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!
IF YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO POST TO THE SHIFT LOG AND IT KEEPS POPPING UP SOMETHING CALLED “NONCE” THEN IT MEANS YOU NEED TO CLEAR YOUR BROWSERS CACHE. FOR PHONES JUST GOOGLE HOW TO CLEAR CACHE IN THE BROWSER YOU’RE USING. ON THE LAPTOP IT’S EDGE: TRY HITTING CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE AT THE SAME TIME AND CLEAR ALL HISTORY/BROWSING/COOKIE/CACHE AND HIT “CLEAR NOW”. FOR ISSUES TEXT KELLY, CONTACT INFO BEHIND LAPTOP.IN THE DOG ROOM
Tuesday AM
Quiet shift. All chores done. Not much in litter boxes. Topped off water. Gave Dutchess her medicine in wet food. She ate about half of it. Gave everyone a taste of wet food & later Churu’s. Everyone pretty calm & mellow.
No pee spots or blankets.
SUNDAY PM – Food bowls and water mostly full, but I topped them off. Iso door was open so I left it open. 1 pee blanket. Distributed 4 churus between all cats. Gave duchess meds with churu (I think I got most of it). Swept and mopped floors.
MONDAY PM – Food bowls were still pretty full. Just evened the food that was already in them between the bowls. No pee spots or pee blankets. Litter boxes had a lot to scoop and a bit of litter on the floor. Cleaned and refilled all of the water buckets. Aperol cornered Chester on the windowsill by the mop bucket. Had to intervene. Chester pinned down Gilly and was biting him. Had to intervene. Kitties shared some wet food but gave a churu to Aperol since she was mad and hiding in one of the tunnels. The door to ISO… Read more »
Sunday AM. One barf near cat tree. Duchess is hiding in the cat tree by the dog room door all the way in the back on the floor level. She ate her churo with meds and treats. She did not eat food. All others had wet food. Added two cups dry food with lycine. Litter boxes normal. Did some laundry – will be on dryer. All chores done.
Saturday PM 2 floor pees. Room food bowls full. Everyone got churu and some dental treats. Practiced holding with Pasha, she grumbled but tolerated it for about 30 seconds, lol. I stopped in earlier today and pulled Duchess and her hut out and onto a middle shelf and left her there. When I came in this evening she seemed content but like she had stayed in the hut all day. I gave her meds in a half of a churu first and she happily ate it. Then I gave her some of the Purina cat chow kibble and she ate… Read more »
Saturday am
The floors were super filmy and chores done. Water buckets changed out and one scoop of food added. Duchess still had the Churu medicine in her bowl from yesterday and didn’t need dry food. I mixed up the gabapentin with a little Churu and tried to feed it to her on a spoon but she wouldn’t take it so I put it on my finger and pushed it into her mouth and by the end of the shift she was much calmer and ate some kitten temptations and seemed to like pets more too.
It was pretty dirty in the cat room when we arrived. litter all over the floor and a couple of pee spots. we did all the chores and gave dutchess her medicine bowl. she was resting the whole shift in her house. pasha stayed in the huge cardboard box almost the whole shift lol. refilled their food bowls and added lysine. all the cats were eager to play with the wand! gave them lots of pets and treats. happy friday!
Thursday PM
Cats fed, scooped and swept. Topped off water. Everyone spilt a churu. Duchess got her meds mixed into a churu. Topped her food with some purina and she chowed down. Got her to come out of her hiding spot by airlifting her house to the ground in iso where she tentatively explored around. She was in bottom cabinet when I left
Put Dutchess on the shelf in the room in her hut. She didn’t move. I put her gaba Churo bowl in with her. She didn’t touch it. I left it with her in ISO so she will hopefully eat it at some point tonight. Michelle is getting some more gaba tomorrow. Chester was highly entertained by some love bugs in one the windows. He tried his absolute best to get them through the window. Lol!! Everyone else was pretty chill. Pasha was out and about walking around during shift. Gilly ate his Sheba. Everyone else shared a Churo. Chores done.… Read more »
Hi everyone. I took Duchess’ little house out and put in main room while
I was there. I put the churu and her gaba on a spoon and kinda opened her mouth and she took it fine.
I put dry food, some Sheba and a little bowl of water in ISO next to her.
Swept and mopped floor, added lysine to food. No pee spots to report.
