Still raining

 The rain caused traffic havoc that delayed two vollies and stopped another vollie's car from starting. It also kept away the person who was going to come to choose an older cat. But the bloke who adopted Max dropped by with his paperwork (rather damp. . . both him and the paperwork). He said that he and Max were getting on very well. Max was leaning against his leg and purring so he put his hand down to give Max a pat on the head and chomp. He ended up in hospital on IV antibiotics. He didn't see any cats that he fancied today. . .. . once bitten, etc.

But Max has gone to Katie's for a break. Juliet has moved into the Palace to await her Romeo. She may be moved to Jackie's condo if we can persuade a nice person to foster her for a while to see if she gets better in a home. She cries a lot in the cattery. And there is no room in Boarding for Juliette. It is fully booked for the school holidays. Luigi and Bambi are coming in. And Daphne (now known as Tilly) is in residence. She seemed very pleased to see us.

Daphne/Tilly

Ginger was in the play place when I arrived. He was very chatty. Just like he is in his condo. His ringworm treatment is finished and he has been declared cured.

We put a couple of the boarders in for a play, not together. Tip loved it. (He has a white tip on his tail). Mayka and Daphne/Tilly were not thrilled.

Tip

Sunny refused it. Or maybe it was the gloves.

Sunny

At the end of the day we wheeled in the Coffee shop kittens and they settled right in. By tomorrow morning they will be all played out.

The best thing to happen was that Vicki scrubbed the snot off the inside of Star's stand alone. You can now see the kittens without opening the door (which risks an escapee kitten, usually the ginger.)

Star and her kittens

And we had a rainbow array of scoops.

Shock and horror

 The shock happened half way to Safe Haven this morning. I realised that I still had my slippers on.

Luckily my tennis racket and shoes live in my car so I had something to wear and didn't have to expose the uggies to the germs in SH. There is lots of flu about. Diego leaned into my hand when I gave him his breakfast. I thought that he was just pleased to see me but he probably had a headache and wanted some comfort.

Diego last week, pre flu

The horror came from Mariko who saw Linda vomit and called for help. Sandy and I came running and said "Not to worry, it is probably only a hair ball". And sure enough, another heave and up came a 4 inch one. Mariko was impressed. We said that it is the price of being beautiful.

Linda

We found a perfect sized box for Coco. She spent the morning in it, making it shake and quiver until she had chewed a hole in one corner big enough to use as a door. She was a happy rabbit.

Because Chloe was adopted I moved Violet, all of whose kittens now have homes,  into her stand alone. And Oreo moved into Violet's condo. He was discombobulated and tried to hide under his blanket. The coffee shop kittens were in the play place all weekend. I moved them out because a boarder has paid to spend time there. It was easy. I wheeled in their stand alone, put their breakfasts in there. They hopped in. I shut the doors and wheeled them back to their place below the clock. Later Mayka had a wheel in. Sandy opened her doors. She hopped out and explored. Later, when Sandy came with treats, Mayka hopped back into her SA. What a good girl!

Adelaide was died yesterday. We hope that Sydney doesn't have the same, unexplained, possibly neurological condition. He actually came out of his sleeping box to ask for dinner this afternoon.

Adelaide with Sydney before he got sick

Florence is much better than last week. She can breath through her nose now and is eating to catch up. And Midsummer is enjoying a holiday at Catsie's house. She is one fast kitten who only stops when she is asleep.

Midsummer

Moving stand alones

 Rosanna decided that it would be nice if the Coffee Shop kittens could go into the play place for some exercise and to give them more exposure to possible adopters over the weekend. But didn't fancy carrying each one there. No probs, says I, remember those crazy cats who used to be wheeled into the play place in their stand alone. Open the doors and they went out to play. Come dinner time they rushed back into the cage when their food was in there. Close the doors and wheel them back. We could do that.

But, the Coffee Shop kittens were in the three wheeler stand alone. They regularly make a huge mess under it when the cage falls of the block that is not a wheel, the litter tray tips sideways, and four kittens dig with delight. So we decided to move them into the stand alone that Linda and Yoko moved into on Wednesday. 

Linda loved being in the play place while their cage was cleaned but Yoko hid in a hidey hole. The Coffee Shop kids were quite easy to move into Yoko & Linda's cleaned, sterilized, four wheeler. Once they had recovered from the move, they were let out in the play place and had a ball. Max will have something to watch.

A coffee shop kitten

Their three wheeler was cleaned and sterilized and Yoko and Linda moved in. (They had a short stay back in Boarding which they rather liked).

Linda and Yoko

Their three wheeler is now next to the cleaning trolley which is much easier to move out of the way to clean if the fourth wheel/block falls over. And we have wall space back beside the merch shelves while the Coffee Shop kids and their stand alone are in the play place. I even remembered a new battery for the clock.

Been a while since we've seen this wall

Midsummer was successfully desexed yesterday. Her diaphragmatic hernia has disappeared. She is staying at Catsie's until she needs to go back to the vet to have her stitches out. She will have a lovely time discovering sunshine, furniture, a courtyard, and laps. . . . . once she gets the collar off and can walk properly.

Midsummer and Catsie

And she will be out of sneezing range of Florence who enjoyed four helpings of chicken this afternoon.

New adoption proceedure

 We are now using Shelter Buddy to process our adoptions. It is supposed to be more efficient. But it doesn't add the adopted cats names to the calendar so that they can be followed up. I hope this will be done somehow or my Adoption Tails will be cut short.

Since last Friday, Dabi, three of Violet's kittens (only Orchid is left) and the pair in the stand alone by the printer have been adopted. Plus the lift is on the blink. Often the door fails to open on our floor. You have to continue up to the second floor and walk down a flight. Poor Robyn had an accident on the stairs last week. Plus the trolley has lost three of the four bolts that attach one of its four wheels. That was the only photo I took today so that Geoff can bring the appropriate bolt to fix it on Friday.

But Joy took some lovely photos especially of this gorgeous cat who has finally come out of hiding. S/he is Akela or Rafiki.

Akela or Rafiki

The rest of the family is in another condo.

Diego and Samira

Look at those furnishings!

And we have yet another Oreo who is a charmer.

Oreo

And Baby, a 16 year old, white cat in the stand alone that Wanda and her kitten family lived. She is loud (possibly deaf) but very sweet. I took Midsummer to Catsie and Michael to be delivered to the Avalon vet tomorrow morning. She will need an X-ray first to make sure that her diaphragmatic hernia is all fixed before being desexed. She certainly looks healthy enough. Not like poor little Florence who is full of flu. Her nose is completely blocked so that she can't smell the food. But if you put it in her mouth she can taste it and realizes that she is hungry. She ate well today by being hand fed by me.

I tested the "pick up a rabbit and give it a cuddle" technique demonstrated by our intern last week. It worked on Coco. But not on Lily. They have furry bottoms of their feet instead of pads.

Coco

And I took pity on the tuxedo Coffee Shop kitten who was most often on the bottom of the pile in their triangular hammock with his butt hanging half off it. I gave them a square hammock which fits much better.

All four in a hammock in comfort