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!
Two blankets with pee. 1/4 cup dry food and lysine added. Floors swept. Litterboxes cleaned. Gilly, Tokyo, Chester and Gabbi played with the feather toy.
Nola got her pill. Nola and Phia love pets. They both got brushed. Everyone got two temptation treats. Gilly got dental treats.
There was a pee on the floor and one in the sink and the kitties blamed Michelle? I’m inclined to believe that, since all 8 of them were in agreement and kitties would never lie.
Nola is super affectionate and seemed to want to come out of ISO, but they stayed in.
Gilly is very sneezy and in THREE different episodes while I was on shift, he vomited. The first was a lot of food, and the second and third were a lot of phlegm.
Everyone got treats and scratches and acted like they enjoyed it.
Wed pm
Cleaned litter and mopped. Added lysine to food. Everyone had treats. The two new cats are nervous but affectionate. No issues.
Hi everyone.
I cleaned out ISO. Mopped and swept in there and gave fresh water and added fresh litter. I left them with some wet food and treats, also 2 bowls of the rest of the baggie food. They are complete angels and it’s so sad. Hopefully they get adopted together.
All bowls nearly empty. Swept and mopped main room. Wet food and treats given. Lysine added.
Forgot to sign out Leaving now at 9:25
Nola got her pill, everyone got wet food and some churu. Everyone behaved and was very sweet
Tuesday AM – 2 pee spots & 2 pee blankets. Added 4 cups food with Lysine. Treats given. Nola & Phia are good, not much food left when arrived. 2 pees & smalls poops in ISO. Swept floor, scooped litter. Everyone fine.
Monday PM – No pee spots or blankets. Added 2 cups of food with lysine. Cleaned and refilled water buckets. 3 pees and 1 poop in ISO. Saw Nola do one of the pees. Phia ate a whole churu and Nila had 6 crunchy treats. Gabbi and Gilly had Churus and the other kitties shared some canned food. Calm shift. Everyone got pets except Gabbi who was like churu yes, pets no. Wasn’t able to get Bola to swallow her pill so I texted Michelle.
Sunday pm
Gabby is feeling frisky, running around the room and playing with toys. Room food bowls were very full still. Shared crunchy treats and tube treats with everyone.
Iso litter box had some pees, and Nola peed while I was in there. Gave both girls some of the kibble in the zip locks bag, they nibbled on it a bit. Nola was very good for her pill. Split a small can of wet food for them into 2 bowls and left it with them.
Sunday am. A few messy blankets. Quiet morning. Did chores. Added one cup dry. New cats let me pet them a few times. Not interested in food. All had wet food and treats.
Saturday PM
Chores done, litter boxes
Food bowls full and water
gave Nola pill and everyone got a lot of treats.
Saturday am
Had to do a quick shift but swept and mopped and did litters
Food bowls were full and all kitties got treats
Nola and Phia were so sweet and used their litter box
Happy Friday! All smiles, treats, and playfulness in the room. Gabbi was super playful today and was running around the room. I would say she’s definitely comfortable now. Did all the chores, added 3 scoops of food and lysine. Nola was excited to get pets and treats. Phia was a bit hesitant but let me pet her. At one point she did have drool coming from her chin and I wiped it off of her. Gabbi and Gilligan enjoyed some playtime together. Have a great weekend!
Floors swept. Litterboxes cleaned. Litterbox in ISO unused. 1.5 cups dry food and lysine added. Water bucket refilled. Cats in the main room got dental treats. Cats in ISO got some Churu. Nola is sweet and likes pets. Phia was huddled up in the cubby but no hissing or aggression.
Thursday 4pm
New cats!
2 new girls in iso.
Nola – DSH black, ~11 years old, female. Has skin allergies, meds incoming.
Phia – DMH greh/white, ~10 years old, female.
The came from the same home, owner surrender.
Cannot come out of iso yet.
Nothing crazy except one bowl of food that seemingly exploded on its own, since no kitty is taking responsibility. Everyone got treats and scratches.
