Adoption Tails: Mom cats, Joni, Josie and Betty

 Betty

1 week: “Betty is doing beautifully well.” She ate, drank, and used the litter box within the first 24 hours. “She has been very comfy in her safe room but has begun gradually exploring the rest of the house, always returning at pace to her safe room if she gets startled or feels uneasy. She is being treated like a princess. At this stage we aren’t changing her name, just adding 1000 variations to how you say it, or what it’s added to”

1 month: “Betty is settling in beautifully. She is playing happily, eating well, cuddling us on the couch and sleeping close at night.”

6.5 weeks: “We are just so in love with our beautiful Betty”

Joni

3 days: “She is doing well”. She has eaten, drunk and used the litter tray. They have renamed her. They have a camera set up in her safe room. She doesn’t like the carrier at all so they took it away and she has been hiding under the bed. She comes out to explore when they are not in the room.

1.5 weeks: She is completely fine in her safe room. They’ve opened her safe room door to see if she would like to explore the living room. She started exploring when her owners were sleeping or were out. “We are glad she is settling well”

 

5 weeks: “She is doing pretty well”. She often comes out from underneath the bed and plays with their resident cat while her owners are sleeping.

Josie

3 days: She hasn’t used the litter tray or eaten yet. She has been moving around in different hiding spots but still appears very scared. They will be keeping her name.

1.5 weeks: She is still very scared but is eating lots and toileting every day. Her owner can hear her coming out at night when it’s dark.

5 weeks: 

“Josie is doing well. Very playful at night when it’s dark and has her favourite bed up high in the kitchen. Here she can keep her eyes on me. Still not letting me pick her up but she loves being stroked in her bed.”

Joni adopted!

 The potential adopter rang on Wednesday to tell us that he intended to come to get her on Thursday. He has had lots of discussions with his partner and Irene about how shy Joni is and how they have another shy cat so know not to expect anything very soon. And, sure enough, he came on Thursday and did the deed! I hope they are all happy together. 

Fiona (from Isolation) has been moved into her condo. She has been cleared from ringworm (I assume).

And Tigger from Incoming moved into the stand alone by the door. Didn't like being moved. Doesn't like where he is (directly opposite Big Kahuna). But he will get used to it.

Tigger

Stardust was making love/chirrups to visitors this afternoon. One lass comes regularly to socialize on a Friday afternoon. And one of our enthusiastic cat fosterers came in (with a bag of clean washing) to spend time. She said that she is attracted to the difficult cats. Stardust must have had her pegged!

Stardust

I put Rebecca in the Top Cat. She was a happy cat. We can't decide if she is a tortie or a racoon. Her colouring is DRAMATIC when seen from the side.

Rebecca

I did one adoption for a foster cat, Luna, in  Dee Why. She will be picked up tomorrow and they are already planing on teaching her how to walk with a harness and to be bonded with their other cat.

Black and White rules

 Joy has photos to prove it:

Rory and Little

They spent the night in the Play Place. I thought that a boarder who had paid for play time should have a go. I asked Ginger Megs if he was interested. He declined to get down from his upper shelf let alone be moved elsewhere. This turned out to be a good thing because his owner came to pick him up a couple of hours later. He HATES his cat carrier. Luckliy Tim happened to be passing when we went to get him. And whizz bang, he was in the carrier and his owner was most impressed.

I did put Rory and Little back in their condo and moved the grey pair of boarders because they have paid for 4 hours of play time and might be picked up tomorrow or Friday. They will still be in the Play Place probably. I couldn't get the fluffy one to come out of the small box.

Charley and Champ

They are happily back on crunchies despite not having any teeth.

Mickey

Mickey loves his food and is prepared to love anybody who will feed him. He has grown into a handsome boy.

Joni

Joni is still wary of people but she is much better than she was.

Mia

Mia was in a calm, regal mood today. Probably pleased that her next door neighbour got adopted to the folk who had baggsed her while she was in the foster home. They are prepared to risk the wrath of the Strata Body because they own their apartment and their daughter adores Natsku.

