Clever Cody: Adoption (and other fat) Tails

 I had just sat down to do an Adoption Tales and Cody set up a racket downstairs. Even my husband rushed to see what was wrong. He had caught a fat tailed gecko in the garage. I picked it up and put it back into the garage (for another day) and told him what a clever cat he is.

Frankie, Adopted on Jan 5, 2022

Frankie when he first came to us

1 day: Full of beans and not interested in staying in the spare room. Boys adore him and are over the moon. Had trouble sourcing the food he eats but finally found a Petbarn that sells it. Sue advised to keep him in the room as long as they can even if he wants to come out, need to establish that as a safe place and also a place he can be put when they have other doors/windows open.  

1 week: All good. He's established the spare room as his and comes out a bit during the day to explore. He's company for the boys, eating well and using the litter tray. The boys are still feeding and cleaning.

1 month: Everything is going fantastic. Frankie is very much part of the family. Comes and plonks down on Erica's chest at night for cuddles but enjoying romps with the boys in the evening. Never far from his new family but needs to be taught not to jump on the kitchen bench. Gave her some tips on how to teach him,

Aster and River, adopted on Dec 23, 2021

Aster and River

1 day: Both have settled in really well.

1 week: Their new owner says that they are becoming part of the family.

1 month: Aster and River are great. It took them a while to pee into the litter tray.

Maple (Can't do better than the previous photo)

1 month: Things are great with Maple. She is settling in really well and is getting better all the time.

Rula Adopted 27/12/21

Rula

1 day: Rula is doing great. They kept her in her quiet room last night but she wanted to explore the house today. She wanders around and back to her room when she needs to. Her owner thanked us for giving them a great match. We answered that she may seem like she wants to explore but she is probably checking routes for escape and that's why we advise keeping her in a room for at least 2 weeks.

1 week: She has settled in nicely and is doing well. She loves a cuddle and a pat and sitting on the laptop!

1 month: Rula has settled in very well. She loves 'helping' her owner with her computer work and looking out the window.

Cat training

 You may have noticed a number written on each cat's name card. 

1 and 2 category cats are very stressed and they may hide or show aggression.

3 and 4 category cats seem friendly and may bump into you while you clean their condos.

The number 1 cats on Naughty Row look much less stressed when they smell my chicken coming.

Casper loves chicken

Remi will eat from the spoon

Lucky forgets to spit

Victor will rub my hand through the mesh just at the thought of chicken. I can never get his door open because he reaches the spoon through the gap. As does Amy. I fed  her chicken through the holes in her perspex! Her kittens didn't have a chance of any. 

Kittbells loves chicken too but Rula was so chilled she wasn't bothered one way or the other.

Rula

And Coco wasn't offered any because she is getting everybody's grass.

Coco

Goldie's ear looks so sore. He has been treated for mites and fleas and it got better for a while but looks much worse now. Didn't stop him wanting seconds, and thirds of chicken.

Goldie

Threes

 We had three visitors today.

1. Was a long time supporter. She adopted her second cat, Rigby (perhaps) from AWL Ingleside to be company for her childhood cat Annastasia. Annie loathed him on sight and has ever since. Nevertheless, she is an enthusiastic cat lover. She brought in a handsome cat igloo that Annie had only deigned to sleep in once and a cat tunnel that goes around corners. She often picks up and delivers our cats to vet appointments. So I showed her around. If Dexter disappears one day, she will be first suspect. The second may be me (us redheads need to stick together).

Dexter

Then the man who adopted Billie to go with his problem boy cat came in to give us his surplus stuff, including litter, 3 beds, a water fountain (without the filters which he will bring in later with the surplus toys). All this stuff he bought from us in the hope of enticing Billie to settle in well. She settled in exceedingly well. The boy cat used to be on anxiety meds before she came, now he is not and is perfectly happy with her. 

The third visitor came at 3:40 to adopt Oreo. It was the fastest adoption I have ever done. She was determined to have him and seems to be the perfect mum for him.

And today Kingsley came out of his bed condo at breakfast to reveal that he has only three legs! I didn't know. So now we have three three legged cats: Petey, Kingsley and Charlie. Will the next one be called Jake?

Kingsley

As soon as Oreo left, I cleaned his wheely cage and moved Fawny into it. His collar is off. Time to be on the website.

Fawny

I also moved Rula into Callie's condo. She seemed very interested in her new across the way neighbours.

We have a new cat, Mr MaGoo who has a cattitude sign but I think it might have just been initial grumpiness.

Mr MaGoo

But Jackie definitely has the shits again even though she has been moved out of Boarding.

Jackie