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!
Everyone was good. Fan turned off per Michelle. She will be bringing more of gabbis food tomorrow, used last scoop tonight. Mixed it with some room food also per Michelle. No issues, 4 scoops and lysine added
3 not 4 scoops
Tuesday AM- good shift. Lots of little fights towards apricot though… I was greeted with a big poop in front of the office door and multiple little pee spots around the room. Swept the floor and cleaned those up. Scooped litter and did 3 scoops for food w lysine and gave Gabbi her own food. Gave treats to everyone. Brushed everyone and watermelon was obsessed.
Monday PM – Cleaned pee on counter and 1 pee spot on floor. Litter boxes very full. Added 1.5 cups and lysine to food bowls. Gabbi’s bowl was almost empty so added 1/4c. Kitties all pretty calm today. Gabbi didn’t venture into the room very much. And if any kitties got close to her, she bolted back into the iso cabinet. Everyone got treats and pets.
Sunday PM.
Small amount of vomit on floor. Did chores. Ringo was extra lovey and wanting all the attention and pets while purring up a storm
Sunday morning. All behaved so much better than last week. No accidents. Covered the outside plants but it’s so windy! Did chores. All had wet food. Added one cup of dry. All had treats
Saturday PM
chores done, food and water bowls full, no pee on blankets or floor.
Gabbi stayed in iso
Everyone got treats and was well behaved
We don’t need to track Gabbi anymore. I think she’s doing good. I pulled down the health tracking sheets.
Saturday am
All chores done
Food bowls were still full but changed out a few water buckets
No puke this morning-just a few pee spots
Gabbi came out of ISO a few times and did fine but didn’t stay very long and ran back in
Watermelon ate the rest of Gabbie’s food so added one scoop
Peaches scratched me as I was turning away after petting her and tried to drink out of the faucet again
She loves the water!
All kitties got along well and got crunchy treats
Happy Friday!
pretty chill evening in the cat room. did all of the chores, refilled the water and added 3 scoops of food with lysine. Gabbi wanted to stay in iso the shift, but all of the cats were coming in and snooping around her space. watermelon ate a little of her dry food. I gave peaches her own food and water bowl and she ate and drunk in her own space. She even ate all of the treats I gave her. The other kittys enjoyed pets, wet food, and treats.
Pretty uneventful shift this morning! No messes to clean up other than a little bit of spilled food. Gabbi came out for a bit but Chester was being kind of a punk so she went back into ISO. I could not tell if her box had been used because several cats lined up to use it as soon as I opened the door, like they had been waiting all night to poop in Gabbi’s box! She did eat some dry kibble while I was on shift though and had several treats. I am a little worried about Peaches and if… Read more »
Gabbi used her litter box during the shift and came out to play. Watermelon really likes Gabbi’s dry food. Litter boxes cleaned. 1.5 cups dry food and lysine added. Floors swept. A couple of spots cleaned up on the floor. No pee or throw up on blankets. Every one got some treats and brushed.
Bad kitties up to no good. As soon as I opened ISO, Gilly ran in and peed in the cabinet on the scratcher, so I had to throw that out. Pee on the counter. Bad kitties. Got treats and wet food. No gratitude.
Kitty report:
Gabbi was ready to come out. She ate all her food through the night. Mopped up several pee spots. Chores done. Gave wet breakfast and crunchy treats. Gabbi got crunchy treats and ate her breakfast out on a shelf
Gilly peed everywhere. No vomit! At the end of my shift, Ringo landed a few blows on gabbi. She’s okay but a little scared. Back in ISO now. Added lysine and 4 scoops food
Tuesday AM- good shift. 1 vomit blanket and pee spot on counter and big poop in the sink. Ringo was more irritable today as he wasn’t up in a tree and was down on the floor with everyone. Gabbi’s info on ISO sheet. She loves to play by herself, it’s so cute, so I put more toys in her room. She even let me brush her but she was scared of me still. Every one else was good and got lots of treats and pets and brushes. Scooped litter, 3 cups of food with lysine, took trash out, swept floor.
Monday – PM – no vomit. One pee spot on the floor. Scooped the litter in the cage. Looks like it hadn’t been scooped in a bit. Changes ISO water and one other bucket. No food added. Gabbi camp out and played while I had to continually fuss at Chester for stalking her. She ate 5 of the purple bag treats and she didn’t want to go back in ISO. Filled out her paperwork. All kitties received pets and treats.
Monday AM – cats got along pretty well. Chester chased Apricot a little but no squabbling. Lots of food on the floor but bowls were still good. Changed water buckets. Gabbi accepted pets and ate all of the gravy from a treat packet but left little chicken pieces. Ringo self-isolated and stayed in the cage. Gave everyone crunchy treats.
Sunday PM.
Small amount of pee in floor under water bowl near bench. Opened door for gabi she came out a bit then ran back in. Tokyo went in iso and hissed at Gabi. Gabi did not want any love just ran and hid.
Did chores.
