Boarding Cattery

Open since April 2024, our fully licensed boarding area is the perfect place for your feline friends to stay. We have a total of seven luxury pens, built to the highest standards, with an official five-star rating. Six of them can comfortably accommodate one or two cats from the same household, while the largest ‘penthouse suite’ has space for up to four cats from the same household.

You’ll enjoy peace of mind on your holidays, knowing your pets are receiving the best of care from our experienced cattery staff. You’ll also be doing a good deed, since 100% of the funds gained from our boarding area go to help the rescue, and the cats who aren’t lucky enough to have a loving home to return to.

Each pen has a cosy sleeping area, with both underfloor and overhead heating panels. A cat flap leads them into an individual exercise run, which is secure and weatherproof, where they can enjoy some fresh air and listen to the birdsong in our beautiful countryside setting.

Our prices are £15 per night for a single cat, £26 per night for two cats sharing a pen, £33 per night for three cats sharing the penthouse pen, and £44 for four cats sharing the penthouse. If your cat was adopted from us, you will receive a discounted rate, so make sure to let us know if that’s the case. Full payment is required when your cat arrives for their stay.

Please check through our boarding contract here, to make sure you’re happy with the terms before booking. All cats staying with us must be fully vaccinated, and proof must be shown of this. Cats over six months must be neutered, unless there’s a medical reason they cannot be done. This is in keeping with our ethos as a rescue, and encouraging responsible neutering for all pets.

It’s also important that your cat has been recently flea treated, with a brand which does not contain fipronil as its active chemical (this is no longer effective, as fleas have begun to build up resistance to it). We recommend Stronghold or Bravecto, and would suggest avoiding products such as Frontline, Broadline, Effipro, Fiprotech, Itch, and Bob Martin Clear. Some of the most effective flea treatments are only available on vet prescription. If your cat hasn’t had a recent treatment with a reliable brand, then don’t worry – we can administer Stronghold when they first arrive here, for a charge of £15.

Arrivals and collections will be arranged for afternoons, usually between 1-4pm. If you’re due to leave for your holiday in the morning, we would recommend booking a cattery place starting the night before, so you don’t have to rush.

If you’d like photographs/updates to see how your cat is getting along, we’re happy to provide this, but please bear in mind that it depends on staff availability (and whether or not they want to pose for the camera!).

For further information, or to inquire about bookings, we have a separate email address at clain.boarding.cattery at protonmail.com

Please do not email our main rescue address for boarding enquiries, or call our office phone. If you do this, there will be a significant delay in our reply, as your message will be mixed in amongst the huge volume of other messages we receive each day. We have set up the boarding email so that clients of this service can have a dedicated, direct line of communication to the correct member of staff.

Viewings of the boarding area are available on request, by appointment only.

Our license is provided by Sefton Council, to named license holder Kate Kinsella, license number MA044538.