at the center

there were a lot of new cats at the center today. abigail came in to say hi while i was in the second cat room, and shared about how sweet four year old male cat fluffy is, and how he seems to be more of a fred than a fluffy. i certainly agreed with that. when i entered his space this afternoon, he immediately greeted me with several meows and stretched out his paws as if wanting to shake hands. he wanted to play along with garbo, but garbo didn't like sharing the wand toy and hissed so he went away (we later were able to get some wand toy fun in together). two adorable black kittens were in wire cubbies (fancy names for the cages which are large and roomy) and they enjoyed bopping the butterfly toy. sweetie was truly a sweetie and kept purring at me through the bars. in this second room they rotate which cats are out, as they all don't get along together. the next two hour shift would probably find other taking a turn. while i was there today, a young couple came in and adopted garbo! it was exciting to see them walk out with her with big smiles on their faces. fluffy's reaction was interesting to me, as after garbo left he kept meowing and went over and sniffed at her little house that she had been sleeping in. he was definitely aware that she was no longer in the room. he's such a friendly fellow.

 

 

sweetie . . 

magik . . 

 

carver . . 

fluffy . . 

garbo . .

garbo and fluffy . .

jack . . the new kid on ridley's block . .

ridley giving me the evil eye, saying "get this jack cat out of my space."

it was nice to see ridley again today . . though he played with me only for a very little while. he was more irritable than usual, and i think it was because of this new fellow jack. ridley likes to be left alone and jack was bumbling around in a friendly manner which ridley didn't appreicate . . come to think of it, sakura was irritable too and hissed at ridley through her wire cubby. oh, the drama! nina stayed hidden in the back in a drawer.