Forgot to say Gillian has been extra sneezey
Sunday am. Few pee spots. Gabbi doing well. I completed sheet in room. Did not let out because everyone else was so bad. Added one cup dry and remixed. All had wet food and treats. Did chores and laundry.
Saturday PM No messes in room. Since there’s been vomit in the room while Ringo has been caged, and he hasn’t had any vomit he is now free. Everyone was pretty energetic tonight and there were some tiffs and hissing. I found a mess of 3 crusty opened wet food cans, and a spoon in the office – lovely. Gabbi had not eaten any of her food. There was a poop in her box. Opened iso to see what Gabbi would do and she perked right up and trotted out. She didn’t go to far, but sniffed and checked out… Read more »
Saturday am
There was a huge poop in the sink and a large puke area too
Chores done and water buckets changed out but food bowls were still full
Added food for Ringo and gave Gabbi more of her food
She didn’t come out of her little area but enjoyed some pets-she’s so cute
Kitties got along well!
Happy friday! Didn’t see any vomit but there was one pee spot by the cabinets and food container. Did all of the chores and refilled the water and added 4 1/2 scoops of food with lysine. Everyone was behaving! Watermelon did sneak in ISO when we opened the door and tried to eat Gabbi’s dry food. Gabbi was hiding the whole time. It didn’t look like she ate much from last shift. I added a cup of her dry food to her bowl and tried to feed her some treats, but she was not interested. Had playtime and gave all… Read more »
I cleaned up some vomit on the floor this morning, no guesses on who could have done it. There was some on a blanket nearby as well, so I threw it in to get washed. Other than that, the room was pretty clean. Gabbi was very skittish and did not want many pets this morning, there was a small amount of wet food eaten and some pee in her litter box. I added a little dry food for her and left wet food also. Chester and Apricot got in a scuffle but nothing too serious. All chores done and I… Read more »
Ringo is in the cabinet cage in the big room! He has water and a food bowl, as well as litter.
Floors swept. Lysine added to dry food. No new dry food needed. Litter boxes cleaned. Gilly peed on a blanket.
Everyone got some Sheba pate.
Gabbi looked like she wanted to play with Apricot.
Ringo is the suspected mystery vomitter. He’s staying in the room cage for a few days to evaluate and see if he’s the culprit. He did go to the vet Thursday morning and have blood work done, awaiting results.
All the bad kitties are good. Gabbi came out of her cubby for a half can of wet food and seems to be enjoying it. The rest shared the remaining half, plus another one. Greedy kitties. One vomit, nothing major.
Thursday 7:30am
Ringo to vet
Vomit in the center of the room on arrival. That’s Peaches’ usual post so it was probably her. Floors an litter cleaned. Lysine in food. We gave the cats treats and attention as usual.
Gabbi was very brave today. She is so dainty and adorable. Came out to explore and ran back to her hole when she got nervous. It’s really cold in the cat room. Lysine added to fresh kibble. Gab got her special food. Swept and mopped the floors.
Also, the Clorox spray bottle has maybe a couple of sprays left, mostly empty
Tuesday PM
Another big throw up spot on the floor by the middle cat trees. Topped off food, cleaned litter boxes, and changed waters. Gave out a few new toys as well. Everyone was good in a good mood, except for Ringo (he was a lil grumpy). Filled out the new iso sheet for gabby. She even came out and let me pet her for a sec. Overall, good shift.
Tuesday AM- good shift, all of Gabbi’s info about the shift is on the new sheet in ISO and she enjoyed some pets. Chester was on one today and was very wild and attacking some kitties. Everyone else was normal. 4 big puke spots found on blankets that were thrown out. Found some pee spots too and started a load of laundry with those blankets if next shift could put those in the dryer! Food bowls were all empty when I arrived, so did four cups with lysine for the room. Swept floor, scooped litter, changed out many blankets, took… Read more »
New form!
I’ve made a new form for tracking iso cats health. It’s posted on the board in iso along with an example.
🌟 Every shift Must fill one out.
Don’t throw these away. Keep them on the iso board, just put the filled behind the fresh. Please give me feedback on formatting or anything that can be added.
Monday – PM – 3 big dry food vomits on the floor. One vomit on a blanket. Added 1 cup of dry food. Litter was light. Gabbi liked her pets but wouldn’t eat any treats. She had less than a teaspoon of food in her bowl so I fed 1/4 of a cup of the dry food from her bag. I left 5 treats on the floor near her in ISO. All kitties were calm and received pets and treats. apricot had the zoomies and was attacking the toys.
Monday 4:30pm
Watermelon to vet for overnight visit. Trying to figure out her weight loss.
Monday AM – Food and water were fine. Poop in the sink again and a pee and vomit on the floor. Gabbi had pee and a little poop in her litter box. She ate a little churu and added one scoop of food for her.
Sunday PM. Came in and the dumpster key was missing used dog rooms instead and returned it to the person working there this shift. Did chores. gabbi had a very small amount of pee in her litter box no feces. Ate all her wet food and most of her dry food, added 1 scoop of dry for her. Ringo was pretty grumpy kept hissing at Tokyo and peaches.
