Kitty Hill Resort for Cats

Kitty Hill Resort for Cats We love cats...and it is our pleasure to offer them cat boarding facilities
that carefully provide for their absolute comfort, safety and entertainment.

Zelensky's cousin  Volodomir Sushi made an unscheduled stop at Kitty Hill today to discuss how to cheer up all the depre...
06/29/2023

Zelensky's cousin Volodomir Sushi made an unscheduled stop at Kitty Hill today to discuss how to cheer up all the depressed Americans.
He also pleaded for donations of Churu which is in short supply in his country. He was most eloquent.

Hang in there. Spring is coming.  Here are some photo's from last year in case you have forgotten what it is like.Weathe...
03/13/2023

Hang in there. Spring is coming. Here are some photo's from last year in case you have forgotten what it is like.

Weather weary kitty lovers, we will all remember this action packed year.
And now Spring is just around the corner.

I am not a person with a green thumb but after a slow five year wait these David Austin roses are such a pleasure. And all the ones I chose are scented so do bend down to take a sniff as you come by.
Stay warm, dry and safe.

Love from everyone at Kitty Hill

Here is Blue trying out his new cat bed.  I saw this bed on Etsy and liked its lines and simplicity. The fabric is durab...
02/09/2023

Here is Blue trying out his new cat bed. I saw this bed on Etsy and liked its lines and simplicity. The fabric is durable and washable. I was considering ordering it when I noticed it was made in Ukraine and shipped from there. That pushed me to immediately go ahead and get it. I am glad I did for quite a number reasons including that Blue likes it. The different color combinations available cost different prices.This combo of charcoal fabric and medium brown wood cost about $48 plus shipping. It came right away. CatHammock by Catjoy
Wishing that country all the best. Imagine bombs destroying the buildings of our Santa Cruz. So Horrible.

Hello Kitty Lovers. I wanted to write and tell you that everything at Kitty Hill is fine. Several cat owners have called...
01/10/2023

Hello Kitty Lovers.
I wanted to write and tell you that everything at Kitty Hill is fine. Several cat owners have called concerned that the San Lorenzo Rover is flooding and asking if we are all right. We are WAY above that river. Remember the hill you have to drive up to get to us? We are not in the river flood plain at all.

Wonderful Taylor and her cat lover husband live upstairs at Kitty Hill. Being a worrier, I worked very hard to find property where I could have an employee living on site. So no worries Taylor is there to care for and feed the kitties. Courtney came in today to help clean rooms so we could be ready for folks who needed to evacuate.

If you need to evacuate, and can get to us, we are ready to offer you boarding for your kitty(s). We have rooms ready and the first two nights are offered at no charge. We can also take in other small pets - birds, guinea pigs and so forth. ( Sorry. no dogs though we love them too. ) Thank goodness this storm arrived after almost all our Christmas guests have gone home.

We keep gallons of water and emergency cat food stored on site. The fine builders of our two additions still often help us with projects and take good care of us. I have known and worked with the foreman for over 35 years and he lives half a mile away, a good friend to have. Of the 30 plus skylights in our building none are leaking !! Perfect. I hope by this time next year to have the solar system for Kitty Hill that I am planning up and running.

So we are in great shape to do our jobs of protecting and caring for your kitties. And yesterday we even adopted out two 7 month old kittens who needed a home. All is going well.

Here's a picture of a senior Persian, Sushi, staying with us to cheer you up.
Stay warm and dry and safe.
Wishing you all the best in this New Year.

Love, Harriet Butts and the staff of six at Kitty Hill

Here's the photo of some of the rescued Ukrianian lions with their winter coats. Love them.
03/17/2022

Here's the photo of some of the rescued Ukrianian lions with their winter coats. Love them.

A little sun today in the midst of a very difficult month. Kitty Hill has sent as large a donation as possible to our fa...
03/17/2022

A little sun today in the midst of a very difficult month. Kitty Hill has sent as large a donation as possible to our favorite animal charity, the IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare. This global group has been working for animals for 50 years. They are solid, smart and experienced. Usually I donate to wire snare removal ( poachers ) for areas in African. Today I asked for it all to go for help for animals in Ukraine. In the news I saw a photo of three lions lying together that had been gotten across the border to Poland. The lions looked unusual with such long shaggy coats. It is cold in Ukraine. (They looked wonderful.) I was so pleased to see the IFAW noted in the credits.

Fingers crossed for a quick end to this terrible war.

Happy HalloweenWe decorated early in Sept this year just because it was fun.All is well at Kitty Hill. We are quite busy...
11/01/2021

Happy Halloween
We decorated early in Sept this year just because it was fun.
All is well at Kitty Hill. We are quite busy with the world's most loveable kitties to entertaini us. We are so lucky.

Earth shaking announcement !: We are now set up to take credit cards. Yes Harriet is finally moving us into the 21st century.

