Leo fostered

 A woman arrived this afternoon to take Leo home. Irene told her exactly how to settle him into his new place. She advised moving everything he would need into the walk in closet. Forget about him wanting to look out of the window for a month or so. Leo was enticed into a carrier and taken away. A little later the fosterer rang to say that he was happily ensconced in the closet and all was good. Long may that last! 

We have more kittens in the stand alone by the Welfare door. One is a very pretty boy with champagne colouring, blue eyes and one grey foot and a black and white striped tail! Lots of outbreeding there. Tim suspects some ragdoll genes. I did take some photos of them. But my camera is playing up. And my phone accidentally upgraded itself to beyond my comprehension. So I will have to get my very young relatives to sort me out over Xmas. Until then, Irene sent a photo of the 4 new kittens in Incoming. They are very tame.  . . ie are prepared to explode out of the door as soon as it is opened. 

There is a new cat named Hunter above Goosey. He is a honey. 

And Tim moved Calli to Bissie's condo. (The rest of us were not brave enough to try it. But she went like a lamb in his hands (gloved) towards an extra piece of chicken.) 

Charlie came in and adopted one of her foster kittens who had been moved next to Roxy and her newly desexed kittens. The mum is traumatised by her move from  what she believed was her forever home. The kittens seem to be divided into "don't care" / "on Mum's side" camps. They will sort it out. And Charlie will be happy with her new kitten.

Sharon was worried about Georgie whom she fosters. Georgie is very clever and spits out her thyroid pills despite Sharon's efforts at disguising them. A vet visit was arranged. Georgie may, or may not, come in to board next week.  

I will use up Joy's photos from last week:

Saturn

 

Bumble

Raphaella

He has arrived

 Giovanni. With a scratchy pole, a bed and a brand new cloth cat carrier. The telephone is already ringing with enquirers for this ragdoll. 

If only folk will phone for the Planet kittens who are now available. Mateo is booked into the Palace in 10 days or so. It would be good to say bye-bye to them before then.

Saturn giving Neptune a neck rub (with hiertongue)

 

Teddy doesn't seem to take any notice of them, in their palace, across the way from his play place.

Teddy

 

I got a shot of boarder Estelle's lovely green eyes because she had discarded the puffer jacket. . . . probably in disgust that her owner hasn't picked her up yet. I think she will take a while to forgive that owner for deserting her.

Estelle

Bissie was up and about this morning. Long time since I have seen her feet. She is shedding masses of hair. What a pity she will not tolerate being brushed.

Bissie

But Callie is getting more interactive. Don't think it will be long before she likes to be groomed.

Callie (Joy's photo)

Mike doesn't look like he will ever need to be brushed. . . I can do it myself
 

Mike

Roxy's champagne twins curled into a heart shape in a hammock. Forehead to forehead.

 

Her ginger wasn't invited.

 

Door charm

 Lola does like having all the junk moved off "her" table. In the mornings she sits there while waiting for her breakfast. I can't decide if she likes the sun on her back, the purring noise that the air makes as it is sucked through the door gap or the breeze that comes in. 

Of course, it might just be a good vantage point for her to track my progress towards her food bowl.

Irene asked me to weight Roxy's kittens today. The ginger, named Roo has always been the runt of that family and she is just over 1 Kg. Too light to be desexed. 

Roo, Ri. .  and Roxy

We decided that the champagne's names will be Riley and Rimi. . . or Ri until they get microchips and can be distinguished.  The two champagnes are almost heavy enough. They are both girls and are identical. We tried very hard to seen some difference but couldn't. So one in the photo suffices.

This afternoon I noticed that Chester's door was open. He wasn't in his box. We found him pretty quickly crouching under the cleaning trolley in Welfare. He ran straight back into his stand alone.

Chester

 I am sure that Alex could have told me where he was, if s/he deigned to talk to a person. (We couldn't find the paperwork to find out whether Alex is a male or female). His/her cage mate  Olive was adopted on Saturday. She would have told us.

Alex

Also adopted on the weekend were Choc and Chip. And they are likely to be returned this week because Choc is too shy. BUT WE TOLD THEM! (Some people don't deserve our cats).

I am sure that the nice man who adopted Goldie this afternoon will be happy with her. 

The Planet kittens have been moved out of Isolation. They are in the Palace until Teddy moves elsewhere.

