I’m trying to think of a way to ask the owner of the cattery about what happened during my cat’s stay without sounding aggressive or like a Karen. They seem like they could get prickly.
I genuinely just want to know what happened there.
I thought I’d prepared her well for her stay and covered all bases and they told me she was being so good but if she was repeatedly soiling in her carrier and had an asthma attack something was stressing her to the extreme. And the soiling wasn’t even mentioned or addressed, she just came home in a soaked reeking carrier.
Well I did contact them to ask how she was going and they said she was going well… so I don’t think that’s going to get me anywhere. I feel like they missed any stress responses there because she shuts down
I’m getting more unhappy with what I think her experience was tbh.
And she also came back smelling of women’s perfume that rubbed off on her when I told them no scent due to asthma and even included unscented detergent for if she soiled.
This is what I was worried about. The stress of other cats and their noises, the busyness of the place, them potentially not reading her care plan and her being so quiet in her distress that it gets overlooked. The alternative was worse but I feel this place wasn’t suitable and whatever the response is I won’t send her back there.
Don’t go back over the perfume thing. It’s a simple request related to a medical condition. The other stuff is a bother but not worth the stress investigating as you’re already not going back because of the perfume.
ask them again, the answer on challenge can be very telling in and of itself. You dropped her off with special considerations that they either should have adhered to, or advised they couldn’t accommodate.
Soxcat was notably unhappy after her cattery experiences too, I kinda think it triggered her ovarian remnant thingmajig although I know that’s prolly not how it works.
I’m trying to think of a way to ask the owner of the cattery about what happened during my cat’s stay without sounding aggressive or like a Karen. They seem like they could get prickly.
I genuinely just want to know what happened there.
I thought I’d prepared her well for her stay and covered all bases and they told me she was being so good but if she was repeatedly soiling in her carrier and had an asthma attack something was stressing her to the extreme. And the soiling wasn’t even mentioned or addressed, she just came home in a soaked reeking carrier.
I don’t know if I should send her back there.
Dude! Choosing to not pursue it is one thing, but under no circumstances send her back.
Yeah she’s not going back
‘Hiya, did anything happen while moobeans was there that i should be aware of? We’ve had some stress reactions’
Well I did contact them to ask how she was going and they said she was going well… so I don’t think that’s going to get me anywhere. I feel like they missed any stress responses there because she shuts down
I’m getting more unhappy with what I think her experience was tbh.
And she also came back smelling of women’s perfume that rubbed off on her when I told them no scent due to asthma and even included unscented detergent for if she soiled.
This is what I was worried about. The stress of other cats and their noises, the busyness of the place, them potentially not reading her care plan and her being so quiet in her distress that it gets overlooked. The alternative was worse but I feel this place wasn’t suitable and whatever the response is I won’t send her back there.
Don’t go back over the perfume thing. It’s a simple request related to a medical condition. The other stuff is a bother but not worth the stress investigating as you’re already not going back because of the perfume.
Absolutely
ask them again, the answer on challenge can be very telling in and of itself. You dropped her off with special considerations that they either should have adhered to, or advised they couldn’t accommodate.
I’ve sent the email and it bounced back. If I don’t get a response I’m just dropping the rope. I’m not using the place again anyway
Similar story to what happened to my SIL’s kitty Butters the Burmese when he went in to a cattery a few months ago for a week.
When they picked him up he was very distressed and howling. He normally never makes a single sound, just that time.
Makes you wonder what some of those kitties go through in some of those places.
Soxcat was notably unhappy after her cattery experiences too, I kinda think it triggered her ovarian remnant thingmajig although I know that’s prolly not how it works.
Poor sox. Can definitely see why house / pet sitting is so popular.