I have just returned home after a couple of days away, hence the lapse in my blogging! Much as I enjoyed my couple of days break, I missed my two furry babies and my laptop!
When I organise a trip away now days there are three things I have to book. Flights, accommodation and a cat sitter! I prefer when at all possible to keep the cats in their own environment, so normally if we're not going away for more than a week, a friend of ours stays and takes care of our two lovelies. We are lucky to have someone reliable and cat friendly enough to trust, it gives me peace of mind when away from them. Only on one occasion have we had to use a cattery.
Last year a group of us were heading away for a fortnight, our cat sitter included, so we had to send Oliver on his holidays too. This was P.P. (Pre-Poppy), so he was going all on his own! We found a cattery in County Clare for him to relax in. It was nice, clean, safe etc. I would have preferred if it had more home comforts though. I found it quite stressful finding a cattery I was happy to leave him in for such a long time. The fact that he was completely a house cat made it worse, as he is so used to his luxuries! Try as I might I did not find any cattery in the immediate area that supplied sofas, fluffy cushions and a good view of birds etc for their feline guests!
Seriously though, one thing I found very annoying while trying to locate a suitable cattery was the fact that very few in the Munster area have websites with photos of where the cats are housed. It would be a great help to see the premises before booking, but it's not always possible to call personally. I found some excellent websites of catteries located in Wexford, Galway and Dublin, but none in Limerick or Clare. If anyone out there is aware of catteries in these counties that have websites with photos etc, I would appreciate you letting me know.
This website http://www.cosycatscattery.co.uk/advice.html gives a very comprehensive guide to finding the purrfect (I know, I know!) cattery for your little prince or princess, check it out !
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there is a lady who runs a cattery near Callan, Co. Kilkenny.. but I don't know if she has a website.
I goggled the address and found the cattery I think you are talking about, Cuibhreann Cattery. They doen't list a website, but they are cat only, which is a good thing if your cat is frightened by dogs barking.
Hello, There is a nice family run Cattery in Wexford called Kosy Kennels. They have a nice website.
http://www.kosykennels.ie
The cattery is newly built andseperate from the kennels and heated with lots of proper space for playing and climbing and such like.
I found another one
Http://www.thecatclub.ie
They are servicing Kildare, Dublin and Meath. Cats only and newly built to FAB standards.
The cat club
Kildare Cat boarding.
I know this is an old thread but I use the cat club cattery I can highly recommend it, as everyone told me not put my cat in a cattery or kennels but this cattery was really good and it was my vet in Celbridge that told me about it. They have a website so you can get some idea about the place and the one that runs it is a laugh mad as a hatter but in a good way, they keep chickens in front of the cattery and the cat's love it! its www.thecatclub.ie like the post up there, just thought I would let you know :)
Yeah I agree about the one in Kildare, My sister used it once and she said it was nice. They girl had just opened it up but it was well built and it was the first time the cat wasnt depressed on return. Yer wan that runs it is a cat person so she cares about them. Sister didnt say anythin about chucks though. Is it the same as www.kildarecattery.com
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