Cat Room Shift Log
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* For privacy’s sake we’ve removed phone numbers as these pages are able to be seen by the public. See contact list posted in room for contact info.
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!
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.
Sunday am. Added 2 cups dry food. Wet food didn’t get eaten this morning. Did chores. Did 2 loads laundry so some in dryer. A few squabbles. Someone threw up a hairball.
Saturday PM
Food bowls full, chores done
2/3 can and topper for Phia
Everyone else got some wet food
Saturday am
Food bowls were full and changed out a few of the water buckets
Chores done
Phia was out and about more and ate a whole Churu
Gabbi was going crazy playing and everyone got along and got crunchy treats and Churu (except Nola who just wanted to be held and petted-so sweet!)
Chill in the cat room this evening. We did all chores and cleaned the room. Added 5 scoops of food and lysine. I gave Nola her meds and gave her some temptations after it. The cats all got lots of pets and treats and enjoyed playtime. Phia seems like she’s doing great and fitting along with the other cats. She’s much more relaxed!
Happy Friday!
The room was clean. One spot of urine observed on floor. Uneventful today. Cats all getting along well. Sprayed out and refilled water buckets. Added one scoop of food + lysine tablet. Gave all kitties some licks of Churo, except Nola, she doesn’t like them (she just wants pets). 🙂
Pee on the floor by the office and on the counter. 1/2 scoop of dry food and lysine added. Floors swept. 3 cans of fancy feast split amount the cats, Nola declined wet food but ate 5 temptation treats. Phia ate 1/3 can of fancy feast. Aperol was picked up by her foster
Thursday am
Chores done. Food bowls still full and changed out dirty water buckets.
Lots of pee spots on the floor and poop by the office.
No problems and kitties got treats
Wed PM
Completed the usual chores. Everyone got treats and wet food. Aperol was playful when she wasn’t angry. She didn’t want to go back in her room. No problems
Lysine added to food, Swept and mopped floor. No messes. Aperol is out of ISO and she’s doing fine. Treats given end of shift.
Added 2 cups food – there were some chunks of lysine in one of the bowls, I threw it out. Please Crush up lysine into a fine powder, no big chunks!!
Everyone split wet food and was sweet. Opened up some scratchers and everyone was excited
If you’d be interested in attending a cat room clean up day on the 21st of this month please send me a text. I left my number near the sign in log!
Tuesday AM- Cleaned & refilled water bowls. 4 cups of food with Lysine. Litter scooped. 3 pee blankets & 3 pee spots. Started washing machine with the blankets. Aperol came out of ISO. She was a bit cranky. Phia’s cage was open. She ate 3 Temptations. Nola also enjoyed a church. All received crunchy treats & Churos.
Monday PM – Litter boxes were heavy and needed more litter. Added 2 bags spread out. Added big bag of food to container. No pee blankets but a couple of pee spots including someone peeing on the side of the trash can lol. 2.5 cups of food with lysine. Tokyo was very mischievous. Kept getting into the office and jumped into the paper goods cabinet. Almost knocked my phone out of my hand while I was typing this cause she wanted pets. All kitties got pets and treats. Calm shift except for watermelon showing a lil aggression towards Phia.
Sunday pm
1 pee blanket. Added 2.5 cups of food to room. Aperol still had lots of food in her bowl. Cleaned water bowls. Phia ate 1 whole churu, and 1/3 of another. Phia and Nola both got there meds. Nola is still disinterested in all treats and wants only cuddles and pets. Gabbi and Chester got the zoomies and started playing at the end of shift. Everyone got some crunchy treats and a bit of churu.
Sunday a.m. all getting along pretty well. Apersol ate some wet food. Everyone else ate theirs and had churo and temptations. Did chores. Cleaned boxes and mopped. Took out trash. Did not add any dry since bowls were full.
Saturday PM
Two floor pees. Light litter boxes, and food bowls still full. Aperol was a sleepy girl but liked some pets. Gave Phia both of her meds, and Nola got her pill. Phia ate a whole churu and some kibble! Everyone got crunchy treats.
I can do the morning shift this
Thursday!😊
!! Heeeeeeey!! Can anyone do the Thursday morning shift this week? The 12th? 😁😁🐈🐈💓💓
Saturday am
All chores done and water buckets changed out
Added 2 scoops of food with lysine
Phia ate and drank water and did well out in the room.
Nola wanted me to hold her and kept following me around. She’s so sweet!
Tokyo tried to get Nola one time but no problems really
Aperol still seemed a little pissed off but doing ok
Happy Friday!
Did all the chores and added only 2 scoops of food and lysine to the bowls. Gave both Nola and Phia their meds. Phia was already out of the cage so I let her be. I moved her food bowl closer to her and she nibbled on some food for a minute. Chester tried to start a fight with her but I stopped it. Aperol indulged in some playtime with me but didn’t want any treats. The rest of the cats got playtime, pets, and treats.
Friday 5:30pm
Gave Phia an appetite stimulant, its transdermal and is in her left ear. DO NOT touch it.
Leave her out tonight and tomorrow morning. If you see her or Nola eat or poop please let me know.
Room was clean when we came in today. Had to replace one pee blanket. Phia was not in the cage when I arrived so I left her out..she did some exploring but spent most of the shift in a cat tree. Tokyo and Nola don’t seem to care for each other, it was mostly Tokyo not wanting Nola around. Aperol is very unhappy to be back.. she tried to fight one of the cats through the ISO door and swatted at us when we went in so we had to keep some distance. All chores done, took trash out. Gave… Read more »
Two pee spots in the big room. Throw up in ISO. Chores done. Phia got her antibiotics and was allowed to stay in the big room. Nola was moved to the big room and got her Zyrtec. Aperol is decompressing in ISO. Everyone got treats. Gilly peed by the cabinets while we were here. Ringo had a little spat with Nola.
Thursday 6:30pm
Aperol is staying for about a week. Her foster is on vacay. Aperol is pretty pissed. She’s in iso. If she calms down she can come out on shift.
Had to pull Nola out into the room. Also leaving Phia out of her room cage tonight. I’m going to get an appetite stimulant for her tomorrow.
Pretty calm shift, one vomit in big ISO. Phia walked around the room and did fine, played with me for a little bit. Everyone got some Temptations and I left a small handful in the cabinet ISO for Phia.
Wed. PM
Cleaned litter, and floors. Added lysine to food. Offered everyone wet and dry treats. Phia liked the Churus but didn’t like going into the smallest room. No problems.
Swept and mopped out ISO. Nola is so precious. I picked her up and she rubbed on my face a lot and purred loudly. Cleaned out Phia’s safe space with Clorox and swept out litter in there. Filled out report on Phia and Nola.
Swept and mopped main room. Pee spots on floor. Everyone had some wet food, except N and P. Temptation treats for all. Little Phia doesn’t like it in the safe box, as she was so comfy on top of the cat tree by dog door. 😔
Everyone was good. They really enjoyed the dental crunchy treats, especially Gilly. Phia is back from the vet and in the cabinet iso. She must stay in there so we can monitor he food intake and litter box habits. Please measure with a measuring cup how much food is left in how and how much you add!! Also please be mindful of her new medicarion