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!
One pee on the floor, none of the kitties took responsibility, so I assume it was a dog room volunteer. Food levels looked good, water changed, treats given OH MAN AS I WAS WRITING THIS ONE OF THEM PEED ON THE WALL ON THE COUNTER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. (the bad black and white one, I forget who’s who). Pic unrelated.
Normal chores done (floors, lycine, litter, treats). The new arrival seems friendly but wasn’t interested in Churus. No problems to report.
The room looked really good. Spritz is such a cutie, sweet and talkative. She wasn’t interested in a churu. Everyone else had one. I swept and mopped up several pee spots and I threw out the very large Amazon box due to it being used as a pee spot. Filled food bowls. Wet food breakfast as usual.
Tuesday AM- interesting shift. I love Aperol! She seems to be doing well and she even let me give her a tummy rub. I put the cat tree in her room which interested her and the cat bed and some toys she played with. But y’all… Ringo and Watermelon were fighting over who gets to sit on my jacket and purse and Watermelon PEED all over my jacket and my phone and on the floor to claim her spot. Anyways… scooped litter, swept the floor, did 4 cups of food with 1/2 lysine tab since they’re almost out. Replaced many… Read more »
Monday PM – Room was a mess. 6 pee spots on the floor and 2 on the counter. Litter all over the floor. Almost all of the food bowls were empty. Added 4 cups of food with lysine including added food to Gabbi’s bowl. Gave Gabbi fresh water and scrubbed and refilled the water buckets. Watermelon decided to run into ISO and hit Aperol in the head and then run out as I was trying to squeeze in to clean in there. After that happened, Aperol was mad and didn’t want pets or treats. All other kitties shared Churus and… Read more »
3 pee blankets as well
Sunday pm
Couple of pee spots when I got in and then Ringo peed on the countertop a little while later. Aperol was in a talkative and sweet mood when I first arrived but didn’t want a lot of attention and ignored a churu. She had one pee and a poop, and about 1/4 cup of food. Peaches devoured a bowl of kibble that I put up on the shelf with her, also gave her some water. Played with Gabbi and a pole toy. Added 3 cups of food to room.
Sunday am. Quiet morning in cat room. Interesting how everyone changed their territory! New cat is sweet and talkative. Did chores. Added one cup dry. All had wet food
Saturday PM
Gave everyone treats and did chores.
water and food bowls were all full and litter was light.
no pee blankets or spots,
gave Aperol a lot of attention.
Saturday am
Aperol was meowing a lot but once I went in ISO she was soooo affectionate and wanted a bunch of attention-so sweet!
She used her litter box
Lots of pee blankets changed out and a puke pile and pee spots on floor cleaned
Chores done
Litters were light and cleaned pee under the boxes
Waters changed but food bowls
were full
All kitties got treats and Churu
Gilly wanted lots of pets and everyone got along
New cat!
We have a new cat in iso. Her name is Aperol Spritz. DSH dilute tortoiseshell, female, about 3 years old. She’s an owner surrender. She’s not too happy at her life change so give her some time and gentle attention. She cannot come out of iso yet.
Happy Friday! All is well in the cat room today. There were a few vomit spots by the litter boxes so I swept and mopped the room. I refilled the water buckets and gave them 2 scoops of food with lysine. No fights broke out today! Everyone enjoyed some treats, except the new kitty Aperol Spritz. She stayed in her little spot in the shelf. Enjoyed playtime before closing out the shift today.
Also Peaches ate during shift and there was still food in gabbi’s bowl with her in her tree.
Room was relatively clean this morning.. only a few pee spots to clean. Lots of blankets on the floor today. All of Gabbi’s food in her little tree was gone so I refilled it. Also refilled Peaches food and water on the top shelf. Chester really has it out for her.. he spent most of the shift eyeballing her. All chores done and I refilled food bowls. Everybody got plenty of churu this morning.. even Gabbi participated in the feast! Happy Friday 🙂
Poop streaks by the front door. Litter boxes scooped. Floor swept. 1 cup of dry food and lysine added. Peaches tried to come down from the shelves but Chester chased her back onto the middle tower. I gave her food and water on the tower. Gabbi tried to come out of her hiding spot on the tree a couple of times but watermelon and Ringo separately chased her back into the tower. I gave Gabbi a bowl of food in her tower and she spent most of the shift eating. Chester tried to pick fights with Watermelon but she was… Read more »
Bad kitties are doing good, several pees and a kibble-vomit. Gabbi, despite not emerging from her tree, eagerly gobbled up a Churu. Added a very tiny amount of kibble to one bowl, the rest looked untouched.
Wed. p.m.
Litter and floor cleaned. Lysine added to dry food. Wet food and treats distributed. No problems to report. It’s more subdued with Apricot absent.
Hi everyone. Swept the floor and mopped it. Thanks to who brought the bleach!
