Adopter came to visit and decided to give Champ and Chester a home with meshed windows :)

Will keep them a few more days because they still have a bit of loose stool. Apart from that they are back to their normal playful selves :) The vet advised to give yogurt to built up the good bacteria after the course of antibiotics. Two of them need to be syringed while the third one takes the yogurt straight from the bowl.

...and just in time! Penny found another small kitten a few days ago but the rest have been adopted so she gave me the go-ahead to bring in the 5 kittens.

Didn't see the two from the coffee shop the day before... only their mother was around. Then yesterday night finally found them curled up at the kerb of the car park... very pittyful!  The orange-white one looks a bit dull and poor appetite....probably getting sick. Brought them to Penny and then went back for the 3 black-and -white kittens at the construction site.

Will wait a week or two  for the milk to dry up and then get the two mothers sterilised.

There were several enquiries about the 3 kittens...but no one seemed suitable. Not a good sign when the first question is "Are they for free?" or another one told me that her cat went missing but she is still not willing to wire-mesh the gate...

Now the question is whether to give the kitten to a person who seems responsible and will keep the kitten indoors but refuses to mesh the windows. As Penny put it "90% of adopters do not want to wire-mesh".

Another caregiver said that she would rather put the kittens back on the streets. I am not so sure that this would be best... there are just too many dangers. The average life-span of a community cat is 2 years!

I saw another mother and 3 kittens (now left only 2) hiding at a construction site in an area with no caregiver. The kittens are about 3 months old  and white with black patches. All I can do is feed them....

The seven-month-old kitten was rescued by Penny and  had been adopted by a family staying near her place. They meshed their front gate but DIDN'T MESH THEIR WINDOWS.

Penny called at 8.30am as she didn't know what to do. She said the kitten's paws felt cold and as she was also supposed to bring another cat with kidney failure for x-rays to Mt. Pleasant (Springside) this morning, she decided to bring both cats there.

The kitten has a fractured jaw and was hospitalized. According to Penny the family refused to pay any part of the vet fees and suggested to let the kitten die. Later on they said they would pay half of the medical expenses...

Penny will not return the kitten to them unless they wire-mesh all their windows.

Sugar, one of Penny's kittens, has been adopted.

They went to a nice family with an existing young cat. We both had a good feeling about the adopter and their sincerity and experience, so the contract was signed and the two kittens went to their new home.

There is a one week trial period and we will also pay a visit in perhaps one week time.

I think I have to guide Penny on how to handle adoption. The first time she forgot to let them sign the contract and didn't even get the address. That's when I became worried and wanted her to arrange for a visit... but at least we were able to take them back.

Penny found her with one front leg badly injured and brought her to the Animal Hospital. The leg had to be amputated, worse... it didn't heal and later needed another operation to remove more of the shoulder part.This little kitten went through a lot but she is now safe under Penny's care.

Anyone whishing to give little Amber a permanent home please send an email to veganmeowies@yahoo.com