Sunday am. Poop in sink. Gabbi ate her wet food. No fights or scuffles. Added one cup of dry. Gave Gabbi her own food. Did chores. Laundry in dryer. All had wet food and treats
Saturday PM
No messes in room. Food bowls still full. Lots of energy this evening and shared annoyance. Gabbi had not eaten any of her food and had nothing in her litter box. She was stretched out in the cubby and happy to have pets.
Also the litter scoop with the green handle is missing?
Saturday am
All chores done
Food bowls were low so added 3 scoops with Lysine and changed out waters
Severs puke piles and blankets
Ringo threw up in his perch while I was there and was extra growly this morning
Apricot had the zoomies and kitties got along fairly well
Gabbi ate almost all of her food so gave her a scoop of her food and there was pee in her litter box
She didn’t come out of her little cubby but she let me pet her
All kitties got treats
Friday PM Lots of tension in the room today with ringo growling at everyone. He especially seems to have bad vibes with Tokyo. Peaches was a LOT more outgoing and energetic today, she was running all over the room. She also now enjoys drinking straight from the sink. There was something that looked like dried pee on the counter top, I cleaned it up with bleach. There was also dried vomit on one of the cats trees and the floor next to it. I mopped it up off the floor but wasn’t sure what to do about to cat tree.… Read more »
Friday AM
A massive dog sized poop 💩 in the sink. Some litter scattered right in front of the boxes, and there was water spilled in front of litter cabinet. Gabbi had an empty food bowl and a full size poop! Gave her 1 scoop of her food. Room food bowls still had plenty of food. Tokyo was very aggressive with Apricot so I gave him a time out. So many demands for attention from everyone, minus Gilligan. Gave everyone some crunchy treats.
Floors swept. Two pee blankets. No new dry food added. Lysine pill added. Everyone wanted pets, minus Gilly. Apricot wanted to drink water from Gabbie’s small water bowl that I was filling up on the sink. Gabbi had a clean litter box. She has 1/8 cup of her dry food when I arrived. I added another scoop. I brought churus for everyone. They each got 1/2 a churu, including Gabbi. Gabbi ate hers from a dish because she doesn’t know me yet. She came out of her cubby when I was busy with the other cats but not when I… Read more »
Thursday AM
All good in the kitty room. Not much food eaten overnight by room kitties or Gabbi so just freshened up a bit. Scooped boxes and swept the floor. Gabbi had two pees but no poop. Lots of snuggles and hanging out time.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Cleaned litter and floors. Replaced water. Added lysine to food. Everyone got wet food and treats and those who were willing played with some toys. Gabbi is still very nervous. No problems.
Friday 4:30pm
Brought some new food for Gabbi, its in a zip lock bag in the cabinet. She ate a few bites as soon as I gave it to her so hoping she’ll keep liking it and eat better.
She did not touch the creamy sauce with chicken
Gabbi had some poop in her box but it looks like she didn’t eat much. I offered the little slurpy stuff with the shredded chicken and also some crunchy treats which she didn’t touch while I was there. Kitties were well behaved. Swept and mopped floor. Wet food breakfast, crunchy treats and food with added lysine given.
Tuesday AM- good shift. Gabbi is so pretty and sweet. She had two licks of a churu. I built her a fort so she could hide and she immediately went in it, so I put her food bowls in there with her so she could eat in private. All other cats were well behaved and got treats and pets. Scooped all litter, changed out some food bowls for clean ones, refilled water, swept floor, and replaced the Feliway plug in. Two throw up blankets too. Built a fort in main room too so kitties could have a hiding spot.
Forgot to report- Gabbi did have litter to scoop! No food that was in her bowls was eaten.
Did three scoops of food with lysine for the room.
Monday pm – 2.5 cups food added. A couple of pee spots around the room. No pee or throw up spots on blankets. There was one bloody spot on the floor. Gabbi was timid, but she did get lots of pets. I didn’t see her eat anything, and her litter box was empty. All the other kitties were pretty normal, a little hissing at each other when they got in each others’, spaces, etc.. they all enjoyed the crunchy treats.
Monday AM – Food and water were fine. One vomit blanket and pee on the counter and in the sink. Sat with Gabbi for a while. She let me stroke her chin and cheek and ate a little churu off my finger and a little out of a bowl. She did have pee in her litter box.
Everyone was pretty chill tonight. Cleaned up a small vomit spot and a pee spot. Added 4 cups of dry food and everyone got treats!
Gabbi hasn’t touched her wet or dry food and wouldn’t take any treats from me. Didn’t use her litter box either. Was very reluctant for me to pet her 🙁
Sunday a m. No messes. Gabbi didn’t eat wet food and dry bowl was full. Broke up some fights between tuxedos. Gilligan ate well. Added one cup dry. There’s some laundry still in dryer.
Saturday PM
Chores done, food and water all good. no pee spots or dirty towels. litter boxes weren’t super full, Gabbi’s was empty. Let me pet her a bit but was still v nervous.
played with everyone and gave everyone treats.