Adoption Tails: Coffee shop kids: Cocoa and Latte

  

Coffee shop kits when they first arrived

Cocoa

Cocoa in the Palace

1 day: Cocoa has been renamed Stuart. He's eating and drinking, however the owners don't think he's used the litter tray yet (and there's no evidence of him going elsewhere)
1 week: Stuart is very curious about what is outside his safe room and had a brief exploration last night. He is very sweet and getting used to his new family.
1 month: Stuart is the king of the household now. Very affectionate and loves a cuddle.

Latte (now Ponyo)

1 day: The owner took Latte home last night. Her daughter wants to call her by a new name "Ponyo". Ponyo has spent a lot of time hiding under the bed or blanket in a spare bedroom. The owner is a little concerned that she did not eat yet. She has tried to entice Ponyo with wet food and cat treats but the kitten did not show any interest. A security camera has been set up in Ponyo's room and they have seen her drink some water.

1 week: Ponyo started to eat dry/wet food and toileted on the third day the owners brought her home. She is still spending most of the time under the bed but sometimes comes out to stretch a little bit. The owner's daughter tried to sit with her last night. She got Ponyo the same toy she played at SAFE. She seemed to like it very much. Ponyo is a little shy but the owners have plenty of patience.

1 month: Ponyo is such a lovely girl! She eats well and lets the family pet her. She is growing very close to the daughter who has been spending lots of time playing with her. They feel very lucky to have her as a family member!

 

Ponyo (Latte)

 See Sept 8 Adoption Tails for Bean

Coco chaos

 Irene has been badgered by people who want Coco because she looks like a Siamese. The most persistent woman said that her friend is allergic to all cats except British Shorthairs and Siamese. She brought him along with her to test out his allergy to Coco at 1:30 on the dot. Even after I took him around to see everybody who was available he didn't have any allergic symptoms. So, either the anti-allergenic food works or . . . . . ? While I tried to get him to sneeze, she fell in love with Coco who is no more Siamese than I am.

Coco

Neither is her daughter, Skittles, who was still hiding in the carrier they were delivered in from the foster home at around noon.

Skittles

We did the adoption (with difficulty but with Irene's help by phone) and Coco will stay with Skittles until she is picked up next week after her new owner's ankle operation is done. 

Later in the afternoon, a young woman came with her friend. She has badgered her mother into letting her have a cat. The first cat inside the door is Sandy, in the stand alone that housed Abbey (adopted). It was love at first sight. She met everybody else and is going to talk to mum about it.

Sandy

Florence has been moved into Mayka (adopted)'s stand alone. I gave her a cuddle rug and she tried to pull it around until I slung it over her shelf and she loves it there.

Florence

Their crates in Incoming have been dismantled and removed to storage. The extra space is grand. Cass could tell that Mia's kittens needed a hammock. The three tabbies let the tuxedo sleep in it all by himself.

Separate sleeping arrangements

But come dinner time, the tabbies claimed prime feeding position while the tuxedo had to eat downstairs. I don't think they had the same mother.

3 up/1 down. (No escape interest when there is food around.)

Hanna, in Naughty Row is chirruping. We think she may be on heat because the boys below her haven't been desexed yet. She wants to be seen, for a change.

Hanna (always an escape risk)

Adoption Tails: Tabitha

 Tabitha 
1 day: Tabitha seems to be settling in just fine, she came running out the carrier as soon as she came home and slept really well last night. She's using her litter box which is great and she's eating and drinking normally. The owners initially thought to change it but the name Tabitha is slowly growing on them, Tabs for short. 
1 week: Tabitha's doing well! The owners think she is settling in. Eating and drinking normally and has been using her litter box with no accidents. She's a curious little thing and super playful. She is very vocal and cuddly. She's definitely been a great addition to our little family. See attached photo of Tabitha at 1 week cuddling with the owner on the couch under the blanket.

 

Tabitha

1 month: Tabitha seems to be all settled in now, doing zoomies everyday but also very cuddly when she wants to be. The owners have always wanted to rescue and are very happy to have met her.

Foster Fail again

 Three kittens and their mother were put up for adoption this week. When an adopter came to the foster home to choose one, the fosterer was in tears about loosing one of her three babies. Then they couldn't decide which kitten to keep so decided to keep both. . .  plus the mum. It cost her almost a thousand dollars! But she was very happy to be able to keep her family together.

Luckily Tim was there to help me through the new adoption system. . . . I will get it, eventually. In the meantime, somebody might come in to adopt Shelly on Sunday. And there is a new black boy in Incoming from Helen's work colony.

Deigo and Dora/Delores enjoyed a run around in the play place after it was thoroughly cleaned after the coffee shop kittens were there for 2 nights and 1 day.

Diego (in front) and Dora

 

Vollie Leon was worried that Domino had a sore throat. But I think he just has a deep, sexy purr.

Domino

Skeley has been moved to the condo next to Domino. Her eyes are very round and black. I hope Domino's purrs will calm her down as well as the cool vibes coming from Princess and Precious.

Precious (white 4th toe L paw)

Sammy and Cyber have had a couple of nights out, again. The food bags have been attacked, again. Tim thinks that they rattle the door hard enough so that the bolt comes loose and they can squeeze through. Geoff is working on the problem. In the meantime, I put them and Thumbelina and Bambi in the play place together overnight. It might keep them slim.

