Adoption Tails: Mouse and Ussie

 Mouse, now Loki

1 day: He's going so well! He is using his litter tray perfectly, eating and drinking lots and running around/playing so confidently! He is currently asleep in the owner's lap while she is working from home. "He's everything we had hoped for and more!" His new name is Loki - aligned with his mischievous little manner (he's already found a game for himself where he knocks chess pieces around the house)!

3 days: Last night and this morning, Loki had some diarrhoea. The owners got him some new wet food so it is most likely that as the food was not transitioned. They will feed him his usual dry biscuits today to see if that will calm him down.

1 week: He is going so well! He is such a cuddly, intelligent boy! The owners have already taught him to sit and stay. "We thank our lucky stars for him everyday. Mouse watched "The Hobbit" with the owner's partner the other night and is currently cuddling.

1 month: He is going so well!
He is such a curious little kitten, fits into the family very well.

 

Ussie

Ussie was one of 3 kittens - Marnus, Ussie and Rain. They had parvo/panleukopenia and Ussie is the only kitten who survived. 

1 day: no response

1 week: She still hides behind the desk in the study. She eats, uses the litter tray, plays, and explores everything in her safe room. She has been renamed Mischkah. Her owners say that all is good and “she will be fine”

1 month: “She is doing well.” She’s having lots of fun when her owners are asleep but she’s also coming to them. Her owners say “It's a big house and she knows her safe place.” They will be moving her litter box and food to the laundry room, which she already comes into to help her owner dish up her dinner. They will still leave her basket in the study which is her safe room. “She is sussing out and knows places to run to.........so do we!”

 

Second bin

 We now have two Cousin waste bins and one paper Cousin bin. They emptied one of the two waste bins this morning but not the paper bin. But they did empty the paper bin earlier in the week. All good progress. We will hang onto our Willoughby bins until the Cousins are working twice a week, every week.

Geoff brought us a cat who had been found tick bit in a bit of bushland that his firey friends were burning off. The cat went to the vet for paralysis treatment and has recovered. Dean asked me what kind of cat he was. I answered "a shaved cat". He is very, very friendly. Goodness knows how he found his way into the bush. His name is Davo.

Davo, shaved cat

Another friendly newcomer is Jordan. He is way below Pearl (at floor level). He is a happy, stocky, energetic, hungry kitten who will be a delightful pet.

Jordan

Maeve is settling back down to be her purring, loving self.

Maeve

Gingi has been moved into Incoming because his skin is breaking out again. He is allowed to wander in the afternoon and he may be scavanging food that he is not supposed to eat. He enjoyed being carried in my arms. His condo is needed for boarders. I hope that Pearl will be adopted before the next holidays. She is getting so confident and loving.

Another kitten moved out of Incoming is Dahlia. She where Ussie used to be. Ussie was adopted over the weekend as was Chanel and Luigi. Don't think Dahlia will last long.

Dahlia

Bins arrived

 But only half of them: one each for paper/cardboard and general waste. Better than nothing. Where we will store all the bins is another problem to be solved.

Jasmine was adopted yesterday. But not by the mum with 2 pretty daughters. A mum with a son adopted her. So, the mum with 2 might come tomorrow to get Maeve or Ruby. Their choice will be complicated by the additional cats there are to choose from today. Who could resist:

Biscuit with that pert tongue (which pokes out because her canines have been removed).

Biscuit

Milo and Olga who have moved to where Charlie and Champ were. (A vollie adopted them and is very happy). Milo was out with the gang this afternoon. He is a smaller version of Simon and is very interested in food. He kept going into other people's condos looking for anything edible. Olga stayed put.

Milo and Olga

Ussie who is where Jasmine used to be. S/he is a bit wary but not hissy.

Ussie

And Pearl is available. She has recovered from her initial shyness and is all over pats and attention. Unfortunately she is still out back in boarding, up in the heavenly condo. There should be some rearrangement to bring her into Welfare. (Perhaps Lucky boy can go to Better Row.)

Pearl

 

Geoff had a shock when he arrived. Chia's kittens had eaten a hole in the cat mesh that he installed. It is supposed to be cat proof. He took lots of photos of the mended hole (I wove in cable ties to keep the kittens in), the hole with the cable ties removed, the hole with a kitten contemplating escape. He will send them to the manufactures of the "chewproof" mesh. Perhaps we will get a refund.

Geoff removes the cable ties for the photo shoot