Special care cats

General
The nature of the work we do here and the character of the care we provide have changed gradually over the last ten years. We see more elderly cats than before and a significant number of cats whose continuing health - and sometimes survival – depend on the special diets and drugs prescribed for them by their vets.

Our task, while your cat is with us, is to continue accurately and without interruption the regime established by your vet. This may involve special foods or food additives, the administration of tablets or insulin injections for diabetic cats. It can include urine testing at one end of the spectrum and quite simply more cuddles for a nervous cat or extra warmth for the frail visitor used to living next to a radiator most of the time.

We make small charges for these services. We are bound to: they are time-consuming and must never be skimped. You’ll find the detail within the Boarding Fees section above.

 

 

Convalescence
We can provide on request a convalescent service for cats recovering from surgery following perhaps a road accident or some other incident. We have two special care/ holding pens each measuring 5’4”w x 3’8”d x 3’0”h. These pens allow reasonable movement while deliberately restricting height to 3’. This, plus the removal of any items such as platformed scratching posts, prevents injured cats from jumping: a necessary precaution for leg and pelvic injuries.

These pens are supplied with low level sleeping boxes lined with thick, comfortable fleeces and litter trays – once again with low-level entry. We maintain these pens at a higher than usual ambient temperature as a matter of course. We visit them regularly and more often than the rest of the cattery, for obvious reasons.

There is a special, all-inclusive rate for occupancy of these units. It amounts to exactly twice the amount of our standard boarding fee. You will find that this compares extremely favourably with what the average vet might charge. You and we will need to discuss whether or not what we provide is suitable for your cat in each particular case. We are not setting out to do what should properly be done by a vet: merely that which is within our competence and experience.