Tuesday pm-
no pee blanket, but two floor pees. Duchess didn’t finish her wet food from this morning, we gave her meds in churu. Everyone got churus and room food still full.
Tuesday AM- everyone in a good mood. Duchess ate her wet food with the gabapentin in it but only would eat it if I was holding the bowl right up to her face, so I’m not sure if it’ll be finished by this evening. Did three cups of food with 1/2 lysine and scooped litter boxes and swept the floor. Split Churus between everyone and also gave them some ziploc bag treats.
MONDAY PM – 2.5 cups of dry food with lysine added. No pee spots or pee blankets. Everyone was really calm and got treats and pets. Duchess only antr about half a churu with her medicine. Had to put it on a spoon and feed it to her in her little cubby hole. She didn’t come out of it at all. She is so sad.😢 I left the rest of the churu in a small bowl next to where she is.
Monday AM
Room food bowls still full. Gave everyone some churu. Duchess ate all of her medicine in a churu. Gave her a bowl of kibble – mixed purina and room food.
🌟 The type of pill that Duchess is getting is a capsule. For cats this is meant to be pulled apart and have the dust inside emptied and mixed into wet food. The emptied capsule is then thrown away.
Sunday pm
No pee blankets. Swept, mopped, took out trash. Litter boxes light today. Duchess was hiding in her house again and I had to take it from her cause she threw up her morning meds and food. Gave her a new pill in some wet food but she’s super mad from losing her hideout. All other kitties good. Added 2 scoops and lysine. Gave all the kitties some Sheba wet food.
Sunday 7:15-815 Room was quiet today. Only one squabble. Duchess took her pill in a churro, but did not eat anything else in front of me. Litter boxes normal. Added two cups dry with lycine. All had wet food and churro. Did normal chores.
Saturday PM
Chores done, litter was light. gave Duchess her medicine, seemed a bit more relaxed let me pet her okay. everyone got some treats as well, found Kiwi in the office when I arrived.
Saturday am
Chores done and litter boxes were light. A few waters changed out and 4 scoops of food added with Lysine. Duchess seemed less scared today and took her medicine in Churu with no problems. All other kitties got Dentalife treats and split a Churu.
Friday PM
There was an overturned bowl and litter scattered in the room. Duchess had a small amount of kibble on the floor but it was everywhere, lol. Duchess ate all of her meds in a churu from the AM. Left her another churu with meds mixed in for tonight. Gave her a bowl of kibble that was half room reg food and Purina cat chow and she went to town on it! Everyone else had some churu too. Added 1.5 cups of food to room bowls.
A couple of pee blankets. Lysine added to dry food. Litterboxes cleaned. Floors swept. Duchess ate some dry food out of my hand. She had be gabapentin with a churu. Everyone got a little wet food. Chester fell in a bucket of water so part of the floor was mopped. Kiwi was following Gilly during parts of the shift.
Cleaned litter and floors. Added lysine to food. Duchess got her medicine (mixed into wet food). She didn’t eat it all so we left it in with her. There’s a new chart for it posted. Ants seem to be gone. Chester and Kiwi chased some toy balls. No issues.
I found Duchess stuck behind the iso drawer. Half of her was stuck in the drawer. I got her out.
Please leave the little house in there so she can hide. She has been terrified all shift. I left some Sheba close by her. She did have some poop and pee in litter box.
Food was scattered about in main room most likely from a dive off cat tree into it. I changed all the water buckets. All had Sheba and treats after chores
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Tuesday PM
2 pee blankets, and litter scattered on floor. Gilligan peed on countertop towards end of shift. Everyone very active and talking tonight. Duchess seems to be in a better mood tonight. Everyone got wet food, Aperol chose not to eat hers but Kiwi happily had 2nds. Added 2 cups to room food. And put a 1/4 cup topper of the Purina cat chow on Duchess’s bowl of kibble, which she immediately started eating.
Tuesday AM- everyone was really well behaved. No pee spots. Duchess was glued to the shelf but I brushed her fur and ended up turning over on her back and making biscuits. Did 4 cups of food with lysine and also split a wet food between all cats and then Duchess got her own. Split Churus between everyone. Scooped litter and swept floor and also changed the food bowls to clean ones.
Monday PM – early shift. Kitties were all sleepy. No fights or hisses. Not ants either. Added 2c and lysine. Added litter to a few boxes. All kitties got treats and pets, and everyone seems happy.
