Cat Room Shift Log
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Cat Program Chairperson & Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle Soileau, micrieeau89@yahoo.com
Dumped Animals Contacts
Dogs, Elise, 2nd Julie, 3rd Jamie
Cats: 1st Michelle, 2nd Julie, 3rd Charles
Medical Emergency Contacts
1st: Michelle Soileau, 2nd: Charles Beard, 3rd: Julie Amador
Communications, Email Lists, If Can’t Reach Others
Kelly Hohenberger, kelly.caaws@gmail.com
Litter Box Cleanings
The litter boxes should be dumped and totally and fully cleaned the first seven days of the month, alternating AM shifts and PM shifts per month. April was done by the PM shifts, May will be the AM shifts, and June will be the PM shifts again. Be sure to dump and clean them and sign the signature sheet on the med door after completing. This is very important!
Sunday PM. Few spots of pee around the room. One bowl of dry was nearly empty. Did chores added 3 cups of food and lysine. Gave everyone treats. Opened door to iso pasha didn’t want to come out but gave her love in iso.
Sunday a.m. Someone pooped in the sink again. No messes anywhere else. Most were getting along well together. All shared wet food and treats. Did chores played with cat in iso room
Saturday PM Everyone was chilling in new spots tonight when I came in. Good moods and wanting lots of attention. Pasha had the tiniest poop in her litter and nothing else. I hung out with Pasha in iso with the door closed for a little while, she came out and cuddled and wanted pets. She didn’t leave iso when the door was opened but she got a little brave when I broke out the Temptations – she ate 5 treats! I opened a can of the small fancy feast pate, dished up half for Pasha with lots of warm water… Read more »
Saturday am
The kitties all got along so well today!
Even sweet and naughty Nelson
Pasha stayed in ISO and was affectionate as usual
Watermelon loved it in there too and had to pick her up to get her out and she let me hold her for a long time
Turned fan on in ISO
All chores done and 3 scoops of food with lysine added and topped off water buckets
All kitties got treats and split a few Churus
Have a good weekend!
The cats were well behaved today! No one tried to start any fights. I opened iso for Pasha, and she walked out for a bit and stuck her head out, but quickly went back in her safe space. every kitty let me pet them, including ringo and gilligan. Only two scoops of food was needed and added lysine and refilled the water bowls. Swept & mopped. Had playtime and gave them treats. Happy Friday!
Floor swept. Litter box cleaned out. Water buckets refilled. No big messes. Lysine added to food. No new dry food added. Throw up on one blanket. Food and water bowls put up on the cat three for Peaches since she won’t come down. Wet food given – apricot and watermelon ate a lot of wet food. Pasha came out of her tree for a little bit but didn’t leave ISO. Couple cats were brushed and played with the ribbon toy.
Terrible, rotten, no good, very bad kitties. In addition to the poop in the sink, the multiple pee spots, the vomit and other random destruction, there were also several spots of dried blood on the floor. I didn’t see any injuries and everyone seems normal. Added some kibble and a lysine and split a can of wet food and temptations between the jerks.
chores done. Didn’t need to add any more food. Just added some lysine. Gilly ate about half a can of fancy feast. Ringo was pretty relaxed today. Left ISO open during but Pasha didn’t come out. Normal litter boxes. Had some litter on the floor.
Peaches was acting hungry but was afraid to come down and eat. So I put a food bowl on the cat tree with her and she started gobbling the food like she was ravenous. So I left the food bowl on the cat tree with her. Made me wonder how often she’s coming down to eat.
Sink pooper struck again. Swept and mopped the floors. Pasha felt safe enough to come out with me in here. Ate a few treats. No aggressive behavior from anyone. Topped off food. Looked like plenty of lysine in the food already. That’s it! 😊
Turned on the litte AC for Pish Pash
Tuesday AM- good shift, a few tiffs started by Nelson over treats and pets, but otherwise fine. 2 big pee spots and a big poop accident in front of the office door. Gilligan also threw up as I am typing this. Scooped all litter and took trash out. Did 5 cups of food with lysine for the room and topped off the water bowls in the big room as they were running low. Watermelon had interest in ISO again so I let her and Pasha be in there together and left the door cracked during shift to keep away from… Read more »
Gilligan threw up a second time after I typed this.
