About Us

History

Lochview Cattery was opened in June 2000 by Fiona and Robert Martin.

Fiona has lived with cats all her life and it has been a long life passion to open a Boarding Cattery.  Her dream was fulfilled in June 1997, when the property came on the market.  The Cattery was built from scratch to Feline Advisory Bureau standards and has been inspected by FAB and is now a listed Boarding Cattery.

Fiona worked in the Electronics industry for over 17 years, so running a cattery is a drastic change from an indoor job to a constant outdoor job.

Fiona has gained a Management Certificate from FAB on running a boarding cattery and has spent 6 days with Elizabeth & Heinz Hahn at Knunston Boarding Cattery in Wellinborough.

Fiona also attends courses run by the  Feline Advisory Bureau at the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh on an annual basis and often attends smaller local courses run by local vets.

Fiona and Robert have two girls, Chelsie (aged 14) and Jodi (aged 10).  They have 3 dogs and 5 cats!  The dogs are Sheba (aged 16) and Zoltan (aged 8) and Izzy (2).  The  cats are Shadow (aged 15), Snowball (13), Jet (2), Toulouz (1) & Benji (10) and a new kitten Mishka (a few weeks old).  

Working for Fiona is Jacqui Purdie and Louise Martin who are both invaluable staff members and along with Fiona, maintain a very high standard in the Cattery complex.

FAB Registered

Lochview Cattery is a FAB registered Boarding Cattery.

For more information on FAB click on the following link http://www.fabcats.org

Events

Annually, Lochview Cattery runs an information night on a variety of different subjects.  Last year there was a small seminar on the ins and outs of Cat Flu, which was supported by Virbac.  The talk was carried out by Ian Patterson of St.Clair Veterinary Surgery, Kirkcaldy.