Day Mismanager

 Everything started off well. The single bag of trash left over from yesterday actually fitted into our own rubbish bin. I eventually got to turn on the computer. And when I sat down to check the mail, etc, it had died. Frantic SMS's to Tim and frenetic head scratching at Safe finally achieved a turned on computer with the "charger" and the internet connector thingy moved from Tim's computer to the desk set up. Thank goodness for Robyn and Joy. Their computer knowledge is so much higerh than mine. . . which is not saying much.

But we have new and returned cats.

Tinker and Mayka are back from foster care. They are still shy but not as much as before.

Tinker and Mayka

Casper is back too. Not quite so retiring as she used to be but still very wary. . . so she has joined the naughty row.

Casper

We have a boarder out back. Our Miko sporting a very fancy collar with an impressive dingle dangle which clanged on her dish. So I took it off.

Miko

 

There are two new cats out back as well. Not boarders.

Jackie

Sammy

And one new cat out front who will not last long: a grey, slightly fluffy, ragdoll type Cherry.

Cherry

 Bah, humbug says her neighbor Maple.

Maple

The best news of the day is that a couple came from Haberfield to adopt Thelma and Louise. They wanted a pair to replace their single cat who died aged 18. I tried to interest them in Scrat and Puss but they really fancied T& L. Which was a good thing because I had a terrible time with the Square which kept wanting to charge them for 7 cats before I figured out a work around and then it wouldn't accept anything over the internet. Tim will  have to deal with that tomorrow. I fail computers.

Amy's kittens

Unsquinted Fawny

 Poor boy hates his hard, plastic Elizabethan collar. He can't eat anything, or lie down comfortably, or play with his feather or his water bowl. But, after the eyelid adjustment surgery, his eye is open and not sore. (Of course, he is on post op pain meds so nothing should hurt.) He was just as eager for cuddles and chicken as usual.

Finn and Tiger were at the dentist this afternoon. Poor Tiger only had one canine and has been positively friendly for the past week or two. This visit might set her back. I doubt that Finn will mind any extra attention even from a dentist.

I spent some time trying to figure out who is who in the palace. I wrote my conclusions on a piece of paper sticky taped beside their condo cards. 

Freddy is the tabby with white under his chin and on his chest

Tigger has the most white on his chest and white lines running from his eyes to his chest.

Hercules is all tabby and instead of the usual M between his eyes on his forehead, he has two parallel marks each side that look almost like apostrophes.

Molly is all tabby too and she has the usual M between her eyes on her forehead.

Then I moved on to Thelma and Louise.

One of them has a half and half face and the other has a white patch on her chest. I wrote them down, stuck the note to the condo and have since forgotten who is who.

Thelma and Louise

[And I was too busy handing out delicious chicken to remember to take any photos.]

Adoption tails: Lucky 14th

 On Sept 14 this year, Miko, Shadow and Wilson were adopted.

Miko

Miko

Her new owner enthuses:

1 day: "She has been very calm and friendly using her litter tray and eating her food she’s enjoying the sunny spots looking out at the garden.
She’s a great explorer and is very nosey. She is watching me work at the moment and keeps my chair warm when I have a stretch I think she’s going to be a great addition to our family”
1 week: "Miko is divine and such a good girl. No accidents with litter tray and full of fun. She has started to play with toys. We bought her some treats from the vet and built her a climbing area which she loves. Miko has settled in incredibly well and seems very happy."
1 month: "Miko is such a sweet girl she loves watching Dr Jeff Rocky Mountain vet whilst having cuddles She has settled in great no accidents and she loves playing with her toys. She loves a nap in the sunshine”

Shadow

Shadow

1 week: Her new owner had a house visit as she had a couple of questions about set up and nail clipping. Shadow is otherwise settling in very well.
1 month: Shadow is doing very well. Her owner is very grateful for the nail clipping visit. Shadow was a bit frightened but with the "expert's" tips even her new owner's partner was finally able to clip them this week.

Wilson

Wilson

1 day: "He did really well for his first night with us. He's very affectionate and always tries to stand next to us. He's claimed a spot in one room that he goes to whenever there's a noise outside that freaks him out, not a big fan of the gardener with his leaf blower”
1 week: Wilson has been amazing, settled in comfortably and is very affectionate.
1 month: Wilson is doing great. Always playing or sleeping. And is the star of some lovely videos.

A surprise

As usual when I first arrive at the cattery I check each condo and count the residents and got to 64 cats and the last one . . . . was a rabbit, named Coco. Just in case you can't tell your pussies from your bunnies, the breed on the condo card is "Rabbit". I don't know where she came from. She must have arrived after 4pm when I spoke to Katie.

Coco

Diego is the last cat still in the boarding area. I think he prefers more action, and more folk to hiss at.

Diego

 

Nada and Tabitha have been moved to the main room. They may take a while to adjust.

Tabitha

Nada

Finn has adapted beautifully to his "sister" Lucky being adopted on Saturday. He is now the lord of his domain.

