Adoption Tails: Juliette/Jane

 Life after Romeo

Jane, now Janey

Juliette/Jane

 1 day: The owner will be changing the name from Jane to Janey. She has not eaten and not used her kitty litter yet. She did not meow on the way home whilst being in the car, "she must be frightened, poor thing." On arrial at home yesterday, she hid under the dresser but had moved to a kitchen table seat when the owner woke up this morning. She spent most of the first day in the bedroom under the dresser with the room door slightly opened. She had since found comfort by being on the dining room chair under the table as it is quiet, secure and a good hiding spot. The sliding wardrobe in the spare room is slightly opened so she can also hide there. The owner has the cat carrier with Janey's towel on top and blanket inside but she has yet to go back inside it. The owner is confident Janey will settle in, just takes time. 

 

1 week: Janey is eating, drinking and toileting very well. She is still quite timid which is to be expected but the owner is sure she will come around in her own . She likes to hide by sitting on a tucked in chair by the dining table to watch the owner while she’s in the kitchen or sitting on the sofa.

1 month: Janey is settling in well. She is incredibly timid and hides most of the time, but does have her zoomies in the wee hours of the morning which the owner is happy about. She has attempted to get close to Janey but is not well received so she lets her be. Janey is a great eater which makes the owner happy. When she is home in the evening, she does walk around albeit cautiously. The owner is confident that it will take a long time but Janey will get there. "She is wonderful and I love her". The owner has tried to play with Janey but she shied away and didn't seem interested. She also doesn't seem to play with the cat toys around. The owner will consider some sort of treat puzzle to engage with Janey.

Surprise!

 I forgot to take any photos. (But that is hardly a surprise.)

The surprise is that Jane and Kenzie have both been adopted.

Jane was adopted by a woman who came in ages ago and decided that Jane was the cat for her . . .  but she had to move house first. She finally came in, since last Friday, and was very relieved that Jane was still with us and took Jane home. When Sue rang her yesterday,  Jane was in the kitchen declining to be patted! (Should have been in a safe room).

Jane

I don't know the story about Kenzie but she has been a changed cat since she started to come out of her condo and since she spent time in Jane's condo. 

Kenzie

 

A couple of people were late picking up their cats from boarding.

One family boarded their two because they had their floors sanded (to get the house ready to sell) and didn't want the cats to be traumatized by men in the house with noisy machines and smelly stuff. The men were not as expeditious as they had promised to be. The adults had to stay in a hotel for 2 nights and the kids were farmed out to sleep overs. The cats were safe with us. But very happy to see their people.

The next person was reminded by a phone call from Sue that her cat should have been picked up. "I forgot" she said. Not surprising when she told us the story of a recently dead mother, the cat is her father's, she has a 4 month old in hospital, has to find a new place to live. . . . Poor Nero will get cuddled to death tonight when he gets home.

Thelma and Louise adopted

A young couple came today because she fell in love with them on our website. And she is a twin just like they are. I hope they will be very happy. But Venus and Muffin missed their upstairs mates when I pushed the Top Cat up to their condo this afternoon.

Where are they?

 

This was after Luna tried to find a way out of the Top Cat.

Got to be a hole here.

I had moved the Top Cat away from Jane's condo (still upstairs). Geoff positioned it there because Jane had climbed up to the top of the condos and was looking anxious about how to get down. She couldn't figure out a way of getting back into her new condo via the Top Cat. So I wheeled up Yuki, in her stand alone and Jane found a way home.

I can jump down from here

Geoff installed the rope wrapped pole prototype in Prue and Trude's enclosure. They weren't pleased at the attention and hated the drill noise. They hadn't tried the pole when I left. 

Geoff couldn't stay because he has been called to fire duty in Cessnock. He shouldn't be there too long. He has 4 more poles to wrap and install.

There are strange things happening to the Morten Bay Fig tree outside our balcony.

Terry does Wednesday magic

 A couple came in today to adopt Spot. They spent hours on the weekend deciding on her. And more hours this afternoon after doing her paperwork, revisiting all their new friends.

Spot's new people

Logan was adopted over the weekend and Angus looks lonely in the great big enclosure all by himself.

Angus alone

Perhaps he should swap with Mia who loves to play catch the dangly toy on a stick, with her door wide open, as demonstrated by Ainsley this morning. I was so impressed that I gave Mia a proper bed, rather than the small, folded towel that she had. She was pleased.We took down her modesty sheet and she seemed fine with that as well.

