Rice Noodles!

 Aslan: the fierce player with a feather on a stick in the morning.

When I came home from Safe this evening, Aslan greeted me at the top of the stairs with his "I am STARVED" look. So I fed him. Then went to wash SAFE from me after putting some rice noodles into hot water to soften. When I was clean, he was eating the rice noodles . . . on the kitchen bench!

I am now soaking another batch in the oven. And I put the peeled onion and garlic in there too  . . . . just in case.

He is getting double rations but is still hungry all the time.

It was surprisingly quiet at Safe this afternoon. We waited for Phoenix and Sydney's people to come to sign the contract now that Tim fixed the files. They came at 3:45pm. It was a quick finish up of an adoption. The 9 year old son was thrilled. P & S. . not so much.

Good thing Joy took lots of photos on Wednesday.

The "Pregnant Mum" still only has one kitten. Tim tried to listen for other heart beats but only heard her purrs.

Kitty only comes down for food. . . and Joy's treats.

Kitty

Our new full time vollie (who is getting paid to volunteer by somebody else) is daunted by Milly and Biscuit at feeding time. I showed her how I do it. . .  just add food and let them sort it out.

Milly and Biscuit (below)

The planet kittens have moved to the play place. Not happy. Just like when they moved into Incoming. But they came around pretty quickly. Now they are all desexed.

Roxy's four are still appealing. The ginger seems smaller and frailer than everybody else. Somebody make up some names please.

Codie wins

 The grass eating effort! On Wednesday, I distributed pots of grass grown for our cats by Joan. Most of them didn't appreciate her effort. But Codie ate most:

Codie is not prepared to be photographed

Darcy done good too.

Darcy

As did Tilly.

Tilly

And Sydney and Phoenix (even though they won't stand still for a photo).

Sydney & Phoenix

Pepper and Dixie did well. But Pepper did better because she was adopted today. Chosen by a preteen for her birthday present.

Pepper and Dixie

She has gone to live in Darlinghurst.

Sydney rescued

 She was taken away by Ainsley's sister (and her mum). To be fostered. They brought a cat carrier but we couldn't convince Sydney to move from her circular igloo. So I suggested that they take her in the igloo. We wrapped it up in the cuddle rug that usually sits on top of it. Tied knots on the top. Had the hole carried against A's sister's belly. And away they went. They don't have too far to go. We didn't hear back so assume that they all arrived home safely.

I swept up her enclosure but had to move it out so that I could get to the litter between the walls. While I did that several nuts popped off. I have put them, and other washers in the drawer with the bulldog clips. I think the enclosures need some kind of flooring to keep the litter inside each one.

Trude & Prue, blank, Mia

Elsa's first lot of kittens have been adopted so the next lot moved into their enclosure. I turned their hammock over.

Nick, Chester or Blake

They all fit on it.

Most of Gracie's kittens have been moved to stand alones in Welfare. The boys, George and Gino are together. And the girls, Gemma and Gwen are in another. They all seem calm if a little shy.

Gemma and Gwen

George and Gino

Winnie has come in from Foster. She is in Jane's condo below PC. She is shattered.

Winnie

But PC is looking very spruce. A lovely vollie Gumptioned his condo. She even wiped his face with the cloth she was using and got some dirt off!

PC

We got a new kitten in Incoming. Her name is Tinker Bell and her right hind leg doesn't work very well. But she seems happy and is very pretty.

Tinker Bell

Installment complete

 Of the new enclosures. We managed to get rid of the pile of bubble wrap and strapping tape in todays garbage. But there is a pile of cardboard to be got rid of. (Most of it is behind the couch in the entry). 

Plus, the air conditioning men came and fixed the leak in the airconditioner in the nursery. By the way, the box didn't do the trick on Pickles. I remembered a newspaper today so perhaps that will precipitate the birth. Katie reckons they should be born within the next five days.

Angus and brother have moved from the play place to a new enclosure which they enjoy. They have been replaced by Patch and Lily who came from the local pound. Patch is friendly, if confused. But Lily prefers to hide. They came from the same household but don't particularly like each other.