Monday PM – quick scoop and feed and treats. Room was pretty clean, no spots anywhere. Added 2 cups food + lysine. Lots of kitties annoying each other tonight, mostly just hissing at each other for getting too close. Pasha started to come out of her hole for pets. Tokyo came up and they sniffed each other for a bit. Then Tokyo smacked her. She went back in her hole and didn’t come out again, though she did enjoy some churru.
Monday AM – Food and water were fine. A bit of litter scattered on the floor. Sink pooper struck again and peed in sink this time too. Several pee spots on the floor in front of the counter. Pasha was fine and had used her litter box. Everyone got temptations except Gilly, Peaches, and Ringo. They split a churu. A few hissing episodes and Chester bugged Apricot some but nothing serious.
Sunday PM. Opened iso door. Did chores, added 2 cups of food to bowls. All got treats.
Nelson really loves the remote control mouse in the toy cabinet!!
Sunday am. A few small accidents. All seemed normal. Added one cup dry food. All had wet food. A few hissing fights. Let sweet cat in iso room since she seems happy there. Did chores. All had treats.
Saturday PM
No messes. Food bowls full. Pasha didn’t come out of her hiding spot but was happy to get pets. Nelson did some mild intimidating but nothing too bad. Lots of treats given and everyone doing well. Iso can be opened on shift now, try encouraging Pasha to come out, at least she’ll start to get used to everyone (hopefully).
The room was a little messy with pee on the floor and some of the blankets. We cleaned it up and did the rest of the chores. They were given food and lysine. Everyone was given dry treats and gilligan was given a chuuru. Nelson was being a menace to Apricot. Pasha greeted us when we went into ISO, such a sweet girl!
Also Nelson somehow got hit collar off and chewed it up, we left it on the counter
Happy Friday! The room was pretty clean but we still did all of the chores- swept, mopped and refilled the food with 4 scoops with lysine. Watermelon was starting fights with everyone if they got too close to him or tried to take his treats/pets. We saw Gillian pee on one of the blankets 😥 cleaned that up and put new blankets on the shelves. Pasha is so sweet! She didn’t want any of the treats unfortunately, just pets. Have a great weekend!
The room was an absolute mess this morning..poop everywhere. Poop on the floor, poop on the cat tree, poop on the door, poop in the sink!! Other than that everything was fine! Everyone behaved for the most part. Pasha immediately greeted me when I went into ISO, seems like she’s doing a little better. She did have stuff in her litter box. All chores done and treats given around the room! Happy Friday everyone
Thursday PM – floors swept. Litter boxes scooped. Left over wet food in ISO thrown out. Apricot peeded in the sink while I was cleaning. Gilligan peeded on a blanket. Blanket replaced. 1/2 a scoop of dry food and one lysine pill added to existing dry food and redistributed. Water buckets rinsed and refilled. Everyone got dry treats. Gilligan was uninterested the dry treats. Chester chased Apricot twice. Nelson was a good boy and had his collar on. Ringo is still not a fan of Tokyo.
Bad kitties are bad. Pee on the counter, the floor, and in the sink. Surprisingly little food was eaten since yesterday, despite poop-evidence to the contrary. How am I supposed to do anything with kitties staring at me like this?
Everyone got cuddles, wet food, and temptations. Pasha was comfy in her tree but came out for affection and attention. Her litter box seemed normally-used. Didn’t add any lysine or kibble.
Everything was normal when we got here except for the ISO door being opened. Assume it was bc morning shift gave ISO a good mop. Pasha came out of her hidey hole for most of pets even though a few of the kitties came in ISO while I was in there she stayed out and enjoyed her pets, the went back to her hidey hole. Nelson even came in there and didn’t harass her. Gilly ate about half a can of fancy feast. He was very congested, otherwise I think he would have eaten more. He enjoyed his pets too.… Read more »
Good mornin.g ☀️
Room was very stinky when I arrived. ISO stinky as well. I swept and mopped out ISO reallt good as well as main room. . Lots of food and dried up pee on the main floor and counter. Kinda like I’d suspect a kitty cat frat house would look and smell like. Lol.
Added food and lysine. Everyone had wet food and temptation treats. Pasha ate a bunch. of them I put on little fan for her.
