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!
Normal chores done (floors, litter, lysine, etc.). Cats all had treats and wet food. WM had her medicine. No problems to report.
Ringo to vet
Every shared dentalife treats and Sheba. Watermelon got her pill. Cat tested some of the dogs, everyone behaved. Ringo right eye is red and gunky, Michelle taking him to vet tomorrow
Tuesday AM- good shift. Lots of pee blankets. Only did one scoop of food as it was pretty full. Gave lots of treats and Churus. Pasha enjoyed the Churus. She stayed in the cat tree the whole time but seems to enjoy being in the big room. Swept floor, scooped litter. We also rinsed out Ringos eye with the eye wash as it is very pink and goopy. Gave everyone brushes and made Chester his little water bin again that he enjoyed. Sticky notes on washer to make sure heated blanket does not go in the dryer!
Monday PM
Food spilled on the floor. Pee on counter, in ISO and by the Love sign in the big room. 4 cups dry food added with lysine. Everyone got 1/2 can of fancy feast. Watermelon got her pill. Floors swept and litterboxes cleaned.
Sunday pm
Pasha was hanging out in the blue cat tree by the sink and looked very comfortable. Gave her some Temptations which she happily ate, she only wanted a few licks of a churru though. Everyone else was very motivated to get their share of churru tonight.
Used one of the sheba’s for Watermelons pill and she gobbled it up.
Food bowls had lots of food left.
Sunday am. One mess. Litter boxes normal. Pasha hid in bottom of cat tree. Did not eat wet food. Her box had two poops. She ate temptation treats. Did chores. Did not add any dry food. Happy Easter everyone!
Saturday PM
No messes, food bowls all very full still.
Opened iso and Pasha didn’t mind having visitors so leaving iso open. Morning shift report how she’s doing please. Hoping she’ll perk up with some company.
Watermelon is getting folic acid supplement once a day, crushed & mixed into wet food. She happily ate a heaping spoonful.
Everyone else got churru’s. Ringo was especially hungry tonight.
Saturday am
Room was pretty clean!
Only one pee spot on counter but lots of pee blankets.
Chores done and food bowls were still full.
Pasha was super sweet and affectionate. Dentalife treats given to kitties and they got along well.
Friday PM
Kitties all doing good. Pasha was very friendly and ate some churro treat and her food as well. Got all the chores done and added 3 scoops of food with the lysine. All kitties got some churro
Spent some time sitting and petting Pasha. I brought in Friskies treats which she liked. Everyone got some treats. Water refilled. Floors swept. Litterboxes cleaned. Pasha’s litterbox was empty. No new dry food added but lysine added. Pee on one blanket and one pee puddle on the floor near the office.
The bad kitties were mostly good today. Poor Pasha seems like she hasn’t eaten anything. She was uninterested in a Churu and Temptations, but was interested in scratches. Everyone else split a can of wet food, some Temptations, and Pasha’s uneaten Churru. Added one lysine and a scoop of kibble. Nothing disastrous occurred.
Pasha is back. She’s not thrilled is very sweet about pets. So hopefully she will do well once she settles back in. There are health tracker sheets set up in ISO so we can monitor her and make sure she’s eating and doesn’t regress again. I also witnessed a miracle…..Chester and Ringo licking wet food off the same spoon….at the same time! Ringo also stayed out and about most of shift so it seems he’s feeling better. He did drink a lot of water during shift. Everyone else was their usual sweet selves. Gilly ate his wet food and got… Read more »
Kitties have full bellies after wet food and temptation treats. I swept and mopped the floor. Nelson and Gilly had a wrestling match. Added food with Lysine.
Everyone was good. Added 3 cups of food and lysine! Everyone ate dentalife and the last of the purple bag of treats
NEXT CAT ROOM CLEAN UP DAY: Saturday April 18th at 12pm. Please come if you can!!! Send me a text if you can! 214-906-6580
Tuesday AM- good shift. Did three scoops of food with lysine for the room and treats for all. We brushed everyone and we also made a water bin with toys for Chester that he and Gabbi both really enjoyed playing in. We also had to throw away the red tunnel as a gigantic wire holding it together popped out and could’ve been dangerous:( scooped litter, swept floor, all is well.