I hope Abby gets adopted this weekend.

Abby

[Thanks Joy for the extra photos. I didn't think to get my camera out this afternoon.]

Adoption Tails: Oreo (f)

Oreo (f) July 11, 2022

 

1 day: They are thinking about calling her Penny. They’re still getting to know her. She is very cuddly and loves company but when nobody is in the room with her she stays under the bed. She has not used the litter tray yet but is eating and drinking. “We love her so much already!” She loves the bed, but only when people are around. Otherwise, she goes under it.

(Notice wide open door!)

1 week: She’s great. She’s very comfortable in the whole unit now. She sits on her owner all day while she’s working. No more hiding under the bed. She sleeps on her owner’s bed all night. “She is fabulous company and we love her very much!”

Oreo at work

1 week and 3 days: Her owner was worried that she wasn’t feeding Penny enough. She is always begging for food and has stolen from the bench. She has bought Orijen food and feeds her the recommended amount as well as 1 tablespoon of wet food.

FEED ME!

1 month: “She is such a wonderful addition to our little family”. She meows for food whenever her owner is in the kitchen and will jump up onto the bench to steal food if she can get away with it. Penny has put on a bit of weight so they need to be careful. She seems very happy. She is very cuddly. “We are all very happy”.

No Danger in Dan

 This morning when I arrived Cypher was on top of the main room row of condos. He waited patiently for me to pick him up and put him back into his condo where Sammy sat. I had to remove the litter bin that had been propped against their door to open it. The litter bin was there because on Sunday night they both got out and had a poop party. They tore up multiple bags of crunchies that we had hoped to sell to new owners. Hence the litter bin to keep them in. But it didn't work on Cypher. Somehow???*

Because they have too much energy, I decided that they should go into to the play place to use some of it up. Easy enough. They were both in their doorless carry cage. And I added Thumbelina and Bambi because they are from the same litter and same foster home. Within no time,  Thumbelina was in with the boys. 

Thumbelina

Soon Cypher was out of the carry cage looking for some fun. 

Cypher

 Sammy happily stayed there to "protect" his sister.

Sammy

Bambi hid in full view away from everybody else.

Bambi

I took the opportunity to match their microchip numbers with their photos.

 There is a new ginger boy from a well tamed colony called Danger who is in the condo below Mia in Boarding. Mia has been with us for a week but is still in full savage, unhappy cat mode. Compared to her, "Danger" is a pussy cat. So I suggest that we rub out the -ger and call him Dan.

Dan(ger)

He is next to Cheena (of the middle ear infection) and Bubbles (the shy one). This afternoon they were "sharing" (ie maneuvering for more space each) a small bed. 

Small bed + Cheena and Bubbles

So Sandy and I decided to give them a bigger bed.

Big bed for Bubbles

We have a new kitten, Domino from the fosterer who raised Trixie. He also came in a pullover which I promptly pulled off. . . . . kittens need to learn to look after their own fur. He is a purr machine and anybody's best friend, forever.

Domino

*There was also an "escape proof device" leaning against Max and Gus' door. It worked to keep them in overnight. But during the afternoon, when the front door and the balcony doors were open, I saw a Gus shaped slink moving from the main room to Naughty row. Gus puts his paw through a hole in the mesh and pushes down the door stop. I must fill in the mesh. Luckily, he is happy enough to go back to Max who doesn't put a paw out of place.

Adoption Tails: Bart

Bart

 1 day: The owner is over the moon and Bart is going very well. He would like to adopt Maggie when she is ready. He wants to switch Bart to Orijen cat food and his son renamed Bart to Tigger. He's been playing most of the day. "He's so playful and is very cute". 

Tigger = Bart

2 days: Tigger has been extremely comfortable and happy. "We love him so much". Tigger was doing math with his son. "We are very lucky to have him"

a lap + patch of sun = love

1 week: Everything is going to plan. He is fed 4 times a day and he has a routine. Sometimes he wakes up and becomes active around 3 or 4 am. He is very friendly and really happy with his new home. He follows his owner's wife like a puppy dog. They gave him a bit of his new Orijen food and he seemed to love it.

Tigger does sleep

1 month: He is extremely happy and affectionate. He is also very confident. “We love him so much”. He managed to cut his nails and he didn’t resist much. Tigger likes to chew on the chairs and furniture. He is going to start teaching him “no” and will redirect his chewing and scratching to toys and more scratching posts. He is very tame and friendly. He loves his Orijen food and doesn’t mind water (playing in it, etc). Tigger sleeps in their son’s bed and always follows people around the house. He is currently lying on his owner’s lap and does it with his wife and son too. “He has exceeded our expectations in all departments”. Their friends can’t believe it and say Tigger behaves more like a human than a cat.

I can help"

1 month and 3 days: Sometimes Tigger jumps into the fridge and refuses to get out. He loves it and comes out of nowhere! He jumps from 1.5 m behind into the fridge. He is very fit and athletic. His nails are very sharp and they cut them almost once a week, otherwise, they have blood marks on their thighs from him jumping and sitting on them.

Cool!