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The party is under way in The Cat House 🎢 We'll probably be asleep before them 🀣 Happy New Year to our wonderful Cattery...
31/12/2024

The party is under way in The Cat House 🎢 We'll probably be asleep before them 🀣
Happy New Year to our wonderful Cattery Family, thank you all for your support this year and see you all in 2025 πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰ πŸŽ†πŸŽ‡

Meowy Christmas to you all from the both of us and all our furry guests πŸ’•πŸ˜»πŸŽ„
24/12/2024

Meowy Christmas to you all from the both of us and all our furry guests πŸ’•πŸ˜»πŸŽ„

16/12/2024

When you make a funny video skit for a family member's Birthday and you just have to include a cat with character. Ice Cream the Devon Rex could very well be the next contestant on Dancing With the Stars πŸ€©πŸ’ƒπŸ•ΊπŸ€£
🎢 SOUND UP 🎢

13/12/2024

Can you believe it's 12 days til Christmas?!

It might sound weird but we look at Christmas as our downtime. Why, when it's "peak season", you ask ⁉️

Because we have the same number of furry guests in across Christmas & New Year, as we do every other day of the year. And it's been like that for 15yrs. So it's no different for us 🀷

But! There's a few other things that drastically decrease our workload! And this is what makes it feel like we're on a holiday ☺️πŸ₯³πŸŒ²

Throughout the year we average 25 calls & 45 emails per day (just for the record, we're not complaining about that....) and in the lead up to Christmas it usually quadruples, even though we can't help any of them 😒

But once it hits Christmas the calls and emails stop. Apart from there's alllllllllllways someone that contacts us on Xmas Eve or Xmas day, to book a holiday in 2yrs time πŸ€” ??? Which we politely get back to 3 days later...

The reduction of calls and emails alone is a huge daily decrease in work (anywhere up to 6 hours).

This time of year is also one of only two times a year we close for a run of days (the other is Easter weekend). So that means no strict 6am start to open each morning by 8am. No people - sorry, we love you all but sometimes it's nice to have just the cats 🀣. No massive time limits or watching the clock, we can even just wear our PJs if we want - we've found the cats don't care! 🀣

Rest assured, we still do everything, every day, that we normally do with our furry guests. Including spending time with all of them for brushing, playing & snuggs, but we feel kinda free πŸ•ŠοΈ and in holiday mode. It's like one big happy extended family on a nice relaxed schedule 🀷

So there it is, call us crazy but we see this time of year as a break! Keep in mind we rarely actually go away, so this is the next best thing to us. Merry upcoming Christmas all - just 12 more sleeps 😁😁πŸ₯³

** Senior Kittizen Sunday **😻 16yr old Missy😻 17yr old Cozzy😻 18yr old Charli😻 21yr old Zorro (our first ever furry gues...
08/12/2024

** Senior Kittizen Sunday **
😻 16yr old Missy
😻 17yr old Cozzy
😻 18yr old Charli
😻 21yr old Zorro (our first ever furry guest, who came for his first holiday nearly 16yrs ago and still has regular stays 🩡)

05/12/2024

This week we've had many families come and check out our Cattery for upcoming holidays in 2025. All have asked what hidden extra costs we add.

If our furry guests are wanting it, we give them play time, brush time, cuddles, snuggles and loads of TLC at no extra cost.... and always will.

Simply because we love what we do πŸ’•πŸ˜½πŸ’•

01/12/2024

Adorable Lil' furry guest Malee needs a puffer daily to manage her asthma. And she absolutely πŸ’―% knows it helps her. She races for it & gets in "puffer position"! No matter where she is - asleep inside, out on the deck, up high on the shelf - she always comes running for it!

* Asthma in cats is more common than many think, but easily managed. And cats can lead very long & healthy lives πŸ’–

26/11/2024

We would like to say a special little thank you to those who are still sending their thoughts and kind words for our loss of our beautiful boy Bayley. It's been nearly 2 months (!!!) since his passing and it feels like a lifetime. There is still a ZERO 'no tears day' tally from me (Sonia) and we are both still feeling the loss every day. The support we are still receiving not only helps us, but also we can see how loved you all knew he was. Whether it's been in person, via email or on a phone call, we appreciate the fact you care πŸ’”πŸ₯° Love our Cattery families 🫢

😻 Mid November Meows 😻A few familiar faces from the past couple of group pic posts, due to having lots of longer staying...
23/11/2024

😻 Mid November Meows 😻
A few familiar faces from the past couple of group pic posts, due to having lots of longer staying guests still here. And also a few double ups of names!

18/11/2024

We are getting record numbers of families adding a 2nd or 3rd furry addition to their family in the upcoming weeks and months. Which, we love to see families extended! 😻πŸ₯°πŸ’• But remember to keep us in mind if you have a confirmed booking with us!

With adding another cat, they must 100% get along for them to stay in accommodation together. We can’t have multiple cats from the same family stay together if they don’t get along (or if they need to be separated for food requirements etc).

Remember we are fully booked every single day of the year, not just school holidays (365 days, can't say it enough!). And this means we will have no way of separating them if they need to be.