Kitties are great. No behavioral issues. They are very sleepy right now after wet food breakfast and treats. Added lysine and filled food bowls. One water was raunchy.
Tuesday AM- Ringo and Watermelon both in sassy moods but calmed down a little throughout shift. Pee spot on counter and in white tent (cleaned the whole thing) and then 2 pee blankets. Scooped litter and swept floor and did 4 cups of food with lysine for the room. Moved ISO cat tree into big room since Gabbi seemed to really enjoy it. Gave everyone brushes and treats. Chester and Tokyo extra playful today 🙂 also for anyone wondering, Apricot is doing amazing in her new home! (My best friend fostered to adopt her!!!)
Monday PM – Calm shift. Only Peaches was sassy. Gilly was happy to see me and Watermelon and Tokyo wanted lots of pets. 2 pee blankets and 2 pee spots on the floor and counter. A lot of litter on the floor. Added a bag of litter, mostly to the box by the mop bucket. All kitties got pets and treats except for Gabbi who got pets and some Sheba. She tore it up. No dry food added to the bowls but I did put a new bag of food in the big container.
Sunday p.m.
The food bowls were almost empty! I gave them 5 scoops of food and lysine. I gave Peaches a bowl of food where she was residing and she ate. There was a pee stain by the food/treats cabinet so I swept and mopped the room. I gave all of the kitties treats. Gabbi enjoyed some Sheba while the other cats had churu.
Sunday am. Started working in the dog room and didn’t want to go back into the cat room with the sick dogs so I went out the side gate. I left the lights on. Also didn’t get the laundry put up. Sorry!
Sunday am. All well. Not too many messes. Cleaned out iso room. Did laundry and chores. All had wet food and treats happy new year!
Saturday PM
Apricot is off to a foster to adopt! 🤞
Food bowls still full. Peaches was yelling at me, I eventually figured out she wanted food because everytime I tried petting her she swatted at me. I gave her some food and water on the middle tower and she went to town on it. Ringo peed on the tent thing. Otherwise he was in a good mood and wanted attention. Everyone got treats and Chester even cuddled.
Happy Friday! It was a really chill day in the cat room. Gave them all pets and treats! Ringo was being very friendly today! Gabbi is still slowly coming out of her comfort zone. She came from down her tree and started exploring the room a few times. We did all of the chores and added 4 scoops of food with lysine. Sprinkled some catnip around the room for good vibes. Happy New Year!
Pretty clean in the room this morning, no real messes to clean up. Ringo was grumpy, starting fights with everyone. Gabbi stayed in a cat tree but did allow a couple of pets. All chores done and every one got some churu. Had to wrestle Tokyo for the packet but I prevailed… this time. Happy Friday!
A couple of dirty blankets, lysine added to food. No new dry food needed. Water bucket refilled. Litter boxes scooped. Floors swept. Dry treats for everyone, Gilly got a Churu. Gabbi played a little with a string toy. Chester and Ringo had a couple disagreements with other cats, nothing escalated.
I got here late, and the late crew last night got here early, so I was expecting a fun New Year’s mess, but there was the normal level of chaos. The food looked relatively untouched, so I didn’t add anything, but everyone got treats. A few pees, a little bile vomit, nothing crazy. Gabbi remained in her tree hole. Also, I don’t want to alarm anyone, but there’s something wrong with this batch of paper towels.
Did shift a little early today. Kitties were most were sweet and playful. Gabbi did pretty good. Definitely comfortable with the other kitties. But didn’t run from us as long as we didn’t try to directly approach and make any sudden scary movements. I did sneak a pet which I think she would have been more open to if mopping wasn’t being done close by. Hopefully she’ll get used to us humans.
Chores and lysine done. Gilly ate a tub of Sheba. He sounded very congested today but still demanded and enjoyed his pets.
Hi everyone !
Happy New year !
The room smelled really bad and I couldn’t figure out where the smell was coming from. Checked all the blankets. Scooped litter and in ISO, as well. Cleaned the floor in ISO and left it closed.
Michelle, Bleach jug was empty so I used the bleach spray bottle on the mop. Food bowls nearly empty so I added another bowl.
Cats had wet food for breakfast treat and crunchy treats after chores.
Tuesday PM
Changed waters, scooped litter, and added 2 cups of food + lysine. There were several pee blankets and I caught Ringo spraying on the cabinet. Everyone was in a playful mood. Ringo was grumpy towards other cats, but sweet to me. Gabbi was interested in playing and with the other cats, yay! Everyone got treats and catnip. Good shift!
Tuesday AM- Ringo in a very bad mood and taking it out on others… topped off food bowls as they were pretty full, scooped litter, swept floor. Lots of pee spots. Gave everyone treats and pets. Also moved the cat bed to a more private spot and watermelon immediately got in it.
Monday PM – no pee spots or vomit anywhere. 2.5c food & lysine added. Everyone really chill today. Got lots of pets and all got treats.
