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Wilde About Cats - Information
Introduction
Wilde About Cats boarding cattery is a new establishment opened on the 21st May 2005 and is run in accordance with the Feline Advisory Bureau's (FAB) guidelines.
Our cattery is constructed and managed to the FAB guidelines. We became fully FAB registered during late summer 2005 and are now listed on their recommended Boarding Catteries web page.
The cattery was opened by John Oleshko from the Ashfield House Veterinary Hosptial . More details about the opening can be seen further down the page.
We are a family run cattery with Julie as the proprietor. Julie is dedicated to attending to our guests needs from cleaning to feeding, grooming and play time. She completed during early 2005 the FAB course in cattery management.
The cattery is set in a quiet location on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border within easy reach of the M1 and the Nottingham East Midlands Airport.
We offer a quiet and stress free holiday for your cat accompanied by a clean and healthy environment.
5-Star treatment awaits your pets with each penthouse unit having its own individual light and tubular heater. The pens are very spacious with ten of them able to accommodate 1-2 cats, and 2 family units to accommodate up to 4 cats in each. Only cats from the same family are housed together. See below for more information and images of our facilities.
Your pet will be treated with care and affection, so while you are away you can rest assured that every attention is paid to your cat's wellbeing, so that you can leave them with total peace of mind.
Our Opening
Here are some of the images of our opening, thanks to John Oleshko (BVSc Cert SAD MRCVS ) for performing the Grand Opening.
l-r: Sandra Prince (Friend) , John Oleshko (Vet), Jeff Adkin (Main Building Contractor), Julie Wilde (Proprietor), Chris Wilde(Julie's Husband)
Our Cattery Facilities
Our modern cattery consists of a Main Cattery Run, a Utility Unit, an Isolation Unit and an office building. Please read on for more details.
Main Cattery Run
Our main cattery run consists of 12 pens. 10 of which can accommodate 1-2 cats with the remaining 2 units being able to house 2-4 cats. Running along the front of all the pens is a safety passage.
Our top priority is the wellbeing of the cats in our care, therefore we chose Welland Timbers Ltd., a specialist manufacturer, to construct and install the quality cattery buildings to FAB high standards.
Please read on for more details and photos of the Main Cattery run and the cabins.
The outside of the cattery has tranquil surroundings of trees and birds which helps to settle the most nervous of cats. For visual stimulation Julie has made a range of wind driven mobiles.
The inside of the cattery can be seen on this photo, the safety passage runs the full length of the pens and is securely locked during closed hours. The mesh used throughout is a heavy gauge high quality galvanised mesh fitted with clear panels which can be removed for cleaning and allows greater ventilation when the temperature increases.
Here is a photo taken from Julie's summer house showing the end of the main cattery run.
One of the large cabins in the spacious famliy pens, which can house up to 4 cats of the same family.
Here you can see one of the standard cabins. It is constructed from materials that are smooth and impervious and are therefore easy to keep clean and hygenic. We use Trigene to clean with, a top quality cleaning agent that combats viruses, bacteria, fungi etc...
This photo shows the outside of the standard size cabins, complete with cat flap, vent and viewing window. Each cabin has its own light switch controlling a low wattage lamp unit.
A close up of the cat flap and door vent fitted to all cabins
One of the safe non-slip ladders that allows the cats to enter their spacious cabins from the ceramic tiled floor. The floors are easy to clean and disinfect, unlike a concrete base.
Here you can see the safe tubular heating system installed. Each pen is thermostatically controlled, allowing the temperature to be adjusted to suit each cats individual needs. All the electrical system has been installed and fully tested by a professional electrical contractor.
With the health of your cat and the others we care for in mind we have impermeable sneeze barriers between each pen as per FAB guidelines, they are removed for cleaning (with Trigene) on a regular basis and when a pen is vacated.
One of the residents in his pen
Another resident in her pen
Utility Unit
Adjacent to the Main Cattery Run is the Utility Unit. This unit comprises of a food preparation and storage area (including a fridge), a microwave, separate hand and cat equipment washing facilities and also a washing machine for the cats bedding.
The bedding used throughout the cattery was tailormade by Julie's Mum Marlene Malyan.
Below are some images of the Utility Unit.
The outside of the Utility Unit
Here is the inside of the Utility Unit, in the photos you can see the storage facilities and stereo system we use to play soft music to sooth the cats.
And in this photo you can see the dietary requirements board.
Here is the washing machine used for the cats bedding
And finally the sink unit on the left is used for washing the cat's feeding equipment and bowls. On the right you can see the personal hand washing facilities. All of the litter trays and toiletry equipment are washed outside of the cattery. Each pen has it's own dust pan, brush and litter scoop to prevent cross infection.
Isolation Unit
Another important part of our cattery is the stand-alone Isolation unit. This is used should any of our cats fall ill, they can be moved to this unit to prevent cross-infection. This unit is 10M away from the main cattery buildings.
The Isolation Unit
If you require further information
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