Showing posts with label Sybie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sybie. Show all posts

Friday, January 30, 2026

PC is coming

 on Sunday. So I looked back on the blog to find a photo of him. 

PC
 And here he was between his mates, Big Kahuna and Aslan

Let's hope he looks better when he arrives on Sunday. I fixed up his enclosure (used to be Aslan's) for him as well as I could but it needs a Phillip's screwdriver that we don't have for Geoff to fix the wobbly shelves (a memento of Dorian and Sterling).

No adoptions today but it was busy. Lots of cats have come back from the vet. Including Savannah who has had the lump on her cheek operated upon. She has a long list of meds to take and can't fit her collar over the food bowl.

sad Savannah
What a good thing that Sybie was adopted before she had to see her foster mum in such a state.

There were visitors this afternoon looking at Cooper, Flame and Goldie. 

Cooper, Flame and Goldie
 Goldie gets the short straw at mealtimes because of his cone. (He is the boy cat who had to have surgery for his undescended testicle).

Goldie
Even Minnie has a cone.. . . . which means she will soon be available for adoption.
Minnie
As do Pauline and Pippa (where did they come from?)

Pauline and Pippa


But, at last, Claire has had her collar removed (along with her tummy stitches).
Claire and me. . . . my last cuddle

 

Friday, December 12, 2025

Moo gone

 She got adopted yesterday. Sebastian has already moved into her small stand alone.

Sebastian
He has been desexed and is ready to go. Savannah was sprawled out in their condo this afternoon while Sybie was in the bed box by herself. 

 And Tiger has been moved from Incoming to be with his siblings, Dash and Oreo because he has recovered from whatever upset his kidneys. You can tell which of the tabbies is Tiger. He is the one who jumps onto your head when you open the door.

Oreo, Tiger, Dash. . .. perhaps
I have noticed that Goosey is very affectionate at dinner time. If you approach her at other times, she does NOT want to know you. But at dinner time she would rather have cuddles than food. 

And since Ravyn has had a harness on, she is much more relaxed. Perhaps it is the prospect of wanders that has taken off the edge. Or just the realization that she is in an enviable position. . . . all that space for just her. Or the vollies who give her treats whenever they approach her.

Ravyn

On the other end of the scale is Dinesh who looks miserable and has battle scars to justify that feeling. Must find out his history.

Dinesh

Friday, October 10, 2025

All clean

 Today, for the first time, there were no bags of dirty laundry left for other folk to take home. I just brought home one bag. The clean laundry shelves are all full. And a woman rang to ask if we would like more towels. (I said yes, please despite the full shelves today.)

Dawson seems happier in Welfare. He didn't have anything to say for himself this afternoon. But when he first moved to Boarding, he was quiet. So it may not last.

Dawson enjoying a scratch
Goosy was out and about this afternoon. She was at the vet's on Wednesday. Must have had a good time because she doesn't usually come out of her sleeping box.

Goosy
A young couple came to look at black cats. They liked the sound of Midnight on line but prefered Licorice in person. Licorice needs to go to the vet to have her gums looked at again. They were a bit inflammed when she went to be desexed. With any luck she will get the all clear and the lucky couple will have the black cat of their dreams. (They were both completely dressed in black and both black haired!)

We have a new occupant of Faith's condo. She has been called Kiki. She wasn't chatty this afternoon but perhaps she will catch Faith's chat.

Kiki

Rose might be adopted this weekend. She is almost ready.

Rose
And Sybie is still putting on weight with extra bottle feeds. Gotta love those blue eyes.

Sybie

And, gotta love the Gymea lily at ground level. Probably the only chance we will ever get of being face to face with one.


 

Friday, October 3, 2025

Light on staff

 As soon I arrived I was asked to tell vollies what to do about the rubbish tins. The last month or two has gone on very well without my interventions. But today, half a dozen of the regular vollies were off sick. Luckily, the remaining few did a splendid job and the Couzen bins are on the sidewalk.

Savannah's little adoptee, Sybie, is putting on weight. She guzzled down her extra feeds today. Her weight has gone up to 370gm! Savannah looks exhausted though and somebody is vomiting or doing very sloppy poos in her condo. (Talking of which, Aslan has just squirted a poo in the litterbox beside my desk. Excuse me for a minute. . or two.)

Be entertained by the kittens who were picked up from the street and brought in this afternoon. They have been farmed out to a bottle feeder. (Irene sent me a video but all I got was a jpeg.)

The guy who is fostering Eli came in. He and Eli are getting on famously. And the woman who adopted LeClerc dropped by to report how well he is getting on. He is entertaining the entire family.

And a woman rang to ask how she could meet our cats. She mentioned being interested in Aslan. We shall see.

Then the family returned who were interested in a ginger cat. . . . Griffin when last they came. But he has gone. So they settled on Max. Irene had spoken to their fosterer and been told that while Milo and Max are good mates, they are not necessarily bonded. So she OK'd them to take Max by himself.

Max

Not this Max but the ginger kitten. This Max is much happier not being next to the doorway. . . . even though he doesn't look that cheerful.

Now Milo has been moved to where Faith was and will probably be adopted over the weekend. 

Milo

 And Rose may be put in a small stand alone on top of where Le Clerc was, but where Luna is now.

green eyed Luna

 

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Late

 Sorry, I had a committee meeting that went on and on. Poor Aslan had to watch the blank TV all by himself.

We had great adoptions this weekend: Faith, Rain, Le Clerk and Griffin (for the fourth time.)

And today a nice couple came in and adopted Carly who didn't even make it to the Safe website! 

We were kept busy with the usual business plus having to bottle feed Savannah's adopted little one. All that handling was a good opportunity to decide what its sex is. She is a girl. So she was immediately named Sybie after Helen's aunt. By the end of the day she weighted 300gm.

Luckily Joy took some photos of some of our tabbies:

Scardey Pepper and Salt in Incoming

 came in with Rose who is a delight. She will cuddle with anyone.
Rose
Valentina hasn't had any kittens yet but she is getting very round in the belly on pregnant rations.

Valentina ?cross-eyed
Out the back in Boarding are a shy trio
 
Freckles, Posie and Chester 
On Better Row is Calli who is more relaxed these days.

Why did you wake me up! says Calli
And Bissie is a delight in the early morning when there is nobody else around. She doesn't greet newcomers. 
Bissie

Neither does Heffer. But she has a devoted admirer who comes every Friday to visit her.


 

Heffer
Thanks for the photos Joy.