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Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

icyfroth — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:16:18 GMT

Cat Cafe Melbourne is Australia’s first cat cafe!

We will offer a whole new social environment never before experienced in Australia.

We will provide a fun, comfortable, and most importantly, kitty filled space for you to relax and play with several lovely cats from rescue shelters.

The cats will live at the premises, therefore they will have everything they could possibly ever need right at their paw-tips.

Cat Cafe’s are becoming known world wide, the first opening in Taiwan in 1998, and since spreading to Japan, Vienna, Russia, Germany, China, Thailand, the UK, France, and more!

The success of Cat Cafes is due to several reasons, the main one being that cats are awesome.

In city centres it can be difficult to rent a flat that allows animals, and owning an animal for its entire life is a big responsibility and costly, therefore Cat Cafes are a great solution to these problems.

It has also been proven that interacting with cats can lower high blood pressure, stress, and anxiety.

http://catcafemelbourne.com/

I'd love to go there! Might keep an eye out for a weekend flight and accommodation package bargain and fly down for a bit of retail therapy and and kitteh interaction.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:21:52 GMT

Medford, Oregon had one for years..........it was known as Kim's Authentic Chinese Food......

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

karliandjacko — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:32:15 GMT

I've heard they're not allowed a coffee machine though so no good for me to go there.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

j*oono — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:32:25 GMT

Fishbait always starts squawking at me just as I'm having lunch. I wouldn't want to pay for that.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

icyfroth — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:11:51 GMT

@j*oono wrote:
Fishbait always starts squawking at me just as I'm having lunch. I wouldn't want to pay for that.

It probably caters more for the cat-deprived city apartment dwellers such and myself and hubs, Joono.

As it says in the write up.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:15:47 GMT

Bit like a zoo really or circus.. animals being used for monetary gain.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

imastawka — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:19:37 GMT

Can't see that it's a cafe. No coffee/food etc.

You're right, it's just a petting zoo.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

bluecat*dancing — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:21:12 GMT

They are all rescued cats and the money made goes toward their care and upkeep.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:21:57 GMT

Do the cats stay in the cafe overnight with no humans present?

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

bluecat*dancing — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:23:45 GMT

I don't know but I'm pretty sure that the cafe stays open until late.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

imastawka — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:25:32 GMT

The web page says the cats live on the premises.

Locked up at night? Dunno

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:33:30 GMT

Sounds cruel to me. Having strangers handling the same cats all day long. Cats at home like company but they can wander off and sleep in a patch of sun or near a heat source for hours if they feel like it.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

channys_mum — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:42:22 GMT

@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:
Medford, Oregon had one for years..........it was known as Kim's Authentic Chinese Food......

Just letting you know that my kudo was for bravery

and humour, but definitely bravery

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

imastawka — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:43:34 GMT

They have rules apparently. Never touch a sleeping cat.

Never pick up a cat without a staff member. That sort of thing.

Seems to me, cats like to sleep all day, won't be much interaction, will there?

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

bushies.girl — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:10:06 GMT

So it would be better to leave them at the pound to be killed?

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

bright.ton42 — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:11:10 GMT

This is the food and beverages -

We can only serve a limited range of food and beverages at the cat cafe.We try to ensure a range of gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan options. We have a range of cookies, cakes, muffins, chocolate and chips snacks as well as a range of hot and cold drinks, and chicken and tomato soup.Please be aware we do not cater large meals, only snacks. Only food and beverages purchased at the cat cafe will be permitted into the cat area.

OK?

Why do people have to knock everything. I think this is a great and original idea for cat-deprived people of which

I am one, and I reckon it's money well spent to get to cuddle cats for an hour. Hardly a circus. Those cats would have the best of

care and would be chosen for their sociable traits. I can't wait to visit.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

bushies.girl — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:13:49 GMT

'Cause some people are just negative about everything

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:17:12 GMT

Different views, quite acceptable.

It sort of reminds me of when they had pet shops in malls with people going in and out and handling the kittens etc. Then the pets were left in the store by themselves when the store was closed.

Money is involved... cats available - charge people $$ to handle them. A very different life compared to a cat who lives in a persons/family home.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

bushies.girl — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:28:33 GMT

Better than being dead AM*3 Many cats are left at home alone during the day/night while their owner works, same thing really.

Re: Welcome to Australia’s first Cat Cafe

imastawka — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:30:29 GMT

I'm not knocking the idea. It's just that cat's like to sleep

all day and they won't let you touch them when they're sleeping.

I understand the cat deprivation thing. I have a cat.

Just can't see that the deprivation will be assuaged (ya like that word?)

by not being able to cuddle them, is all