Sunday pm
No messes! Added 4 cups of food. Gabbi is out of iso and door is closed. Ringo wanted lots of attention this evening and was hanging out on the bench. Everyone got crunchy treats.
Sunday am. No major issues. No pee spots. All had wet food. Did not add dry. Laundry in dryer. Did chores. All got along pretty well. All had treats
Saturday PM
no pee spots and litter boxes were light. food bowls full and water bowl as well. gave watermelon her shot.
Saturday am
Only a few pee spots and blankets changed out and litter boxes were light
Chores done and changed out/refilled water buckets and added 3 scoops of food with lysine and everyone got treats
Gabbi was so cute playing today and all kitties got along well
Friday Pm
Quick chill shift today. Kitties were all very calm, they must have had a good Christmas. Food was full so I left that alone, refilled some water bowls. Swept and scooped the litter. Everyone got pets and churro treats
Friday AM
One little floor pee by the office. Calm energy this morning, lots of pets requested. Food bowls almost empty, added 3.5 cups of food. Chores done.
Two pee puddles by the cabinets and the bench. Floor swept. Litter scooped. Lysine added to dry food and bowls swapped out for clean ones. Bowls washed. Water refilled. No pee or throw up on blankets. Brought in churus for everyone. No big fights on shift. Gabbi hung out in the big room.
Thursday AM
Big floor pee by dog door. Lots of floor pees scattered around room. Food bowls also scattered around the room, none were paired with the water buckets. Gabbi was locked in iso? Reminder, she’s free in the room now. Apricot walked through clorox cleanup spray, so had to wash her feet in the sink and she was not cooperative. Food bowls full still. Gave Gabbi a little scoop of her food, also gave some to Watermelon. Tokyo was on one this morning and harassing everyone.
Wed. P.M.
Floors and litter cleaned. Cats had some wet food and treats. Chester was especially playful, chasing the ball toys around. No problems.
Swept and mopped the room and iso. Hopefully it smells better. Everyone had breakfast when I arrived and treats after chores. I left some wet food and Gabbi’s special food in her “cave”. Husband accompanied me and played with and loved on all the kitties.
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
I forgot to post earlier but everything was good. Added two cups of food , scooped litter box, took out trash
Tuesday AM- everyone was very interested in something going on outside, but I have no clue what they were looking at but it was so cute watching everyone perched on the windows. Everyone enjoyed some treats and brushes. Lots of pee spots around the room and in the white tent (cleaned the inside of tent too). Swept the floor and scooped litter. Did 3 and a 1/2 scoops of food with lysine for the room. Ringo and Chester were extra playful today as well and Gabbi enjoyed her time out in the big room.
Monday PM – large pee spot in front of cabinets, no vomit. Heavy litter boxes. Added litter to some boxes and cleaned water buckets. Food low in all bowls. Added 3c and lysine. Gabi stayed in iso most of the shift but did come out a bit and ate some room food. No hissing or fights at all. Everyone got lots of pets and treats.
Sunday pm
One dried spot of something in front of the door. No other messes. Gave Gabbi a small scoop of her food and she happily ate it, and she also ate some of the regular room food. Added 3 cups of food to room. Litter boxes were light. Tokyo & Chester were frisky and playing with each other. Ringo was sweet and wanted attention.
Room looked a little wild. Broke up fight with Apricot and Chester. All had wet food, just remixed the dry. I changed out most of the blankets so there is still laundry in dryer. Didn’t add dry food. Merry christmas.
Saturday PM
Let Gabbi out of iso and she went all over exploring. She did get nervous a few times and run back to iso to hide. I’m leaving iso open and her free tonight. Let me know how she is in the morning. She does need to transition to eating room food but during shift try to offer her some of her special food to make sure she’s eating.
Room food bowls were full. A big pee on the white tent thing. Everyone got crunchy treats.
Bought a new litter scoop. Refilled the churu supply and a few other odds and ends.
Saturday am
Several pee spots and poop in the sink but no puke
All chores done
Food bowls were full and topped off water buckets
Ringo was in a good mood today and kitties got along well
Gabby’s bowl was empty so added a scoop of her food and changed out her water
All kitties had treats
Friday PM
All chores done and kitties doing good. There were some tensions between Apricot and Chester and later between apricot and Tokyo. Gabi still didn’t wanna come out of iso but she let me pet her a bit. A bunch of the other cats all wanted in as soon as I opened it up. Added 4 scoops of food with the lysine
Friday AM- good shift. Gabbi didn’t come out of ISO at all but enjoyed some pets. Did three scoops of food with lysine and scooped litter and swept floor. Also washed and refilled all water buckets and gave peaches her own smaller bowl of water on the tower since I thought she may be thirsty and she immediately started drinking. Everyone had treats and pets. Cleaned up one pee spot under the white tent thing so I also cleaned the inside of the tent. Also put away all the food bowls in the cabinet so we have more space above… Read more »