Cleaned floors and litter. Added lysine to food. Everyone got wet and dry treats.
Ran into the new maintenance guy, Joe, who said to let him know if anything needs fixing in the cat room.
Room looked great. No messes, one pee blanket. I added food with lysine. All chores done including sweeping and mopping. Wet breakfast and crunchy treats after chores. Dropped off second bag of throws for the parade. Brought some last week.
Tuesday AM- good shift. 1 pee spot. Swept floor. Scooped litter. Did 3 scoops with 1/2 lysine and topped off water. Chester did attack Ringo a few times but they are fine. Gave everyone brushes and treats and pets.
Monday PM – Food and litter all over the floor. 1 big pee spot and 1 pee blanket. Lots of dried up canned food on the counter. Added 2.5 cups of food with lysine. Litter boxes were heavy especially ISO. Gabbi only came down for treats and didn’t want any pets. Watermelon, Tokyo, Chester, and Gilly wanted a lot of attention and pets. Gabbi and Gilly had churos while everyone else shared wet canned food.
Chester was doing some hacking but nothing ever came out. Did it several times.
Sunday pm
Some kibble on floor. No other messes. Everyone wanted attention, though not Gilligan. All the boys took turns cuddling. Split 2 tube treats with everyone. Added 2.5 cups of food.
Sunday am. Quiet morning. All had wet food. Did chores changed out water bowls. Did 2 loads laundry so some still in dryer. All had treats. Did not add dry food.
Saturday PM
Food bowls still full. Litter boxes were lite. Chill shift. Chores done.
Saturday am
Food bowls were still full and changed/topped off water buckets.
Litter boxes were light and chores done
The floors had like a thick film on them
and tried my best to get them clean
Ringo was so sweet most of the shift but attacked Watermelon and then tried to get Gabbi
Gabbi hid but he scratched Watermelon on her back end but she seemed ok and didn’t see any blood thankfully.
All kitties got crunchy treats.
Very chill friday evening in the cat room. Cleaned litter boxes. Swept, mopped, and refilled the water bowls and added 4 scoops of lysine in the food. All of the cats were playful and got lots of pets and treats.
Happy Friday!
Room was pretty clean this morning, no messes to clean up. Added a little food and lysine to all the bowls and gave treats around the room. Gabbi was down on the floor today playing around. I think her and Gilly are BFFs. All chores done.. happy Friday!
One pee blanket. Ringo had a coughing fit for about a minute, like he had a hairball but nothing came up. Gilly sneezed a lot, some snot came out. Gabbi played on the floor for a little bit. No dry food added but one lysine pill added. Litterboxes cleaned and floors swept. Everyone got two dental treats.
Today was the first time I’ve seen Gabbi just sitting out on the floor. A few pee spots. Added two scoops and a lysine. Nothing terribly interesting, hooray. Happy Mardi Gras!
Normal chores done. Cats got lysine, dry treats, and wet treats. Gabbi seems a little more relaxed. No problems to report.
Room smelled awful so I passed the mop a few times so hopefully better. Litter boxes full and pee spots on floor and counter I checked all the blankets for the smell but all were okay except 2.
Kitties got breakfast and crunchy treats after chores. Added fresh food With lysine. Very behaved angels today.
Everyone was good, added two cups of food
Tuesday AM- good shift, no pee spots! I washed and refilled all the dry food bowls. Scooped litter, swept floor. Gave cats treats and Churus. All got brushes and pets too. Everyone was well behaved except Chester kept mounting himself on top of Gabbi but they didn’t fight… it was more of a funny business type of way…. Lol.
Monday PM – No pee blankets or pee spots. Brought in all the litter that was delivered and put it in the cabinet. Added a bag of litter to the iSO box. Added 2.5 cups of food with lysine. Scrubbed and refilled all of the water buckets. All kitties got pets and shared wet food or Churus. All of the kitties were really good. 😊 👍🏼
Sunday pm
No messes. Added 3 cups of food to room. Everyone got crunchy treats. Gabbi and Chester were playing together!
