Adoption tails: more Lola

 Gina was so pleased that Lola made it to the blog that she sent more photos:

Lola makes sure the cake is safe

Lola watches for pesky reindeers

Lola from her favourite perch on top of the microwave

Merry Christmas from Lola

 

Lola

The thirty nine sneezes

 Figgie sneezed 39 times in a row. With all that snot flying around it is amazing that Darcy never sneezes.

snotty Figgie

I was a bit worried about Max yesterday because he was so quiet. He seems back to normal today.

Max

And it looks like Amy's kitten really loves her but she is only licking food off her whiskers.

Amy and kitten 

This is our Riley who is boarding. She wants more attention.

Riley

And Marmalade is back for another weekend. He was chatty today too.

Marmalade

Thanks to the enthusiastic vollies (who really did have somewhere better to be) we finished early. All cleaned and washed up by noon.

Be careful of the door latch in the condo where Anvi (aka Dusty) was with her kittens. I couldn't find the screw driver to tighten up the screw so stuck on a bit of cardboard with stickytape. It won't last long.

There were a couple of (email) enquires for Imogene's 4 kittens. But the phone didn't ring all morning!

One of the boys persistently sucked on his sister's stitches. I tried to remove her but that didn't last long. I put a plastic collar on him. He walked backwards for 5 minutes and figured out how to get it off. But it stopped him sucking for a while.

Christmas Eve

 It wasn't as frantic today as it was yesterday, I'm told. But it was pretty busy. More cats came in to board and one pair left. . . . early. The nice family who left Tigger and Misty on Wednesday collected them today. On Thursday they got as far as Goulburn when a friend called to tell them that one of their girls friend's had a positive Covid test. They rushed home to isolate and test the girls. All the relatives in Melbourne will have to go to all those exciting places and do all those fun things without them. They, poor girls, will at least have their cats back. The dad hopes that their tests come back negative so that the family doesn't have to isolate for 10 days!

Folk came by with donations, feeling the spirit of Christmas, and needing to be shown around. One man discovered that we had cat goodies for sale and wanted to stock up for the British . . . special breed. . . that he is buying for his family for Christmas from a breeder. He must have needed to save money on the goods! Sue spent almost 2 hours telling him how to set up his house, how to feed and care for this kitten, etc, etc. He did spend some money with us but . . . . 

Imogene's kittens are listed as available and one of the morning vollies called her mum who called her friend and they adopted the one with one blue and one yellow eye.

Adopted

I told you we should have started a book on him!

And I know what happened to the rat, Fat Louis. He was adopted by a vollie on the day that he arrived. She has other rats at home. 

I am to feed tomorrow morning so will try to take some photos. Pity I can't take some audio because we have Burmese chatters at either end of what used to be Naughty Row. They will be talking to each other all night.

The Naughty Row cats next door really liked chicken Friday. Remi actually hissed at me. She was silent on Wednesday.

Adoption Tails: Quick turnarounds

 Garfield, adopted Nov 11, 2021

Garfield was a kitten found on street by a Good Samaritan. He came to SH on Oct 3.

Grafield/Mr Darcy

3 days: Garfield now called Mr Darcy is doing great. He hid under the bed for the first day as expected but was eating and toileting fine. He is now very keen to explore the house but always comes back to his favourite pillow. Sometimes he is still skittish with the rest of the family, but he is happy to get belly rubs from his adopter. He has become very playful and is very loved already.
1 week: Mr Darcy is still doing great. He is more confident and loves to do a little trill when he greets his adopter.

Mr Darcy/Garfield

1 month: Mr Darcy is doing really well. His personality has come out & he is very chatty. He loves everybody. They may get him a companion down the track... but not yet…

Schnitty, adopted Nov 16, 2021

Surrendered to SH Aug 29 with a sore eye. Eventually we realised that his eyelid was turning in and his eyelashes were scratching his eye. That was operated on and he recovered well.
1 day: Schnitty is going well, eating and drinking. He has his own room as is very, very cuddly.
1 week: Ower says all good. Beautiful photos have been sent. 