Patch

Lily

Blossom and her remaining two have moved from the Palace to a new enclosure. One of the kittens is very thin. He was always attached to a nipple but perhaps Blossom has run out of milk. He polished off a bowl of baby food in short order.

Blossom's boy

I let Aslan out for a walk. Prue and Trude noticed him. And Sydney came out to watch as well.

Aslan being watched

Then Trude noticed Sydney and stuck her paw into Sydney's enclosure.

Hi says Trude. Who are you? says Sydney

We have two boarders including Suzie aka Topaz who is dearly beloved by her owner.

Hugo has taken his bloke smell away and Ted has been adopted as well.

New enclosures

 These are very spacious for one cat. I imagine that they will be used for families. Prue and Trude were overexposed so I put up a modesty sheet to shield them from the front door traffic and put a towel over the transparent dome on the igloo that they were hiding in. They did come out for chicken. Sydney (next door) didn't.

Prue and Trude

These enclosures will be fun to clean because you can stand up easily in them. But I think the floor will take a beating. I will have to make more triangular hammocks for the cats to loll in.

Mimi also came out for chicken. She was so thrilled that she arched her back and her tail stuck through the top of her wigwam and made it fall to pieces. She may be sleeping on top of a felt bed tonight.

Mimi

Spot, another new cat from a foster home is still sulking. He didn't fancy any chicken. It is a pity that Sparky's sang froid didn't infect that stand alone.

Spot

I forgot to bring in a newspaper for Pickle. As there was lots of cardboard around, I made a nesting box out of a sheet of it with the help of the Stanley blade and the stapler. I put some odd bits of paper in it and placed it behind a modesty sheet in Pickle's stand alone. She immediately jumped in and started to scratch at the paper. There might be kittens by tomorrow morning! Then I found the new mop and bucket in a perfectly sized box! The mop is put together and the box is on top of Pickle's stand alone in case it is needed.

Geoff made friends with blind Hermione.

Hermione

Some fun, some not so much

 Tosca loves her box.

Tosca

Mabel loves to stay in her carrier while Tori makes love to any available hand that will tickle her tummy.

Tori

Chia came out this afternoon. She watched the other cats wandering around for ages and eventually plucked up courage to explore.

Chia playing peek-a-boo with Sydney

Kenzie's mouth must be feeling better since she had some teeth removed. Or, she likes being fed soft food only.

Kenzie

I dropped off one of Elsa's kittens at the local vet's on my way home. He has a mass of poo stuck to his bum that we couldn't soak off while he wiggled and screamed. Elsa hasn't felt well enough to clean up her baby's bums for a while. And somebody in the stand alone threw up a hair ball laced with a worm! A job for professionals!

Smaller Better Row

 Today we moved Julie and Bassuria to the Welfare section. That was because Sidney was moved to Holly's stand alone next to Sydney. Because Holly was adopted over the weekend as were Sidney's two condo mates (Audrey and Sylvie, together).

Sydney and Sidney

Bassuria was no problem to move. He walked into the carrier as soon as we put some of Sue's chicken in there. It took some time for Gulia (vollie) to entice Julie (cat) into the carrier which she usually scurries into as soon as you look at her. But the deed was done and they are now below Joni.

Hana

So that only leaves Ella, Hugo, Mia and Hana on Better Row. I might have to change the name to Short Row.

Ella

Mia

Hugo who won't last long

The woman who adopted one of Maggies kittens brought him/her back because she couldn't deal with the mess a kitten makes. So Maggie's lot is back in the play place overnight or they go nuts in the stand alone. After breakfast this morning they got a big spurt of energy and raced around the play place like demons. The R girls in the Palace were parallel playing with them, bouncing from one side of their condo to the other. The R girls gave up first.

Another cat, Puma was returned over the weekend because the family situation has changed. The vollie who was there when he was returned immediately adopted him. She loved him when we had him over a year ago. But her mum wasn't keen on having a cat. On Saturday morning, she had finally given in and said she could have a cat. And up turned Puma, the love of our vollie's life. She came in this afternoon to smooch with him. He was perfectly happy to get all the love.

