Adoption tails: Sushi

 

1 day: She’s settling well. She used the litter tray, drank a few hours after leaving her in the room yesterday, and ate in the evening. She hid away yesterday but came out on her own today when they fed her.

1 week: Sushi has been lovely. She’s been very much an explorer. They had a camera set up in her room to monitor her without disturbing her.

She came out pretty quickly and explored. Then, she hid and explored on and off that night and the next day. She slept out in the open in the room that night.

They’ve let her set the pace this week. They’ve rearranged the furniture to give her more hiding places. She still seemed very open and curious, so they expanded her space. She makes use of all of her space - she has one safe room in which she sleeps, a second room in which she has daytime naps, and the hallway for her food. She sits or lies down in the hallway to be near them or wait for attention.

Sushi has not been introduced to the resident cat, Mach, but they have been feeding them on opposite sides of the doors/barriers and occasionally swapping scent soakers such as blankets. Sushi sleeps on these blankets when they give them to her. Mach has never met another cat so he is unsure about it all. They have a large apartment and he doesn’t seem bothered by Sushi so far. Last night, Sushi was waiting for them to get home. They gave her some pats and she went off to bed.

1 month: She’s come really far and is doing really well. She’s definitely more settled - not all the way there yet but definitely far more comfortable. She’s always up for a good pat and scratch. She still sleeps in her safe room and hallway and will go back there when startled. She’s fairly anxious about their large and open living/dining space so she crosses it quickly. If she wants to hang out with them in that room, she’ll sit or sleep under the dining table.

Around a week ago, she woke them up from the bedroom doorway (she’d never gone that far before) and was in the mood to play, which she hadn’t wanted to do before. She plays on her own with a bell toy but has never wanted to play with them. They used their resident cat’s string toy and she loved it. She can go anywhere in the apartment now and they’ve found her snoozing in all different places but she seems to be settling into one or two favourites now. And if they’re around at home she’s often nearby, within eyesight.

She woke them up to play

It’s been around two weeks since she started interacting with their resident cat, Mach, and about a week since the whole place has been open to both cats. Sushi is keen to become friends but Mach isn’t very interested and is curious but wary. There’s no ill will between them and her owners believe it’ll take Mach some time to warm up.

Frantic Friday

 One result is this:

The remaining three ABBA kittens were adopted today. Agnetha and Bjorn went to an enthusiastic teenager and her parents first. They were torn between them and Pumpkin and Midnight but Bjorn had called to the daughter over the www. 

Later a family came to find a kitten to replace their dark tortie who died not so long ago. Amber looked too much like their previous cat and they wanted somebody to go with their 8 year old boy cat. So they chose Freda who was looking very sorry for herself with her siblings gone.

Alongside these adoptions there was a superfluity of vollies and trainees, folk coming with donations of such generosity that they deserved a conducted tour around all the cats, folk coming to pick up their boarding cats who were more, or less, eager to go home. Tilly/ Daphne didn't really want to go but she will be back. Fosterers came in with kittens to be vaccinated including the fosterer of Sushi and her litter. Sushi is in the small stand alone. She is very sweet and a little shy.

Sushi

Her remaining two kittens are in the stand alone beside the trolley.

Tofu

Pork Bun

Lots of cats got to wander around enjoying the visitors. Max got time in the play place (as all boarders who paid for time have had it.) He is happy to be carried there by Katie.

Max

I didn't get to eat my lunch until 3 - 3:30. At which time I decided that it was too late to hand out the chicken. But Rosanna was so horrified at the idea that the cats would go without their Friday chicken that she offered to stay late to share it out. And Katie wanted some for the Incoming cats too. I got away just as Tim came back from the vets with Coco (check up), Cleo (desex) and somebody else. Opey was let out in the hope that Tim will get him back into his stand alone when he came back from the vets. As I left Opey's expression dared me to walk past him.

Opey is all bluff