Hey guys,

We had our cat in a cattery when we were in the UK. They came and picked her up for us and we went and got her when we got back.

Now, when we picked her up, she was in a tiny cage, with a bed, litter tray and her bowls next to the litter tray. When I say tiny, I mean that she could stand up but there wasn't much head space room for her.

We paid $17 per day, I was led to believe that she would have her own "space" and on their website it showed like larger sized spaces. Almost like narrow rooms with scratch poles etc.

It's playing on my mind that she has been in this cage the whole time, she has come home a totally different cat - flighty and scared of loud noises etc. She wasn't really like this before. And she is clingy as hell. Just won't leave me or DH alone and is even sitting within proximity to DD at times (which is VERY unusual).

When we went to pick her up it was 5 minutes before closing time, so I am wondering if maybe the cats are put into these little cages overnight. Maybe I am just trying to talk myself into that to make me feel better about leaving my poor fur baby in a cage for 3 weeks.

I want to ring them and ask them - but what good would it do?

I feel so sad that we did this to my poor kitteh!

So I guess the question is, is this normal for cat boarding?