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Important Information
- Put simply, one innoculation, for three conditions, is all that is required for
your cat(s) to board here at Cats Country Club.
- In detail, your cat(s) must have been vaccinated within
the last 12 months against upper respiratory disease -
cat flu
and
feline infectious enteritis.
The core feline vaccines need to be in place to provide specific
protection from the conditions mentioned above are specifically detailed here;
feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) (responsible for enteritis),
feline herpesvirus 1 (FHV1) (responsible for cat flu) and
feline calicivirus (FCV) (responsible for cat flu).
We will not be able to take your cat(s) for boarding without an up to date
vaccination certificate. Vaccinations should be boosted annually and this
should be done at least seven days before the cat is to be boarded. Please
bring this documentation with you or be ready to let us have sight of it in respect
of collections.
The use of other non-core vaccines cannot necessarily be
justified, neither are they necessarily advisable in all circumstances and the
Cat Group recommends
that the use of these vaccines be determined on a case-by-case basis according to individual needs.
Other non-core vaccinations include -
chlamydophila
(formerly known as chlamydia),
feline leukaemia (FeLV), feline bordetellosis (Bordetella bronchiseptica) and
feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)
but as mentioned, these are not absolutely necessary, not necessarily of proven
efficacy or even currently available in the UK.
A rabies
vaccine is only required when traversing country borders into the UK.
- Included in the boarding fees we charge, is a Pet insurance fee which covers any
veterinary expenses (up to £1,250) or for total loss (although that's never happened!) should
your cat(s) become ill whilst at Cats Country Club, however cats will not be covered
under our Pet insurance policy for an existing complaint/condition. This depth of
policy is not available with all boarding catteries by any means. We have
seen with some where each cat is merely given a residual value of less than £50!
- We ask all our clients to ensure all worming and flea treatments are up
to date before boarding here for their own health and to help prevent any risk
of infection to others.
- Home Collection & Delivery -
this service is available to any of our customers Monday to Saturday,
click here for details.
- The vet we use is Julia M Boness, at the Boness Veterinary Hospital, which also operates out of the specialist
Boness Cat Clinic,
both in Barton. The practice has been dealing with companion animals for Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire since 1990 and boasts many state of the art facilities and services,
including the Beds
Vets Emergency Service serving the region 24 hours a day, 7 days a week -
both are just three miles away from us.
The journey to/from and also what to bring to Cats Country Club
- Cardboard cat carrying baskets are not ideal for transporting your cat to
and from Cats Country Club (for both security and hygiene reasons) - plus they
don't work well when wet!! We would recommend that the security of all
clasps and locks on cat travel boxes are checked for soundness before
departing to/from us.
- Please don't feed your cat prior to travel. If you're coming in the morning,
nothing since the night before. If you're coming in the evening, nothing after
a conservative morning feed - they will be fed here on arrival, or shortly
after they have settled. If your cat is not a good traveller, it is
infinitely preferable for your cat and everybody
concerned, for it not to be stressed out and covered in sick and/or poo on
its' arrival!
- Bed/bedding - something 'smelling of home' - please don't freshly wash
your cat's bed as the main purpose of it 'smelling of home' is that it does
just that! Many cats will wee on their bed to take away the freshly washed
smell that us humans like, when the only other smells around are those of a
freshly disinfected cat run - not good!
- Please take any bedding out of the travel box - your cat will not get cold
in the travel box, however many cats find travel the most stressful part
of coming to the cattery - 'the car experience' - so if lined with newspaper,
turned up at the edges, anything they do decide to do will be contained
and be readily washable. Please line their travelling carrier with clean
newspaper to help absorb any accidents that should occur, this helps ensure
that they arrive here as happy as possible. It's not easy dealing with the
very worst of their ablutions squashed into their fleecy bedding!
- Innoculation certificate's.
- Any specific dietary requirements you may want us to give to your cat(s).
- Some people also bring a small scratching post, but it's not obligatory.
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