Greetings Humans
It has been a hard time physically, mentally, emotionally and financially at Neko Ngeru Cat Adoption Café. I recently visited since the café is flu free now (last big clean was Sunday June 5). I was surprised at how hard-working the handful of cats are. It seems that adversity has made them work better as a team. Of course, I must still hiss at them to show them who is boss, but they are showing such good attitude, I don’t mind even to play with them a bit. Inky is clearly the strong champion I trained him to be and Nox and Nesbitt are irrepressible as usual.
Ken and Richelle are working all day to save money and have shortened the opening hours for winter to be 10-4pm daily except for Saturday which is 10-5. Mondays are still our day off but we will probably change that during the school holidays. They are also making a lot more of their own food. There is a soup or curry of the day and sandwiches in meat and vegetarian options (as a carnivore, I have trouble understanding how you humans do that!) They really hope more people will come to the cafe so that they can afford to keep it going. They need your help!
Since the flu was such a damaging thing for us, Ken and Richelle are going to change a few things about the way we bring in new cats. We will have a ten-day quarantine off site either at the rescue organisations or at one of our own fosterers. Some will even qualify for my training! The flu usually shows symptoms within ten days so, we will be better able to protect the café cats. Richelle and Ken will keep Tonraq and my vaccinations up to date and get any sick cats isolated from us as quickly as they can, so we’ll be okay too. We understand our duty.
Because of the quarantine, cats will probably be coming and going more slowly from the café. When you meet the one you love, fill out the application and talk to Ken or Richelle about how your home matches the cat’s character, then be prepared to wait a bit for a replacement cat to come to the café.
Nox
elle
Lola
Elle is going to her new family on Friday and Lola has a prospective person too. Lotte is away in quarantine, but when she is healthy, will return. Finn, Abbie and Po went back to their rescuers who are trying to find homes for them. May they be well loved!
I heard that the Entertainment Book is available for sale at the cafe too. It is a good time to get the new book since the old one has expired.
Cat Lovers’ Meetup Group will continue with Cat Bingo June 12. Join in for the fun of it. If you have ideas for events that we could hold at the café, please contact us and tell us about it.
If we are going to survive as a business, we need more people to come visit us especially in the week days. We cats get really lonely when no customers are here. Please get the word out about us and continue to support us as much as you can.
Sorry to hear about your problems am excited to hear about some warming lunch options will be out to have a winter warmer soon. I wondered if you could have volunteers supervising the cat room to save some money. You could run a little training seminar for volunteers. Just a thought
I would happily volunteer a few hours weekly especially if I was rewarded with a complimentary coffee. Cheers Debs
Thanks Debs!
We would love to meet you to talk about volunteering. Please send a message to mastercat@nekongeru.nz with the subject line: Volunteering and some days and times you could come to meet us.
Thanks again,
Richelle and Ken
Dear Helen,
We do have one volunteer starting on Tuesdays and some Thursdays and Fridays. This is new for us but we are really excited about it. Also, your comment caused someone else to consider volunteering. The idea of a training session is a good one since our cats’ safety is so important.
Thanks so much for your comment.
I will make sure I share the Cafe far and wide. I love your soup and want plenty more people to visit!
Would it help doing more social media? We could put our heads together maybe?
It was great to talk to you today!
Hi Richelle and Ken I really hope you can keep Neko Ngeru open, you are providing such a valuable service for cats who need a home, and to cat lovers like me! I just wondered if you have dropped off any flyers to other shops and offices in Petone advertising your 1/2 hour free entry with $10 food and drink purchase deal? It might encourage people who work locally to stop by for lunch?
That is a great idea and we will do that soon.
Richelle and Ken
Hi there Ken & Richelle. I’m sorry to hear you are struggling. I would love to volunteer if that helps. I so wish for the cat cafe to be a huge success. You are doing a brilliant job – hang in there . ?
Dear Dianne,
We would love to talk to you about how you could volunteer. Drop us a line at mastercat@nekongeru.nz, call 04 589 2287, or mention it when you come to visit next.