Maggot season

 Is upon us. It doesn't help that the balcony was piled higher than I have ever seen it. There was not enough space in the bins for the maggoty bags. Some of the younger bags had to be left on the balcony because all the bins were all full.

Comes of all the boarders going home and 7 adoptions this past weekend. There have been 50 adoptions already this year. Well done us all.

And PC is back. He is very thin and he has given up grooming his rear half. We will have to help him with that because he seems to be as sweet as he ever was. He has been in his foster home for a year. And was with us for a year before that.

Three of the spice girls are due to be desexed tomorrow. So they will all have a late breakfast. Nutmeg is looking forward to a rest. I think this tuxedo is a boy.

 Joy took photos and shared with me. She is enamored with Wolfgang in Incoming (despite his seriously boy smell).

Wolfgang

 Little Gary doesn't smell but he has something strange about the way his head moves.

Gary

 And Demi, the gorgeous one, is still in Isolation. Her kittens are almost as beautiful.

Demi

Demi's three 

But Valentines two will be sad tonight because Valentine has been moved to a stand alone. They will be all by themselves.

Dan

Phil

Why are they wearing collars if they are boys?
 

No lift, again

 Yesterday's torrential rain not only flooded Roseville Bridge, burst Manly Dam, broke through Narrabeen Lagoon but flooded our lift. . .  again. I remembered the last time and thought it must have been about 2 years ago. Rod thought it might have been 15months ago. This blog tells me it was on March 24, 2021. Not even 12 months ago. It has been a long year.

This morning I had vollies who weren't on the roster yesterday for one reason or another, but it all worked out very well and smoothly despite having to walk up the stairs. (I walked up them 15 times, but I was counting).

Yesterday cats were moved because we have boarders coming in. Tommy and Mia were moved to the Berry's stand alone because Blackberry got adopted. Tommy is delighted to be back where the action is and demands to be let out to wander. 

Blueberry still has a touch of flu under treatment. She didn't seem to mind having all the food to herself.

Blueberry

Valentine, Augustus and Darcee were adopted over the weekend so their condos have been taken by Kitty, Blueberry and Gracie (who hasn't come back from foster quite yet. They are going away.)

Kitty

Below Kitty where Lee Lee was is Honey who spent all day on her litter. I hope she can gather up the courage to eat her breakfast tonight.

Honey

I had lunch with Max, as usual. He was very friendly so I picked him up and put him on the shelf by the window. He got to see some sun.

Max vs sun

While I sat to eat with Max on my lap, Adelaide watched us from her Palace. I looked up the Database to find out her name and discovered that two of this litter were born last March and two born last April. Strange.

Adelaide, the only grey and white

Coco and Lily are available for adoption. They are cute bunnies. Perfect for Easter. Tell your friends.

nose to nose with Coco

Team Terrific

 The combination of a terrific team of workers, no visitors, the computer down and very few phone calls meant that I had an easy day. I even left my camera a home so can use some of Joy's lovely snaps.

Diego

Diego gets lots of Joy snap time. He is holding a pink ping pong ball ready to hit it back to her. He is getting friendlier by the week. As is his mum, Remi.

Simba and Khandi have moved to a double in Boarding. Much better except that they are below Poe and Peppa who get fed more often than they do. Poe is much younger than Peppa who got desexed yesterday. She has a touch of the flu and doesn't like Babycat. So you have to hang over them while they eat to make sure that she gets a fair share. Simba and Khandi follow each mouthful, almost. They are always hungry.

Khandi

Simba

Wanda doesn't like Babycat either. She is as thin as she can be with five kittens feeding on her. So I spent the day feeding her small meals of various tins with a bit of raw meat to encourage her to eat.

Wanda + 1

Her adopted kittens (the first lot that she rejected before she gave birth, sensibly) can climb out of the sleeping room. Her ginger can too but he looks like he has a touch of the flu. At one stage today, the big three were "out" with "mum" and ginger boy was lying back with his head on the tiny grey's tummy.

Violet and her kittens have gone to a foster home. In her condo are three street cats. We are expecting a fourth. They are Gloria's kittens. All torties, so far. And smart enough to be frightened.

Gloria's three

 

Valentine is out in the main room ready to be adopted. In her place is Ruby, another older cat who wonders where on earth she is but is prepared to greet any person with purrs and rubs.

Ruby

Baby names

 Sorry about no blog last night. The modem decided to go wrong, even though all the lights were shining. I left it to think about it overnight. This morning there were no lights so I turned it off, waited a bit and then back on again. It seems to have worked.

We had a quiet day yesterday. The only visitors were fosterers who came to pick up more baby cat food.

We were thrilled by the "Please clean" sign on Tammy's condo. We assumed that Tim has taken her with him on holiday. I wanted to leave it there to surprise and delight the rest of this week's vollies. But Irene assures me that we need every available condo for the raft of kittens that she has parked on foster carers. So I gave it a deep clean, with bleach, gumption, muscle power. . . . the full Monty.

There is only one boarder whose owner is very devoted and wants daily reports on how she is settling in. There are 70 other cats in residence, and one rabbit. Only 9 of the cats are on the Safe webpage ready for adoption.

Valentine is a new cat in Iso, aged 15. Her owner has moved to the old people's home. The kids were coming by occasionally to feed her. She is desperate for the kind of companionship that she is used to.

Valentine

Trixie overnighted in the play place. She had a marvellous time and needed a good long sleep today to recover. I tried the Ragdolls there (separately). Augustus grumbled and grouched until he found the dog scratchy pole (brand name Buono Fido!) to curl up in to go to sleep. He wouldn't come out when it was time to go back to his condo. So I had to carry him in the scratchy pole to the condo. When there, he promptly got out of it, of course.

Augustus

Darcee settled in well after Augustus (and fogging). He curled up and napped until I joined him for lunch. Then he sat beside me. He didn't want my salad. He just wanted pats. He is a nudger: stop patting him and he will prompt you to continue by nudging your hand. Cute!

There is a new cat below Augustus named Lee-Lee (as opposed to Lele). She is young and very sweet. Don't know her story.

Lee-Lee

The newborn kittens have names. Three of them came from Jayde's when Wanda was with them and knew that they were not her kittens. They are Pickles: the calico, Racoon: the tabby with swirls and Squiggle: the tabby with parallel lines. Sandy and I decided that Wanda's own kitten, the ginger should be a Q name and chose Quentin if a boy, and Queeny if a girl. I changed the birthing towel for a clean one.