Adoption Tails: Star, Baby Cleo and Enzo

 Star

Star ready to be adopted

 1 day: Star is going well. She is slowly getting used to her new owners and environment. She has been drinking and eating without any issues along with using her litter tray from the start. 

1 week: Star is really starting to feel at home now. The owners have bought her some toys and things to scratch on and she is really active. She has no trouble eating or drinking and her poo problem is now resolved, as her stress levels from moving to a new environment reduce.

1 month: No response.

Baby

1 day: Baby is eating but is not drinking a lot. She has also used the litter tray. She has not stopped talking/crying since the owner brought her home. She did not realise Baby was very vocal when she first arrived at SAFE as she was very quiet when they met. Baby has 2 beds to hide under as well as a box to hide behind as she adjusts to her new home.

Baby eating

 1 week: Baby is settling in well and follows the owner, talking all the time. She feels secure and she is grooming herself well. Very content and affectionate.

Baby chilling

 1 month: Baby has settled in well. She has found her sleeping spots and knows when it is food time. She has a little sprint each morning then settles for the day. She is totally at home and has just gotten up from one of her favourite spots where the owner left her this morning to tell her what a hard day she has had!

Baby's spot

Cleo & Enzo

1 day: Cleo and Enzo are doing well. Cleo did not eat anything until this evening but ate all of her dinner tonight. There has been no litter tray problems with Cleo thus far.
1 week: Enzo and Cleo are in a large cage in the lounge where they sleep with covering over the cage, the litter tray is inside with them. They have started to roam the rest of the house, spending about three quarters of their day outside and retreat back into the cage if they feel frightened or visitors are here.

Enzo, 1 week

 1 month: Enzo and Cleo are part of the family now. They are gorgeous and have distinct personalities. They seem very happy with the owner's family and enjoy playing together. Both Enzo and Cleo are skilled fly hunters. Enzo is bigger but Cleo is in charge.

Enzo and Cleo, 1 month

Yuki adopted this morning

 Which leaves Chi Chi all alone in the condo. And already she is out of the carry case and eating chicken out of Rosanna's fingers! Yuki must have been dominating her.

And Lumi has gone from his foster home. Being a rag doll, even though a short haired rag doll, he didn't last long on the list.

And Archie is at Safe Haven rather than being in a foster home. He looked glum this afternoon.

Archie

Ginger (George) had a couple of wanders this afternoon. 

Ginger's late wander

 Earlier Beans was in a collapsible carrier on his way back from the vet. He had an eye removed and was looking quite sorry for himself until Ginger George wandered over and introduced himself gently. Beans is now where Margot was . . . on top of Joni and her four boys. (I was wrong. She is Joni (Mitchell) not Tina (Turner). But Katie has claimed "Tina" for the next wild child who comes in.)

It is a pity that Dexter never seems to get a turn. Even Opie had a go. and he was easy to entice back into his stand alone with TD's.

Dexter

I asked after Nancy's Sid who went to a foster home. It seems that he left the building quite soon afterwards and hasn't been seen much since. Wonder if he compares escape stories with Romeo?

I  am sure that the morning vollies cleaned Tibby and Tabby's condo this morning. But I also cleaned it  this afternoon. . . . twice. Tabby sure knows how to wreck the joint! She is also equipped with 20 very sharp claws that go in all directions. Rosanna required bandaging when she picked up Tabby. I tried to wrap her in a cloth to trim her nails and got slashed as well. We have decided that the vet can trim her nails when she is under anaesthetic next week to be desexed. We will just have to keep them short.

A scrappy afternoon

 I forgot to take a bar of soap for the downstairs lady's loo. I will bring one on Friday. But I did meet a woman in the lift who was looking for the fabulous sale of silken garments that she had on her phone. The address was unit 16, 30-32 Barcoo. That is the Aus Silk place at the other end of our corridor. I told her to come get a cat if she had any money left. She didn't come.

Over the weekend Pluto was adopted and three kittens from foster homes, Cleo, JJ and Pippy.

We have a new mum (herself a kitten) and her four kittens (3 boys and 1 girl). They are in the play place. All very friendly.

