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It was a busy first month of 2019 here at The Cat Cafe. We sent six cats home, including two bonded pairs. One of the bonded pairs that went home were our long term residents Alexis and Anthony. We’re going to miss them, but we’re glad that they found a home of their own, especially since Alexis is a cautious cat. In addition to Alexis and Anthony, we also sent the bonded pair of J Lo and Kanye home. We also sent single cats Sarge, Sousa and Jamie home. Our customers were generous in January not just with their homes, but with their wallets. Visitors to The Cat Cafe contributed $421 to The Rescue House. This will help them find homes for more cats. With so many cats leaving, we brought new ones in. So it’s time to introduce you…

In December, The Cat Cafe sent three cats home. Celia, Pinto, and Rocket all found homes with customers who decided they found the right cat after meeting these felines. We had a lot of fun with these cats, and we’ll of course miss seeing them running around the playpen. But we’re glad we were able…

It’s been a while since we introduced you to cats joining The Cat Cafe clowder. Let’s do that. First up are a pair of ginger brothers who are about a year old, Fergus and Frankie. These two boys were trying to fend for themselves in Calexico, and they weren’t doing well. So when The Rescue…

November was a busy month for us at The Cat Cafe. We had a few large conventions come in, which makes things busy. In addition, we had the Thanksgiving holiday. That allowed us to raise $309 for The Rescue House from our customers. We want to thank them for their generosity. These contributions go to help The Rescue House cover expenses like food, vet fees, and other supplies. Because we have generous customers at The Cat Cafe, they’re able to help more cats. We also sent one cat home in November. Some people might be concerned that we’re seeing a lower number of cat adoptions. We’re not. Remember, we have a number of bonded pairs available for adoptions. That means we need an adopter who is willing to take in two cats. We also have a number of black cats,…

One of the things we enjoy the most is seeing the generosity of our customers as they donate additional funds to help The Rescue House continue their mission of helping cats find homes. In October, visitors donated $380 to The Rescue House. When you add that to the $344 they contributed in September, that’s nearly $750 in two months. If you’re wondering how this helps, one of the things your contributions help fund is the feeding of the cats at The Cat Cafe. The Rescue House only feeds its cats high quality food. At The Cat Cafe, we go through eight cans of wet food and two pounds of dry food every day. So your contributions literally go to feeding the kitties. We also sent one cat home in October, Sierra. Like many of our cats who get adopted, her…

We’ve had a lot of adoptions recently, which means we’ve had a lot of new cats join the clowder at The Cat Cafe. We’d like to introduce you to them. The first two cats we’ll introduce you to were adopted from The Rescue House. Things didn’t work out, and they went back. Soon, they joined…

With a number of cats getting adopted at The Cat Cafe recently, we’ve had two new cats join us as well as having a couple of cats we’ve had in before return. We’ll introduce you to them. Elsie Etsie is a young cat, about six months old. She’s very playful and inquisitive. And if she…

Those of you who have been following us know that we’ve placed a number of special needs cats from The Rescue House and San Diego Humane Society. The Cat Cafe has sent several blind cats, deaf cats, one eyed cats, and a three legged cat to good homes. And right now, we’ve got in a…

August isn’t as busy as July is at The Cat Cafe, because we don’t have an event that brings 135,000 of our best friends into downtown San Diego. Still, the summer vacation season is in high gear and we see lots of visitors. We’re glad that we were able to help so many people visiting…

July is always a busy month for us at The Cat Cafe. The summer vacation season is underway, so we get a lot of people visiting from out of town. And then there is Comic-Con, where 135,000 of our best friends visit. We have to suspend adoptions during the Comic-Con craziness because it’s just not fair to the cats or their adopters. That’s why we were happy to have sent four cats home in July. We’ll miss spending time with Frankie and Levi and our blind cat Nikki and her seeing eye sister Ricochet. But we’re glad we sent them to a good home. In addition, we’re happy to have generous customers who helped raise $663 for The Rescue House. This money will go towards helping The Rescue House continue its mission of helping cats in need find good homes….

June was a busy month for adoptions at The Cat Cafe. We sent six cats, including two bonded pairs, home during the month. First, we sent long term residents Jayden and Justine home. Next up was another bonded pair, Onyx and Rhonda. After that, we sent a relatively shy cat home, Twyla. And we closed…

As you know, during Comic-Con, because of the crowds associated with the event, we change our procedures. We go to a reservations only system, because The Cat Cafe simply can’t handle the additional 135,000 people Comic-Con brings with our normal admissions system. For those of you wanting to adopt a cat from The Cat Cafe, we suspend adoptions during Comic-Con. As Karla Peterson of the Union-Tribune put it, even Iron Man wouldn’t want to walk through the Comic-Con crowds with a cat carrier!   But this year, we’re going to be making some changes because of feedback we’ve received from customers. We’ve heard from our Comic-Con visitors that they don’t get to spend enough time with the cats. And we’ve also heard that they feel like the room gets too crowded and that the cats aren’t in the mood to…