Stay well and happy
Love from Harriet, Taylor, Barb, Kris, Ally ( New!) and Griffin

In a previous post I showed a little red kitten, Zachary, and mentioned how much he wanted a friend. Here he is, older a...
12/30/2020

In a previous post I showed a little red kitten, Zachary, and mentioned how much he wanted a friend. Here he is, older and healthy, with a kitten, Reggie, we found to be his brother. He is a month older than Zach but came in equally underweight and puny. ( See the Before of Reggie below. )
Now they are utterly devoted brothers.I have a series of photo's of them lying together, keeping in touch with their front paws .I have never seen anything like it, their paws were always touching. So special. Family is where you find it.They are ready to go home now.Together of course.

Someone brought us a little "singleton" which is a baby kitten who is all alone. He was super thin. For the first week w...
10/15/2020

Someone brought us a little "singleton" which is a baby kitten who is all alone. He was super thin. For the first week we syringe fed him 6+ times a day and gave him fluids. He stayed at 9 ounces and we worried, why doesn't he gain??? . Then suddenly he got his feet under him and began to eat on his own. And eat and eat and eat. In the next two weeks he gained a pound going from 9 ounces to 1 pound 9 ounces. * What a difference two weeks can make.!!!* Look at his photos taken only TWO weeks apart. This little guy, now named Zachary, is so full of life and love and play we can hardly keep up with him. He so wants a four footed friend to play with him. The kitties we have introduced him to - our house cats- only want to lick him all over. Not his first choice.

I, Harriet, had to evacuate for 13 days in August. For two days I totally believed my home had burned down. There is no question this has been a very hard time for us all. And will be going forward. The joy of life embodied in this little kitten warms all of our hearts.

I have been offline during this time and I apologize for that.I am not an avid social media person. I do want to say Kitty Hill is alive and well and we are doing our job caring for our customers' wonderful kitties. I have the greatest cat loving employees that I have ever had. We are fully sprinklered inside so except for me we didn't worry too much.( Worrying is my job.) We are so close to UCSC-just down hill - that when fire crews protect that campus they are also protecting us. (This is a benefit I never anticipated when I purchased this property 20 yrs ago.!) We are still caring for some kitties owned by folks whose homes have burned down.

Be well everyone. Take heart, the rains are coming. Kitties are forever wonderful and may they always be a big part of your life. Spring always comes.

Yours in the love of animals, Harriet Butts

PS Yesterday we took in another super thin, red kitten boy. He is a month older and needs to gain weight and get over a little cold. Soon these two lonely red boys will move in together and get to play madly with each other and sleep lumped together. Won't that be a happy day for all. Big smile.

Love in the afternoon at Kitty Hill. You may think this is just a photo of a companionable little head grooming. That is...
08/03/2020

Love in the afternoon at Kitty Hill. You may think this is just a photo of a companionable little head grooming. That is not true, not in this case. Simon, a huge Turkish Angora, is very possessive of his beautiful housemate, Skylark. She is half his size but being a rare breed called a "Highlander" (which makes her part Desert Lynx, American Curl and Snow Bengal) she is made of steel and smacks him back whenever she feels like it. I expect she feels his grooming her so carefully is her due.
They are great fun to watch.Part of the pleasure of running a cat resort is there is something new all the time. Cats are endlessly lovable and fascinating.
Be safe and stay well.

We are certainly having an unusual Fourth of July in 2020. We'll get thru this -no question of that. Let's hope this tim...
07/05/2020

We are certainly having an unusual Fourth of July in 2020. We'll get thru this -no question of that. Let's hope this time next year we will be well past our current troubles. Thank goodness we have such a beautiful environment and wonderful pets and friends to help us through these worrisome days.
Here is a lovely Fourth of July photo from the Kitty Hill Resort for Cats. Colette and Leander, brother and Sister Silver Chinchilla Persians, enjoy the weather on a high catio shelf. Kitty Hill has 16 private catios connected to private rooms for our visiting guests and this is a perfect time of year for enjoying the sun. We are careful that these two white kitties are in a catio with a translucent roof that protects their ears and skin from too much sun. They are such treasures.

I like this photograph with the reflected etched glass of fish that came from the flea market, and the mantel piece, lef...
06/03/2020

I like this photograph with the reflected etched glass of fish that came from the flea market, and the mantel piece, left over from a remodel, a gift from a contractor, and the reflections in our recycled glass panels of flowers blooming outside. A peaceful setting for this beautiful kitty,Madeline, who has the whitest fluffiest paws.Kitty Hill is a jigsaw puzzle of bits and pieces collected from all over each finding its perfect place in our cat rooms.Such fun !

Address

126 Vernon Street
Santa Cruz, CA
95060

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 12:30pm
5pm - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 12:30pm
5pm - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 12:30pm
5pm - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 12:30pm
5pm - 7pm
Friday 9am - 12:30pm
5pm - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 12:30pm
Sunday 5pm - 7pm

Telephone

(831) 427-2287

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