Maggot season

 Has returned. There were 14 rubbish bags on the verandah this morning. When I moved them into the rubbish bins across the road (all the big ones were full) I uncovered a mass of moving maggots. Tuesday folk need to be reminded to take the oldest bags out first.

It is also kitten season. We have a new one where Vader was. (Vader was adopted.) No prizes for guessing what colour a kitten called Tar is!

Tar

And Fuff was adopted today. The kitten he came with whom I called Duff has been renamed Tango. She has been desexed but is still wearing a collar. And she has a sore front right leg. She doesn't put any weight on it. She is in the Welfare area all by herself now.

Tango (was Duff)

Joy wanted to take photos of Ginger Roger's kittens but we decided that it was easier to take a group shot of them. (Ginger Roger has been renamed to something like Rosin . . . Irish for red headed, perhaps)

Ginger. . kittens

And in Isolation, Mateo's siblings are growing up fast. They know where their food comes from now and squeal for it.

more squea kittens

PC has a bare patch behind his left ear and on top of his head. I wonder if it is a side product of the special diet. Aslan seems to have bare patches as well and he is on the same diet. As is Tommy but he doesn't seem less hairy!

PC

We left Teddy and GG in charge in Welfare.Teddy's eyes are both squintty. It is ingrowing eyelashes rather than a curable infection. . . unfortunately.

Teddy, Gigi

Gracie on high

When I arrived at noon there was a great kerfuffle because Gracie had jumped out of her condo and retreated to the heights. I kept out of the way because there were plenty of vollies being directed by Irene. They caught her in a box (a favourite tool of Irene's) but when they went to put her back into her condo she took off again for the heights! 

Gracie on Wednesday

 The second capture was more efficient and she was soon back. By the time chicken came around she was behaving normally (for her). I hope she doesn't make this a regular Friday afternoon exercise.

The woman who adopted Midnight last weekend brought him back for his vaccination and to adopt his sisters Lily and Forget Me Not. She said "If two kittens is better than one kitten, then three kittens are better yet!" Midnight has been renamed Lunar and is a very relaxed kitten. Or maybe he was just stonkered to be back with his sisters. Lily didn't have a microchip even though Tim said that he gave her one. The vet around the corner checked her with his machine. None. So he added another. Let's hope that she doesn't now have two. 

And the woman came to adopt Harper. She will pick her up tomorrow when the workmen have moved out of her place and Harper can settle in undisturbed. And Clyde was adopted yesterday.

Camille was being charming when I cleaned out the condo below her that  Forget me not and Lily were in for a few days. Irene took notes and got a good photo so that Camille can go on the for adoption list. She is a lovely cat.

Joy took photos of 5 of the 6 kittens in the play place on Wednesday.

 I'll try to add their names next week. Ginger Roger and her kittens have settled into the stand alone in Incoming happily. She is a very friendly cat. Evidently she wandered into an appartment in a western suburb. The old man there was happy. She made herself at home but after a few weeks disappeared for a few days. Then she brought in her kittens, one at at time. All gingers. The man is quite old and not well so couldn't look after them. I doubt we will have any problems getting them homes.

 

 

An excess of ginger

A ginger mum and her six ginger kittens were brought in today by Sheridan. Irene asked me to give them names. She thought the mum's name of Ginger was too obvious.

Ginger Rogers with Bread, Snap, Pickles, TurmeRick, GingerBee(r), and Meg

I don't expect my names will stick but it was fun thinking about them. Sheridan wants to foster them as soon as her current litter is off her hands. Ginger Rogers was very stressed by the capture and transport procedure and poo'd herself and a couple of the kittens so it was a bit stinky there for a while.

Sheridan also picked up a pair of kittens en route. One is fluffy and the other is a DSH. So obvious names are

Fluff

and

Duff

 

They seem friendly but a bit overwhelmed by their day. . . . perhaps because of the smell in the car.

They are all in Incoming. Where Dusky has decided that she is a friendly cat.

Dusky

I moved Missy into the stand alone by the Welcome Door. . . . the stand alone that gets overlooked by adopters. She settled down nicely, after a while.

Missy