Litter delivery

 The lovely vollie who delivered the bags of litter says that the place we get it from is closing up shop. He is taking home, to his shed, the bags that they have left. And we are stocked up for a while. At the rate we are adopting out cats, those small bags may be gone by August.

I took the opportunity to put the drying table closer to the vollie's work space.
 

And the bins are close to the roller door. The nice vollie took the pallet away.

Jimmy is by himself because Bluebelle, his mum got adopted over the weekend. I didn't really think they were "a bonded pair."

Jimmy

And Eleanor lost a couple of her kittens.

Eleanor + 1

She is left with Erica and Evie who were sucking on her tummy this afternoon. 

Little Pebble left the building. She has gone to a foster to adopt home because she wasn't happy with her erstwhile house mates.

Little Pebble

 A woman rang up asking for a cat that she can take for walks. We suggested Ravyn. She was going to visit before 4pm if she could get a lift. Didn't arrive. Perhaps tomorrow?

Ravyn

Where Peaches and family were we have Kenny and Pablo. Don't know who is whom. One is very friendly and the other is hiding.

And the boarder Ottie is out of hiding. He was adopted from us. I don't recognise him but he accepted a pat from me.

Ottie

 

Few vollies concentrates the effort

 We managed to finish early even though there were only four of us today. Early to bed though, tonight.

 I took Ravyn for a walk which she enjoyed. She inspected everybody including Abagail and Storm who didn't show their faces. They are from the same cat collector who provided Peaches and family and Little Pebble. Little Pebble had a play with them this afternoon under the supervision of their collector. She is a very cuddly kitten, it seems.

Chez Abagail and Storm before Little Pebble visited.

 Then we wandered to Sparrow's to say hello.

Ravyn and Sparrow.

The family in the next door condo has been broken up. One has gone back to the collector because he has gingivitis. The mum Peaches as been moved to Isolation because she has a suspicious lesion. When I was giving breakfast upstairs, I looked down and saw her visiting with her kids. . . . on the outside. When I took her back to Isolation, I found that the door, while closed was not locked. Goodness knows where and for how long she wandered around. The collector came today to give the two "kittens" a bath, each. They were extra good for her. She will return on Friday and do it again.

Ravyn inspected the kitchen.

 And the merch shelves. She did approve the house.

We have lots of O-borders including the gorgeous Otis. His house mate is Kioko. But there is an Ottie who was still hiding in his house. He is one of our adoptees. I haven't seen him yet.

Otis

Kath managed to get a photo of the Voomies looking angelic.

Voomies

 

Aslan adopted and Piglet picked up

 A day for alliterations!

 I learned from taking Aslan to the vet on Tuesday after breakfast: he threw it up and crapped on the way. Today, I went early to Safe Haven before his breakfast and after his morning poo. It was an almost odourless trip. . . . and quite short.

He was not happy to be back in an enclosure. And the vollies didn't recognize him. "He is so plump and his fur is fantastic."  Plus he wasn't complaining about anything. Irene did the adoption to his new family in Mosman. I think they will all be happy together. And I will try to keep my kitchen as clean as he has trained me to do it, in his honor.

Aslan ignores what is on TV just so long as he is close to you

 

 This afternoon Piglet was picked up which was nice for the Friday vollies who loved on her in the morning.

Piglet and her new staff! 

 

And Robin visited. She hopes to make it a more regular visitation. She celebrated by naming the kittens in "Incoming" as Sparky (because she loved the all-black horse of her childhood neighborhood) and Moet (to continue the sparkling theme). Will these names stick? Who knows.

Moet and Sparky

She took photos of her old mates Julie and Bassuria (who is much thinner than last she saw him).

And we visited Gideon who is moving more and eating a bit more. . . . sometimes. (Dinesh is definitely eating more, talking more, enjoying his position next to the feeding table to the max!)

Gideon

One of Peaches' kittens has been whisked off by their fosterer because she noticed that his gums were very red on Wednesday. Today she noticed that Peaches has some bald patches.