Tuesday Am- calm shift. Ringo and Peaches stayed on their towers. Watermelon had interest in ISO and seemed to want to be in there with Pasha. Nelson was on good behavior, but I was greeted with another poop in the sink from him. The sink has been bleached. Tokyo seemed to have gotten my attention by being sweet that he’s now competing for it by being mean to others… treats given to all, litter scooped. Food bowls were all full when I arrived. I love holding Apricot ❤️
Monday PM
kitties all seemed good. Pasha was a bit more lively and came out of her cat tree to see me and play with the ribbon toy. She still doesn’t seem too interested in her food but had some churro. Cleaned the litter swept, added 4 cups of food with the lysine and refreshed all the water. Gave all the cats churro treats
Monday AM – Chores done. Food and litter scattered about but strangely the food bowls were fine. Everyone got some treats and then settled a bit. Chester did aggravate Ringo who kept to himself on a top shelf. The shaking of the water bottle seemed to be a deterrent. Pee in the sink so scrubbed it out. Pasha was sweet and ate a little of her treat but was more interested in pets. She had pee in her litter box.
Put fan on for Pasha to stir the air.
Sunday PM. Someone vomittes a small amount. Did chores. Added 2 cups of food and lysine. Pasha was very sweet and friendly. Cut nails for everyone minus Gilligan, peaches and pasha. Ringo was growling at watermelon and Gilligan
Sunday a.m. Someone pooped in sink. Switched out some blankets. A few pee spots. Added one cup of dry food. Did chores. New cat in iso room is so sweet. All had treats. Lots of growling and hissing.
Saturday PM
Chores done. litterboxes weren’t too crazy, food bowls and water buckets full. a few pee spots around, blankets were good. everyone got treats and played a bit. mostly chillin out.
Saturday am
Chores done
Litter boxes were light but found pee underneath them
Food bowls were full and water buckets changed out
Pasha is an angel and stayed with her for a while on the floor and she loved getting pets and was purring
Soooo sweet and wish I could take her home with me
Only one pee and one poop in her litter
Gave the other kitties wet food and pets and they got along ok and was able to redirect them with no fights today!
Full house this evening! Pasha is so sweet. I spent some time with her in iso and she throughly enjoyed pets. Meanwhile in the big room, tension was high.Nelson, Peaches, Ringo and Apricot were all hissing and glaring at each other. I sprinkled some cat nip around the room and gave them treats to calm them down. Cleaned the room, filled all the water bowls and added 5 scoops of food and lysine to the bowls. Happy Friday!
Sorry, meant to say nelson & ringo
Room was pretty clean this morning. Only added a little bit of food to the bowls. Gave everyone some wet food, Nelson tried to bully everyone for their share. He seemed a bit restless this morning. Tokyo threw up once, just looked like a little undigested food. Pasha was in her little tree in ISO but immediately came out for pets when I went in, she is so incredibly sweet!! She did have some stuff in her litter box this morning! All chores done, lots of pets and some catnip given before I left. Happy Friday!!
Thursday PM
Throw up spread out in front of litter boxes. Not sure of culprit. Did chores and mopped. Didn’t need to add any food. No fights. Nelson had taken off collar. Returned it to him. Pasha was very affectionate and playful. Her litter box had been used.
NINE kitties?? That’s like 81 lives! And it seems like the destruction and poop quantity is exponential rather than linear.
They all got wet food and treats and Pasha was crazy for affection and scratches, burying herself in my lap. All the other kitties seem pretty attention-starved too, but I suspect they’re just greedy. Didn’t add lysine or kibble, as everything looked kinda untouched.
Did the usual chores. Have the cats some treats and wet food. Everyone seems to be doing well. Pasha is very affectionate now compared to last, week. Nelson had taken his collar off and we had to put it back on him but he didn’t behave too badly this time.
Just to amend the above about Nelson’s improved behavior, soon after I hit Post Nelson attacked Gilligan.
Floor was pretty raunchy. I swept and mopped ISO and big room Pasha is currently out with me as I sit on the floor typing report getting pets and rubs. Exploring the ISO room after eating some crunchy treats. Seems she feels safe with a human around. .
