Cattery

[katz]

Hi everyone, hoprfully one of you lovely people will be able to help me out. Im hoping to start my own cattery some day but have no idea where to start? Can anyone reccommend any good sites, books or just give me general info to help me start. Im hoping to do my diploma in animal care next year, which covers starting own business, which will hopefully help too. Any examples or stories welcome. Thanks.

[angieh]

No experience here sorry Katz - but good luck and Welcome to Catsey!

[Mags]

Here are a few links to go on with, hope they will help.......

http://www.catterydesign.com/

http://www.catterydesign.com/product...tery/index.php

http://www.interstellar-solutions.co...ness_Plan.html

[tilly]

Hi and welcome to catsey
I also want to run my own cattery and did a kennel and cattery management course at Merist Wood college in guildford. It is a year long course and I found it to be very useful, although I haven't started my cattery yet.

A good book is linked below.
://www.fabcats.org/publications/index.php#bcmhttp://www.fabcats.org/publications/index.php#bcm

some course links are below.
http://www.adwickcatslodge.co.uk/training.htm
http://www.caw.ac.uk/basic/sc/scourse.asp?scc=KCM
http://www.pedigreepens.co.uk/animalmanagement.htm

you could also do some part time work at a cattery if you aren't already.

best of luck hope it goes well

Sally

[smudgley]

We thought about this a few years ago.
We looked into it in great detail. I found the council were very helpful and answered all the questions I had.
After much consideration we decided not to go ahead, because the set up costs were really high, cost of the cat pens (which need to be lined for ease of cleaning) the cost of getting running water down the bottom of the garden, the cost of sorting out drainage. But the main reason we didn't go ahead was that someone needs to be on the premises most of the time, meaning me or my husband would have had to give up work. We both have good jobs and couldn't afford to take the risk by giving up work for little (if any) financial gain in the long run.
I do think once the business was established it would be a good investment, but it certainly isn't a quick & easy way to make a fortune.

[borderdawn]

Originally Posted by smudgley

We thought about this a few years ago.
We looked into it in great detail. I found the council were very helpful and answered all the questions I had.
After much consideration we decided not to go ahead, because the set up costs were really high, cost of the cat pens (which need to be lined for ease of cleaning) the cost of getting running water down the bottom of the garden, the cost of sorting out drainage. But the main reason we didn't go ahead was that someone needs to be on the premises most of the time, meaning me or my husband would have had to give up work. We both have good jobs and couldn't afford to take the risk by giving up work for little (if any) financial gain in the long run.
I do think once the business was established it would be a good investment, but it certainly isn't a quick & easy way to make a fortune.

If you hav e a boarding licence somebody must be there 24/7. Some will allow a "keyholder" but not many.

[Litter Kwitter]

Cats can also be frustratingly peculiar about their drinking habits. Some will drink only from a certain dish, some cats insist upon running water, and some will only drink by dipping a paw into water and then licking it off

[charliebubs]

I also looked into this once with a friend of mine. We were looking into the pens built by Welland Timber, which seemed reasonably priced.

The reason we decided not to go ahead was mainly planning permission. We were looking at moving to Lincolnshire to set up and spoke to the local planning office about several possible locations, all of which they said they would not grant planning permission for.

We spent a lot of time researching it and just decided in the end that it wasn't for us.

The best book I can suggest is from the FAB, which can be ordered via their website.

Good luck

[random]

Originally Posted by Litter Kwitter

Cats can also be frustratingly peculiar about their drinking habits. Some will drink only from a certain dish, some cats insist upon running water, and some will only drink by dipping a paw into water and then licking it off

What has that got to do with the price of cheese?

Katz I had thought about running my own kennels but as Dawn says, someone has to be there 24/7 and when I found that out I knew it wasn't really viable for me unless I bought an already established kennels and staff already there.

Best of luck if you do decide to go ahead.