Peaches minus one

 

Bree's bum

 I thought it was my camera. But her back end is definitely ginger. Today she was moved out of the low stand alone to an enclosure upstairs. She seemed delighted with the move because her back glowed.

Bree upstairs

I do not believe the orange glow is a reflection from that orange doona cover that is now an enclosure cover. But she matches.

We have some new cats. Penelope and Ariel have moved into Incoming (the area along the wall beside the feeding station.) They came in from a fosterer who was able to cuddle them both. Ariel is the tabby and is the friendly one. The other is Penelope, ginger and white.
 

Penelope and Ariel

The same fosterer brought in Peaches and her litter. They have moved into the enclosure next to Sparrow.

 Peaches is a fluffy (DMH) ginger without any white on her. Her kittens are quite big (F5s). There is Muffin who is grey calico with a stub tail, 

Honey who is a medium haired, ginger and white,

Biscuit who is a ginger with a whitish smear on his forehead  

Peaches and Biscuit

Muffin and Honey

The fosterer said she must have been hungry when she named them.

No touch

 No sign of the lizard today. The junk room was piled with boxes which Sue wrestled open. They contained one cat carrier each. So much packing!

I was on condo sterilizing first thing this morning because it has been discovered that some of the Spice Girls have ring worm lesions. They have gone together in the up and down condo pair in Isolation and their mum is under Australis and co. Bugger. No more playing with kittens in Welfare.

And Rory is back on a special diet so no more giving him lots of treats in exchange for love. 

Rory

Peaches has settled down into her foster home very well, according to her new mum. And I moved Freya into her condo below Rory because Freya's condo in Incoming was needed for four kittens who arrived this afternoon. That condo was signposted for Mike who is gorgeous enough for folk to go to the end of the row to meet him. Freya is very pretty too so as soon as her collar is off she will be adopted. 

And the kittens who arrived are pretty tame and quite big enough to be desexed. They are Panther (the black one who we named) and Fluffy, Cheeta and ? 

Savannah's collar is off and the lump on her right cheek has gone. The whiskers on that side are growing back as well. 

Savannah

 One of Valentina's kitten was adopted. . . the boy. Her girl is desperate for attention/affection.

Another who also wants attention is Wolfgang. He still pongs a bit but has got his loving ways back.

Wolfgang

 Thanks for the photos Joy.

One less

 I didn't take any photos except for Nahla today. Because she was looking so cute.

Nahla

 Thank goodness for Joy's photos.

Tilly must be sick of all the fuss at every meal time made by Biscuit and Milly. They fight over food.

Tilly

Biscuit and Milly

 Next door to B & M are Maple and Benny. . . another B & M!

Maple and Benny (who is who?)

 They are very civilized compared with their neighbours. And friendly.

Irene was trying to guage whether or not Renny and Blossom are bonded. I say no. Others say yes. We need individual kittens made available for adoption for the coming school holidays.

Renny and Blossom

Irene may take one of them home to destress.

Peaches is the one who needs to be tamed. She has had it with us.

Peaches

 This afternoon I fed in Incoming and discovered that one of Autumn's kittens was dead because Autumn was out of her bed box and happily stayed on the shelf. When I look closely at the photo I took on Wednesday there are only 5 kittens suckling. The sixth was probably dead then. She (a calico) probably died last week. She was very small and still had some umbilical cord attached. The trouble with overprotective mums is that we can't check out their kittens closely. 

Aslan report:

He likes the warmer weather.

Aslan

 

Whats with the bovine names?

 There are two new cats on Better Row named Moo Moo and Humphrey!

It is easy to tell the Moo Moo is the girl because she is a calico. Unless they named a girl Humphrey!

They are next door to Yantzee plus three how have moved out of Isolation. There used to be four kittens but one was not well last week.  

Yantzee + 3

In fact, Isolation now only houses the remaining three Planet kittens.  Even Peaches has moved to Welfare. She doesn't look so happy about it despite hating it in Isolation.

Peaches

 New next to Julie and Bassuria (who were fighting today!) is Alex and Olive.  . . . . . she is a black olive. Don't know where they came from. They are shy.

