Liverpool rescue

The trip to Liverpool was quick this morning, although it was cold. . .. . 14deg C out west!

The girls had managed to catch both the expectant mother cat and her brother. Tim has housed the brother and had him desexed so he should settle down quickly. His name is Narla. . . . from when they though he was a girl kitten. Perhaps he can be renamed Neil. They gave us permission to rename their cats and maybe they should all get names starting with L for Liverpool.

Narla is white with dark markings and the mum is white with grey (I think) and a scratch on her nose from when she tried to run through the bars of the carry cage en route to my car. Her tummy is quite large. Let's hope she doesn't do a Bonnie on us.

The trip back to Safe Haven was quiet. I think Narla/Neil must have had his "accident" after we arrived because I couldn't smell it in the car.

Good news is that Sootie, from Helen's cat colony has been fostered by a woman who used to be involved with the colony before she retired. She is used to dealing with very shy cats. How I love to see "CLEAN ME" on condos.

Made in China

Shivers

Shivers has a sticker on his tail that reads Made in China. We have a pair of Chinese work experience students this week. Coincidence?

We got a sweet girl, Caramel this morning whose owner has to go into care. She was a bit stunned.

Caramel

At the same time Narla was picked up by a very excited young man.

There is a new cat called Penny. Don't know her history.

Penny

And the mackerel kitten is definitely ginger behind the ears. Catsie and I installed a scratchy box with platforms so that they can climb up to their upper self and not have to launch themselves into space to get down to their toilet. What we need is a carpet covered ramp.

Bonnie still doesn't have any kittens or any signs of them despite the positive ultrasound a fortnight ago. Curious.

Bonnie

From the dog park, West Chatswood

There were hundreds of dogs of all shapes and sizes. About a third of them are some kind of poodle cross. There was one cat in a cage at the Cat Protection Society booth. Poor thing will need lots of quiet and love to recover.

But the real news is that Blink and Narla were adopted today. . . . separately.

Blink

Blink will be so happy to be master of everybody's domain again.

Narla

And Narla will forget about her stay with us and become a loving fluff ball.

Royal Visit

Tim visited Prince and Rajah. He reports that they are happy and more comfortable. They were in the same area as the rather wild kittens that Tim went to pick up. While the kittens were being chased and caught they ran right over Prince and Rajah in their bed. The regal oldies were not disturbed.

I didn't see the new kittens as we were three to clean up this morning. I took advantage of the extra time to give Kimmy, Kitty and Scarlet a thorough brushing. They loved it. And were much calmer after the extra attention. Perhaps all that loose hair itches or wriggles.

Kitty and her ex coat

We have a new three year old. Narla is very like my Puffin but is completely black. Puffin was grey near her skin.. . . not that I got close enough to part Narla's coat.

Narla

Shivers has his collar off and seems much brighter. The vet is happy to leave his lumpy tummy alone for the moment. Another, wait and see what happens case. Just like Peanuts. The vet can't decide whether he has been desexed but not microchipped (unlikely) or has two undescended testicles (very unlikely). So we will wait and see. Peanuts also enjoyed the extra attention I gave him. So much so that I trimmed his nails because lots of loving is never enough and he tends to hold on tight if you try to move away from him. (No photo because he doesn't look any less cream and black rather than white and black. He still needs a bath).

Shivers