Many people choose not to go on holiday because they worry about leaving their cat in a cattery, which is understandable given the risk of disease. At The Catnap Inn, we take every precaution to ensure your feline friend is safe, healthy, and happy during their stay.

At The Catnap Inn:

We have 13 Individual cat units which are built to be secure and are properly maintained so that there are no holes or gaps through which a cat can squeeze.

We have a ‘safety corridor’ or ‘safety area’ outside the cat’s unit, like an airlock in a spaceship. Cats can get past someone opening the door with food or to clean – some are pretty fast and slippery! The outside doors are always kept shut when the inside one is opened and vice versa. This ensures the cat is safely contained and cannot reach the outside. Our trained staff understand the importance of door-shutting, as the only way a cat can escape from this set-up is by human error – and this should be an exceptionally rare occurrence in any well-run cattery.

Our individual cat units are alongside each other with a Perspex window so that cats can socialize with each other. It also serves as a ‘sneeze barrier’. Cats should never be able to touch each other through the mesh, to prevent the possible spread of disease.

At The Catnap Inn we do not have communal runs. Some catteries offer communal areas where cats share a large space with other cats (not from the same household). Many owners naively think this will be lovely – the cat will have ‘friends’ and it will be able to run around and play with them. However, the majority cats don’t want to share space with a cat they don’t know and will be very stressed by this. In addition, such communal spaces enable cats to share litter trays, lick each other and share food-bowls – all potential ways to spread disease.

Vaccinations are vital for a cat coming into our cattery because of the presence of lots of cats and therefore viruses, and we request your cat’s vaccination certificate as proof that its inoculations are up-to-date, in order to protect both your cat and the other cats in the cattery. It is recommended that your cat has an annual booster against cat flu and enteritis if it is going into a boarding cattery.

We also help with your cat’s special requirements. Should your cat be on a special diet or on medication, please bring along their special food or medication so that we can give them the treatments as required. We can even help with insulin injections for diabetic cats as we are on the premises of Queenswood Animal Clinic and have Vets on standby.