Sunday am. Two small messes. A lot of cat play but no fights. Did chores. One load laundry. Litter boxes normal. Added one cup dry. All had wet food and treats.
Saturday PM
Everyone was doing well today, when I got here watermelon and Chester were going at it. no messes or pee blankets.
chores done.
litter was light.
gave everyone treats and played with them a bit
Saturday am
Ringo was crazy affectionate this morning and was purring so loud!!!!!
All other kitties got attention too except for Gabbi who was still afraid but got along well with everyone and was very playful.
Changed out 1 water bucket and food bowls were still full.
A few pee spots but room wasn’t too messy and normal chores done.
Everyone got crunchy treats.
Friday PM
All kitties were good, no fighting. Gilligan was sneezing a lot. Got all the chores done and added 5 scoops of food with the lysine. Everyone got some churro treat. Played with the cats a bunch with the wand toys
Throw up on window and a blanket by the middle shelf. Gilly peed on the blankets in the corner tower. Blankets replaced. All the cats had some dental treats, even Gilly. Litterboxes cleaned and floor swept. Watermelon and Tokyo were brushed. Chester and Ringo tolerated a little brushing. No big fights. Gabbi came down from her spot for food and to use the litter box. She used two different litterboxes one right after the other. Lysine and dry food added.
The bad kitties were pretty good today. One sink and one counter pee, so still bad, but not like, VERY bad. The shared a can of wet food and got pets. Food, water, litter all looked normal, but the litter levels are getting low and I didn’t see any more bags in the cabinet.
Wed. P. M.
Completed the usual chores and gave everyone treats and wet food. Gabbi seems more used to being out in the room now. No problems to report, other than Gilligan being congested and making a mess when he sneezes.
Room was pretty clean when I arrived. Several pee spots to mop up. I mopped and sprayed some Glade. Smelled a little like wet mop after so I hope Glade helped. Fresh food added with lysine, wet food breakfast and treats after chores
Nothing odd to report.
Everyone was good! Split some wet food (watermelon ate most of it) I also unpacked a bunch of donations
Tuesday AM- good shift. Two throw up spots and many pee spots. Scooped litter, swept floor, did 4 cups of food with lysine for the room. Washed and refilled all water bowls. Brushed all the kitties and gave lots of treats.
Monday PM – Cleaned and refilled all of the water buckets. Added 1 cup of food. Litter wasn’t bad aside from ISO. 1 pee blanket and 1 dry food vomit blanket. Added a bag of dry food to the big container. Gabbi only came down to use the bathroom but she did eat some wet food. All kitties shared wet food except Gilly had a Churro.
Sunday pm
No messes. Litter boxes were light. Added 3 cups of food. Sleepy shift, but Gabbi was walking around exploring. Everyone got crunchy treats. Left sink with a steady stream again for freezing weather.
Sunday a.m. Quiet morning so I got to spend time playing. Light litter boxes. No big messes. Did chores. All had wet food. Remixed the dry. All had treats.
Saturday PM
A bunch of water spilled by the water bucket in the back. Litter boxes light and food bowls full. Gilligan peed in front of us. Everyone wanted attention this evening. Gave out crunchy treats. Left water on a steady stream for freezing temps.
Saturday am
A few pee spots and one puke spot but otherwise pretty clean room this morning
Chores done and food bowls were full
Gabbi was really cute playing but still skittish when I tried to pet her
All kitties got crunchy treats and were extra sweet today
Pretty chill this evening in the cat room. No one was fighting or glaring at each other. There was pee on one blanket and I replaced it. Did all the chores and refilled water buckets. Added 3 scoops of food and lysine. They all were happy to receive pets and treats. Ringo coughed a little but he was fine. He mostly stayed to himself on his tree with his back turned.
Happy Friday!
Room was pretty clean this morning, only one pee spot to clean. Everyone in a good mood this morning, especially Ringo and Gilly, they were both rather affectionate. All chores were done and I added a little bit of food to the bowls. Gave plenty of treats and a little bit of catnip for them to enjoy. No issues to report!