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Canterbury's furst & only cat café! email-> meow@ / canterburytails.co.uk

22/04/2025

I’m absolutely heartbroken to have to share that we lost our sweet Figgy yesterday afternoon. The second photo is his sunsets. With his heart condition, we knew it was a possibility we could lose him at any moment, but we had hoped we would have a few more years with him. It was quick, he went quietly, we don’t think there was any pain. He was so incredibly loved by not just us and the Canterbury Tails team, but by thousands of you lovely people too, and from day one since the cafe opened loved nothing more than to watch the world go by around him and go where the cuddles could be found. Even some who had never met him fell in love, and he has friends across the globe. We are so lucky we got the time we did with him, and know he had a happy life, full of love. He was the best boy. He is so missed.
Thank you all for your kindness at this time, our team are doing the best we can.

16/04/2025

Barley is back home after another full day at the vets. He’s showing lots of improvement, bit more of an appetite & chest X-rays are looking much clearer. Keeping fingers crossed for good news in tomorrows lab results. We know he’s coming back to his perky self as had his head peeking out the carrier the entire walk home and loving all the attention. He’s currently snug in his favourite bed, with a heat mat, warm and zonked after another big day.
Thank you all for the messages of support and love you’ve sent for our little Fuzzy Feet.

15/04/2025

We have some news to share. Sunday morning we noticed Barleys breathing was quite irregular and looked strained, he was also visibly a little skinnier around the hips. We checked for signs of sniffles/illness but all otherwise looked ok, he was eating a little but not his usual self, so kept him in quarantine with a dose of general sniffles meds. Monday morning first thing we took him to the wonderful team at who admitted him and started running tests straight away. A chest scan revealed fluids/ potential tissue in his chest. Further tests were done, bloods taken, fluid samples and X-rays. It was discovered he has a large build up of puss in his chest. This (likely) came from a small wound weeks ago - rough and tumble playing is normal for him with his brothers, and Sphynxes have no fluff protection. His blood results showed a high white cell count which shows his body has been trying to fight off an infection, but it has reached a point where it has taken over, he also had very low protein - another indicator. Cats are known for hiding illness very well until it gets quite serious, but we were told we did catch this quite early in his showing-signs stage. However, the cause may not be this and could be something more sinister. Samples were taken of the fluid and have been sent for testing, pending results hopefully Thursday we will know more, as the thickness of the build up is blocking view on much of anything in his scans. He had chest drains inserted, and flushed once yesterday afternoon. He came home last night, dosed on pain meds, mild sedative, and full spectrum antibiotics. These may change pending lab results once we know more about what exactly is going on. Right now he is staying at the vets through each day this week, under monitoring and receiving twice daily saline chest flushes to clear the build up. He is not good and we are worried he is not wanting to eat a lot at all, so steps will be taken if/when needed. He is in the best place he can currently be with the very best care, we cannot praise the team at Canterbury Vets enough. We will continue with updates on his condition. We thank you for your understanding during this time.

20/02/2025

MAYO IS 4 & NESS IS 3 ✨🎉
Our lil salt & pepper duo had their shared birthday yesterday and loveddddd all the cuddles and play time through their special day, thank you everyone who visited yesterday and sought them out especially to say hello and give special birthday pets! 💕
We are in the middle of half term right now and it’s been our busiest yet - our team is tired but smashing it 👏🏻 thank you so much to everyone who has visited us to far - new friendly faces & returning regulars alike! And if you’re yet to visit - can’t wait to meet ‘mew’! 😻
Ps- swipe through for some fab pics of our angel boy and mirror girl, and sneak peek at our new physical “meet the cats” info pages we have in our (also new!) menus!

