Kittens!!

Nothing all that exciting happened today. Melissa and I started in Kitten Iso, cleaning the cages and getting food and water for the babies, and then giving them attention. There are currently seven kittens in Kitten Iso, and usually I hold one or two so Melissa doesn't have to worry about them getting in her way, but since there are so many we usually have to use cat carriers to hold them while we clean.

When that was done, we decided to do Drop Off. One of my favorite cats in Drop Off, Henrietta, who usually is very reserved and shy, came directly up to us today and was very affectionate. She began rubbing her head against the water bowl and accidentally tipped it over onto her head. It was such a funny moment, but Henrietta must've been very embarrassed because she immediately retreated to her litter box.

On Thursday mornings two girls come in to volunteer and take care of the Kitten Room, and while their help is appreciated and needed, Melissa and I more than likely need to go back and redo their job. We have a certain way of preparing the cages so that kittens who usually climb the bars don't fall back and hit their water/food bowl, thus tipping it over and making a mess. We place the food/water bowls in the back of the cage so the kittens can climb all they want, but most other workers just put the bowls at the front. So, we had to redo every cage, but the upside to this is that I was able to hold a bunch of kittens today!

The rest of the day went normally, we finished up doing Quarantine, and then checked to make sure all the cats were still okay.

I spent a long time in the hot sun/windy rain writing down names on the bricks in the front garden. There are a lot of bricks there, and a lot of the names engraved on the stone are weathered so it's hard to tell what they say. I would much rather be cleaning cages than recording the names of donators.