PREPARE IN ADVANCE BEFORE GOING INTO CAT CAGE:
* 1.5 cans of wet cat food (check fridge for leftovers from yesterday, if not take 2 cans from food storage), should be soaking in hot water for at least 5 minutes, the more the better (can do small tasks while waiting for them). If there is an opened can, can add hot water straight in.
* 7 new cat bowls from cat cupboard in Suzie storage
* Spoon
* 1 small bowl with hot water
INSIDE CAT CAGE (IN THIS ORDER PLEASE):
* Put up food bowls, toys, cardboard boxes (check there’s no pee/poo/vomit in them – if there is tell a dog carer/vet and throw away the cardboard boxes), anything that can be picked off the ground
* Empty litter boxes to litter bin/bucket. Make sure no pieces of old litter left in boxes (this is where the gloves come in handy)
* WIPE THE WHOLE LITTER BOX WITH WET WIPES. NO DRIED POO SHOULD BE LEFT UNCLEANED.
* Fill litter boxes with new litter – up to marked line in the big one and about the same amount in the black one
* If there’s any poo on the floor, can clean it with wet wipes from red zone. Same for vomit or any rodent remains
* Once a week please brush the climber and other furniture there. Brush is in box where shoe covers are.
* Empty water bowls and trays into litter bin/bucket.
* Wipe the trays as they get filled with litter, dust etc.
* Put the clean water bowls and fill them with new water.
* Put the old ones in red floor area to take them out and get washed.
* Mop the floor. Squeeze out as much water as possible from the mop before mopping. Otherwise the floor will be too wet. The floor does not dry easily in cold weather in particular.
* Put everything picked from ground (except the food bowls) back down
* Feed cats with 1 full measuring cup of dry cat food split between the 7 bowls, put the bowls back in
the 4/3 arrangement like in the morning
AFTER LEAVING CAT CAGE:
* Put leftover food in fridge, if any
* Throw away finished cans, any uneaten food from yesterdays bowls
* Wash yesterdays bowls and put them back in cat cupboard in Suzie storage
* Wash spoon and bowl used for hot water
PREPARE IN ADVANCE BEFORE GOING INTO CAT CAGE:
* Basket to put the litter in
* Mopping Bucket with disinfectant and hot water, and mop. Should be the blue bucket marked CATS by the laundry room
* Make sure there’s at least half a bottle of water
* Make sure there’s at least a bit more than half a bag of litter (if not, can bring another bag from Suzie storage)
* Make sure there’s enough dry cat food in the bag hanging in the red zone, if not bring more from cat bin in food storage
* Put on gloves (for cleaning litter boxes)
INSIDE CAT CAGE (IN THIS ORDER PLEASE):
* Put up food bowls, toys, cardboard boxes (check there’s no pee/poo/vomit in them – if there is tell a dog carer/vet and throw away the cardboard boxes), anything that can be picked off the ground
* Empty litter boxes to litter bin/bucket. Make sure no pieces of old litter left in boxes (this is where the gloves come in handy)
* Fill litter boxes with new litter – up to marked line in the big one and about the same amount in the black one
* If there’s any poo on the floor, can clean it with wet wipes from red zone. Same for vomit or any rodent remains (☹)
* Sweep
* Empty water bowls and trays into litter bin/bucket. Every few days need to also wash water bowls and trays depending on their state (sometimes get filled with litter dust etc)
* Fill water bowls with new water
* Mop
* Put everything picked from ground (except the food bowls) back down
* Feed cats with 1 full measuring cup of dry cat food split between the 7 bowls, put the bowls back in the 4/3 arrangement like in the morning
AFTER LEAVING CAT CAGE:
* Empty litter bin/bucket to poo barrow
* Empty mopping bucket UNDERNEATH the sink by the toilet, clean it and the mop, put back in place