Elsa

She loves to show her missing canine . . . . by hissing at visitors to her celestial condo.

I schlepped 45 bags of poo out to the bins this morning. The verandah is clear. Let's try to keep it that way.

Smaller Better Row

 Today we moved Julie and Bassuria to the Welfare section. That was because Sidney was moved to Holly's stand alone next to Sydney. Because Holly was adopted over the weekend as were Sidney's two condo mates (Audrey and Sylvie, together).

Sydney and Sidney

Bassuria was no problem to move. He walked into the carrier as soon as we put some of Sue's chicken in there. It took some time for Gulia (vollie) to entice Julie (cat) into the carrier which she usually scurries into as soon as you look at her. But the deed was done and they are now below Joni.

Hana

So that only leaves Ella, Hugo, Mia and Hana on Better Row. I might have to change the name to Short Row.

Ella

Mia

Hugo who won't last long

The woman who adopted one of Maggies kittens brought him/her back because she couldn't deal with the mess a kitten makes. So Maggie's lot is back in the play place overnight or they go nuts in the stand alone. After breakfast this morning they got a big spurt of energy and raced around the play place like demons. The R girls in the Palace were parallel playing with them, bouncing from one side of their condo to the other. The R girls gave up first.

Another cat, Puma was returned over the weekend because the family situation has changed. The vollie who was there when he was returned immediately adopted him. She loved him when we had him over a year ago. But her mum wasn't keen on having a cat. On Saturday morning, she had finally given in and said she could have a cat. And up turned Puma, the love of our vollie's life. She came in this afternoon to smooch with him. He was perfectly happy to get all the love.

No play time

 Nobody is allowed out to play until the sneezing stops. And the boarders are being cared for very carefully. The last thing anybody wants is a sniffle caught at the cattery. Phantom came in to board for the first time today. He is now called Sprout and is dearly loved. He spends his time sleeping on her bed or in an avocado-shaped cat couch. He likes to play with Q-tips so she included several along with his special food.

Sprout, was Phantom

Ginger Meggs is back too.

Ginger Meggs

Joni has been moved to where Lyra was (which was Phantom's old condo). She seems fine and enjoyed her chicken. If she is, it may demonstrate that flu viruses fall downwards because Kat has it and Thelma and Louise have it and they were all below her.

Joni

Arlo looked miserable. He is just opposite the Maggie kitten source of the sneezes who have moved back into the main cattery. But his misery was because Annie was off being desexed so he didn't have anybody nice and soft to lie on!

Arlo

The single cat in Isolation is Sparkle. He is there because there is no room elsewhere. I suggested that his name be changed to Sparky which is more masculine sounding than Sparkle!

Who is in charge?

Ginger George and Tiger

 I had to pull up the poof to label the condo cards for the flood of boarders who will arrive in the next few days. Bo arrived this afternoon. She was adopted from us last year when her name was Petite and is much loved by her people. (See https://safehavencats.blogspot.com/2021/09/adoption-tails-santa-maria-and-her.html). She has a pumpkin with a dangling spider as her security blanket (!)

Bo (previously Petite)

I set up all the boarders condos. So Better Row looks occupied if you look at litter trays. But there is only Joni at one end and Bo at the other end.

The usual suspects have moved next door to Dr Kim's. Mia is much happier there. She has an upper condo and I think she feels more secure at face level rather than at leg level. (Perhaps she had too many kicks in her former life).

There is a new mum and kittens in both Reception (aka the junk room) and in Incoming. The kitten season seems to never end.

I was late

 I was late this morning because the washing machine man came. He has ordered the part that will keep the Safe washing happen.

I was certainly late to all the movement that happened over the weekend.

Rooms were rearranged:

Incoming which used to be the junk/store room:

Incoming

Opie's room which has a table for vollies to socialize or committee members to meet at:

Opie's room

Opie's room also stores Purina food and other things.

And Quarantine where the sick cats keep Tim and Katie company.

Quarantine

Cats have also been moved since the parvovirus seems to have moved away from us.