Monday PM – room was pretty clean except for a pile of litter on the floor by the boxes. 2.5c food + lysine added. Kitties were all good, no sneezing, all very sweet (even Ringo wanted pets after treats). No spats, all got lots of pets and treats.
Very talkative tonight. Ringo is a little sneezy. Cats were very interested in the Sam’s packages that were delivered. 2 pee spots. Chester messing with Tokyo.
2 churus shared between the gang. 3 scoops of food and lysine added to bowls. Put 2 new blankets in ISO.
Sunday am. All is well in room. Added one cup dry food with lysine.. all had wet food. Did laundry so there is still some in dryer. Litter boxes normal. Few tinkle spots. All had treats. Have a great Sunday.
Saturday PM
Phia is adopted! Her new mom says she climbed in her lap as soon as they got home and started purring. ❤️
Nola is off to foster!
Quiet shift, food and water bowls full. No messes. Brought a lot of churru’s and restocked.
❤️❤️
Saturday am
Chester was extra naughty and wouldn’t stop trying to get Gilly and Nola and going crazy so had to put him in ISO while I mopped to let him calm down
And then he was good and played nicely with Gabbi
Chores done and 4 scoops of food added with lysine and water buckets changed out
All kitties got crunchy treats
Friday PM
Lots of bad kitties today. Tokyo tried to run outside as soon as I walked into the room and then kept trying to run into the office. Chester keeps trying to steal my keys. Food was all food so I left that alone but topped off some of the waters. Ringo was sneezing a bunch of a little bit but seemed OK. There were no more pills left in Nola’s bottle. Everyone got treats and room is clean
Room was clean this morning! No pee spots or blankets to clean up. Everyone very friendly this morning as well, nobody arguing with each other. Did all chores and filled food bowls, the food bowl in ISO was completely empty..hungry kitties! Gave treats around the room and stayed to play for a bit. Happy Friday!
Pee on two blankets in ISO. Gilly peed on the new blanket we put down too. Food bowl spilled in ISO. Floors swept and litterboxes cleaned. 1/4 scoop of dry food and lysine added. Everyone got some wet food and Ringo had a churu. Ringo had several sneezes during his treat and after. Nola got her medication. It was the last 1/2 tablet in the bottle.
Thursday am
Quick shift
Only a few pee spots on floor and blankets
Swept and mopped and litter boxes were light
Wet food given
Food and water buckets were full
Quick easy shift clean up the kitties litters, clean up the urine spots, gave them some treats, swept and mop the floors and food bowls were already all filled up.
Normal room tonight. Nola got her pill. Gilly and Melly got some wet food and the other finished off what was left. Chores done. Normal litter boxes. Add litter to the ISO box. Probably should keep that one at a good level since they seem to prefer it bc of the privacy. Tokyo and Nola helped me do the log tonight. And Gilly got his pets as demanded. Lol!
Hi everyone. Thank you to those who cleaned for the kitties. I work every single weekend of my life 🙄 so I appreciate those who came.
Swept and passed the mop. Fresh food with lysine added. Pee spots on counter. Treats given after chores. And all had some wet food. .
Everyone was in a good mood. They all got dentalife treats. Nola got her pill. No food needed to be added
Ringo & Watermelon are back from the vet!
Watermelon has bloodwork going out so it’ll be a week+ before those results. But she did gain a pound which is a good sign!
Ringo is all done with his ear meds. But we need to watch him for the next few weeks incase it comes back
Tuesday AM- calm shift. Only one small pee spot. Did three scoops of food with lysine. Swept floor, scooped litter. Gave all temptations and purple bag treats. Brushed everyone’s fur. Topped off waters.
