Another mouth

 I seem to feed critters all day long on Wednesdays. When I got home Aslan was STARVING. And a crimson rosella was too:

I haven't met this bird before. He has a strange upstanding tuft of feathers on top of his beak. They must talk amongst themselves and tell where to go to get 4 almonds each.

Aslan is only interested in the birds when the rainbow lorikeets (up to 15 of them) come to pick up the bits that the bigger parrots drop on the tiles. Otherwise his favourite place is:

Aslan

 Leo was adopted over the weekend by Dr Kim next door. At one stage we took him there for her to check him out and she said "I want this cat!" 

And somebody came in and adopted Cody. Which proves that having a beautiful face, fur and furnishings will get you far.

Joy took photos of some of our mums and bubs today. Autumn has lost her hissy-ness. Motherhood has calmed her down.

Autumn

Or else, having 5 kittens to feed has worn her out.

Autumn's 5 . . .. seasonal names please.

Valentina is doing well with her two but I think she'd rather spend time with people than kittens. Her ginger kitten is behind her.

 Moo doesn't have any kittens yet and is looking pretty slim.

Moo

 Talking of cats with bovine names: The visitor of Heffer was very disappointed that he couldn't have his loving time with her because she was adopted last week. He was encouraged to transfer his attentions to Dawson who lapped them up. 

And we have another Moo Moo on Better Row who is stunning.

Moo Moo

She shares a condo with Humphrey. He looks stunned.

Humphrey

 

 

 

 

 

Still here!

 Fugu is still with us. He was supposed to be picked up on Thursday morning. I left a message for his owner to come get him tomorrow morning. He is not happy being confined. . . even in a Palace.

Fugu

Heffer was happy because her visitor came this afternoon to groom and smooch with her.

Heffer's visitor

 He would have got into her condo if he could. He did spend a bit of time with her old cage mate, Ginger.

But Dawson was the one who lucked out. The woman who bought something from us on line and chose a free scratchy pole and something else came to collect her loot. She paid for what she bought and then had a look around. Dawson appealed to her so I drew up the poof and opened the door. It was love at first . . . not sight because he is blind. . . . perhaps at first smell. They cuddled and smooched. Unfortunately she has 3 cats at home who are from the same litter so he wouldn't be welcomed. (By the cats or her husband).

Dawson's favourite person

Will's name card has changed to blue. I put in a rainbow for him to celebrate with. 

Will

His neighbour Olive has two clients interested in her. One might have come this afternoon (but didn't). The other is definitely coming first thing tomorrow morning to collect her and take her north.

Olive

A new cat arrived late this afternoon. . . . Chai. She came with meds so had something done. I took a quick photo and quickly showed Tim. He said that bloody saliva is normal after a dental procedure. Not a happy cat but will be on "wet food only". 

Chai

But Tommy is still the unhappiest cat.

Tommy

 

 

 

Late

 Sorry, I had a committee meeting that went on and on. Poor Aslan had to watch the blank TV all by himself.

We had great adoptions this weekend: Faith, Rain, Le Clerk and Griffin (for the fourth time.)

And today a nice couple came in and adopted Carly who didn't even make it to the Safe website! 

We were kept busy with the usual business plus having to bottle feed Savannah's adopted little one. All that handling was a good opportunity to decide what its sex is. She is a girl. So she was immediately named Sybie after Helen's aunt. By the end of the day she weighted 300gm.

Luckily Joy took some photos of some of our tabbies:

Scardey Pepper and Salt in Incoming

 came in with Rose who is a delight. She will cuddle with anyone.

Rose

Valentina hasn't had any kittens yet but she is getting very round in the belly on pregnant rations.

Valentina ?cross-eyed

Out the back in Boarding are a shy trio
 

Freckles, Posie and Chester

 

On Better Row is Calli who is more relaxed these days.

Why did you wake me up! says Calli

And Bissie is a delight in the early morning when there is nobody else around. She doesn't greet newcomers. 

Bissie

Neither does Heffer. But she has a devoted admirer who comes every Friday to visit her.

 

Heffer

Thanks for the photos Joy.

New faces in Welfare

 India and China were adopted this afternoon by a young woman who really wanted Spagetti but she had been chosen already. After talking to her sister she decided that they really needed a pair of kittens. They came, they fell in love, they adopted.

And the young man who came on Wednesday looking for a cat to foster, came back this afternoon to take Eli home. So now that whole side of Welfare has new occupants. (Not including the Cody annex).

On the far left is:

Rory upstairs. His eye is well healed.

Rory

Below him (where Pepper used to be) is Brennan.

Brennan

And next door to Rory is Rain. (From Incoming but not pregnant after all).

Rain

And below Rain where Frankie was is Heffer who used to be in a double with Ginger but they really were not bonded so have been separated. (Even after an hour since Heffer left the condo, Ginger was not going to come out of his carrier on the bottom level).

Heffer

Ollie was moved to where India and China were. He was not easy to move. We had to call on Tim! I think he will be happier to have an enclosed space to hide in. . . eventually.

Ollie

Below Ollie where Eli was is Zena, aka Xena who is called Goldie on all her paperwork so we are going to revert to that name because ?. . . . she has no gold. Except for the cloth carrier bag that she came in by cat taxi which is on top of Cody's condo.

Goldie = Zena = Xena

 

Bent Lily

I refer to the Gymea lily growing in front of Block 1. It has bent over to face level in an attempt to get more sunlight. So, next time you come to save, walk past the mail boxes to get a close up view of a lily that is usually 3meters up in the sky. 

Another spectacular thing is that we have adopted out 2 dozen cats/kittens so far this month. But we only have 71 cats in residence at Safe Haven because we are expecting a deluge of kittens shortly. September is traditionally the beginning of the kitten season. But we have had a steady trickle of kittens all year.

Cats who got adopted since last week include Mickey who has been on our books for ?3 years.

Mickey

And Pixie a kitten who's sister Ecco, the last of that litter, was chosen by a woman today. She has to convince her husband that their Siamese cat needs a friend.

The man who came in last week came again and will return tomorrow to adopt Meika and Loki!

I did one adoption today of Garfield to a couple who picked him up from the foster home.

And the man who surrendered two of his family's 17 cats (!) was in tears this afternoon after visiting them. The cats, Heffer and Ginger, weren't happy either.

Heffer

Ginger

A busy day. Cherish got a bath and has moved to Darcy's condo. Darcy in next to Bass and Julie in an enclosure. I tried to take her photo but she is one wiggly cat! Ishi and Apricot got baths too. Sue and I got scratched. They are still in Isolation, waiting for a suitable condo in Welfare.

We have two new cats in Incoming. Sunflower and Rain. Neither of them ate much last night or today. I wonder if they came from the same place.

Sunflower

Rain

Not like Lola whom I caught snacking on the kitten's MBC food this afternoon.

Naughty Lola