Lodging With My Kitty

Hi all, I'm in Sydney and in a situation where I'm between houses as of this Friday, and I've got a cat and when calculating my costs figured it's the same cost to stay in a private room at a backpackers as it is to stay in a dorm at a backpackers and to pay boarding for him. So does anyone know if there is by any chance a backpackers that would let me have my cat there as long as the room's private(long shot, I know, but worth it I figure), or failing that by any chance one where it would be easy to sneak him in?

Failing that, if I do have to check into a backpackers without my boy, where's a good one in or near the city where the crowd isn't generally too terribly young? I'm 25 and over the nightlife, so want to fit in wherever I am.

Thanks!

Due to Health Regulation rules, I very much doubt that anyone will let you keep a cat in a room and it is a bit unfair to the poor cat too.

Don't sneak it in. No doubt you will get caught and (if you have a horrible hostel manager) it may get taken down the pound.

I was in the same situation as you eight years ago. I was between houses and had to stay in a backpackers hostel. My cat was in cattery for over six months but they gave me a special cheap rate for a long term stay.

The very best cattery in Sydney is Puss ‘n’ Boots in Dural. For an additional charge they will collect your cat and drop then it back off once you have found somewhere to live permanently (very handy if you don’t have a car)

Wattle House in Glebe use to be very, very nice (have not stayed there for years, so can’t vouch for it now)

Otherwise, The Mansions in St Leonards are good value for money on a long term basis.

Wattle House in Glebe

The Mansions in St Leonards

What is your lodging budget ?

Is kitty housebroken??

I googled and found - unexepctedly -that there are some pet-friendly places in Sydney-e.g:this one.

Thanks Bude, I'll definately check them out, thing is I won't be able to afford them for a week probably :(, budget is so tight it's ridiculous so at the moment I think $50 or so a night is going to have to be my maximum, though if my massage business picks up then my options will open dramatically, so far business isn't going badly but bond is the killer.

Ah well, probably will have to check my man into boarding(sniff!, thanks by the way Betty) and stay in a backpackers, then should be able to find a few people to split this unit with I found.

Always worth a shot anyway, if anyone in Sydney reading this needs a massage, send me a message, I do very economically priced house- and hostel-calls!

what we will do for our furry friends -

me - I want to move back into civilisation - but those thoughts are on hold until such time as fluff moves onto that mice field in the sky - after being brought up in the country I think it would be extremely cruel to take him into a city especially at his old age of 10.

Sugoi - 10 is young!

Ours is 17 and she was born on the property (30 acres to play on) so we'd never be able to move her from here - let alone into suburbia (is it really called civilisation?).

AA - thanks for that - I could be looking at another 10 years before he leaves us. Don't think I will be able to last that long here, well actually continue the daily treks into Geelong or 20 k's up the road to the Supermarket.

Then again if we get too many rain falls he could die of shock - caught him this morning squeezed into a tiny spot on the book shelf to protect himself from the sound of the 'sky falling'.

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Sugoi

How true.

Mine is back-to-front from your situation though.

Want to move to the country but as Fluff has a tendency to investigate absolutely everything and anything in her environment, I am worried she may get bitten by a poisonous snake!

So staying in present location too, until she goes onto that mice field in the sky.

BFB - I wouldn't be too worried about the snake thing - cats may be curious but have great instincts - have a funny feeling that cats also have some sort of immunity to snake bites or are able to recover from them - could be dreaming but feel I have read that somewhere.

AA - civilisation - somewhere where you can get broadband - my ISDN is so slow at times.

Sugoi - ah broadband - now I understand! We now have it after years of nagging Telecom, but in NZ it's not that fast, but lightyears better than dialup.

Re snakes - I've heard several stories about cats bringing in deadly snakes in Australia. In one case the burmese dumped one on their bed when they were in it. It then disappeared a couple of days later so I guess another snake had the last laugh. I'd be hellish worried about ours who sounds just like BettyFooBoo's.

hi there you can check this out

tons of hostel search over there
hopeu good luck

My big black boy was bitten by a snake in January - we moved to the outskirts of suburbia and have a cow paddock over the back. Not sure what kind of snake, but in the vet's opinion either it was a baby or had recently shot its venom. Puss survived, but it took a couple of weeks of daily vet trips, at home nursing (cat on a drip - needed to be monitored and medicated) and lots of stress. Not to mention the expense.

OP good luck in your search for somewhere to live. Hope you and your boy get to settle in soon.

Glenferrie Lodge pet charge is $ 30 a night.

That leaves $20 for Maia.

Maybe kitty can stay at the hotel and OP down at the local vet (it's about $13 at our vet)? Make sure your vaccinations are up to date.