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Boarding for Cats with Special Needs

When you have a cat with special needs, you may find it challenging to find the proper care for your pet.
 

This may make going on vacation or spending long periods away from your cat seemingly impossible, but Whiskers is able to make special accommodations by offering our TLC Package to ensure they get the right amount of care and personal attention.

TLC Special Needs Program

 

We understand that leaving a cat with advanced age or chronic health challenges can be an emotional experience. Our mission is to make travel possible again by providing a level of expertise and compassion that matches your own. When your cat stays with us, they aren't just boarded—they are meticulously cared for, fiercely loved, and protected. We look forward to partnering with you to ensure your cat’s stay is safe, comfortable, and full of Tender Loving Care.

A Safe, Loving Environment for Unique Challenges

 

At Whiskers, we ensure every cat enjoys a comfortable, deeply restorative, and stress-free stay. For a specialized care program fee of $10 per day, we provide highly attentive, expert care for guests navigating unique health and life stages:
 

  • Cherished Life Stages: Playful kittens under 4 months of age who require high-frequency socialization, as well as senior feline guests requiring dedicated geriatric comfort care.
     

  • Active Health Challenges: Specialized accommodations and routine medical support for guests managing Asthma, Seizures, Cancer, IBD, or careful post-surgical healing and recovery.
     

  • Sensory & Mobility Needs: Tailored environment layouts to support blind or deaf cats, alongside specialized orthopedic comforts for felines with arthritis or physical mobility limitations.
     

  • Dietary & Digestive Care: Support for delicate or underweight guests, digestive sensitivities, or intensive feeding routines. While standard prescription diets are included in regular boarding, this specialized TLC care program is for guests requiring complex meal preparation or a frequent schedule of 5+ feedings per day administered between 7:30 AM and 7:00 PM.

Medications & Safety Boundaries


Hands-on medication administration is safely provided by our trained cattery team between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM.
 

  • Please Note: We are unable to administer insulin injections or board diabetic cats requiring medical management. Felines whose diabetes is completely controlled through diet alone are warmly welcome!

TLC Guest Preparation: Setting Us Up for Success


To ensure a seamless transition and help our team provide the absolute highest standard of care, we ask that you pack the following essentials for your kitty's drop-off:
 

  • Nutrition & Comforts: A generous supply of their regular diet, preferred treats, and any special "lovies" or favorite toys.
     

  • Familiar Scents: Items from home—such as a favorite bed, a blanket, or an old t-shirt—to provide comfort and drastically reduce boarding stress.
     

  • The "Insider Info": A detailed rundown of their daily routine, specific likes/dislikes, behavioral quirks, and any recent health changes.
     

  • Medical Essentials: All current medications in their original prescription bottles (including inhalers and supplements).
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Accessibility & Comfort

Tailored room setups featuring carpeted low-impact stairs for effortless climbing, orthopedic cushioned bedding to soothe tender joints, and specialized raised or slow-feeders to assist with optimal digestion.

Personalized Attention

Dedicated daily brushing sessions, extended comforting lap time, and meticulous, proactive charting of daily food intake, hydration levels, and bathroom habits.

Peace of Mind

Keeping you connected across the miles with beautiful weekly photo updates and proactive phone or email check-ins whenever you need them.

Program Services & Care Structures

  

  • Daily TLC Premium Care Program --- $10.00 / Day
    Our comprehensive care tier added to standard suite rates covers:

    • specialized medical logging

    • close monitoring of food/water intake

    • noting frequency of bathroom habits

    • extra check-ins,

    • daily brushing,

    • enhanced physical wellness monitoring,

    • low-impact stairs,

    • soft bedding,

    • raised or slow feeders,

    • and customized feeding providing a schedule of five (5) or more daily meal services between the hours of 7:30 AM and 7:00 PM to accommodate strict dietary or digestive needs.
       

  • Hygiene & Care Pad Replenishment --- 50¢ per pad
    For guests requiring protective pee pads, fresh pads are refreshed and logged by our cattery attendants throughout the day to ensure a dry, clean, and healthy environment. Attendants chart the exact number of pads used daily, and the total fee is conveniently added to your invoice on the day of departure.
     

  • Extended Suite Maintenance — $20.00 / Occurrence
    While all guests receive complimentary daily housekeeping, this fee applies only to situations going beyond an isolated litter box accident, hairball, or occasional spit-up. It is strictly reserved for guests experiencing frequent vomiting or frequent urination/defecation outside the litter box, where waste is tracked throughout the suite—including flooring, walls, shelves, bedding, and cat trees. This covers the intensive, deep sanitation required to restore the room and safeguard the cat's health.
     

