Adoption Tails: Winnie, Flaco, Jitterbug, Jessie and Jack

 Winnie

1 day: Winnie is settling in really well. She was on the ground exploring since Day 1 and was not interested in staying in her safe room. She also slept on the bed with the owners on the first night. Has been an angel. She has been a little sniffly, possibly due to a change in environment. She has been eating, drinking and using her litter. The owners will keep her name as she is used to it and it has grown on them!

 

3 days: The owners noticed she does not eat very frequently. She does eat but it's when she feels like it so sometimes they have to throw out her wet food if it has been sitting out for too long.

1 week: Winnie's been enjoying her wet food so far. She eats wet food 3x a day and dry food 2x a day. She does drink water quite often as well.

1 month: She's going great!

Flaco, now Moji

1 day: Flaco is doing well! He has been eating everything the owners have given him but not really drinking. They are considering a water fountain if he does not get used to a water bowl. They are also thinking of switching to a clumping litter after letting him transition.

1 week: Flaco is going really well and settling in. He has done a few walks in the other rooms and getting used to it. Some days he doesn't feel like exploring and just sleeps a lot. He is the most affectionate cat and loves to sleep on or next to the owner. 

 1 month: Flaco is now Moji and he is flourishing! He was so skittish before and now he is so playful, affectionate and curious. He plays hide and seek with the owners, has learnt many tricks as he is very food motivated and seeks affection like very intense nose boops and belly rubs.

Jitterbug, now Cookie

1 day: She is doing great! Eating well, pooing and sleep. Enjoys being stroked a lot. The family has renamed her Cookie. The mum has realised they've been overfeeding her for a little bit for the first 2 days and is working out the appropriate amount. "She absolutely wolfed down her lunch like we were starving her".

1 month: Cookie is doing great! She seems pretty happy and loves attention at times. Definitely likes her space too, though. The owners thought they might've left harness thing too late - won't have a bar of them even though she seems very interested in the patio. They might build her a little enclosure so she can lie in the sun a little if she wants to.

Jessie & Jack, now Gigi & Jack

1 day: The kitties are doing well! They are both eating (wet & dry food) and are using the litter tray regularly. The owner is seeing their personalities shine through more and more each day, "couldn't imagine my life without them now!" The owner has changed Jessie's name to Gigi (which she is responsive to) and Jack will remain as Jack. They have both come out of their safe space and are frolicking through the place like they own it. "I couldn't be happier with how well they have settled in and warmed up to me."

 1 week: They're going really well! The owner gets to see more and more of their personalities everyday.

1 month: They've settled in so beautifully! The owner keeps seeing new quirks in their personalities everyday and she honestly now cannot imagine her life without them! They've both incredibly affectionate and VERY chatty.

 

J's gone

 They went, of course, on Saturday morning and their new people look very happy.

Jack and Jessie adopted

Joy is back and took great photos today. I only took one to send to Tim re Whitney's kittens. He was concerned because the little one wasn't getting enough food. Her siblings are much bigger than she is and Whitney is no longer interested in feeding them. So the little one is on syringe feeds. (Which remind me of the old days at Peggy Brown's AWL branch when you had to have a kitten on your lap at morning tea time to feed and toilet before you got your own cuppa.)

This little one does eat solid food but her big sisters eat faster and push her out of the way.

Tilly has a "Ringworm" sign on her window. Which is difficult because as soon as you open the door to feed/clean them, they shoot out in all directions. . . . . especially the tabby with the really dramatic markings. 

Missy is fine. She is no longer in such hot heat.

Missy

And Robbie and Clyde have recovered from their dental procedures. Robbie is 11 years old.

Robbie

Clyde

J's countdown

Jack and Jessie were posted on the Safe website today. This afternoon a woman called interested in them. She will drive from the south coast to be in East Roseville as early as she can tomorrow morning. 

It has been nice having them with us.

Irene did bring in her foster cats after Helen and I left on Wednesday. I installed the Top Cat so that Dylan could visit with Willa and Darcy. He spent some time in the scratchy pole hole but jumped back up to his bed box pretty quickly. It is a scary place.

Dylan

Willa and Darcy hid in their scratchy box all the time.

Willa (on left) and Darcy

So I moved the Top Cat so that Simba could meet Sebastian and Dorian. They seemed to be pleased to meet. 

Simba with Sebastian and Dorian

 Ashley (sister of S & D) was out of the cat carrier and in her bed box for the first time, today. Slow progress.