Alex and Olive

And they are next to loud Will who has scratched his eye. We suspect that some vollies are giving treats to cats even though they have "Special Diet" on their condos. 

It is not surprising to think that  a special diet would include treats! Perhaps we should change to a sign "Exclusive diet" or "Restricted diet" instead.

Will

Inappropriate treats may be the reason that Julie and Bass are fighting.

I am ready for the traditional September kitten season having sewn a new litter of Elizabethan collars.

It was wonderful that Robin came to visit today. 

And that Maple and Benny got adopted (at 3:40. . . . I almost did a Terry!)

Geoffless Friday

 As will be the next three. Tommy is sulking.

I didn't have time to take any photos today so will use some of Joy's from Wednesday.

Yahtzee has become much tamer

And her kittens are healthy and playful

Their names are Battleship (brown tabby), Dice (white tail tip), Scrabble (black) and Bopit (all cream).

The photo of Pikachu on the Safe website is not good. She is getting more confident now that she is not in the busy lane. I am not sure how much she can see.

Pikachu

Lola's stand alone has been filled by a cat called Aldi. No prizes for guessing where he was found. He was brought in by one of our cat "rescuers" who is going to retire.

There may be a couple of adoptions tomorrow by separate women who came in to scout our collection. One was looking for a kitten for her 5 year old son. Then she met Shadow and fell in love. I could almost hear the thump as she fell! It was mutual too. Shadow even got out of his bed box to continue their love-in. She will be back tomorrow so that the son can choose the cat.

The other woman will be back as well. Good luck.

 I changed Trude and Prue's upper hammock for a clean one without the damage on the underside. They were not happy to be disturbed. I wonder how long it will take them to try the new one.

Teddy the cat who was surrendered on Wednesday and put in the celestial condo has been moved to where Raven was below Peaches in Welfare. If cats get adopted over the weekend, there will be more movements.

More names needed

 I got to the cattery before the Willoughby collection. So gleefully planned schlepping out bags to fill others bins. But, the trolley was obstructed by boxes and bags of litter so I decided that I would wait for the Cousins bins. Which we did before lunch. And the Willoughby bins were still not emptied. They were by the time that I left. But even though the store room had been somewhat cleared, I decided not to get out the trolley into the pouring rain. Sorry tomorrow. There are bags on the balcony.

We had 3 lots of adopters this afternoon. One couple came to adopt Bear. They had been in on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Initially they wanted George because he is grey like their previous, much beloved cat. But George is Shy and Bear is liquidly loving. They did the paperwork despite a computer malfunction. They will collect him on Monday because they are going away this weekend.

The next couple had been before as well. They are in love with Ryan of Lilly's litter in Enclosure 3 (the one out of which 5 kittens explode at every meal time). But somebody else has bagsed him . . . if we have the correct kitten. They don't have microchip numbers in the computer so it is difficult to tell them apart from the tiny photos. This couple will return.

The final couple came to look at George. Of course Bear came up for cuddles. I showed them other kittens. They were entranced. I showed them adults. They were enthusiastic. They decided that an adult would suit them better and had trouble deciding between Shadow and Luma. Shadow was very friendly. 

Shadow

But Luna was loving. So they chose her. Done! I think it is a very good match for all three of them.

In the meantime, Claire took photos and videos in Incoming. She has named the six fluffy kittens in the stand alone:

Fluffy tabby (white diamond): Choux

Fluffy tabby with white moustache: Souffles (with a grave on the e)

Fluffy tabby: Mont Blanc

Fluffy tabby with left beauty spot: Brulee

short hair tabby: Kingston

tabby, short hair and orange: Monte Carlo

 The last kitten is probably a calico so is female. Perhaps she can be Monte Carla.

 Peache's kittens are all well and have moved to Incoming to Shadow's condo. They don't quite know how to jump up the levels. They are used to scrambling up the wires of the stand alone or swinging up the hammocks. They need Peachy names.

Peaches kittens

Aziza's girl kittens have been desexed. So next weekend should be a bumper adoption weekend. And there is still an Adom.

Aziza's girls

Adom

You can tell from the quality of the photos the Joy is back. Hurrah!