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Top Tips – Settling your cat in a cattery

Stay Calm and Plan Ahead! Chasing cats around houses, up and down stairs and under beds is not a good start. Your cat will become stressed and so will you. Choose a time when you know Felix will be lazing on the window ledge and take him to the box (not the box to him)

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What Would You Like to Know?

What Would You Like to Know?

Ask me anything. I’m happy to answer questions about running a cattery or looking for a good one.

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Working From Home

Working From Home

Lots of people ask me what it is like working from home. My answer is simple – mixed! On good days I thank my lucky stars I don’t have to do the dreaded commute and on bad days I crave a work mate. Luckily my customers give me a fix of interaction but in the

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The Cat Carrier Game

The Cat Carrier Game

  Now we all know that kittens are gorgeous. We forgive them little dribbles. Smelly pumps are funny when they come from something very small. Kittens fall asleep in the palm of your hand after being chased around the living room by their .. big kids! So what happens when they grow up and get

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“He’ll hate it. I know he will.”

“He’ll hate it. I know he will.”

I get a lot of people booking their puddy cat in for the first time. The usual questions of food, litter trays and decisions on which vets to use are discussed. Emergency contact numbers supplied and dates confirmed.  A short pause usually precedes the “He’ll hate it, I know he will”. It’s difficult to understand

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