Dory spoke

 He greeted his favourite Friday vollie with a kitten sized meow!

Dory

And, there is no dirty laundry at Safe Haven! We have finally caught up. (It has taken 5 years!)

Of course, the rubbish is another story with only one Willoughby bin still. But visitors took off several bags, as did I. So the balcony is not too bad. But anything but empty of bags is bad.

Bruce was blue today because his mum was at the vets. He stole Mickeys toy but still missed his mum/pillow.

Bruce

 Peter, Patch and Phoenix have been moved to Welfare. It is nice to have some tiny tabbies there.

P's

Faith and Flora were desexed. They came back with plastic cones but I changed them to cloth ones which are more comfortable.  They don't seem to get on all that well. But it might just have been the post op!

Flora and Faith

Chloe who was moved to Welfare some days ago, seems to have developed a mucky eye. She will get the dreaded ointment which is a shame because she has become much friendlier since being moved.

Chloe

Australis has been moved back to Incoming. Borealis left in Welfare all by herself is now enjoying visitors.

Borealis

In Isolation the four champagne, identical kittens suddenly have a champagne mum! She escaped while they were catching the family but has since been brought in. She seems a calm, sweet cat (who luckily remembered her kittens).

There is another kitten in Isolation called Bonnie. She was adopted from a breeder of British Short Hairs but developed ringworm and giardia. Both of these are infectious to people as well as to animals. So she was surrendered to us with a bag of food and meds and cash! I wasn't going close enough to get a good photo because both of those parasites infect people as well as felines. But she is cute enough to wait for.

Adoption Tails: Mickey, Lily and Patch

 Mickey

Mickey at Safe

 1 day: He's going really well, just started eating and exploring.

1 month: He's very well, very settled.

 

Patch and Lily

2 days: They are both settling in quite well. Patch is a bit more adventurous and is already sitting on their owners’ knees. Patch is eating well and has used the litter tray but they haven’t seen Lily eat or use the litter tray. Lily is still hiding and goes straight back to her hiding place when they pick her up. They think it will take longer for Lily to settle in but are happy to wait until she’s ready. 

Patch aka Patty

 3 days: Patch (who has been nicknamed Patty) is quite happy running around. She loves cuddles and voluntarily jumps onto their knees and settles down if their owners tap their lag. Lily is still shy and loves to hide behind the curtains or in her cat box in their safe room. They leave their safe room door open so they can come and go whenever they wish. “They are two beautiful cats with very gentle dispositions no biting or scratching. We are very much in love with them already”

Lily

5 days: They are making great progress with Lily. She has responded very well to her owners and is now coming voluntarily on their knees for cuddles. They both still have their safe room to go to if they wish, and they put them in there at bedtime so they feel safe. Their owner has also started building a cat podium for them both. 

 

9 days: Their cat podium has been finished. Patty is happy playing and Lily has claimed her space in the hidey hole. 

Patty plays, Lily is safe inside the box

 

1 month: They are both fine and settled in very well. Patty now goes outside on her own through the cat flap but Lily is not brave enough yet. “She needs more time.” Patty does not go outside at night as they lock the cat flap. They live on the top floor of a 4-storey building and have a large terrace with plenty of space to play in. Both cats are very safe as they do not have any contact with other cats. “They are 2 beautifully
natured cats and we love them to bits”. It took 1.5 hours for the owners to register them both at the council.

 

Two is better than one

 On Wednesday, Irene advised me not to adopt a fostered kitten Mark to a man if he showed up because the fosterer didn't think he would be a good parent for Mark. Luckily he didn't show up. But today a nice woman and her daughter (who works with a vet) turned up to adopt Mark. On the assumption that they were quite different people I went ahead because they looked as though they would be grand owners. Later Irene turned up and agreed with my judgment. 

So Mark is off the "for adoption" list. But Florence was still there. Strange. The enclosure was empty on Wednesday. This afternoon a woman who had visited on Sunday and liked Florence returned to adopt her. "Sorry" says I "she's gone." So we looked at other black and white cats and kittens. Earlier I had let out Cooper for a wander. He ended up on the poof under the computer. I had just put him back (to have some chicken) before she arrived. So I got him out and he settled happily on her knee. Trouble is that her son wants a kitten. Sooty might suit he has got so big. Either way, she spent lots of time with a cat on her lap to test whether or not she is allergic to cats (still). And Tim removed Florence from the for adoption list.

Sooty

Sooty's new neighbours are Derek and Hansel. They intertwine.

Hansel and Derek

Tonight Harley and Quin will have a night out in the Top Cat. Jake and Josh will be so jealous.

Jake the white with tabby, Josh the champagne tabby

Harley or Quin

While Lily and Patch look on.

Lily and Patch

I think we should have a two for one special in June and July.

Foster In and Out

 Cindy Clawford's fosterer brought her and her kittens in today. They are all available for adoption and all very friendly so Terry will probably clear them all out tomorrow!

Cindy Clawford below and Indiana Ginge above

Naomi Catbell tuckered out by the change

Rufus Maxwell

Patch and Lily next door were not impressed until I installed a brand new, un-sat on by any other cat hammock which got Patch's seat of approval.

Patch approves

Mariko came by, rather sodden by the weather, in the afternoon to collect Valentina to take home to foster. Mariko is an angel.

Geoff demonstrated how he has befriended Tommy.

First prop open his flap with the PVC pipe

Then offer head scratches with the long handled fork

Eventually, Tommy accepts pats by hands

Rory and Little are back in the play place. The boarders that I left there on Wednesday have gone home.

Symmetry with kittens

 

Installment complete

 Of the new enclosures. We managed to get rid of the pile of bubble wrap and strapping tape in todays garbage. But there is a pile of cardboard to be got rid of. (Most of it is behind the couch in the entry). 

Plus, the air conditioning men came and fixed the leak in the airconditioner in the nursery. By the way, the box didn't do the trick on Pickles. I remembered a newspaper today so perhaps that will precipitate the birth. Katie reckons they should be born within the next five days.

Angus and brother have moved from the play place to a new enclosure which they enjoy. They have been replaced by Patch and Lily who came from the local pound. Patch is friendly, if confused. But Lily prefers to hide. They came from the same household but don't particularly like each other.

Patch

Lily

Blossom and her remaining two have moved from the Palace to a new enclosure. One of the kittens is very thin. He was always attached to a nipple but perhaps Blossom has run out of milk. He polished off a bowl of baby food in short order.

Blossom's boy

I let Aslan out for a walk. Prue and Trude noticed him. And Sydney came out to watch as well.

Aslan being watched

Then Trude noticed Sydney and stuck her paw into Sydney's enclosure.

Hi says Trude. Who are you? says Sydney

We have two boarders including Suzie aka Topaz who is dearly beloved by her owner.

Hugo has taken his bloke smell away and Ted has been adopted as well.