About the Boarding Cattery

We offer full cattery services and we take particular pride in giving Special Care to each of our furry guests. Your cats comfort and health is our priority.

We are a non–communal cattery meaning all holidaying cats are not housed or exercised together, unless they are from the same family – this reduces the chances of illnesses like cat flu being transferred from one animal to another.

Your cats are housed in large spacious, multi-level cages, which include a pet bed, litter tray and food/water bowl with plenty of room still to move around.

We have 3 outside grassy runs, 3 covered runs, 2 conservatory areas and 2 inside runs that we rotate our guests into during the day (weather dependent).

For our older generation cats we have a special 'Senior' section located in the centre of the cattery for warmth & comfort.  Cats over 10 years of age stay in this section, where they can be monitored very closely.

If we notice a problem, our Veterinarians will give your much loved cat a health check and contact you if treatment or further diagnostics are required.

Our cattery has been running here at the Greenlane Veterinary Centre since 1983

Requirements:

Vaccination

We require your cats to be vaccinated within the last 12 months. Vaccinations take approximately 10 days to be fully effective. For this reason, we ask for all boosters to have been completed 2 weeks prior to entering the cattery.  Please remember to bring your vaccination card with you if you are a new client of the Greenlane Veterinary Centre and Cattery.

We do not accept unvaccinated cats during peak times. Peak times include Easter and Labour weekends, December 20th - January 10th and occasionally school holidays.

During non-peak times, any cats with vaccinations not up to date will be placed into isolation and vaccinated on departure at an additional cost.  We must place them into isolation to protect the other cats on holiday.   If your cat has not been vaccinated in the last 3 years, we will need to give them a booster vaccination 3-4 weeks after their first vaccination.

Contact details

On arrival we will ask for contact details while you are away. We are happy to contact you via phone call, text or email.  If you are overseas or do not wish to be contacted, please leave us the details of a person who can make decisions in case of any emergency.

Admission Time

Please allow us 5 – 10 minutes for your cat’s admission to our cattery. We have a number of questions we need to ask to ensure your cat is well looked after.  We will confirm departure dates, last vaccination date, flea & worm treatments, dietary needs, and medications if required.

Special Needs

When your pets stay with us all their special needs are catered for.

Dietary:

We feed high quality dry foods (Hills Science diet or Iams).  Kitten, adult or senior formulations depending on the age of your pet are available.  If your cat likes wet foods too, we can supply Iams or Advance in fish, chicken or beef flavours. Should your pet be partial to a food we don’t supply, feel free to bring their foods from home with them. If your pet has been prescribed a specific Prescription Diet by your Veterinarian, please inform us when you phone to make your booking, we can then ensure we have that food on hand.

Medications:

If your pet is currently on daily medication we are happy to look after these requirements. Whether they are diabetic, have kidney function problems, healing wounds or are recovering from orthopaedic surgeries. Our cattery staff are trained in giving medication and medication charts are kept to record their daily regime. We require you to supply us with any medications your pet maybe on at the time of admission.

Geriatric care:

We keep a close eye on our older generation guests’ monitoring their daily in’s & outs (eating, drinking, urinating & defecating), we provide extra bowls of water and heating pads to keep these older members snug & warm.

Complimentary skin and teeth check

On arrival to our cattery we give your pet a complimentary skin and teeth check before settling them into the cattery. For the benefit of all boarding cats it is our policy to check for fleas and treat your cat if necessary. If we discover your cat requires dental treatment we will call you and advise you of the cost of a dental scale and polish.  We can often perform the scale and polish during their stay.

Arrivals and Departures:

Our opening hours for cattery arrivals and departures are as follows:

Please call us to enquire about our opening times on statutory/public holidays.

Viewing the Cattery

We encourage you to view the cattery if it is your first time with us and this can be done by appointment on weekdays only.

Cattery rates:

Our rates for the cattery are below:

Administration costs require us to charge both for the day of arrival and the day of departure.

Rates include GST.

Christmas Cattery and other peak holiday times:

Christmas period (20 December to 10 January)

For our Christmas period (20 December to 10 January), due to the high demand we are unable to accept new cattery clients at this time. For those current cattery clients, please think about your Christmas holidays early, as we book out very early in the year, if you do not know your exact dates, make a booking and later in the year we will send you a letter asking for confirmation of your dates and a deposit to secure the booking.  2011 Christmas cattery hours.

WE ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED FROM THE 22ND OF DECEMBER '11 TO THE 5TH OF JANUARY '12

Easter and School holiday periods

For Easter and School holiday periods we do not require a deposit but still strongly recommend that you think about your dates early and book as soon as you can.

Making a Booking

To make a booking for our cattery please call us on (09) 524 6415.