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. Did chores. Everyone had treats, Gilligan loved the hard treats that aren’t the temptations. Ringo was extra grumpy today and was growling at everyone but nothing more happened. Refilled water. Pasha came out of iso.
Please remember that used donations from unknown members of the public need to be washed or sanitized before they are brought into the shelter.
Sunday am. All well in cat room. One small mess. Neighbor gave me the cat tree I put over by the sink. All had wet food. Did chores. Everyone had treats
Saturday PM
Lots of demands for pets but everyone was pretty chill. Apricot did run out the door into the screened area a few times. Watch out for her! Pasha didn’t have anything in her litter box. She didn’t venture out of iso but she came out of her cubby and wanted pets and stood in the doorway watching the room. Gave out crunchy treats to everyone.
Saturday am
All chores done and food bowls were full and topped off/changed waters
Tokyo was extra sweet this morning and Pasha came out of ISO for a few minutes and gave her lots of attention
2 puke spots and litters were light
Everyone got along well and loved playing with the feather pole thing
Friday PM
Got all the chores done. Kitties all good except Pasha was coughing. Opened up iso, she was reluctant to come out at first but got brave enough to emerge after 15 minutes. Gave everyone churro treats and added 5 scoops of food with the lysine
The room was rather clean this morning, no real messes to clean up. Pasha seems a little off, was doing a little bit of coughing this morning and did not seem super interested in pets which is odd. All chores done and I refilled food. I left a bowl for Peaches in the middle cat tree, she gobbled it up like she hadn’t eaten in days. Lots of treats and love given around the room before I left. Happy Halloween everyone!
Room was fairly clean, only a little to scoop and one pee spot. Everyone got some churu and wet food. Pasha came out and explored. She is looking thinner though. Tried to give her some wet food but she only ate a little. She also was coughing like to throw up but never did. All cats much happier without Nelson lording over their every move.
Saturday am
It was a quick shift but swept and mopped and scooped litters
Poop in the sink again
Water bowls were really low so topped those off but food bowls still full
Pasha stayed in ISO and did fine when other kitties came in
Treats given and everyone got along well!
Completed the usual chores–floor, lysine, litter, etc. Everyone got wet and dry treats. Pasha stepped out for a few minutes but didn’t venture far. No problems to report.
I couldn’t get Pasha to come out at all. She licked a little gravy and I left it in there for her. No fussing from kitties. Floors swept and mopped. I left iso door cracked. Pasha seems fine with the curious cats coming in there with her. Everyone had wet food and crunch treats.
Tuesday 6pm
Nelson is adopted!
Tuesday AM- Ringo in hissy mood, but never did anything. Tokyo and Watermelon got into a little hissy fit but nothing happened. Nelson was himself (competing for attention any way he can). Chester kind of stayed in a corner. Peaches came down! Pasha stayed in ISO. Apricot was her cute self. Gilligan sounded more congested. 1 poo and throw up spit on the big cat tree that was cleaned. Gave everyone treats and put cat nip on the scratch toys and apricot loved it. Scooped all litter and swept and also washed and refilled all water bowls.
Right after i typed this, Pasha came out of ISO!!!! She found hers self another tree to sit in so I stayed a little longer to let her explore
Monday PM – several pee blankets replaced. Added 3.5 cups food and lysine. Emptied and refilled iso bowl bc of ants. ISO food bowl in cage and ant trail cloroxed up. Nelson pounced on watermelon and ringo right before I got there. A dog shift person was there to see it. Pee and fur everywhere. Both ringo and mellie were hissy after that for the rest of the shift. Pasha didn’t come out of iso at all, but came out of her spot to get pets. All other kitties were calm and sweet. Treats at end of shift for all.
Monday AM – Pretty relaxed shift. Food and water were good. Pasha wanted lots of pets and had a little pee and poop in her box. Everyone got treats and pets.
Sunday PM
Everyone behaved tonight, Pasha even adventured around the cat room. Added about 4 cups of food and split a churro between Gilly and Ringo. Everyone else got temptation treats.
Sunday am. Small urine spots by cabinets. Changed out all blankets on sink side of room. Did chores. Ringo threw up after eating. Seems okay now. Added one cup dry food. All had treats.
Saturday PM
2 ish pee spots on the floor by the countertop when we arrived. Then Gilligan peed on a blanket in front of us. Food bowls still full. Pasha had 2 tiny poops in her box. Gave Pasha half a fancy feast pate can with warm water. Shared the rest around the room, everyone got into, even Peaches came down. Gave everyone some crunchies before we left.
Saturday AM – Kitties were behaved this morning and were meowing at me when i came in. Filled food bowls and put in lysine and cleaned litter boxes and did the rest of the chores. Pasha’s litter box didnt have much in it. Gave them treats and pets. Also, it seems Pasha is the only cat who doesnt like churus. Didn’t find any accidents! Happy Saturday!
Friday PM The kitties were pretty good today, except the tabby one with white socks tried to run OUTSIDE when I came in so watch out for him. I opened iso for pasha but she didn’t wanna come out and seemed stressed when other cats came in so I closed it back up. The cabinet with the blankets was open and I found ringo and watermelon in there so I closed that up once I got them out. White socks was fighting a bit with the white cat with tabby splotches but nothing major just some growling. I added 2… Read more »
All good in the cat room this morning! No real messes and nobody was fighting for the most part! All chores done and I added litter to all the boxes. Pasha did a stuff in her litter box this morning! Pretty calm morning. Happy Friday!
Litter scooped. There was a pee spot in front of one of the litter boxes. 2 cups of dry food and lysine added. Floor swept. Food and water brought up to Peaches. Ringo might have a new scratch on his nose. A couple of hisses and growls but not big fights. Everyone got dry treats.
Gilly ate about 1/2 can of fancy feast. And he got plenty of as demanded bc he thinks my sole purpose is the fed him wet food and give him luvs. lol!
Kitties must have had a good fight bc there was food all over the floor. No poop in sink though.
Chores done. Normal litter pans. Pasha had a little bit in hers. Fed her a can of wet food which she ate a little bit of during shift. We left it in iso with her for the night.
No fighting going on today. I swept and mopped the floor. Refilled bowls with some lysine added. Poop in sink again. Wet food breakfast and crunchy treats after chores. Pasha is more alert today and not burying face.
TuesdAY PM
Refilled water buckets
Everyone split some wet food. Watermelon puked up everything she ate a little while later
Everyone behaved and was sweet
Tuesday AM- good shift. One pee spot. Spent most of this time cleaning the room as it was quite messy when I got here. Organized the toys, swept the floor, folded blankets, etc. also scooped litter. Gave treats to every one and split two Churus between every one. Did 3 1/2 cups of food w lysine for the room. Pasha didn’t come out of the room today, but everyone paid her a visit and she didn’t seem to mind. She also liked playing with the rainbow stick toy. Turned AC on in ISO as well.
Monday PM – 3 cups of food with lysine. No pee blankets but some pee on the counter. Added some litter to a couple of boxes. Ringo was grumpy as usual and Watermelon got annoyed a few times when kitties got close. After taking care of everything and giving them pets and treats, I went and sat for awhile on the floor in ISO. Most of the kitties sat near me including Nelson taking my lap. Pasha ate a tiny bit of churro and there wasn’t anything in her litter box. She came out and sat near me for a… Read more »
He is so handsome!
Monday AM – Food was fine but refilled water buckets because they looked a little low and furry. Pasha was sweet and got pets. She had some pee and a little poop in her litter box. Ringo was growly and was about to remove himself onto a shelf when Nelson decided to mess with him. A lot of hissing and swats but no injuries that I could see.
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.