Stellar weekend

Eight cats were adopted this weekend. Plus the dog, Ella.

Ming went to a family who already has a cat. So he will be happy rumbling with his new buddy. (Shivers has been upgraded to his condo. Tim tried to add Peanuts but they didn't like sharing digs).

A family came for a pair of kittens but took Tortie and Kitty instead. . . sensible people.

But, all three of Jewel's son's were adopted. So little Jilly is left by herself. . . . not for long: she is so cute.

Next door to her are four new kittens not yet ready to desex. They are all tabbies. Three are spotted and the fourth is a mackerel tabby with ginger fur. She must be a tortie and will be a dramatically gorgeous adult. Perhaps we should auction her to the highest bidder! This is a lousy photo but kittens will not stand still to be photographed, even if they look fabulous. Perhaps Joy will get an appropriate shot.

On the other side of Jilly is Bonnie who hasn't had her kittens yet! But she has had an ultrasound to prove that she is pregnant. Evidently, a queen can be pregnant from between 7.5 and 10 weeks. She is somewhere in there and holding on.

 Bonnie

Her sister, Candace hardly looks bigger than her kittens who are getting bold and playful.

Candace

Tilly was also chosen! And her condo has an new shy occupant, Olivia.

 Olivia

We have a new 6 year old, JImmy in Kimmy's condo. 

 Jimmy

And Jack, a disgruntled ragdoll who will accept pats, in Torties' condo. Where do they all come from?

 Jack

A swoosh on the M2?

I drove to Arndell Park this afternoon to pick up 20 bags of litter. Arndell Park is somewhere off the Great Western Highway on the way to Penrith. I didn't actually lift any of the bags. The nice man there did.

On my way back to Safe Haven, I might have felt a swoosh on the M2 because Ninja was adopted by a family from Castle Hill and they would have been driving him home then. They left Ming behind.

Ninja at his foster home in April

Ming didn't seem too worried. He was more concerned that Prince and Raja were getting food and he wasn't. They also got throughly brushed because somebody with a pooey bum has been lying on somebody else. And somebody has been digging through the poo rather than burying it. Needless to say, they loved it and ate a whole sachet of their food when I stopped. . .. and I had a double length shower when I got home.

We have a new stray. He was found in Surry Hills and is fifthly. But he is very friendly and sweet. His name is Peanuts and although he looks more like Pig Pen at the moment, he will grow into his name.

Peanut

Notice that his lip slit goes almost to his nose. The vet thinks that he may have had a fall or been hit by a car because he has some broken teeth as well. And he has a bare patch on his tail. He has had a full life already and can't be more than 6 months old.

Making new friends with grass

Oh, the bliss of arriving to Safe Haven to find all the work done. Thank you Sandy.

I spent my time socializing the cats by feeding them grass that was due to be sprayed yesterday but the weather wasn't right for the council workers, luckily.

We have a pair of new boarders, Captain and General. One is a Burmese and the other some kind of Bengal. The Burmese knew what to do with grass. The Bengal didn't have a clue. In fact, he looks like he doesn't have much of a clue about anything, so he is probably the General!

Torti

Also in Boarding, are Kimmy and Kitty who have come in, with Torti from our wonderful foster home in Avalon. We met some of them at the adoption day at PetO in July. They got out of bed for grass.

Kimmy

Kitty

Ninja and Ming were right into it (teenagers!) But Paco and Ethan had to learn (kids!)

Paco and Ethan

 Prince and Raja wouldn't have a bar of it (oldies!) But enjoyed the crunchies that they had forgotten about upstairs. Prince is on the left and Raja on the right. Raja has more black on his forehead and wears a blue collar (although I doubt he has done a lick of work in his life.)

Prince and Raja

Spruced up

Today was easier than Wednesday because I know where everything is now plus, I cleaned it properly on Wednesday and it is still clean today. . . mostly. . . . except for some cats who are deep diggers.

As usual, Ming and Ninja exploded when Tim fed them this morning so that their food was all over the floor. I picked up as much of it as I could and gave it back to them. Ming put his foot on some of the crunchies to stop Ninja from getting his fair share. 

I had time to groom the long haired cats. Annabelle did not like it. She is a shaved Persian. But she has knots in the unshaved areas around her head and her tail is a mess. I did what I could in the time that she was prepared to tolerate. About 3.2 minutes worth.

Then I moved to the royal suite of Rajah and Prince. Earlier Rajah condescended to eat when I held his bowl for him.  Rajah has a collar and is on the upper level. 

Rajah

Prince had a wet bed because somebody had upset the water bowl. . . . no fingers/claws are pointed. I changed his bed to a pink velour with an ersatz fleece which he accepted, eventually. Then, after cleaning the other cats I came back and picked him up to brush him (those last seven words should be in indignant capitals). But, because he is a ragdoll, he put up with it. He even purred. And looks ever so much better for a gentle brush.

Prince

Mind you, he didn't enjoy it as much as Suzy does. (This photo is from when she first came into Boarding in 2012!)

Suzy

I also did Rajah who is much thinner. He has a nobbly spine. He tolerated it.

So the royal ragdolls are all spruced up so that somebody can come to adopt them this weekend.