If we encounter a situation where they are not getting along and it's causing stress, we need to act on behalf of the whole Cat House. So we may find ourselves in a situation where our paws are tied and we will need to organise the new cat accommodation elsewhere. Which is very stressful for ALL involved but we must think of every cat in our care.

Since we are getting so many families adding new additions, we are recommending that everyone who is adding to their fur family within 3 months of coming to stay for a booked holiday, they trial the cats together in a laundry or small bedroom well before coming in. And more than just for an hour or two. This mimics a smaller environment that resembles staying here. Remember they need to be fine in one of our Suites, rather than a whole house.

Hope this helps prepare! And we hope everyone's new additions work out purrrrfectly πŸ’•πŸ’–

** It's Donation Time **We are on track for dropping off our next food donation to Cat Rescue Gold Coast Inc. this weeke...
14/11/2024

** It's Donation Time **
We are on track for dropping off our next food donation to Cat Rescue Gold Coast Inc. this weekend πŸ’• We love doing this a few times a year. They help so many puds & this is our way of doing our bit too.

Where has the bulk of this donation come from? With a tinge of sadness, the bulk has come from our cattery families who have lost their puds in the last 6 months, as well as our own fur kid Bayley's food (yes, even 6wks later there's still tears).

But knowing that they can give back to others takes the edge off the sadness.

Thank you to all those who donated food this time round. You are all awesome πŸ₯°πŸ˜»

* Power is Out*Wee w***y winky runs through the halls, Checking on the furry guests, Throughout all the storms.(With the...
13/11/2024

* Power is Out*
Wee w***y winky runs through the halls,
Checking on the furry guests,
Throughout all the storms.
(With the help of our trusty lil' glo worm)

10/11/2024

** How Did You Choose Your Fur Babies Name? **
Put your pets name & reason for choosing it below! We can kick it off with ours:
* Bayley was a name we had picked out if we ever had a real kid. As it so happened we never did, but Bayley was our real kid in a cats body from the time we met him 🩡
* Ripley (his beloved cat brother) had a 90degree tip at the end of his tail after breaking it during birth. Many couldn't believe he still managed to keep his tail tip... 'Ripleys believe it or not' came about.
* Lucy (Bayley's adopted sister, to help with the loss of Ripley) was already named & affectionately became "Little Lucy Lady".
* All our dogs πŸ•πŸΆ were named when we got them, since they all needed rehoming.
* Napoleon, our turtle, was a tiny underweight lil guy the size of a 20c piece when we got him 22 yrs ago. He's still living a very happy life with us & was named for his desire to lead & explore all those years ago.
* Fender, our 12yr old snake, was already named by her breeder. We kept the name because we liked it and she still responds to it, to this day 🐍
What's the story behind your pets names?
(Eliisa Robinson great suggestion!)

As always a full house for the start of November. Many ask, where does everyone go in such a 'nothing' month? Most are o...
09/11/2024

As always a full house for the start of November. Many ask, where does everyone go in such a 'nothing' month? Most are overseas, on cruises & Norfolk Island seems to be popular at this time πŸ₯°πŸŒπŸ›³οΈπŸοΈ

07/11/2024

Leaving your fur baby is much harder for the pawrents! Cats don't count days like humans do πŸ’•

04/11/2024

Now that everyone's likely to have finished dinner for the night πŸ™ƒ the topic of the post is...
πŸ’© CONSTIPATION πŸ’©
We've noticed a big increase in cases of constipation in our furry guests. Anyone who has had this issue, the first question we ask the owners is "Do they have wet food at home?" and 95% of the time, the answer is YES.

We don't supply wet food. We never have. This is in all our booking confirmation & the information given. This won't ever change. We simply cannot provide an aisle the size of Coles or Woolies pet food aisle, to be able to supply the hundreds of brands, flavours, types etc to be able to cater to every single individual guests' likes.

We have also never complained to a single person about their cats food needs. It really doesn't bother us dishing up a sachet, a third of a tin, a half of a meat packet. We've done far worse!

Moral of the story is, if your cat is used to having wet food each day, just bring it along πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ it's much easier dishing that up than having to deal with a constipated, uncomfortable furry guest. πŸ’©πŸ’©πŸ’©

Happy Halloween from all our furry guests!** No guests were harmed in any way, made to wear masks or sit in rooms with s...
31/10/2024

Happy Halloween from all our furry guests!
** No guests were harmed in any way, made to wear masks or sit in rooms with spiders. It's all just a bit of fun πŸ₯³πŸ‘»πŸŽƒ **

Rumour has it the furry guests are up to mischief for Halloween. We heard them whispering up there this morning. Also st...
29/10/2024

Rumour has it the furry guests are up to mischief for Halloween. We heard them whispering up there this morning. Also strangely found traces of pumpkin in their Suites today. No one admitted anything, but it appears our Cat Tree has a set of eyes
🧐 πŸ€” πŸŽƒ 😜 πŸ‘€

Address

94 Pagan Road
Gold Coast, QLD
4207

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 10am
4pm - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 10am
4pm - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 10am
4pm - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 10am
4pm - 6pm
Friday 8am - 10am
4pm - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 10am
4pm - 6pm
Sunday 4pm - 5pm

Telephone

+61738079857

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