Mia

Sundae has been moved to where Tosca was. Tosca must have been adopted yesterday. Her coat looks as though she needs to go to the beauty parlor for a good shampoo and blow dry. She doesn't mind being brushed but it doesn't seem to do much good.

Sundae

Jane's condo was opened when things quietened down for her to go for a wander. Somebody opened Kenzie's door as well. Within a few minutes they were both in Jane's condo and perfectly happy to stay together. How to get Kenzie back to her's? I waited and she didn't do it by herself. Eventually, Jane jumped up into Kenzie's condo and Kenzie moved into Jane's bed box. It was as though they had discussed it and came to a decision. I swapped the litter trays, the bedding, the water bowl, the food bowls and the name tags!

Jane upstairs

Kenzie downstairs

Somebody had attached the balls that run dye when wet into the condos. I took them out and threw them away. But I did save the clips that might come in handy. Mariko was apologetic that her Christmas toys are not safe for our cats. She came with more toys and gifts for us as well as three bags of Mother and Baby Cat crunchies that we had run out of. Mariko is a treasure.

I clipped them together and hid them in small balls drawer

Sorry to be late

 When I arrived there seemed to be all the kittens running around the Main room floor . . . aided and abetted by vollies and a small boy. They had a lovely time because Maggie's kittens have been moved out of the play place into one stand alone and a condo and they have a serious playtime mojo!

Eventually they got put back and other cats were allowed out for Robyn to take photos of. She is helping to write up profiles of the cats for the Safe website. In the quiet time before she arrived, I opened Jane (Juliette)'s door. She ventured out much further than before. Doesn't look like the weight management crunchies work too well if you don't get any exercise.

Jane made it to the trolley

 

Jagger had popped into her condo earlier and she wasn't pleased. And it doesn't look like Devo was impressed by him either. They both need a name change perhaps.

Jagger and Devo.

 

Queenie (who shares the condo with Devo who is male) was her usual charming shelf.

 

 Queenie

 

Audrey (from the same foster home as Junior and Lucy) is bold and loves to play.

                                                                           Audrey

But her condo mates would rather stay in. Robyn forced them out by giving their condo a good, overdue, scrub. Soon as she was done, Sidney and Sophia moved back into their black bin.

Sidney and Sophia

Busy being Sandy

 Today I was supposed to be Sandy in the afternoon but Catsie needed a lift to Safe so we went together early. We arrived before the Garbos and schlepped out all the poo bags. Thanks, Catsie. There were lots of volunteers which was a good thing because there was lots of work.

Catsie was put to work decorating Better Row where Boarders will go. The Naughty Row cats have all been moved next door to Dr Kim's. They liked the change last year. It will be interesting to see if they like it this year. Some may remember the change of scenery/venue (eg Melody). Catsie thought that she would be on light duties until she had a good look at the condos. Many needed a proper scrub (eg Melody's). But they all look clean and stylish now . . . Better.

Better Row

I moved one huge carrier to on top of the play place and pushed another into the space behind so that there is space for the boarder's carriers above the condos. I also tidied up the food shelves, again.

Joy had a distraction when home rang to ask if she had taken out her Mum's rubbish to the garbos. Of course she had. Unfortunately, her mum had tossed out her bottom denture plate with the burned toast. Joy managed to get her a first appointment for a replacement tomorrow. But Vi will be eating pureed Christmas dinner as it takes 4 visits to get a new plate made. 

Margot with Joy

One of our vollie's gym coach arrived to adopt Margot. She is a strong looking woman. I also would have said "Of course, you can adopt her". But with Margot in her arms, she melted. She has a boy cat who roams all over her two storey house and two boy dogs who live downstairs. Margot will queen it over all of them.

Dexter was adopted over the weekend and Freya and Earl are in his stand alone. Beans has moved into Margot's condo next to Phantom who is getting to be a bossy boots. He cries until you let him run around.

Amber cries too. . . . for attention.

Amber

Juliette has been renamed Jane, just in case Romeo tracks her down when she gets posted again.

Jane

We do have a lot of dark cats who look good with bright toys.

Nada

Libby

Chi Chi

LATE BREAKING NEWS

The plate was in Vi's dressing gown pocket all the time! Joy had to cancel tomorrow's emergency appointment. Vi may still have to eat pureed turkey on Sunday.