Sue with new babies

I was too busy to take more photos because Barb Webster and her carer visited. Barb wanted to cuddle all the kittens. Tiger and Penwing were the most cuddly ones.

Penwing and Barb

 

Barb and the Play Place girl

Barb enjoyed the wobbly cats Tabby and Phantom who performed for her. 

Tiger smooched

 I will add some old photos. And I added Lucy to the Adoption Tail of last week that featured her bother Eric.

Hero in Incoming is still shy

Mickey is still pissed off

Gia has moved to Pluto's stand alone. Her hammock is uneven. I didn't have time to fix it.

Chester has moved to Taylor's condo on Naughty Row. We will have to change the name soon.

Strangly enough, Barb's carer has a black cat call Mia who is a bit of a tyrant also.

Adoption Tails: Yoko and Linda

 

Yoko and Linda adoption day

 1 day: Yoko and Linda are settling in well. They have both been eating and are affectionate. There was a minor toileting incident but they have otherwise been fine with the litter box. Linda was immediately being affectionate and wanted to wander. They had some family come over in the evening of their first day so Yoko went into hiding. They didn’t know where they went and eventually found her. Yoko came around this afternoon. Both cats were next to the owners and were cuddling each other.

Linda, 1 day

 1 week: They’re both doing well. They still hide under the bed a bit. They come out for breakfast right at 7 am. Their owner has got them a scratching post and toys to play with. They are settling in well.

Yoko, 1 day

1 month: The cats are great. Yoko is settling in well and Linda is comfy. They have their spots in the unit and lots of toys to play with.

Linda and Yoko, 1 day

Adoption Tails: Cheena and Bubbles, Dibbles, Eric and Lucy

Cheena and Bubbles 

1 day: They’re settling in very well. They’ve both been coming out of their hidey hole to explore their safe room, play and eat/drink. They’ve definitely stepped into the litter tray but haven’t used it yet. 

Cheena and Bubbles 1 week

 1 week: They’ve been renamed Vera and Olive. They were interested in exploring the house a few days ago, but they were getting really scared if their owners would move or walk past them. They’re going to keep them in their safe room until they’re less scared of their owners. They seem to be gradually getting less scared. They stretch out in their beds when their owners are in the room with them, purring and sniffing the food they gave them. They’re still eating well and are using the litter and their owner thinks they’re feeling safer by the day. They’re warming up to the house but are still wary of their owners. In the evening, Vera (formerly Cheena) let them feed her treats and she nuzzled her head into their partner’s hand. Both cats ate in front of them which they hadn’t done before. 

Vera, 1 week

 1 month: They’ve seen a lot of changes. They’re both doing very well and seem much more comfortable around their owners. They tend to watch them warily when their owners walk around, but both come close when they’re sitting and relaxing. They’ve slowly moved the litter box to the bathroom and they haven’t had any issues. Olive is still wary when her owners are nearby, but she’s slowly getting braver. She doesn’t really like to be touched, but she starts relaxing and purring after a few gentle strokes. They’ve been exploring every room for a few weeks. They even snuck into the bedroom closet and started bumping around when their owners were asleep. They both seem really happy, and they’re very playful with each other at night and when their owners are around.

Dibbles

The follow ups weren't put into the tasks so we didn't do the normal 1 day and 1 week follow ups

Dibbles, 2 months

2 weeks: He is definitely settling in well. He loves exploring and climbing and is getting more courage to explore outside his safe room. They’re keeping his name.

1 month: He is out and exploring. He went to the vet for some antibiotics and antiseptic treatment but his behaviour was unaffected.

2 months: Dibbles is fully settled in at home.

Dibbles

Eric

1 day: Eric is lovely. So friendly! He’s using his litter tray, eating and drinking. They will keep his name. He is being kept separate from the resident cat and will be slowly introduced. “He’s the absolute best.”

Eric 1 day

1 week: Eric is doing very well. He has started to explore the apartment. They think he is settling in very nicely. “He is the best. We cuddle every night.”

Eric 1 week

1 month: Everything is going really well. “He is an absolute sweetheart”

Eric, 1 month

Lucy

1 day: She is still hiding in the carrier during the day but ate all the food left in the bowl last night. She escaped from her safe area overnight and was quite stressed out from that. They are keeping her name. She left the carrier in the evening to sit in her new bed.

