The Cattyshack Lounge is not a cat café, so some might wonder what it is. Well, A cat café is a theme café whose attraction is cats who can be watched and played with. Patrons pay a cover fee, generally hourly, and thus cat cafés can be seen as a form of supervised indoor pet rental. Cat Café’s also often offer snacks or drinks to the patrons. Cattyshack covers the first part of the description – an attraction where cats can be watched and played with. Reservations can be made for an hour, or longer, and the cats and kittens are there to pet, snuggle, watch, or play with. Cattyshack does not provide drinks or snacks.
The cats and kittens at Cattyshack are all adoptable, and this is something that both cat cafés and lounges have in common. Most of the time, a café or lounge is attached to a rescue and will help rescue and adopt out cats. There are also other types of cafés and lounges – examples are – Dog (California and Florida), Hedgehog (Tokyo, Japan), Owl (Tokyo, Japan), Raccoon (various), Rabbit (various), and these are only a few. In Japan, specifically, there are over 100 animal cafés, and they vary in the animal they have in attendance. Most of the animals are rescues, but not all the animals are available for adoption.
Cattyshack has the fortunate chance to be part of the artistic community in Lowe Mill in Huntsville, Alabama. What this means is that people, like you, can come, enjoy the cats, get some great food and tea, and see the variety of art on display. The lounge is a special and important place because it allows the Cattyshack rescue to take in as many animals as it can find fosters for. A lounge is different from a café because it lets the patrons and potential adopters “lounge” with the cats and kittens. There are several places to sit, or lay down, or relax, and while sitting, or laying down (trust us, we clean the floor), or relax, you can also play with, snuggle with, and love on the kittens and cats. Now, you might not always be able choose who plays or loves on you, because cats are fickle at times and some of our cats and kittens are choosy about where they snuggle or what toys they play with.
The best thing about the lounge is that anyone can come in and sit and play with the cats. Plus, if you are thinking about adopting a cat or kitten, there are several that you can meet and the selection is often rotating. Reservations can be made on the main Cattyshack page under “Reservations.” The cats and kittens love when people come to the lounge, and right now (October 2024) we are offering a discount on gift certificates – buy one $10 gift card and receive one free. We also have 2025 calendars for sale, so come on by, buy some gift cards and calendars (they both make great gifts, and the holidays are coming up), and socialize with our cats and kittens!
Mork and Zim are currently available for adoption. Zim is the life of the party, but I also loves cuddling with humans. He is easy going and playful, and his brother Mork is Zim’s best friend. Their energy matches each other perfectly and the time they spent apart while Zim recovered from surgery was difficult, especially for Mork who would look for his brother. Zim has now healed perfectly, and besides having only one eye, Zim is a perfect kitten. Mork is a very playful little guy, and you can often see him chasing toys and stealing wand toys at the Cattyshack Lounge, They are a bonded pair so they do need to be adopted together. And, Zim’s adoption fee has been sponsored by Legend Realty of Huntsville, so they are basically a BOGOGCTL – By One Get One Great Cat To Love. If interested, go to “Our Kitties” and click on the picture for Mork or Zim and fill out the adoption interest