Left iso open on shift but Duchess never came out or even off the top shelf. No one came in and annoyed her either. Gave her wet pate, sniffed it but didn’t want it. She did eat a whole churru tho. Then I tried the purina kibble on her. She ate almost 1/4c. Left the rest and the wet food in iso with her.
Sunday pm
1 pee spot on floor. Duchess hiding in a corner, very upset that I’m moving stuff in iso. Scooped litter, swept, and mopped floors. Added 2 scoops of food and lysine and refreshed the water. There were no fights during the shift and everyone shared some churu.
Sunday AM. Room was quiet. Litter boxes normal. Added two cups dry food. All had wet food and treats. Did chores. Duchess had treats but did not eat breakfast in front of me.
Saturday PM
Washing machine is out of order. Unsure when it’ll be fixed. Pile laundry in the basket in the office for now. If anyone would like to wash a load at home that would be greatly appreciated!
Duchess is still unhappy but accepted pets. Put a calming collar on her 🤞, hoping it helps. Chester was wound up and kept poking at the other cats tonight. Food bowls still full.
Saturday am
Quick shift-chores done. A few water buckets changed out and added one scoop of food. Duchess stayed in ISO in the cat tree but let me pet her some. All other kitties were good and got Dentalife treats and split a Churu. Gilly was extra extra affectionate today-so sweet! I was in a rush and I think I left the dirty blankets in the basket in the room-sorry!
Friday PM Kitties all seem good. Opened the door to iso but duchess wasn’t interested in coming out. She did jump down from her perch to sit on a lower shelf however. Pasha was much braver today and was out and about and tried to sneak into the office. All chores done. There was a spot of pee on the floor of iso, we didnt notice it till later so not sure if duchess did it or one of the other cats after we opened the door. Added 5 scoops of food with the lysine and refreshed all the waters.… Read more »
Thursday PM
Lots of poops, room was clean. Added 2 cups of food with lysine. Everyone got Sheba, left some for duchess in iso. She licked churu off my finger. All kitties were angels.
✨Volunteers Needed✨ We are in need of a volunteer to manage the cat emails from the public. These are emails that go to our general mailbox caawsmail@yahoo.com. They are very general inquiries from the public. There are form emails and auto response already made that you would use. It would be a lot of please take this cat, I found a cat, etc. emails that would get a form email of sorry we’re full. And then the much fewer and more specific, urgent emails like I adopted Lemon from y’all and I need her microchip number, or we’ve found a… Read more »
Kitties were all very sweet and relaxed. Chester harrassed Pasha a bit but that was it. Dutchess goobled up a Churo on a plate. She wouldn’t come out of her hidey bed. I had to put the bowl with the Churo in her bed with her. We made need to think about taking that bed out if she doesn’t come out of it soon and putting her a regular bed. There a few ants along the bottom of the cabinets in the middle of the room. Dumped all the food bowls just in case and put 5 cups of fresh… Read more »
Duchess had food all over the floor and her little hut turned over on the floor. I cleaned out her room really good and set it back up. She did have poop and pee in box. I put her food and a water dish by her.
Found a can of wet food in office and borrowed opener from dog room. Dental treats also given at end of shift. Floor swept and mopped. Counter was pretty gross.
Tuesday PM
Everyone is doing well today. Duchess did not come out of her little house. She had a full bowl of dry food and nothing in her litter box. Left her a churru on a plate because I couldn’t find any wet food. I think Chester misses Tesoro because he’s been trying to get Pasha and Kiwi to fight with him all shift. They are not interested. Did all chores. Food and water were full so didn’t need to add more.
Tuesday AM- overall good behavior from all kitties. Aperol did try attacking Chester a couple of times but she was surprisingly affectionate towards me which has never happened. Duchess didn’t come out of her bed but the other cats went and visited her. Scooped litter, swept floor, did 4 cups of food with lysine, and gave ziploc treats and Churus. I brushed some of their hair but Aperol and Gilligan were resistant. 1 pee blanket.
Monday PM – 1 pee blanket right at the end of the shift by Gilly. 2.5 cups of dry food with lysine added. Didn’t see any ants. Water buckets cleaned and refilled. Duchess ate the last Sheba wet food packet and also ate a churu. All kitties got pets and treats. Pasha came down for pets but Chester decided to annoy her. Had a weird tussle between Gabbi and Chester but I don’t think anyone got hurt.