Lucy 1 day

Lucy 1 week

 2 days: Lucy went back to her carrier and has been staying there. She ate all of her dry food and used her litter box.

1 week: Her owners bought a playpen and think she’s adjusting well.

Lucy 1 week

1 month: (No response)

Lucy 1 month

Adoption Tails: Leon and Teddy, Courtney, Pepper

Leon and Teddy

Teddy and Leon with us. No photo from new home.

1 day: They have eaten wet food and have drunk water.

1 week: They’re eating well and are still in hiding.

1 month: They have been renamed Caocao and Liubei. Caocao started to look outside of the safe room about a week ago. Liubei is still in hiding and is scared of people.

Courtney

1 day: She has had a great start and is very happy in her safe room. She has used the litter and is eating and drinking well. They are getting lots of purrs, head butts and some sitting on their laps when they visit her room. She plays with her toys and has been sniffing under the door to meet their other cat. They have renamed her Darnell. “She’s a happy girl”

1 day

1 week: Darnell is such a friendly, brave and affectionate girl. She is still not being accepted by their resident cat, Crawford, but are making slow wins each day. Their resident cat is an older male rescued street cat who is still settling into a house lifestyle so they are expecting it to take months. They do site swaps each day so Darnell is able to explore the house safely and she loves it. Darnell loves her food, uses the litter all the time and lets us know when she needs a cuddle! “We are so in love with her!”

1 week

1 month: Darnell is going very well! She spends an hour or so with Crawford each day but then they separate them. Her owners are hopeful that they will get there because they really like playing together. “She’s such a sweet girl who loves to sit in your lap and get chin rubs! She’s very happy!

Darnel and Crawford

 Pepper

 1 day: She's spent all day in hiding. She ate some biscuits but hasn’t used the toilet yet. She's still very scared so they’ve left her alone for a couple of hours. Her owner held her and she wasn’t purring but stayed and let him pet her for 5 minutes before jumping off and hiding.

1 week: She’s still scared of her owner so they’re using treats to bribe Pepper to like them. She’s exploring the apartment as long as their resident cat Foxy is with her. She’s very close to the owner’s partner.

1 month: (No response)

Pepper

I done it

 I stole what was left of the bar of soap from the lady's loo downstairs. When I arrived the washer-upper was struggling with half a sink full of bubbles and no water. My solution is to "wash your hands" with a bar of soap in the bubbles. They all burst and wash down the sink quite quickly. I promise I will buy another bar of soap for the downstairs Ladies. (We stashed what is left of the bar of soap with the syringe bodies behind the bleach spray bottle).

I got my Tabbys and Tibbys confused.

This is Tabby, the wonky one, who loves to run: 

Tabby

Tibby is the quieter upstairs one. She rather likes a scrunch on the back of her neck and to play in a large plastic bag.

Tibby

Continuing the theme of the double letters in names:

Libby has come out of her carrier. She is around 14 years old. Don't know her history except that she was surrendered. She seems very sweet. And likes chicken. She is above Ginger (George) who loves to stroll around the cattery in the afternoon, demanding attention, stealing dropped crunchies from under Opie's stand alone and generally being charming.

Libby

Meggsie has been to the vet to have a lump cut from his neck. . .. and several teeth removed. It has made him rotate by 90 degrees. And look! a clean blankie!

Meggsy

There is another friendly surrender in Incoming. She came from the home of a lady who died and the family wasn't around to take care of the cat promptly. So she was taken by a neighbour to be bait for his dog!!! Luckily she was rescued. When she, Chikka came to us she had a "beware of the cat" sign. But this afternoon she was as sweet as she could be. (Chicken magic!)

Chikka

And then there is Sunny who has boarded with us before. She never likes the settling in process and grumbles for a few days. This time she, if she only knew it, has something to grumble about. Her people have gone home.. . overseas. She is to follow them in a fortnight. . . . on an airplane. I imagine that the passengers on that plane will worry about a strange noise coming from the pressurized cargo hold/starboard engine.

Sunny

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