It is that the demand is strong in Charente with the departures on vacation. But the formula proposed by the young woman has something to seduce: a real house of 75 m², mezzanine included, leaning against a shaded enclosure of 180 m², equipped with games, accessible at any time by the residents and separated into different areas “ to prevent the younger ones from bothering the older ones “Slips Maude Rochard. And above all, a strict but reassuring reception protocol for cat owners, imagined with his aunt, manager of a boarding house in Châteauneuf for several years. “ We first check the vaccination for typhus, coryza and leucosis, we check that he is sterilized and we ask for a negative test for AIDS and leucosisdetails Maude Rochard. And a week before, he must be put on flea and deworming. »
We first check the vaccination against typhus, coryza and leucosis, we check that he is sterilized.
Once the health risk has been eliminated, the newcomer is installed in a screened room to give him time to get used to his roommates. “ I have to be able to pet him without his growling in order to be able to direct him without danger and possibly isolate him.explains the manager. When there is no more stress, he can join the others. Like Surprise, the typical Ragdoll who spreads out on the desk to ask for caresses. “ He is waiting for his buddy Odin to play. “Scenes of life that she publishes daily on social networks, to maintain the link with the owners during their holidays.
New arrivals are placed in individual, screened rooms to give them time to adapt to other cats.
Photo Julie Desbois
Cushions, hiding places, high platforms: everything is thought out to avoid boredom for tomcats when their owners are away.
Photo Julie Desbois
Crowdfunding and above all solidarity
It is this attention to well-being that guided Maude Rochard in the construction of her project. “ I was living in Perpignan when I left the first confinement. I was tired of this life “, she confides. The young woman, in love with cats, dreams of working with them. She returns to Charente, takes advice from her aunt and buys a house with a shed. “ It took us a year to prepare and renovate everything. And the work is far from over. “ I have lots of projects “Slips Maude Rochard.
To finance them, it received support from the Initiative Charente scheme and launched a crowdfunding campaign on the regional Jadopteunprojet platform, open until the end of the month. The first step has been taken and will allow the manager to install cameras “ to monitor what is happening at night or while I am running errands, but also to know which cat has vomited or had liquid stools “.
The other two levels will allow him to buy a custom-made UV lamp to disinfect the grass and inaccessible spaces in order to eradicate the parasites. The last will be used to buy wood to build new cabins. Finally, for each contribution (and each stay in normal times), one euro is donated to the Angoumois refuge. Animal welfare all the way.
Chats and co: 06 77 69 07 61 or pension@chatsandco.fr. Facebook and Instagram page: chatsandco16. Crowdfunding campaign: jadopteunprojet.com, search “Chats and co”.
