Wolds Retreat Cattery

Wolds Retreat Cattery Wolds Retreat is a small cattery with a difference. Here, only the best is good enough.

We have just had a Christmas booking cancelled, and now have a pen available from 9th December through to January. To re...
22/11/2025

We have just had a Christmas booking cancelled, and now have a pen available from 9th December through to January. To reserve all or parts of this slot, please email us: [email protected]
As always, we operate purely on a first come first basis.

02/10/2025

We are trying to get in touch with
PATRICK BURTON.
He wrote a message to us today, which we have been unable to retrieve.
Can anyone help?

We have had a cancellation and now have a pen available over Christmas – the slot stretches several days both before and...
07/09/2025

We have had a cancellation and now have a pen available over Christmas – the slot stretches several days both before and after the actual festive season.
Please get in touch if you are interested. As always, we operate on a first come first basis, whether the booking is for one, two, three or four guests.
Our prices and our Terms & Conditions can be found on our website: www.woldsretreatcattery.co.uk

Merlin and Willow – possibly the most chilled pair of cats in the worldMerlin and Willow have stayed with us on several ...
07/09/2025

Merlin and Willow – possibly the most chilled pair of cats in the world

Merlin and Willow have stayed with us on several occasions. Every time they arrive, I am reminded of how relaxed and chilled these two ragdolls are. They settle in immediately.
When you enter their pen, you are embraced by an atmosphere of calm and peace, where cuddles are always welcome! Apart from Willow’s post poo celebratory zoomies (!!!) every night, nothing is done at any great speed.
These two cats are so “together”; they are the bestest of friends, and so very respectful and loving towards each other. Whilst Merlin is an early riser, Willow likes to sleep late in the mornings, but you often see them sleep together in the back bedroom during the day. At nighttime, they usually hang out together by the front door, sometimes enjoying a gentle game or a wrestling session, usually initiated by Willow.
Their favourite treat is sticks, which they chew whole like little dogs.

Coping with the heatRecently, we have had several enquiries from customers, “How do you cope in this heat?”Now in our fo...
13/08/2025

Coping with the heat
Recently, we have had several enquiries from customers, “How do you cope in this heat?”
Now in our fourth hot spell of the summer, it is fair to say that it has been a challenge. At home, most cats will be able to either seek out and find a cool spot in the shade, and/or their owners will provide a cool area in the house. In a cattery, where cats’ movements and choices inevitably are more restricted, it is important to provide everything possible to keep them both cool and hydrated.
So what do we do to manage the heat here at Wolds Retreat?
1. We leave windows and doors (secured with a metal mesh frame) open overnight. All doors to bedrooms are also open, to allow the cooler night time air to circulate. At 5.30 am, we close the doors to the bedrooms, trapping the cold air (guests can still come in and out as they please through the little door in the door or the cat flap at the top of the ladder). Our bedrooms are fully insulated, helping to keep the air cool for most of the day, usually at least 5 Degrees Celsius below the temperature in the front pens. By far, most cats prefer to stay in their bedrooms on hot days, and they simply relax and snooze. By the late afternoon/early evening, the front part of the pens has cooled down sufficiently for us to open up the bedroom doors again.
2. We use fans and little air coolers. The air coolers work like small air conditioning units, blowing out cool air generated from a tray with water and ice. These really only work very locally, and for safety reasons, we do keep them outside of each pen. Some our guests really seem to enjoy sitting in a light, cool breeze at the front.
3. We provide cool mats, and place them where we know the individual cat is likely to use them. The floor itself, incidentally, is constructed with porcelain tiles, and also helps our guests to cool down.
4. We provide extra bowls of water and make sure that it is changed regularly during the day, and/or kept cool with ice cubes.
5. There is extra wet food on the offer, as it contains quite a lot of liquid and helps our guests to keep hydrated. Very few cats refuse a little extra tasty something!
6. We very regularly check the temperatures around in the cattery and the bedrooms, and we check each individual guest for signs of over heating/heatstroke and dehydration.

So far, we have had no incidents of over heating or dehydration :-)

All the little Luna ladies!Luna is a beautiful and popular name. We have five little ladies by this name, and they have ...
10/08/2025

All the little Luna ladies!
Luna is a beautiful and popular name. We have five little ladies by this name, and they have all recently stayed with us.
Luna A. stays with us together with her sister, Tabby, and older brother, Miles. In the cattery, Luna also goes by the name “boss lady”; despite her very slender frame, she does like especially Miles, who incidentally is three times her size, to know who rules the roost! He gracefully ignores her (Miles, you are a gentleman!). Luna loves her food, she a super affectionate, engaged and curious little cat, and an absolute whizz at solving puzzles with treats.

Luna B. comes to stay with us once or twice a year, and it is always such a pleasure to catch up with her. She is a quiet and unassuming little girl, so gentle and loving, and visibly grateful for any attention we give her. We have spent many wonderful hours, just hanging out with her, gently cuddling and chatting. She loves sleeping underneath things and will creep under covers or upside down beds to settle in for a good rest up.

Luna D. is a frequent guest at our cattery. At just 2.7kg, she is fully grown! She is SOoooo CUTE, and a wonderfully cheeky, charming and a very loving little girl. She adores settling on us when we sit on the floor with her, and is quite happy to fall asleep there.

Luna M. arrived at our cattery for the first time just a couple of weeks ago together with her sister, Bella. At the tender age of just 10 months, and their first experience of a cattery, it took a few days for these two little Bengal darlings to warm up. But warm up they did!!! -And we were treated to their displays of intelligent curiosity, risk taking, gaming and generally exploring everything on offer. By the time they were collected, Luna and Bella were so much more comfortable in the cattery environment and with us as their carers. No doubt, they will pick up where they left on their next stay, and we will see more of their antics.

Luna T. is an extremely handsome and stately looking Maine Coone. When she first came to stay with us, it was her first experience of a cattery, and we thought we had a cat with ADHD on our hands!!! She was unable to focus on anything for much more than a couple of seconds, before she needed to move on to something else. However, now that she has been with us a few times, she settles in a completely different way. We can concentrate on playing together, have a brush out or a cuddle, for sustained periods of time, and Luna T. absolutely adores having a cuddle! She is as soft in nature as her wonderful long haired coat.

All the little Lunas; keep them coming!

Address

1, North Fields, Old Main Road
Louth
LN119XG

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 10am
5pm - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 10am
5pm - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 10am
5pm - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 10am
5pm - 6pm
Friday 9am - 10am
5pm - 6pm
Saturday 3:30pm - 5pm
Sunday 3:30pm - 5pm

Telephone

+447492407649

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