Saturday, August 12, 2006

The Oakley Hotel for Cats (Bromley)

Late July we left for our summer holiday in the South Of France, but what to do with Cecilia? After some pondering, a good friend at work recommended the Oakley Hotel for Cats. If you can get your feline friend to this part of Kent, I would highly recommend the experience. This is where the local vets take their cats!

Cecilia appears to have changed for the better as a result of the experience, she is far more laid back (is that possible?) and seems more lovingly attentive - she looks more confident and is less spooked by noises.

Part of the appeal of this unusual cattery is that (if the owners agree) the cats can mingle and socialise. Picking her up after 2 weeks we could see how happy she was in the company of younger and older cats of all sizes and breeds... and to think we were worried about her!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The appeal of having the cats mingle left our Cat with a huge scratch in his face which was infected when we collected him and cost us £100's of pounds in Vets fee's. We wont be using Oakley again :(

Nick Staib said...

Sorry to hear of the bad experience and the bad scratch to your cat. We left our cat there again this last summer, and she - and all the other cats there - were very happy.

It was obvious that the staff really cared for the cats, talking to them and stroking them as they walked past. If you are worried just ask for your cat to be kept locked-up.