Ahchoo, choo, choo

 The flu train has come to Safe. When I arrived this morning to do the early feed, Maggies boys in the stand alone by the filing cabinet were sneezing in chorus. I wheeled them into isolation. Before I left, with Tim's agreement, I folded down Adele's crate and moved them against the wall. There is a new cat in the opposite stand alone but I don't know her story. Blossom and her kittens seem to be recovering from their flu and have finished their meds.

Lola joined me in the foyer from Opie's room where she spent the night. Good thing to be out of sneezing range. She hopped back into her stand alone enticed by a pot of grass.

Sidney and his condo mates are sneezing. The R kittens in the Palace are sneezing. Kat is sneezing, Thelma and Louise are sneezing. Good thing everybody has been vaccinated.

Sydney was adopted by a woman who checked with her flat's agent if it would be OK to have a cat. He said it would be fine. She already has a dog. But the owner said that she couldn't have a cat. So Sydney came back. In the meantime Ainsley, who has fostered Sydney for the past ?9 months, took Shadow home in the hopes of getting rid of his skin condition. This morning when I left early to take DH to the eye doc, Ainsley was cuddling with Sydney so that the vollie could clean around her. Sydney never has liked strangers.

Lyra was adopted on Monday too.

Lyra

Rosie and Callie are back

 We were expecting them but they were late so we hoped that their adopters might have had second thoughts. Callie was pleased to see me and let me pat her head. That is progress. We also have new cats in Incoming. But the good news is that Ginger George has been adopted. The strong minded friend must have fallen in love with him too.

Biscuit wasn't supposed to come in but s/he got trapped and the other escaped. S/he is a very sweet cat. But grubby. There may be problems with teeth that make the tongue hang out.

Biscuit

Prada, across the way has settled in nicely and is friendly as well as beautiful.

Prada

There are four scaredy kittens in the stand alone against the other wall: Venice, Scooch, Muffin and Cookie. Seems to me that several folk named the kittens in this litter.

Venice, Scooch, Muffin, Cookie

And Alfredo below where Rebel was has a good appetite.

Alfredo

Gulia took Honey home over the weekend. They were both very excited. A woman came this afternoon to choose a cat to foster. It took all afternoon and she eventually chose Lola. But Lola didn't want to go. She absolutely refused to let Tim microchip her. So the fosterer took Nancy who didn't like the microchipping and hated having to get into the carrier where that foul dead had been done. But she was taken off. And we hope she will live happily ever after.

Sydney is looking quite content in the afternoon these days. So miracles do happen.

Sydney

Irresistable Peach

 They came back early to get Peach today. She didn't really want to get into a carry cage but luckily Tim did the adoption and the transfer so no blood was shed. Here is the proof:

"Please Clean" on Pearch's condo

You can tell it was in the later part of the afternoon because Yin and Yan are out on observation duty. There is a plan afoot to move them to the pair of condo's with the connecting hatch currently occupied by Lucky and Suki.

A couple came in today looking for a "bonded" pair. They were after Midnight and Pumpkin but as they don't want the cats until Feb 20. . . . that train has left the station. They will keep an eye on the website between now and then now that they have met everybody. 

If the move of Yin and Yan works well, I suggested that Sydney be added to the mixture so that that family of boys can be reunited. 

Chikka has been moved to next to Max (on the other side from Libby)

Chikka

She was a bit shocked. She had been in boarding and Rosanna let her out for a wander this afternoon. Salazar spotted her and chirruped in a very suggestive manner. 

Archie was adopted yesterday (or Thursday) by the person who was going to foster him. Chessy has moved into his condo. She has had some changes in the last week or so! (From male to female, desexed, moved).

Chessy

She is now next to Rebel who was playing with his ping pong ball after chicken time.

Rebel

A pile of cat carriers went to the vet for check ups this afternoon: Jolene, the little kitten in Incoming with the underdeveloped legs, Tiger with the funny tummy and Puss with no teeth.