Watermelon to the vet. I forgot to post earlier! She & Ringo will be back tomorrow if all goes well.
MONDAY PM – Easy shift. I’m not used to someone doing the Monday morning shift so the room is usually messy when I come in. No pee blankets or spots. Scooped litter. No food added. Gilly misses the Churu treats. Tried giving him those new packets but he didn’t like them. Other kitties shared some wet food. All kitties got pets. Played with Gabbi a bit and gave Tokyo some extra scritches. Nola took her pill. Calm shift.
Easy shift, no scuffles, one pee spot. Food changed, lysine added, wet food given, scratches received.
Sunday pm shift
All cats present. Chores done. Phia received wet food, all others shared 3 churus. Added 2 scoops of food. Clean blankets with no tinkles! Gilligan was very social today and Nola got her meds.
Thanks to all that cleaned yesterday. Room looked great! No problems this morning. All ate wet food well. Did chores. Added one cup dry with lycine. All had treats and got some love.
Thank you so much to Olivia & Catherine for leading the day and giving the room a good deep cleaning! They scrubbed the walls, the shelves, the litter boxes, and the hidden nastiest behind the litter boxes. Chester even tried to help! We had a good day.
Saturday am
A few pee spots on floor and several pee blankets
Chores done
Food bowls were still full and changed out 2 water buckets
Brushed Watermelon Tokyo and Nola and they loved it!
Chester allowed me to for a second too
All kitties got treats and got along well
Friday PM
Kitties all happy. Got Nola her medicine without incident. All chores done and refilled the water buckets. Added 4 scoops of food with the lysine. Gave everyone some churro treat, Chester tried to take all of it.
Couple of pee spots on the floor to clean up this morning. Other than that the room was pretty clean! Food bowls refilled. Topped off a couple of the water bowls. Everyone well behaved today! Treats given around the room before I left
A couple of dirty blankets. Floors swept and litterboxes cleaned. 1/2 cup of dry food added with lysine. Everyone shared two cans of fancy feast wet food.
Room pretty clean, bad kitties were all calm and nice today. Food levels looked good, one errant pee in ISO on a blanket. No scuffles.
Cleaned litter and floors. Cats got treats and wet food. Lysine added to dry food. Gabbi and Chester were playful. Nola got her medicine. No problems.
Ringo remains at the vet. Floor swept and mopped. Lysine added to food. Wet food breakfast. Temptations. Crunch treats after chores. I have discovered that Nola likes to be held over shoulder and walked around, with zero intention of getting put down.
Room is extremely cold but I suspect it bothered me more than the kitties.
Everyone was good. Tokyo was bothering Gil a little but other than that no issues. Nola took her pill. Everyone except Nola ate wet food (offered but she declined). Nola, Phia, gilly, and Tokyo ate dentalite crunchy treats.
Ringo has double ear, yeast infections. He needs meds 2x a day for 7 days. I didn’t think he would be that cooperative for all of us to give medication to that much so he’s going to board at the vet until he’s done with his meds.
Tuesday AM- goody shift. The room was a mess when I arrived with the litter cabinet open and blankets hanging off the shelf and so many pee spots. Did 4 scoops of food with 1/2 lysine (running low). Gave everyone treats and brushes. Chester and Phia were very playful. Swept floor, scooped litter, topped off water. Everyone doing good.
Tuesday 7:30am
Ringo to vet
Monday PM
No messes today. Litter heavy, added some litter to a few boxes that were low. 3c food and lysine added. Most kitties were chill. Tokyo and Nola wanted lots of pets. Ringo seemed grumpy. He was sitting on the bottom shelf by the litter boxes. Any time someone wld come near, even to get in a box, he’d low growl at them. But no squabbles. Nola took her pill fine. Everyone got treats and pets.
Sunday pm
No messes and we straighten blankets. Chores done. Everyone got a churu. Phia had one whole churu to herself. Added 3 cups to food bowls.