Everyone was behaved today. That’s it 😊
Tuesday AM- An okay shift, Nelson decided to take a big poop in the sink right after I arrived. He also started fights with everyone. Otherwise, everyone else was well behaved. Pasha is a sweetheart and came out for lots of pets every time I went in ISO. Split some Churus between everyone. Did five cups of food with lysine for the room. Scooper litter. Gave pets to all. Thinking Nelson needs time in either ISO once Pasha is out or a cage like we did with Redbull?? He’s purposely starting fights.
Monday PM – No pee spots or pee blankets. Added 1 and a half cups of food. Litter boxes were light. Nothing in Pasha’s litter box. She was really shy when I first went in ISO but the second time I went in, I knelt on the floor and she came out quickly and rubbed all over my jeans. I gave her lots of pets. She only licked the churro twice. She was too busy getting pets and purring. All kitties were good. They all got pets and treats.
Monday AM – Pretty calm morning. A few growls but nothing bad. Food was good and refilled one low water bucket. Someone did leave a poo present in the sink so gave it a good scrub. Pasha was back in her hole but let me pet her. She had pee and poop in her litter. Turned on fan since it was a little stuffy. Everyone got a little churu.
Sunday PM
Did all the chores, swept, mopped, scooped. Filled up food and water. Played lots. All cats got some churu and hard treats. No fights. Pascha used her litter box and got up to get pets. Progress!!
Sunday a.m. One vomit on blanket on shelf. New cats in iso did not eat wet food or treats. Added one cup of dry food. Intervened in some growling and hissing. Did chores. All had treats
Saturday PM
No messes. Food bowls were full. No ants in iso! Pasha seemed more relaxed and was happy to get lots of pets. She didn’t have anything in her litter box. Chill shift for the most part. A couple of tense stares around the room but nothing major.
Saturday am
Didn’t see any ants in ISO this morning Pasha has been using her litter box (2 pees and one poop) and seemed slightly less scared than Monday but still wouldn’t eat Churu
All other kitties got wet food and food bowls were full and changed out/topped off water buckets
All chores done
There were a few confrontations and all kitties got some attention
Friday PM
Kitties all fine. Poor pasha seems so sad. She ignored her food and catnip but ate half a churro treat and seemed to enjoy being pet a lot, she even purred a little bit. Did the chores and added 3 scoops for food with the lysine. Gave all the cats some catnip and churro
Friday 12pm
🌟 Ants in iso, if you see ants use clorox cleanup to kill any and their trail. Keep food off the floor and away from the outside wall. I’ve moved the food bowl to the cage.
I pulled Pasha out of the hole in the tree. Stuffed a lot of things into it and turned it, hoping it’ll keep her out of there.
Please note in your log post if Pasha has used the litter box, what, and how much.
I spread ant poison around the outside of the building. Don’t walk through it!
Pretty calm shift this morning! Nelson was aggravating but nothing came of it. Refilled food and took out the trash. Heartbroken for Pascha 😭, she did let me pet her a bit. Food in iso was covered in ants.. I did my best to kill them all but I’m certain they will be back. Gave treats and pets around the room before leaving!
Thursday PM
Room was clean, not a lot of litter to scoop or mess to sweep. All cats got wet food. Pascha didn’t want hers but left it in just in case. There were some ants in cabinet in iso. Killed them with windex. Pascha kinda likes chin scratches but is very scared. All other cats were perfect wild angels
Thursday am
Came to check on the kitties
Did a quick sweep and scoop of litters
Topped off waters and food bowls still full
Pasha is so scared but she let me gently pet her for a minute and added water to the fan and turned on
Didn’t have time for wet food but gave kitties some treats
Routine chores completed. Cats got wet food and treats. Pasha is still pretty unresponsive. Nelson went looking for trouble a few times (almost every cat in the room seems to growl now when he gets too close) but no major incidents.
Nelson is particularly aggressive toward Apricot if she ever tries to play.
Poor little Pasha is so sad. I left treats and some wet food in iso for her. Maybe she’ll eat it later.
Mopped up several pee spots but other than that floor was clear from litter. Fresh food and lysine added. Fan turned on. In ISO
New cat Pasha! She’s 4 years old. Her owner passed away 🙁 she’s very scared right now, so go slow.
Nelson is still sneezy. And naughty. Everyone else was good! No issues