Marvellous Meatball

 got adopted today. By the partner of a woman who adopted a black cat whose name she has since changed Perry. She likes to be up high on the top of cupboards and on tall stratchy poles. He likes to be at ground level. She is rather overweight so likes her food. So does Meatball. They should make a perfect pair. The lady cat will get taken to Melbourne to keep her mum company while she does her masters degree. Meatball will stay at home to keep the partner company while the girls are away during term time. Perfect.

The R kittens got a turn in the play place because the boarders went home. So I cleaned Meatball's enclosure and Geoff added the fine mesh screen that sits behind the course mesh screen that Terry installed on Wednesday. Kittens' small snouts and sharp teeth can chew through the coarser mesh (as we discovered in the neighbouring condo). It might be easier to feed them in the larger condo than in the small single in Incoming. Or it may not be.

R's in the play place

Amelia above doesn't look happy about her new neighbours.

Amelia

Or was she upset because there were no seconds of chicken? Honey wanted thirds!

Honey

But Tommy just wanted more time with his Geoff. Or perhaps her Geoff. She looks more and more tortie-ish. A very small percentage of torties are male cats. In those cases the male cat is sterile. Tommy has been desexed. It might have been a waste of money!

Tommy/Thomisina

Geoff decided to let Billy get some exercise in the Top Cat. I suggested that he leave some greenies on the floor. If they aren't there in the morning, Billy might have explored.

And in Isolation the stand alone is EMPTY. Barry and Blaze are both with (separate) foster carers and both are doing very well, Irene says. Sharon scrubbed that stand alone religiously this afternoon. Thank you, Sharon.

Much calmer today

And the poo bag situation is not so dire. Although it is better to have 0 bags on the verandah on Friday afternoon. I could have managed it if Willoughby Council had delivered our second bin already.

The good news is that Maggie has been adopted by a vollie. She (the new owner) is not able to take Maggie home just yet so she is still with us. Maggie was happy to have Top Cat time this afternoon. (Her triangular hammock is in her bed box).

Tim is still not well so cats were moved around by Irene. Cassie and Berkshire have come in from their foster home. Irene reports that Cassie is a lap cat. Berkshire would like a family with children or other animals. They both love company. (I would pronounce "Berkshire" barkshire. And think it is a name more suited to a dog than a cat).

Cassie

Berkshire

Kenji was also adopted yesterday. He was reclaimed by his fosterer. Chad has moved into his condo and doesn't like the change of scene so far.

Chad

And Rocky's sister was moved into the condo below Aslan where Jack and Luna were. Irene and I tried to choose the calmer sister to move. I gave her a fluffy bed after taking this photo.

Raya or Raven.

Cindy and her four surviving kittens have gone home with an experienced foster mum who bought in some sweet kittens all ready for adoption. They are wiggly kittens so I will need a holder to get a good photo.

With all these kittens around, Lola has reverted to spending her afternoons in Opie's room. Some nice person put a towel on a shelf for her.

Lola

The cats in the Palace were fostered by Irene. She says that they are all lovely cats who love pats. They were more outgoing after she visited with them. They have got used to being with us.

Princes in the Palace

Hanna Holyday

 She was adopted today! The man who adopted her previously adopted Myrtle who unfortunately was bitten by a tick and died. Hannah will be kept indoors if she does not like being anointed with Bravecto. Sharon didn't realize that until she went to spend time with Hanna after doing two people's work in the morning shift. Gone!

We convinced Sharon that Billy need her "Hanna love".

Billy considers chicken

One of our vollies, Harper is moving to Perth to study so spent the afternoon with us to say goodbye. Rocky said that she could stay and cuddle him all the time.

Rocky loves Harper

I made new hammocks for the enclosures. Prue and Trude rejected theirs. No way were they going to lie on anything that smelt so NEW. But Elsa's kittens snuggled onto their new one. They are only 3 now, instead of 4. And Elsa's last two were desexed today.

Elsa's three big ones

Ark was in this afternoon. He reports that Opie and Pearl are doing very well. He was super useful in cleaning Cindy's kittens who might have got some aftereffect of her explosive poos on Wednesday. He had to time his cleaning duties between Cindy's feeding kittens times. He did very well.

Angus had an adventure after being let out that ended with Ark rescuing him from the top of the new enclosures.  Later he and Harper helped fill the Cousin's bins. Clean slate for poo bags tomorrow!

I got to cuddle with Jack (Luna is easy). He has a lump on his tail that feels as though it is bony. . . maybe a kink. And Elsa's black girl has a lump on her tummy (?post operative).

A lovely Liz arrived to spend time with Roxy and Trixie. She is very keen on them but needs to rehang the door to what will be to their safe room. 

A three generation girl group came (at 10 to 4) to check out our kittens. As they previously decided that they want a "white" kitten (ie before seeing any real kittens in the flesh, aka Elsa's 3) I suggested that they wait a while until Cindy's kittens are ready. I wasn't specific about how long that would take. And if Cindy et al goes to a foster home they are locals and can visit frequently.

Short visit

 I had to take the husband to the eye doc for another injection today. And the traffic was terrible so the regular staff/vollies arrived late. But we made it in time and he is having a lie down now.

Just like Trude and Prue after their early breakfast.

 tortie Trude and Prue

The R kittens/cats were moved to Incoming. They are not happy. But, at least I know who is whom now.

Raven

Raya

Rocky

I thought they were all girls. But Rocky is a boy.

And Maggie's kids much prefered their old digs in the play place to the Palace.

Astra, Zaria in foreground. Roman lurking on the top shelf (just a pair of ears)

Max and Ted have settled down. They are both in dire need of a good hair brushing.

Max

I have never seen a tail as flexible as Ted's. He carries it on his back.

Ted of the Tail

Calvin and Vivienne are back

 The vollies will be pleased that their favourite cuddle kittens are back. But, they were adopted with Cordelia (the last C kitten) who is in boarding for a few days. And Cordelia has a round, bare spot on her left temple. Tim will apply the blue light this evening to see if it is ringworm. If it is, as Cordelia, Calvin and Vivienne were all playmates at home, it will put C & V out of bounds until they get the all ringworm clear.

Calvin and Vivienne

The folk who adopted C & V just found 3 kittens in the house too much. And the landlord wasn't that thrilled. 

Another C cat (? Chad) stayed overnight. His owner somehow told us that he was up a tree in Lindfield and had been there for a week. We called Geoff who decided that he couldn't climb the tree to get the cat so called in his Fire Rescue mates for help. They got the cat and he was delivered to Safe. He was desperate to get out of his condo this morning and was madly friendly. Mid morning, his owner arrived and was thrilled to see him. The cat was pretty pleased as well. But, I am sure he complained that he hadn't had enough food all the way home.

The grey kittens from Reception (aka junk room) have moved to the Palace. One was very interested to watch what I was doing. They are Raya, Raven and Rocky.

R kitten

R kitten

Or perhaps they were interested in what the Stones kittens were doing in the Play Place:

Mick or Ronnie

I finally got around to installing a hammock in Rajah and Genie's stand alone in Incoming. They were delighted but didn't recognise it as something relaxing. Maybe it was the elastic ties, or the shiny metal connectors. Or perhaps it was just SOMETHING NEW!

Rajah and Genie