Adoption Tails: Tabitha

 Tabitha 
1 day: Tabitha seems to be settling in just fine, she came running out the carrier as soon as she came home and slept really well last night. She's using her litter box which is great and she's eating and drinking normally. The owners initially thought to change it but the name Tabitha is slowly growing on them, Tabs for short. 
1 week: Tabitha's doing well! The owners think she is settling in. Eating and drinking normally and has been using her litter box with no accidents. She's a curious little thing and super playful. She is very vocal and cuddly. She's definitely been a great addition to our little family. See attached photo of Tabitha at 1 week cuddling with the owner on the couch under the blanket.

 

Tabitha

1 month: Tabitha seems to be all settled in now, doing zoomies everyday but also very cuddly when she wants to be. The owners have always wanted to rescue and are very happy to have met her.

Adoption Tails: At last

 [Long time no AT blog. But today we have real news to celebrate.]

Tabitha was adopted yesterday. Don't they look well matched?

Tabitha with her new owner

And today Diego was adopted and has moved to Potts Point. I hope he will have a great view.

Diego

 

And we are still thrilled that Trixie was adopted on Tuesday, April 19.

Day 1: Trixie is already walking around like she owns the place and has been playing a lot of games. She is still a little skittish but is gradually getting used to her new owner's company.

Adoptees that we are unlikely to hear more of:

Mr Magoo, adopted March 17
day 1: Yeah he’s absolutely fine. Like a duck to water. Eating and drinking, doesn’t seem scared/hesitant at all, very confident. Used his litter tray too. We named him Bob (or Big Bob)
1 week: He’s doing really well. Yeah he seemed to be desperate to explore so after a couple of days we let him out and he was just totally fine. Like he’s been here years. Eating and drinking as much as we give him, and yeah very comfortable with us. He particularly likes chilling on the sofa. (They sent two photos and he looks very happy).

Duke adopted April 2, 22
1 week: Duke has settled in incredibly well. He sleeps on new owners bed, follows her around and give lots of affection. The eye seems to be improving too.

Black and White and Tabby all over

 On Wednesday afternoon a woman called at around 3pm to see if Ruby was still available. I said that we closed at four when she said that she would have to come from Watson's Bay to adopt her because she is exactly the cat for her and her husband. She came on Thursday morning to whisk Ruby off to a better life full of luxury. And the woman who came in with her deaf daughter to visit Pepper but fell in love with Blueberry to the extent that she broke into her holiday time to pay for Blueberry, came to pick her up. Blueberry was happy to go to a proper home, again. (They came from a foster home).

Blueberry

Her stand alone will be taken by somebody else, tomorrow. Amelia probably wonders if there will be more food for her in the changeover.

Amelia

The other Amelia is slowly coming around to like people. . . . especially those bearing treats.

Amelia

On the other side of the Merchandise shelves in the stand alone are three very scared kittens who are prone to poo when stressed. They soiled their hammock and it had to be thrown away. Better than being put in my washing machine! I hope the Greenies I gave them this afternoon don't have the same effect on their clean hammock.

D kittens squinting because I used the flash

My friend Joe came to visit Tabitha, again. He is sporting a bashed middle finger which hampered the strokes. But he stopped off to give Duke some loving . . . . so now has two cats in love with him.

Duke, everybody's friend

Out the back Princess or Precious is a major purrer. Her purr stops me in my tracks as I walk by. She likes finger strokes through the mesh. Lucy a new downstairs neighbour is still in her litter tray. And the mad girls from Incoming -- Kate, Naomi, Cindy and Helena, one of whom got my artery two weeks ago (it is all cured now and the bruise is almost gone, thankyou) have moved next to Lucy. Back to the Naughty Row!

Lucy

Bye bye Peanut

 The person who has waited patiently while Peanut recovered from his bout of flu, etc came in this morning to adopt him before anybody else could greedy him. He was very happy to go. I suspect that he won't have to be confined to "his" room for more than two days.

I was very happy to see Midsummer looking much better this morning than on Friday. Then she was DND ("damn near dead" in the parlance of the hospital where my sister worked in the 1960's). Today she eats Baby Cat happily, especially when sloppied up with cat milk, is clear eyed, uses her litter tray, doesn't pant, hops up to greet anybody who opens her door.. . . . a very resilient kitten.

Midsummer

The rest of Wanda's kitten are a pack of play machines when they are not sleeping.

Wanda's lot

Wanda, herself, is getting to be over kittens. She was offered a vollie's arms to cuddle in today and was a happy cat. Sabrina feels the same way and mostly lies on her tummy to keep the kittens away, and hisses to keep people at bay. It doesn't work for the short haired tuxedo. He sticks by her side most of the time.

Sabrina's lot

There is a new ginger boy, Andy in Incoming to replace Peanut. Let's hope that Andy has an equally happy result.