Finn

Also adopted over the weekend were Oreo and Lucky together, TinTin, Jetta and Champ. Well done weekend teams!

The Wednesday team decided that Amy's kittens need names: there are 2 girls and a boy. So we decided on Angel, Annie and Andy. Angel is the lightest coloured one.

Angel, Annie, Andy

Their mum seems to have divorced them. She spent all day on the highest ledge where they can't get to her. 

I took advantage of a quiet afternoon to give Scrat and Puss clean hammocks. They thought it was the perfect opportunity to get more smooches as I had to put my upper body into their wheely cage to tie the strings. I didn't mind too much. I chose the biggest hammocks.

Puss and Scrat

Adoption tails: Leaf

 It was a lovely visit back to SAFE Rehoming yesterday, Mocha (aka Leaf) says thank you for the tunnel! I’ve attached some pictures of Mocha since adoption back in February this year.

Only a few days after coming to our home, Mocha decided that the laptop was the ideal place to nap.

 

All wrapped up like a burrito!

(6-9months old) Sleeps in his bed during the day and climbs the bed frame late at night

I’ve started to let him outside in the yard (under supervision) during the day recently

Taken just last night, Mocha enjoys the tunnel very much!

Thank you for all your work at SAFE Rehoming

Short on vollies

 We have too many cats for three vollies to get cleaned before 12:30 so I helped out on the Naughty Row (where Kimi is too short to successfully dominate the hissy kitties) and in Incoming. Amy was sitting on the highest shelf in her condo quite happily distancing herself from her three rolly polly kittens. I make it a point to wipe my hands all over them so that they take back my smell to mum. . . . . I only do it for their sake!

Oreo (black and white kitten) has been returned. He didn't get on with their resident cat and the stress made his flu return so they want their money back. He looked happy to be back when I gave him some chicken. That was just before he was hustled next door for Dr Kim to access how "sick" he is on return. (Oreo, tabby mum of Lucky, has perfected her escape technique. I found her wandering by Leo's play place this afternoon. Lucky was lounging in their condo with the door wide open.)

 Callie was uploaded as available this morning and the woman who has been waiting for her for weeks came in with a carrier. She adopted one of ours 6 months ago (forgotten whom, sorry) and wants another kitten younger than him to bond with him because she didn't realise how much joy having a cat added to the house. Unfortunately, Callie still has a squinty eye. She really shouldn't have been on the website. But her preferred new mum will watch it like a hawk until she becomes available again.

Callie

The woman who adopted Leaf visited with her friend. They just wanted to see who we have in residence so that she can tell all her friends. She promised to send me a photo or two of Leaf. The one that she showed me on her phone is of a very plump cat (5 Kg!) And another one in an elf costume!

Tabitha has been moved into the Welfare area. She likes chicken but doesn't like people (or is it just me?)

Tabitha

As has Champ who is up for adoption. I think that might take some time. But as soon as Trixie is posted she will go.

Trixie

Computer failure

 It is not a long way to the limit of my understanding of computers. When the screen told me that it was running out of battery I jiggled all the wires that I could see, turned it off and back on again. It worked for long enough for me to process Bodhi and Tara's adoption and then turned itself off again. Thank you computer. Tim is sure that he can fix it and that the fault is just the new desk and the new set up on Sunday. The desk is closer to the front door. . . . . just beside the poster with pictures of paralysis ticks. I think I should move that so the our visitors can see it more easily.

Bodhi and Tara were adopted by a couple who fell in love with their photo on our web page. Turns out that they used to have a cat who looked just like them except that he had a mark beside his nose that looked like he had a runny nose. Our Bodhi and Tara do not have that. They are perfect. And behaved perfectly. The husband was sent to "do the deed" because if the wife came "she would have adopted every cat in the shelter". I showed him our other pairs but he was fixated on B & T.

Magnus has gone. . . . . to foster with Fiona. Perhaps to adopt if he gets on well with Windsor. Overnight signs are all good. He will be missed in the shelter. But I must admit that the cleaning gets done quicker when he is not in need of somebody cuddling him while his condo is straightened. Once Fawny gets his eye sorted (he has the same problem as Schnitty had. . . . an in-turned eyelid with the eyelashes scratching his cornea) we will be able to dispense with one vollie per session!

Yesterday afternoon we accepted a 14 year old cat, Kitbells whose owner has been moved into a dementia unit and nobody in the family can take her. She is in shock, of course. But this afternoon when I talked to her (she had not eaten her breakfast) she rolled over so that I could tickle her tummy.

Kitbells

I didn't take up her offer. Even a 14 year old can change her mind in a flash.

Naughty corner is now naughty row. Two of the cats, Max and Gus from Incoming who hid in a carrier in the two story stand alone have been moved there. I expected there to be two cats in the box when I stuck the camera into their condo. Wonder where the other one is hiding?

Max/Gus

Their "mum" Willow is under Tiger, who came out for a chat today, again! Willow does not want to talk to anybody.

Willow