages. In fact, I think Eve is much happier not to be living with Adam. He is rough and tumble and she is a gentle purr girl. Clyde delivered their previous cage from the nursing home. I dismantled it and cleaned it too. We will need to refer to the photo of it set up in the home to get it back together again.

Adam

 Eve

But I missed Milky's condo. He was adopted too. No surprise there as he is so beautiful. Cookie and Tim Tam got out of their handbag to see what all the fuss was about.

Cookie and Tim Tam

The Young Ones

All Willow's kittens have now been adopted. As well as the last two (Harold and Hayley) of Harriet's. And Bowie  . . . . of course, as he was the littleist. Leonard and Larry (Lucia's kittens) are still in quarantine with the ringworm. They are full of energy. One was chasing his tail so energetically that he fell off the shelf.
Another photo missed was when one of Lily's kittens climbed onto her back for a piggyback.
Bosely is everybody's favourite. . . . he is the boss-cat.

Bosley

Poor Angus had to put up with hammering from next door or above today. It put him off his breakfast.

Angus

Adam and Eve were not getting on in a condo together. So they are in separate, but adjacent, wheely cages. Adam is much more interactive and engaging. Eve is more reserved.

Adam

Eve

 Morty looks good with pink.

Morty

Milky just looks good. He is a honey of a cat.

Milky

But Tara still doesn't want to know. . . . anybody.

Tara

Fig leaves and happy endings

 It is very nice to be greeted at 9am with joyous cries even though it is only cupboard love. And even better, there was space for our 6 bags of garbage in the bins on the street.

We have new cats:
Adam and Eve used to live in a Nursing Home/retirement village. But now that they are 8 months old they are deemed a "trip risk". Adam is quite friendly but Eve is nervous. So perhaps their life amongst the oldies was not that pleasant.

Eve

Adam

And we have Peggy who was surrendered. I don't know her history but she is right pissed off.

Peggy

I saw Ashleigh's kittens out of their carry cage for the first time. One has very mucky eyes. I don't think they are as skittish as their mother so some lotion might clean her up.

They are obviously both girls. . . . A? and A?

After the cleaning had been done I went back there to find Octavia's door wide open. Those little sliding locks are not very secure. Luckily she was sitting on her shelf. I rewarded her with crunchies.

Octavia

Shortly later Willow's door was open too. And she got the same reward. Her eye looks mucky too.

A Japanese couple came to adopt Haley and Harold. They are about to move to Haymarket so won't pick them up until next Tuesday. I explained how much they love each other and what a long time it will take for them to love the people. But feeding them will help enormously.

Harold and Haley in a clinch

Yesterday, a supremely suitable person came in and adopted Jewel. Fingers crossed that it works this time.

When I spoke to Tim yesterday to catch up before arriving today for my Boss Cocky duty, he said that he was worried that Lily's kittens were going to fall off the high shelf where she had them because they are getting much more active. So we talked about building box walls to keep them in, putting the slant board to break their fall, moving them down but will Lily just carry them back up. When I arrived they were upstairs so I assumed that he had tried but she had taken them back where they belonged. But, Tim had left a not to say that he didn't move them because she was feeding them when he tried. 

So I moved them down around 10am. They were still down when I left after the night feeding. Where will they be tomorrow.

Lily's kittens

And a woman phoned to say how happy her family is that they adopted Bailey. He is their perfect cat.

Bailey

Spit and polish

I did go to SH last Friday but the camera was out of battery so I didn't blog. The situation is the same today. We are in emergency clean up and sterilise mode. Wesley and Winston (the two strays who came in with their sister Tammy) developed feline panleucopenia  which demonstrates that they had never been vaccinated against this virus. They died despite Tim's efforts. Tammy is still OK. She doesn't have any symptoms yet. But we have lots of other cats who haven't yet been vaccinated, including all the kittens.

So very strict protocols have been introduced including new gloves for every condo, bleach for wiping down condos, chuck the Chux, F10 the worker between each cat, no unnecessary handling of the cats, not cats playing around the place, bleach swabbing of floors. It should only have to be this strict for two weeks until all possibility of lingering viruses are eliminated. Then we can get back to normal.

Today there were lots of volunteers which made the work get done in time for Tim to have a couple of hours off in the middle of the day early afternoon.

The boarders are all well (so far). There are some gorgeous cats.

Poor Jimmy couldn't go for his usual wander.

Jimmy

And Kimmy was not pleased not to get her usual cuddles.

Kimmy

Candace is looking better and she can breathe through her nose  at last. Her two surviving kittens are doing well.

Candace

Penny hadn't eaten anything for 2 days but managed to scoff her breakfast today.

Penny

And Eve wants out.

Eve

Mini Mama

Remember back in October when I went to Blacktown to pick up a pregnant kitten and called her mini Mama?

She has been in the Avalon foster home since then but is back at Safe Haven because the six kittens who came from the Blacktown pound at the same time as the two ginger kittens, Mango and Mandarin, who were sent to Avalon so that they could get six feeds a day, have come down with the same virus that the gingers had. Three of them have died. So  Mini Mama and her four kittens have been sent to SH out of reach of the dreadful virus.

Mini Mama's name is Eve. A heater fell on one of her kittens and damaged his pelvis. So he drags his back legs around. The foster carer will adopt him. The others are fine and all are very pretty.

Eve

  Eve's kittens

Maggie and Kitkat were surrendered. They are a bonded pair, and are 9 years old. You'd think they would have learned to find nice places to lie down at their age.

Maggie/Kitkat

Maggie/Kitkat

 
I got to SH rather late without any grass. I hid in the kitchen and did the washing up to avoid the disappointed stares from the cats who rely on my grass. Talk about a guilt trip.

But when I arrived, Charlie was having his time out. He flopped on the ground in front of me so I gave him a twirl (360 degrees by holding head and rump). He must have liked it because he kept flopping down in front of me. So now we have a new way of drying the floor after we mop it!