Andy

Luigi (Gigi) and Bambi went next door on Friday because they had mistakenly been fed something with fish in it. They are both allergic to fish. There was  a poo explosion that stuck to long Persian fur and it had to come off. They both got Brazil shaves. It is a bit hard to see while I was bathing his eyes (which are much better).

Luigi

Kristine who rescued Magic, Archie and co came to visit. She is very pleased at Tabitha's progress. But was surprised that Rosie and Callie didn't seem pleased to see her. I am pleased that they now venture out of their cat carrier to hiss and spit on anybody who ventures into their space.

Rosie and Callie

Thanks for the photos Joy.

Oops, late blog

 Sorry to keep you waiting. I went to a lecture in Chatswood after closing up shop at the cattery today. It was about an ambassador's wife who made the most of being in the Middle East for her inspiration to make amazing quilts.

No adoptions today.
But a woman brought in her daughter to check on Peppa. But she wasn't in the cattery. We thought we had booked her and tabby Amelia in for desex yesterday. But the vet practice disclaimed all knowledge of the booking.  They did agree to keep them for a day and do them today. So Peppa wasn't home when her prospective new owner came to visit. I showed them Blueberry who put on a star turn, cuddled in their arms and purred. So now they can't decide between Peppa and Blueberry.

Blueberry all ready to go

Then a man arrived to meet Tabitha. I know him from at least a dozen years ago when he adopted a cat from us at Peggy Brown's. At Peggy's AWL branch we used to let folk choose kittens before they were ready for adoption. The prospective owners would come by every weekend to play with "their" kitten. It helped the bond to form. The kitten that this man chose unfortunately died while being desexed. It can happen. He was convinced that we had sold "his" kitten to somebody else until I convinced him that it was just an unfortunate death. 

He eventually chose another kitten and has lived happily with her for over a decade. But recently she died and he is ready to choose another cat for him and his mum to love. l think Tabitha will be perfect. He spent lots of time talking to her and patting her. He took lots of photos to show his mum. They will be back. She enjoyed the attention so much that she made a very rare appearance at her window later in the afternoon.

Tabatha

Valentino came in to board for the weekend. He is just as wonderful as ever. 

 

Valentino

He settled into the condo next to Libby who was taken home. Her new owner was concerned that she might get confused because they have only had her for a month. She came from Monika's Doggy Rescue. 

I noticed today that Mayka as white socks on her back legs. She is much more relaxed these days.

Mayka

So there is hope for Bella and Lulu who have come in from a foster home, Dynamo and Rosie and Callie who have moved out of their cat carrier but no further than its roof.

Callie and Rosie

Dynamo

Bella and Lulu

Mahem and Murder

 I arrived in the middle of morning cleaning. There were people everywhere. Rosanna was training a group of new vollies. Robyn is back from her skiing in Canada. Geoff was discussing jobs that need to be done with Tim.

One job is to fix the Palace Door. Those kittens can shake the door open at night. Last night they had a poo party in front of Max in the Play Place. No wonder he wouldn't come down from the highest shelf to have lunch with me. Tim thought one of the Palace crew had escaped and was lurking somewhere behind the laundry shelves. . . . unless it had squeezed through a partly open window. But when it came time for me to hand out the Friday chicken, there were three interested faces in their cat carrier. They must have staggered home to the Palace after their night on the town.

The naughty row loved their helpings although Rufus was more interested in being patted than the chicken. And now that Duke is next door to him we really can't call it "naughty row" any more. Even Amy came out and blinked for chicken.

Amelia hissed then smiled

                                    Ziggy couldn't decide between a stroke or the chicken 

Tabitha just wanted strokes

Peanut is always good for cuddles

Rosanna had brought in some chicken necks that I distributed to the kittens earlier. Sasha's lot loved theirs.

Sasha plus

When I got to the four kittens below Zoe, I noticed that their bedding needed to be changed. I added some chicken to distract them. Pulled the dirty towel out which caused them to do a washing machine impression in their outer condo. Two of them were spun into the bed section and out the door. I grabbed one. The other took off out the door with Tim close behind it. 

The one I grabbed put up a good fight but I held on until I could put it back with its siblings. On the way, a claw or tooth snagged a small artery and blood spurted out of my hand. I applied pressure while Tim caught the runaway who had exhausted itself by running to the other end of the corridor and back to Unit 20. A woman came up in the lift just as it turned to do another lap and Tim grabbed the kitten. The woman, when she saw me covered in blood must have thought that murder had been done. Katie thought that cleaning up after a murder might have been easier.

So I spoiled their plans to get off early while I fed the cats their dinner. I went to the doctor to get a decent pressure bandage and a tetanus injection. By the way, if you have some spare absorbent pads, elastoplast, pressure bandages, etc our First Aid Kit needs them.

