With November coming to a close and the end of the year in sight, The Cat Cafe continued to send adoptable cats from San Diego Humane Society to good homes. In the month of November, The Cat Cafe completed five adoptions.

“This was a slow month from the adoption perspective,” said Tony Wang, general manager of The Cat Cafe. “However, we’ve heard from multiple animal welfare organizations throughout San Diego that adoptions were slow in November. We hope that December will see a pick up in our adoption rate. Still, we’re happy that we sent five cats to good homes.”

The Cat Cafe also raised $220 for San Diego Humane Society during the month. “Instead of soliciting tips for our employees, we pay them an above market wage,” said Wang. “That means we can solicit donations for San Diego Humane Society. We believe in giving back to the community. And so we work to help raise some money to help our partner perform their life saving mission.”

In addition, The Cat Cafe introduced additional food items produced by another San Diego based company. Adam’s Lunch Box joins Cafe Virtuoso, West Coast Coffee Roasters, Bread & Cie, and The Cravory as locally based suppliers to The Cat Cafe.

“Our partnership with The Cat Café has been instrumental in finding homes for our cats much quicker,” said Sarah Thompson, Director of Corporate Adoption Partnerships at San Diego Humane Society. “Not only does it open up more space at San Diego Humane Society so we’re able to take in more animals in need of immediate care but it also provides additional socialization and a new environment to be seen by potential adopters. We’re so grateful for this partnership and every person who chooses to adopt!”

We here at The Cat Cafe enjoyed the five adoptions we completed in November. We look forward to sending a lot of cats home in December and in 2017!

It is always a bittersweet experience here at The Cat Cafe when we send a cat to a good home. We enjoy the unique ways they greet us an interact with us. It’s a lot of fun learning about their unique personalities. We enjoy sending cats home, something we’ve done 209 times now. But we’re also sad we won’t see them anymore.

When Grey and Sunflower went home, we went through these emotions again. It was a lot of fun watching Grey blossom from a shy cat who spent most of his time hiding into a loving and playful cat who entertained visitors. We also enjoyed watching the scars from Sunflower’s entropion surgery recede. And we loved how he would entertain everyone with his antics.

But when we send cats home, new cats arrive at The Cat Cafe. And we’ve got two cats from San Diego Humane Society that we want to introduce you to.

Kitty Baby is the first new arrival. Because she’s shy, she will need some time to become really comfortable with visitors. When her people moved to a home where cats are not allowed, this two year old girl was surrendered. She tips the scales at nine pounds, and she is friendly and playful once she gets to know you. Kitty Baby also enjoys interacting with respectful dogs and children.

M.J. also made the trip from San Diego Humane Society to The Cat Cafe. We’ve started to call him Big Fluffy. And the reason why we have done this should be obvious. M.J. has been adopted and returned three times. We’re going to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Any adopter will have to show that they can interact with this seven year old, 15 pound boy on his own terms. And they’ll have to make sure that they help him lose weight. But if they do that, they’ll have a very sweet and loving feline in their home!

Come visit us at The Cat Cafe and say hello to these two new cats and some old time favorites!

Since we opened, The Cat Cafe altered the menu to suit customer tastes. Anyone remember the protein bars we used to sell when we first opened? Not too many of you would. We didn’t sell too many of them and we dropped them from our menu. And because of customer requests, we dropped the generic pastries we used to sell in favor of locally made ones from Bread & Cie.

We’re doing something similar here at The Cat Cafe by adding a sandwich, protein tray, and fruit and yogurt parfait from Adam’s Lunch Box. You’ll see these in the refrigerator where we stock chilled drinks.

It’s taken a while for us to get these in because we wanted to find a local vendor we could work with. Once we found Adam’s Lunch Box, we knew we found the right vendor. They make their items to order the day before delivery. So when you purchase one of these items, you’re getting something freshly made right here in San Diego.

Now you can enjoy a much more substantial meal while enjoying the company of our kitties. Right now, we’ve got six cats here to hang out with you when you visit The Cat Cafe.

You may know that our partner, San Diego Humane Society, recently went to a horrendous hoarding situation in El Cajon. They pulled nearly 80 dogs from a home. All of those animals look like they will be okay but that’s required a lot of effort on the part of their staff. And that’s one of the reasons why we don’t have as many cats as we like right now.

We are working closely with San Diego Humane Society to get more cats in. Please be patient with both us and them as they resolve this difficult situation. And if you want to help them take care of these dogs, please consider making a donation.

We look forward to welcoming you in to The Cat Cafe where you can enjoy our new food items with our kitties!