Sunday pm
Forgot to post this before we left. No pee blankets today. Swept, mopped, and took out trash. Bowls were pretty full so only added 1 scoop + lysine. Gave Duchess some churu as she was still hiding in her little home. Everyone got some Sheba as a treat. There was nearly perfect behavior today.
Sunday AM. Quiet morning. Room was pretty clean. Litter boxes normal. Duchess stayed in her tent but ate a churro from my hand. Added two cups dry. Did chores. Did not see any ants. All had wet food (almost out) and crunchy treats. Stay cool everybody!
Saturday PM
A few scout? ants around the baseboards of the cabinets, killed them with the spray dawn. Put more poison down outside around the front of the building/ditch. Food bowls safe on the countertop’s still. Added a half cup of food. Lured Duchess out of her hut by a few feet with food on the shelf. She seems stable so no more health tracking but still give her wet food and encourage her to eat. She can come out on shift now. Everyone got dental treats.
Saturday am
Chores done and food bowls were still full. Changed out water buckets and a few blankets. Gave kitties crunchy treats and Gilligan had Churu. Chester demanded some too. Duchess didn’t come out of her little cubbyhole but accepted some pets.
The cats were excited for some human interaction. Did all the chores and added 4 scoops of food with lysine since the bowls were pretty empty. Kept them up on the counter just in case if any ants were still around, but we didn’t find any on shift except in the mop bucket. Duchess ate a churu packet by herself. Gave them all treats, pets, and playtime. Happy Friday!
1 pee spot on the floor, 4 blankets with pee on them and one blanket with a hairball. 1 scoop of dry food and lysine added. Three water buckets cleaned and refilled. Litter scooped and floors swept. Cosequin treats given out but not everyone wanted them.
The ants are back all along the rubber stripping under the cabinets in the middle of the room. And they were all in the food bowl by the cat tree next to the cabinets. We let Michelle know and cleaned them up as best we could with the broom then the dawn spray. Michelle come by in the morning and put some ant poison out. Chores done. Added 2 cups to room food. Food bowls on the counter bc of the ants. Duchess didn’t eat between shifts today so we didn’t add any food to her bowls. Her water bowl… Read more »
Hi everyone. All the kitties seem so relaxed and playful. Perhaps bc Ringo isn’t there? Even Pish Posh(Pasha) came out of her spot and Gabbi chased the mop and broom.
I gave everyone some Sheba. Duchess ate her tub in a flash and gobbled up all her treats before I left. I put room food next to her and a small water bowl.
I swept and mopped the floor. Wasn’t too bad.
Everyone had Temptation treats. Added lysine to food.
Tuesday PM
1 pee blanket. Food bowls full. Brought more churus! Gave Duchess a sheba tub and put it right in front of her in her hut and she started gobbling it up. Everyone got Temptations.
Tuesday AM- everyone was so good and playful and no fights. Even Gilligan was incredibly affectionate and Gabbi too which shocked us. Duchess didn’t come out of her house but when food or treats are placed right in front of her she ate it up quickly. Did her detailed report for iso tracking. Swept floor, scooped litter, added 5 cups of food with lysine and gave temptations and ziploc treats to all. 1 pee blanket, 1 poo blanket.
Also, we brushed all the cats with the brush and I spent extra time with Duchess because she turned over on her belly to be brushed and was making biscuits and was urging to come out her house but was ultimately too scared. But she’s so close to coming out!
MONDAY PM – 1 pee blanket. Added 2 bags of litter to the boxes. Litter boxes had a lot to scoop. Added 3.5 cups of food with lysine. Aperol was fussed at a few times for being mean to Pasha and Chester. Then Chester was mean to Pasha and got fussed at too. I forgot to bring some Churus for Gilly and had to look at his sad little face. 😢 Duchess wouldn’t eat any treats but seemed to want some pets when I would reach in. She wouldn’t come out of the hidy hole. Cleaned and refilled all water… Read more »
Sunday pm
Litter boxes light today. Swept and mopped floors. Added 2.5 scoops plus lysine. Less than a week of lysine left in container. Duchess remains very shy and quite comfortable hidden away. Gave everyone some Sheba wet food. Left a little early cause it started raining pretty hard.
Sunday AM. No major messes. Duchess never came out of her house. Everyone else got along well. Did chores and laundry. Added one cup dry food. All had wet food and treats. Completed iso log. Litter boxes normal.