Ashley

If anybody knows/remembers where they bought the spray bottle on the right will you please buy us some more of them. The one on the left (from Bunnings) is no good. Even the tall Bleach spray bottle in the kitchen has given up the ghost.

Grey Guy

 We had an efficient cleaning team and a quiet visitor day. Plus Katie's cats have all gone home. I imagine that everybody is happy to be there.

One visitor was Rose who brought in a grey cat with a story that Helen, Tim and Irene knew all about it. He is desexed but has no papers. She left bags of fruit, etc for Tim and Irene and "lunch" for Helen. The grey cat was sweet and friendly so I accepted him.

Grey Guy

When Helen arrived, she denied all knowledge of the cat. When she called Irene, Irene said "Oh, Rose" or words to that effect. I put him into the condo where Cuddlepie used to be in Incoing.

Cuddlepie got moved because Irene will bring three of her foster cats in tonight. She wants them to be close so that they can play together in the Top Cat. So I moved Cuddlepie to above Jack and Jessie. I don't think she likes having two windows of her hiding box exposed.

Cuddlepie

Jitterbug doesn't seem to be missing Falco. In fact, she was more friendly today than when he was around.

Jitterbug

Jessie and Jack

Jessie and Jack will be available soon. Perhaps we should auction them off to the highest bidder.

Sterling and Dorian are available. They really liked Jack who had a wander (with hidey holes in stratchy polls blocked by packs of puppy pads).

Sterling and Dorian meet Jack

There is a new, lovely ginger boy Clyde in Incoming. He has had teeth out so is on wet food. And his coat is a bit patchy. I hope we don't have another food sensitive ginger. 

Clyde

Quiet Wednesday

 It was quiet without Charlie and Champ. The gingers came out as usual: Big Kahuna went to the topmost level of the for sale scratchy pole and curled up there, PC sat on "his" office chair and Aslan looked for lost crunchies (didn't find any thanks to the great cleaning crew).

Big Kahuna on a small shelf

 Lola has also taken over a top shelf of the stratchy pole in the vestibule. I moved it so that it does not block the kitchen door. She is at nose level to passing people. And likes to touch noses and foreheads as a mark of respect (to her, of course)

Lola

"Nose bump please" purrs Lola

We have a pair of surrendered cats, Jack and Jessie who are a bit shell shocked to be in an institution rather than being the centre of affection in a home. So I let them stretch their legs in the Top Cat. They were not interested. Too well bred to sticky beak.

Jessie

Jack

So, as they weren't interested, I moved it across to Angie's condo. She might come out during the night. I have never seen her out of her bed box.

Angie

 Bissie is back ? from foster. Again.

Bissie

And Felipe has lost his stand-alone mate, Nix. Doesn't seem too upset.

Felipe

And Teddy and GG are in the play place where it is, marginally easier, to make sure that he eats his two pills in the afternoon and she doesn't greedy them.

"I know there are pills in that food" he says

"Let me at them" she says

Meanwhile the 3 sweet kittens in Incoming are doing very well, ie Malteser, Butterscoth and Snickers

Happy Catmas

Yesterday afternoon, Catsie and I went to Safe Haven because we felt guilty that we couldn't be there this morning (Christmas Day). It was a good thing that we did because Rod, the volunteer, wanted to get away and Tim had to go to the vet in Brookvale.

So we entertained the cats and tried to figure out the kittens.

Boarding is almost full of adults: some vocal, some cross, some shy, some needy but all lovely.

There is a new surrender, Wendell who is definitely pissed off. He is in a kitten sized condo so doesn't have much room to vent his spleen.

Wendell

I still don't know who is Kit Kat and who is Maggie. They are 9 years old and very friendly.

 Angelo and Annabelle

These two are Angelo and Annabelle (according to the condo signs). Easy to tell from the rear.

Arnie is the spotted  silver and Alex is the spotted brown. Both are asleep after much fun and games. Not so easy to tell.

Arnie and Alex

 There are now four Melody kittens (again). The fluffy one has reappeared with a shaved rear end. We decided that he should be called Mikado. Monty has more ticking that Mozart and so is greyer. It is easy to pick the fluffy Mikado.

Melody's kittens

Shivers is back with us for boarding. But he is in with "our" cats. His coat is looking splendid.

Shivers

At home for Christmas Day the family had a lovely time around the table while the dogs played in and out of the house and the cat, Cody, was shut in the quietest, downstairs room available.

Jessie of the green smile is just a bit ball obscessed