Dawson returned

 He behaved very well in his new home. But the adopters figured out, when they got him home, that they wanted to reproduce their previous family of a greyhound who was subservient to a female cat. They realised that Dawson, being blind, might just be overwhelmed by a greyhound. (As would I). She showed me videos of Dawson walking around "his" room towards the kiddy gate at the door. I am sure that they were told to keep him in a Safe Room not a room open to a large house with all the many sounds and smells coming at him.

Put it down to experience for him. He, and we, will choose better next time. Today he was quiet but not distressed to be back "home". 

Dawson

Moo went to the vet to be desexed. When they opened her up, they found that she had already been desexed. BRING BACK THE TATTOOs on desexed cats ears. (All other tattoos should be discouraged, IMO). We cut down a carpet tile so that she can have ground floor carpet in the small stand alone.

Moo

Mike also went to the vet. He has had teeth/tooth removed. . . . yum. . . wet food forever, he thinks.

Mike looking for dinner

This morning when I arrived, Goosy was very pleased to see me. Then to be fed by me. The rest of the day she didn't want to know me. Until dinnertime when she was my bestie again.

They know our routines. 

2 Goosy's

We have a new cat on Better Row. Dinesh looks like a hang over from Halloween.

Dinesh

Delaney, for her final saving graceful gesture to Safe this afternoon, fixed the connection of the phone to the payment app. THANK YOU, Delaney. It has been a pleasure working with you.
 

A space

 A man dropped by on his way to Queensland to pick up a carrier for a dog. He thought the one above the stand alone in Incoming was a bit small. But the one on top of the Palace was perfect. He paid $50 for it and has taken off to collect a border collie to drive back to Sydney.

a light headed Palace

 And here is a gratuitous photo of the laundry shelves that I did a bit of tidying up of. Irene and Tim agreed that most of the pillow slips can go. (Didn't ask them about the cotton blanket with holes designed to snag cat's claws which went into a Cozens bin this afternoon.)

We received a pair of boarders a day late: Mo and George. Their owners seemed to think that they would be absolutely fine. They don't agree.

Mo

Georgie

Later Estelle arrived. Her owner was upset at leaving her to go to Japan for 17 days but said that Estelle would be just fine. She left a puffer jacket just in case she wanted a smell of home. 

Estelle under the puffer

 She is a tuxedo with beautiful green eyes.

Arthur moved into Cody's condo. His whiskers are just a grand as hers are. (But he doesn't have her furnishings).

Arthur

 Below, where  Leo was, is a box containing Goosy. Irene transported her from Incoming in the box at about 2pm. She was still in the box at chicken time. And still there at dinner time. She is a cat that doesn't like change. She was really frightened when she came in as a "pregnant" cat. No babies eventuated. Lovely food. She became quite friendly in Incoming. Now she is traumatized all over again.

boxed Goosy

 

 

 

All clean

 Today, for the first time, there were no bags of dirty laundry left for other folk to take home. I just brought home one bag. The clean laundry shelves are all full. And a woman rang to ask if we would like more towels. (I said yes, please despite the full shelves today.)

Dawson seems happier in Welfare. He didn't have anything to say for himself this afternoon. But when he first moved to Boarding, he was quiet. So it may not last.

Dawson enjoying a scratch

Goosy was out and about this afternoon. She was at the vet's on Wednesday. Must have had a good time because she doesn't usually come out of her sleeping box.

Goosy

A young couple came to look at black cats. They liked the sound of Midnight on line but prefered Licorice in person. Licorice needs to go to the vet to have her gums looked at again. They were a bit inflammed when she went to be desexed. With any luck she will get the all clear and the lucky couple will have the black cat of their dreams. (They were both completely dressed in black and both black haired!)

We have a new occupant of Faith's condo. She has been called Kiki. She wasn't chatty this afternoon but perhaps she will catch Faith's chat.

Kiki

Rose might be adopted this weekend. She is almost ready.

Rose

And Sybie is still putting on weight with extra bottle feeds. Gotta love those blue eyes.

Sybie

And, gotta love the Gymea lily at ground level. Probably the only chance we will ever get of being face to face with one.

 

More kittens

 Were adoped today. Roy, being the littlest available, was no surprise. And a fosterer came in to do the adoption of their foster kitten who they are going to rename Marmite (used to be Porridge).

And more kittens are in Incoming.

This little one was dropped of by a woman who was en route from Sydney to Brisbane when she let the kitten out of the car to have a poo and it ran under another car. She realized that they might not make it home. She had taken on the kitten who was with a pair of young cats: mum and granny or aunty? with a friend. The older cats had been taken off to be desexed. She had taken on the kitten and combed out her fleas.

Goodness knows what she was feeding the kitten on because she has refused Mother and Baby Cat all day. Sharon got her to eat a sachet of chicken risotto (nice and sloppy). I tried her on some cat milk without success. But she wolfed up the Mother and Baby cat crunchies. . . at the end of the day probably because she was really hungry. Should we call her Risotta?

The only carton of milk I could find was a large one so I shared it with other kittens. There is more in the fridge. Calli's four in Isolation: them with the busted door catch. (The door is pushed closed by a pile of boxes/cat carriers that push against it. . . . not very effectively. Today they escaped out of Isolation and explored the store room and Incoming before being rounded up. They might have ringworm. So the front half of Safe was fogged as soon as everybody left. ) A saucer of milk is a great distraction for them while you try to feed them and keep them in their condo. It is a job for a 6 armed warden.

There are two other new, nameless kittens in Incoming. Don't know what their story is. Neither do I like the look of that nose!

Neither Chicken or Goosy have had their kittens. . . . yet.

At home, Romeo is settling in. He spends lots of time sprucing himself up for his potential adopter.

Sunbathing Romeo

Billy adopted

 He went over the weekend. Don't know who was the brave soul. It must have taken an effort to get him into a cat carrier. I really hope he will live happily ever after in his new home.

And today Tweed was adopted. He was not put as bonded to Roy and a lady came in wanting a young cat to bond with her Burmese who is mourning the loss of the older cat who has recently died of a sudden disease. The Burmese is bereft. There is another cat in the family who just lives outside but the Burmese shouldn't go out. So . . . . get another kitten!

Tweed in foster

Astrid was needy today. I think she was cold. Being cuddled in Sue's warm scarf pleased her.

Astrid

The "pregnant" mums in Incoming haven't dropped any kittens. Chicken eats everything she is given.

Chicken

What fun we will have finding names for her kittens.

And Goosy (the second ?pregnant cat who arrived last week without a name so I named her Goosy to keep Chicken company. . . . and give us more fun making up names). .  she looks a bit less flu-filled.

Goosy

There are two kittens in Incoming. Where from?

And a lovely cat called Faith. I will try to get details on Friday.

Faith