Looking for Cat Cafe in NYC

[Lola4]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Neither is making a donation to the shelter for the privilege of spending a few hours playing with the kitties.

The shelter we donated to likes to have volunteers come in to socialize the cats -- spend as much time as you like with them. This shelter welcomes as many people as their small rooms can hold at any one time, so that the cats get used to a variety of people.

Worth a try.

I would think petting and playing with the kitties would be volunteering, as it would be socializing the kitties... as Ohiogirl stated above.

Back to the original subject. A cat cafe sounds like a BLAST.

[greg42]

I suppose it varies by organization, but I remember the big no-kill shelter here has a formal process for volunteering, with an orientation class, etc. The idea that an outfit like that isn't too interested in having people wander in and pet cats for hours is just a hunch, though, not a confirmed truth. I don't want to start a debate as to whether or not a highly structured outfit like that is a good idea, just was pointing out that this is something you might run into if you were to check with shelters in lieu of a cat cafe.

I wonder if enough NYers would pay enough to go to a cat cafe to cover the rent? In Japan they are just so nuts about cats that even (what I presume are) extremely high Tokyo rents work somehow. Somehow I'm not sure people in the US are quite as interested, but then, you never know. I do hope someone is trying out this idea.

[Lola4]

I hear and agree with what you are saying, greg42. I would also assume most shelters would want to "check out" a regular visitor.

I can only IMAGINE what sort of rules and such there are when operating a Cat Cafe.