The mums and newborns who were around Tiger have been moved to boarding and named. There is Virgo with Taurus, Aries, Gemini, Libra, Pisces and Scorpio. And Chai with her Nutmeg, Cinnamon and Chilli. Let's hope these names are more appropriate than the Shakespeare names that were given to the kittens who were in the play place until most of Ruby's got adopted. (Just Topaz is left.) Now they are in the Palace. Today this bard's litter was weighed to see if they are near to desex weight. They are. And they are all female/tortie so half the names will need to be changed. But I noticed that their tummies were hard so I had to administer the deworming pills. They didn't mind.

This was after Katie heard Bissuria (who has been moved to Rosie and Callie's condo on Better Row because they have moved to Welfare as they are available) made up-chucking noises. She looked at the vomit and it was seething with worms! I donned gloves to remove the towel that he threw up on directly into the rubbish bin. They both got worming mixture immediately. (And refused to eat it, of course).

Bissuria

Better Row might have to have a name change to Black Row.

Miranda came from Quarantine.

Miranda

She is next door to Ella. . . don't know her history. Perhaps being above Mia is making her flat.

Ella

And Joni has been moved to the high condo which she seems to like.

Joni

In boarding is Pearl who was dumped on us by a bloke who didn't want her/couldn't keep her and wanted her put down. Bad man.

Pearl

Tummy Time

Calvin likes a hammock all to himself.

Vivienne does too

But their next door neighbours like to cuddle three at a time in a hammock. I can't tell if the same one gets left out each time. They all look like tortie tabbies to me even though their names are Clementine, Cornelius, Claudius and Cordelia.

3 C's in a hammock plus 1

Joni's kitten Taylor got adopted. I don't think she is too sad about that. She sits at the front of the condo now and doesn't hiss.

Joni

 And Thelma and Louise are out of hiding.

Thelma/Louise

There is a new Billy where Chi Chi was. That lady did come from the Blue Mountains to collect her.

Billy

Ruby and her kittens are still in the play place. They make a mad dash for the door any time you open it. So I stuck a ball on a rotating toy whose feather has been chewed off and they were distracted long enough for me to collect all those dishes.

News of Rebel in foster with Mariko. They are doing well. He is just a tad spoiled.

Rebel in his delux teepee

We continue to be in parvo-ville. Restrictions will continue for another week.

Dumped

 Firstly, news of Cleo. She seems to be doing well.

Secondly, we have our New Year lucky black cat, Johnny. Don't know if Johnny is a boy or a girl. S/he was delivered yesterday by some people who said that they didn't want her and then left! S/he, of course, is shattered. I just hope that this is not the start of a trend. Or we will have to frisk folk at the door for hidden cats to smuggle in.

Johnny

Joni is getting used to her new digs. She came out of her cat carrier when there was a visitor this afternoon and almost smiled.

Joni and Taylor's tail

The visitor wants a cat to fill her empty nest as her two teenaged sons are off to ANU soon. She has a 14 year old King Charles spaniel who is a sook. She wants an older cat. I tried not to push Ginger George too hard at her but he did behave beautifully flopping at her feet. But she also liked Libby (what is not to like when she is awake). She will be back tomorrow with her strong minded friend who owns a carrier.

He needs to loose the Cattitude sign.

A neighbour couple came to visit. The man was very comfortable with cats. He picked up Ginger George and rolled him onto his back. I wouldn't be so bold. But no blood was spilled.

Dexter is boarding. Remember how miserable he looked when he first came to us. . . . all mangey. Then he was grumpy and bored in his stand alone. He is quite charming now.

Dexter

Jasmine and her kittens are still in the play place. The kittens seem to have got over the STARVING stage so she is not so desperate for food either. Makes it easy for the vollies to go in to play with them.

Jasmine

Piglet was hiding when Robyn took these photos on Wednesday.

PS: Apropos the title: Jolene, I am told, doesn't like to use her litter box when there are people around. She was looking very swollen in the tummy this afternoon. But should be slim by the morning.