A surprise

As usual when I first arrive at the cattery I check each condo and count the residents and got to 64 cats and the last one . . . . was a rabbit, named Coco. Just in case you can't tell your pussies from your bunnies, the breed on the condo card is "Rabbit". I don't know where she came from. She must have arrived after 4pm when I spoke to Katie.

Coco

Diego is the last cat still in the boarding area. I think he prefers more action, and more folk to hiss at.

Diego

 

Nada and Tabitha have been moved to the main room. They may take a while to adjust.

Tabitha

Nada

Finn has adapted beautifully to his "sister" Lucky being adopted on Saturday. He is now the lord of his domain.

Finn

Also adopted over the weekend were Oreo and Lucky together, TinTin, Jetta and Champ. Well done weekend teams!

The Wednesday team decided that Amy's kittens need names: there are 2 girls and a boy. So we decided on Angel, Annie and Andy. Angel is the lightest coloured one.

Angel, Annie, Andy

Their mum seems to have divorced them. She spent all day on the highest ledge where they can't get to her. 

I took advantage of a quiet afternoon to give Scrat and Puss clean hammocks. They thought it was the perfect opportunity to get more smooches as I had to put my upper body into their wheely cage to tie the strings. I didn't mind too much. I chose the biggest hammocks.

Puss and Scrat

Short on vollies

 We have too many cats for three vollies to get cleaned before 12:30 so I helped out on the Naughty Row (where Kimi is too short to successfully dominate the hissy kitties) and in Incoming. Amy was sitting on the highest shelf in her condo quite happily distancing herself from her three rolly polly kittens. I make it a point to wipe my hands all over them so that they take back my smell to mum. . . . . I only do it for their sake!

Oreo (black and white kitten) has been returned. He didn't get on with their resident cat and the stress made his flu return so they want their money back. He looked happy to be back when I gave him some chicken. That was just before he was hustled next door for Dr Kim to access how "sick" he is on return. (Oreo, tabby mum of Lucky, has perfected her escape technique. I found her wandering by Leo's play place this afternoon. Lucky was lounging in their condo with the door wide open.)

 Callie was uploaded as available this morning and the woman who has been waiting for her for weeks came in with a carrier. She adopted one of ours 6 months ago (forgotten whom, sorry) and wants another kitten younger than him to bond with him because she didn't realise how much joy having a cat added to the house. Unfortunately, Callie still has a squinty eye. She really shouldn't have been on the website. But her preferred new mum will watch it like a hawk until she becomes available again.

Callie

The woman who adopted Leaf visited with her friend. They just wanted to see who we have in residence so that she can tell all her friends. She promised to send me a photo or two of Leaf. The one that she showed me on her phone is of a very plump cat (5 Kg!) And another one in an elf costume!

Tabitha has been moved into the Welfare area. She likes chicken but doesn't like people (or is it just me?)

Tabitha

As has Champ who is up for adoption. I think that might take some time. But as soon as Trixie is posted she will go.

Trixie

Double edge of a thin wedge

 Meow Meow was adopted on Thursday by the woman who came on Wednesday. She will have a home with a devoted mother and 20year old son, a fenced yard and lots of love. Her condo has been cleaned and Ganda has moved in. He is shocked at being with us and is sulking in his litter tray but at the same time inviting caresses. Plus he is grey also!

Ganda

 

 

 

As is Cathy, across the aisle from him. She has come out of her shell since being moved from Incoming. She loved being brushed and let me put her on my lap to trim her nails.

Cathy

Next door to her is Archie who, like Ganda is suffering separation anguish. He liked his neck scratch after I took off his collar with its annoying bell. But he wasn't tempted by any chicken. . . . perhaps next week.

Archie

There were fun and games this morning when Tabitha and Jetta were moved out of Incoming. And bandaging.

Jetta

Tabitha

Which leaves only Fawny and Chi in Incoming. Fawny is a boy. He has an ulcer on his cornea which is why he squints so tightly. He has pills and ointment.

Fawny pre ulcer

And Chi who, when she came in, was taken next door for Dr Kim's opinion. Dr Kim fell in love/lust immediately and wants her for a farm cat. Don't know if her skin condition is the same as Oreo's.

Chi

She did enjoy her share of chicken but Oreo wasn't interested and left it all for Lucky.

Oreo (on left) and Lucky

And, to get to the blog title, at last. A mum and her two teenaged daughters came to meet Coco and Mason with a view to foster them while they are in lockdown and not able to travel to Hungary to spend time with family there. There is a teenaged boy at home too. And a dad who is reluctant to have a cat in the house. I don't think he has a chance against 3 kids, a keen wife plus all the love that Coco and Mason will give. We hope they will be back on Sunday to pick them up having prepared the house and the hubby.

Coco and Mason