  • Medication Administration — $3.00 per administration
    For cats requiring direct, hands-on medication handling, our trained staff provides gentle and professional administration for pills, liquids, transdermal gels, and inhalers.

    Note: If your cat's medications or health supplements can be fully mixed directly into their wet or dry food and consumed during scheduled meals, this service is provided entirely at no additional charge.

Comprehensive Emergency Planning

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For your complete peace of mind, our required intake paperwork establishes clear safeguards before your trip begins, ensuring we are perfectly aligned on:

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  1. Determining Exactly When to Vet: Precise baseline medical triggers for when our trained team will transition your cat from on-site monitoring to a professional veterinary environment.
     

  2. Unreachable Emergency Desires: Explicit pre-authorization of your chosen spending caps and medical parameters if you cannot be reached during a crisis.
     

  3. End-of-Life Dignity Wishes: Transparent pre-arrangements with Paws in Paradise (Killeen, TX), ensuring immediate, respectful handling and transport if a fragile or senior guest unexpectedly passes in our care.
     

Note: All clients enrolling in our TLC Program will be prompted to sign our formal TLC Special Needs Intake & Comprehensive Emergency Agreement form prior to check-in.

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TLC Intake Form

Ready to book your companion's specialized stay?

 

Please fill out our comprehensive
TLC Special Needs Intake
& Emergency Agreement
below to establish your care protocols prior to check-in.

WHISKERS LUXURY CAT BOARDING TLC Special Needs Intake & Emergency Agreement

We understand that leaving a cat with advanced age or chronic health challenges can be an emotional experience.

Our mission is to make travel possible again by providing a level of expertise and compassion that matches your own.

When your cat stays with us, they aren't just boarded—they are meticulously cared for, fiercely loved, and protected.

We look forward to partnering with you to ensure your cat’s stay is safe, comfortable, and full of Tender Loving Care.

1. CLIENT & FELINE IDENTIFICATION
Multi-line address
Cat's Birthday
Month
Day
Year
Please upload your cat's official veterinary records (past diagnoses, current treatment plans, and recent lab work) to help our team provide the highest standard of care.

TLC GUEST ELIGIBILITY CHECKLIST

For a specialized care program fee of $10.00 per day, we provide a safe, expert, and loving environment for guests facing unique challenges.

Please check all categories that apply to your cat for this stay:

TLC GUEST PREPARATION CHECKLIST

To ensure a seamless transition and help our team provide the absolute highest standard of care, we ask that you set us up for success by providing the following essentials at drop-off:

  • Nutrition & Comforts: A generous supply of their regular diet, preferred treats, and any special "lovies" or toys.

  • Familiar Scents: Unwashed items from home—such as a favorite bed, a blanket, or an old t-shirt—to provide comfort and reduce boarding stress.

  • Medical Essentials: All current medications in their original prescription bottles (including inhalers and supplements) along with up-to-date medical records.

  • The "Insider Info": A detailed rundown of their daily routine, specific likes/dislikes, behavioral quirks, and any recent health changes.

2. TLC SPECIAL NEEDS & MAINTENANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  • Daily TLC Program ($10.00 per day): The Owner acknowledges this feline is enrolled in the TLC Special Needs Program added to the standard boarding rate. This premium fee comprehensively covers:

    • Specialized Medical Logging: Close monitoring of food and water intake, carefully noting bathroom habits.

    • Customized Care: Daily brushing, low impact stairs, soft bedding, raised or slow feeders.

    • Enhanced Physical Wellness: Careful monitoring by our trained staff.

    • Customized Frequent Feeding: Provision of a frequent schedule of five (5) or more daily meal services between the hours of 7:30 AM and 7:00 PM to accommodate strict dietary schedules or digestive needs. Please note that we are unable to accommodate meal requests outside of this timeframe.

  • Hygiene & Care Pad Replenishment (50¢ per pad): For guests requiring protective pee pads, fresh pads are refreshed and logged by our cattery attendants throughout the day to ensure a dry, clean, and healthy environment. Attendants chart the exact number of pads used daily, and the total fee is conveniently added to your invoice on the day of departure.

  • Medication Administration Fees: Hands-on medication delivery requires an additional fee of $3.00 per individual administration. Medications may be administered between the hours of 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM. Please note that we are unable to accommodate medication schedules outside of this timeframe.