Schnitty at home

4 weeks:  Schnity is sneezing every now and then. Janice says she was advised that he is clear of cat flu. She was told that every rescue cat has most likely been exposed of cat flu but that a few sneezes here and there are nothing to worry about.

Cherry 823, adopted Nov 14, 2021 

Came from Good Samaritan on Oct 31. As a beautiful grey tortie we didn't expect her to last long. She was adopted twice in the two weeks she was with us and the second one stuck.

Cherry

1 day: Cherry is doing really well. She is being kept in one section of the house whilst settling in, but she is already interested in exploring. She has found herself some hiding spots and is eating really well. She has not been introduced to the dog yet as they want her to be comfortable first. Our fact sheet to help with the introduction was recommended.
1 week: Cherry has now explored the whole house and roams up and down. She has also met the family dog and they are generally fine with one another. She is a good eater.
1 month: Cherry is doing great. She has completely settled in.

Banished

 Tim told me yesterday when I called to get the running orders for today that the naughty corner had been moved to Dr Kim's suite. Our hand over conversation usually happens at 4pm. Yesterday Tim was busy then so I said "ring back when you have finished". He called back at 6:30pm. The cats who have been moved are in a state of shock today. I imagine that Tim and whomever helped him also spent the day recovering from the transfer. At least it is nice and quiet next door. And cool with the air conditioner playing on them. But Remi is not happy. She has retreated to the back of the upstairs nestbox and didn't even hiss at me!

Peach, Blueberry and Blackberry next door

But this has freed up all the condos out back for boarders who are streaming in. Many are "our" cats/kittens and it is lovely to see how they have grown.

I happened to check the list of animals and the most recent entry was Fat Louis at Safe Haven. He is listed as a white Rat. I couldn't see any rats anywhere. It was reassuring that there were no condo cards labelled with "Fat Louis" or I would have worried that he had escaped. Very intriguing. Every condo has a label.

I resurrected the small stand alone that we used when Incoming was separated into a quarantine area and an incoming area before the condos were moved there. There was a mum in the small stand alone. I can't remember her name. I will come to me. . . . 

Two kittens Baby and Tux, both girls who were desexed yesterday, were added to the play place which is now the home of Imogene's kittens. 

Baby or Tux

They are younger than Imo's kittens and were overwhelmed by the boisterous, bigger kittens. Not to mention they are sore post op. So I unearthed the small standalone from the store room, with Catsie's help. It was a good thing I did because Frankie arrived, unexpectedly, from his foster home to be desexed. It wasn't on the list but Tim will sort it out now that he has rested.

Frankie

Charlie is taking it all in his stride.

Charlie

PS Jumi and Victor have been adopted. As have Anvi (Dusty) and her two kittens. The woman who found them in her back shed decided to give them all a home. What a lovely lady!
 

Adoption Tails: These will have a happy Christmas

Callie

Callie  Adopted Nov 15
1 day: Apparently Callie is a lot better than Jones when he arrived. She is eating and toileting well and generally looks fine.
1 week: Callie and Jones are getting on very well and Callie is eating well and sleeping well.
1 month: Callie and Jones continue to get on well and Callie's eye looks good. 

KitBells  Adopted Dec 4
2 weeks:  KitBells is wandering around. She has commandeered her new owner's rocking chair! She has settled in well and is not too active so perfect as a companion.

KitBells' bed on her chair

KitBells tell dad what to do

Finn  Adopted Dec 12
5 days : Finn is acting like he has been with his new family for years. He is so loved and makes them happy every day.

Finn doesn't like cages

Cody sends greetings to all his fellow Safe adoptees along with half a dozen kitten sized Elizabethan collars and three white board markers.

Seasons greeting from Cody