Good bye Lillie

Lillie and Toby's previous owner who had to surrender them because they sold their house, came today to make arrangements for them. Lillie is to go to one friend's home and Toby to another's. Toby is still at the vets for further investigation. He either has a thyroid problem or a liver problem. We hope it is the former. The owner will pick him up from the vet to take him to his new home. Lillie will be picked up tomorrow.

Angelique and Ashleigh are back from being desexed. Ashleigh has retreated to her carrier and Angelique seemed a little disorented by her collar.

Everything was neat and clean when I arrived so I tried to tidy the metal, water bowl shelf. That is a challenge. And I went off to buy some more baby cat crunchies because the huge bag hasn't been delivered yet. Lily has developed a different call. I think she is calling her kittens to come have a milk drink. Tim didn't agree. Tara looks like she is on a cruise.

As I didn't have much to do, I spent time with Steph's cats. That is never a quick cuddle. Baghera believes he is a collar and drapes himself around your neck so that he can kiss your cheek. All this while not scratching you at all. Ares likes his cuddles standing up. As does Petal. Venus would rather not, thank you.

Toby not well

Last week Toby was telling us all to give him more food and more cuddles. This week he hasn't eaten anything for three days despite being offered freshly opened exotic cans and even warmed up delicious bits. I don't think he has Angelique's bug. . . it should be long gone. But he is depressed. Notice his downturned whiskers even when he was let out for a stroll. He will go to the vet tomorrow.

Lillie hadn't eaten all her crunchies by lunch time but she grazes through the afternoon usually.

Ashleigh and Angelique will go to the vet tomorrow too -- to be desexed.

Lily's kittens are big enough to be desexed but there may be suspicious lesions on an ear so they are confined to condos. She needs more food before she can be desexed, she says.

There is a new mum and 2 kittens next to Star. She was nameless until Alison came up with the name Elona. It is from the latest Sherlock Holmes show, it seems. I took a "thrust in the camera and press the shutter" photo just for the record. Her kittens are probably all black.

Cuddle crazy

I arrived early this afternoon because my overlocker had an appointment at the Bernina shop in Chatswood at 11:30am. Three vollies and Avalon had all the jobs under control. After sterilizing the condos in the welfare room I got to "socializing" with the cats. I didn't get far because those that I chose demanded such deep cuddles that I ran out PPE! Lillie will eat if brushed.

Perhaps her problem with Toby when they lived together was that he acted as though ALL the food was his. She enjoyed being brushed and nibbled between strokes. Tim has also found that Buddy and Petey's mesh door swings open by itself and that they stay inside. Both of the water dishes were on the top shelf. Petey lapped all through the time I spent brushing Lillie so it must have been out of his three legged reach for some time.

Venus didn't want to know anything about that.

I washed Allie's face with a damp face washer. She didn't mind it. And she loves to be brushed. She crawled into my arms and shed hair and drool all over my shirt. Let's hope she appeals to an adopter this weekend.

Vinnie likes his tummy tickled as well as cuddles and pats. His shaved back half is probably because he has been investigated for a dodgy hip. Pelvic luxation was mentioned. (The prognosis is good). At that point I ran out of shirts and came home

Too busy

Safe Haven was a scene of controlled chaos when I arrived at noon. Star had her babies overnight. They are all black, just like her so are difficult to count.

A foster carer came to take her home but took Zelda instead because she hadn't had her kittens yet. . . . not a good idea to transplant newborns. Then a couple arrived, cats in arms, in tears because they have lost their jobs and their home and need to go back to Germany pronto so can't keep their furbabies. They don't get on very well so are in adjacent condos.

They are Lillie (the name of the month) and Toby (the grey tabby)

Then a "family" of three young adults came to adopt Lucia. They have not had a cat before so needed all kinds of advice and inctructions and support. Tim gently lifted her in her Rose box out of the wheely cage and she stepped out of it into their carry cage. He then gave them the box with instructions to not clean out her hairs. I set up an wheely for Diamond and Hera. Tim transferred them: Diamond to the bottom door and Hera to the top door. Diamond stayed where she was but Hera had to be helped to find a way down to her.