    • Important Note on Diabetic Guests: We do not administer insulin injections or board diabetic cats requiring medication to manage their condition, as these guests require a medical boarding facility. We are happy to board diabetic cats whose condition is controlled through diet alone.

    • Applicable Meds: This per-dose charge applies to all pills, liquids, transdermal gels, and inhaler therapies.

    • Exemption: Any medications or supplements that can be successfully pre-mixed and consumed directly in the cat's standard meals will be administered at no additional charge.

  • Extended Suite Maintenance ($20.00 per occurrence): While all guests receive complimentary daily housekeeping, this fee applies only to situations going beyond an isolated litter box accident, hairball, or occasional spit-up. It is strictly reserved for guests experiencing frequent vomiting or frequent urination/defecation outside the litter box, where waste is tracked throughout the suite—including flooring, walls, shelves, bedding, and cat trees. This covers the intensive, deep sanitation required to restore the room and safeguard the cat's health.

3. MAXIMUM EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AUTHORIZATION

Veterinary Care: You agree to allow Whiskers to obtain veterinarian medical treatment for your cat if it appears that the cat is ill, injured, or exhibits any other behavior that would reasonably suggest that your cat might need medical treatment. Medical treatment may require transportation of your cat to receive care, and you hereby authorize such transportation. You grant Whiskers full authority to make decisions involving the medical treatment of your cat during its stay at Whiskers. You agree that you are fully responsible for the cost of any such medical treatment and transportation. In the event of a serious illness and the owner cannot be contacted, the veterinarian’s decision will be final.

Whiskers Luxury Cat Boarding will always attempt to contact the Owner immediately during a medical crisis. If the Owner cannot be reached, the attending veterinary team requires an immediate spending limit to begin diagnostic testing or stabilizing treatments.

Veterinary Care Authorization
Option A (Unlimited Authorization): Whiskers Luxury Cat Boarding is authorized to approve any and all life-saving veterinary care required to stabilize my cat, regardless of the final invoice cost.
Option B (Limited Authorization): Whiskers Luxury Cat Boarding is authorized to approve emergency medical treatment for my cat up to a maximum cost given below. I understand that if life-saving treatment exceeds this amount and I cannot be reached, care may be withheld by the veterinary clinic.

4. DECEASED PET PROTOCOL & AFTERCARE ARRANGEMENTS

In the deeply unfortunate event that a special needs cat passes away while boarding, Whiskers Luxury Cat Boarding prioritizes treating the feline with the utmost dignity, compassion, and respect. Immediate Transfer Policy: Because our facility does not have the medical infrastructure to safely or hygienically store a deceased pet's body, the cat will be transferred immediately into the professional care of Paws in Paradise, https://pawsinparadisepetcrematory.com/

Aftercare Instruction Selection (Choose One):
Private Cremation: I authorize Paws in Paradise to perform a private cremation so my cat's ashes can be returned to me in a memorial urn.
Pet Burial Garden: I authorize a communal aftercare arrangement through Paws in Paradise.

Note: All third-party transportation, handling, and aftercare costs from Paws in Paradise are the direct financial responsibility of the Owner.

5. EMERGENCY TRANSPORT FEES & PAYMENT TERMS

If an unscheduled or emergency veterinary visit is required, the Owner agrees to the following pricing structure:

  • Emergency Base Fee: $75.00 flat fee per transport.

  • Hourly Time Fee: $50.00 per hour (covers transport, triage, and clinic wait time).

  • Immediate Reimbursement: The Owner is 100% responsible for all third-party veterinary invoices and aftercare fees. Whiskers will utilize the payment method on file to settle these immediate emergency expenses.

COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY PLANNING OVERVIEW

By filling out and executing this document, you are establishing critical safety and care protocols for your cat's stay. This plan explicitly ensures our team is aligned on:

  1. Determining Exactly When to Vet: Establishing transparent, immediate triggers for when our trained staff will transition your cat from on-site monitoring to a professional veterinary clinic.

  2. Unreachable Emergency Desires: Formally outlining your financial parameters and treatment desires for medical emergencies if you are completely unreachable during standard travel.

  3. End-of-Life Dignity Wishes: Legally documenting compassionate aftercare and handling wishes for senior, fragile, or medically complex guests in the unfortunate event they pass away while in our care.

6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT & SIGNATURE By signing below, the Owner certifies that they have read, understood, and agreed to all comprehensive emergency protocols, financial caps, immediate transfer aftercare arrangements, maintenance fees, care pad policies, feeding structures, and payment terms listed above.

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