 

 

Saturn

 

Venus

 

 

Neptune

Planet litter

 For some reason the stand alone in Incoming had been rotated by 90 degrees so that the door was against the side of the desk. I moved it back to it's usual position to give them lunch. Some of the planet litter have been desexed and have collars on. The boys may well have been castrated as well. But they don't need collars so don't get the sympathy. Now I have photos and names:

Neptune, the tabby

Venus (tabby white nose), Saturn (tabby brown nose), Mercury (black girl), Jupiter (black boy)

Mateo is to go to the Cat Show at Olympic Park with Tim and other vollies tomorrow. Tim wanted him in the pink, sparkly harness to show visitors how easy cats are to train. So we popped it on and let him run around. He didn't like the lead much . . . or the harness, but got used to it. 

Mateo in pink

Don't know who else it to go. Ishi and Apricot would enjoy an outing.

Ishi, Apricot

Jasmine and Alladin would not like to go anywhere. Alladin is looking a bit snuffly.

Jasmine and Alladin

 

Adoption Tails: Solar family

 I will gather the stories of Star and her kittens in this blog post. I will let you know when I add to it.

Saturn (adopted early September, 2022)

 1 day: The owners will be keeping the name Saturn for her. She is settling in lovely, eating all of her meals, using the litter tray and drinking water. She approaches the owners when they go in the room and rubs her head against them for pats. They got her a scratching post with a dangly toy and she has played with it all night. Saturn gets a little shy after some time so the owners have been giving her space but so far, she has been very lovely and affectionate. Saturn's right eye is quite squinty and has some dark yellow discharge that comes out of it. They are not too concerned as it seems to get better as her energy increases and she spends more time out of hiding.

Saturn, Sept 4

1 week: no response

 

1 month: Saturn's eye has completely recovered! She is very happy and playful. She and the resident cat have been introduced and they love to play together all day (and night). She absolutely loves her food and loves lots of cuddles.

Mars (adopted at the end of August)

 1 day: Toffee (formally known as Mars) is great. She was a little nervous coming home yesterday and stayed in her box for some hours. She came out at night though and was sniffing around the room. This morning, Toffee is very happy, tail up and wants cuddles all the time. She is eating and drinking well, having done a wee in her new litter box. All is good so far and the owners are very happy with the new addition to their family. The owner's daughter and Toffee are getting along very well also and are happy playing together. All in all, it has gone really well in this short period of time.

1 week: Everything is well. Toffee is getting more confident by the minute and she is already out and about in the house. The "little escape artist" does not want to stay in the same place very long. She is eating and drinking a lot too and going to the bathroom just fine, so everything seems fine with her and she is settling in nicely. She loves being around the owners and follow them around the house like a little puppy. They find it quite amusing. They are very happy to have a very social cat. They are continuing to monitor her as well as due to an eye that is still leaking and that she is still scratching a bit more than usual. Toffee seems happy and they hope it recedes over time. Other than this, Toffee is happy, engaged and confident!

1 month: The owner's family loves having Toffee around. It is nice for them to have a cat in the home again. Toffee is doing well and has put on half a kilo in the last 3 weeks, having been weighed at the vet. She is healthy and happy (and evidently hungry)!

 

 

A flat solar system

 Only one adoption today and it doesn't count because it was Lucky who was adopted from foster by vollie Vicky weeks ago and she just did the paperwork today. No follow ups required. He already rules the house, husband and dogs.

Steph brought in a mum and her kittens. The mum, a calico is Star. Her boy kittens are Jupiter (tabbie) and Venus (white). Her girl kittens are Saturn (champagne), Pluto (tortie) and Mars (ginger). They must have all been named when it was too early to tell what sex they were. They formed a very flat universe today when they moved into the Canin condo because some have the flu and one has ringworm. Because they are sick the Canin condo has been rolled back into Incoming and Beauty, Amelia are back beside Jackson.

Star and family

 There is another sweet ginger girl in Incoming, Ricki. Don't know where she came from.

Ricki

And Flo, a tiny kitten below Midsummer who goes home with Katie every night. She was dumped in somebody's yard. (It must be exciting at Katie's because she was flaked out all afternoon).

Flo

Sabrina and Tutu have been moved to boarding.

Sabrina and Tutu

Tigger

Tigger is where Rufus used to be. You can tell that Tigger is upset about the move, there is food in his bowl.

Rufus in above Sabrina and Tutu. He is to be picked up on Monday. I think he liked being close to the roof but he stayed out of camera range.

Rufus

And Jackie is below them. She is not well but we don't know what to do to help her tummy. She did like a little bit of chicken.

Jackie

Coco, who has been on the adoption list for some weeks while in foster, came in because her fosterers are going away. Their other cats came in to board. Coco quickly figured out how to open her condo and passed me while I was sitting close by trying to get mats from Gigi's flanks. I called a warning and when she made a bolt for the front door her fosterer grabbed her. It is never dull at Safe Haven.

Coco