01/02/2025

january photo dump ✨
😹Tell us your favourite Jan silly cat pic!
Thank you everyone for a fab end to 2024 🥳 we’ve have had a super busy Jan with lots of exciting new things underway - already here is our new seasonal Valentines decor & menu 💖 with plenty more to come too 👀
Hope to see mew soon! 🐾

25/12/2024

MEOWY XMAS! 🎄 From all cat crew and tails team 🫶🏻 we are all enjoying some much needed (and deserved) down time with family, friends, and owners Pip and Vik with the cat crew of course too, and wish you all a wonderful and relaxing few days of warmth and love, wherever you may be and whatever you may be doing. ✨Also big thank you to all lovely people who gave us cards and gifts this festive season too! The cards are all gorgeous and proudly displayed in the cafe (as are some of the gifts!) and the cats are enjoying all their new toys too! 🎁
We reopen on the 27th (no Boxing Day shifts here for our team!) and look forward to bringing this year to a close with you all 💝

23/12/2024

Mood for the next 10 days 🎄🔥🥶

01/12/2024

December drop!! 🎄A couple of cuteee and festive pics from the last week or so - we are in full festivities swing in the cafe - we are decorated and the nakeys are all showing off their ((extensive)) Xmas jumper collection! 🫶🏻
We were also gifted a veryyy cute kitty advent calendar from , but even giving each of our cat crew a singular square we still wouldn’t have enough 😹 so manager Val’s cat - honourary cat crew member - Gatalina has an early lil advent gift from us & untamed 🙏🏻 (pic 2!)

17/11/2024

Important update on our current situation. We thank you for your understanding and compassion. We will update when we can.
UPDATE pm: Figgy will be staying at the emergency and night vets through today and overnight, this is the best place for him right now. They will monitor and treat him continually, and have already run a lot of diagnostics, including heart scans, ultrasound and chest X-ray. Current diagnosis is he had clots forming, which cause pain and that is likely what is causing him to panic, then have an attack and effect his breathing. However the presentation of his symptoms is not textbook, and some things are still unsure, and treatment for the clots won’t resolve the root cause. I will ring the vets again this evening for further updates before his overnight stay, then another phone call in the morning, at minimum.
Thank you so much to the team at MiNightVet for taking care of our Figgles 🫶🏻
UPDATE 18/11: Had multiple phone calls and check-ins on Figgs last night and this morning. He has stayed in the intensive care ward overnight with constant monitoring and treatment, but has had no more episodes. He has now been discharged from the emergency vets with new meds and a report of all treatments with them, and has been transferred to our usual , who know his full history as were the ones to first diagnose him, and have been seeing him everything else the past few years. Very thankful to head vet Peter and the team for fitting him in today despite them being full and busy. The service and care we receive for our cat crew from the CV team is always exceptional. He will probably have another round of blood tests and a heart scan with them during today, and all being well/ not worse we will take him back home this evening.
However, future is uncertain as there are lots of factors I have discussed with the vets, we are not sure what the future may look like for him at this point, but of course will always do whatever it takes to ensure he is happy and comfortable and healthy as possible.

Thank you again so so much for all your love and support during this time and well wishes for our Mr.Figgs.
🫶🏻

13/11/2024

Owner Pip here - welcome to the most entitled and insane review we have ever received.
From someone who hasn’t even been, no less, after his friend also left a negative review about our cats sleeping.
I am at a loss for words how there are people like this out there. I am absolutely livid, as are my whole team, and even my mum (who I am with on a pre-birthday trip with to the Eden Project before busy seasons).
I want it to be made clear, if this is your opinion you are not welcome at Canterbury Tails.
We are the largest cat cafe in the UK, providing a safe and secure guaranteed forever home for 28 rehomed cats, and helping to rehome local others. You are a guest to our cat crew’s home, and opinions like this go directly against mine and my entire businesses ethos. Animals are not a commodity, they are living beings and friends.
If you disagree with Sam and Dave, please report their reviews, and leaving us a 5-star yourself would really help - unfortunately our rating has now dropped to 4.8 as a result of this madness, and any stories you have of wonderful times visiting us would be lovely to hear right now 💚

10/11/2024

really important jobs only ✨

30/10/2024

POV: You’re being charmed into visiting by the glorpiest silly little cats at Canterbury Tails ✨🖤

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8 Mercery Lane
Canterbury
CT12JJ

Opening Hours

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

Website

https://canterburytails.co.uk/

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