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Cat boarding for Sellwood-Moreland.

Sellwood is the neighborhood boarding location and is the natural geographic starting point for many nearby guardians. This page helps guardians compare the two feline-only Cats in the City boarding locations without reducing care fit to mileage.

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Current availability, rates, policies, and final care acceptance are managed by Cats in the City.

Private feline boarding environment for guardians traveling from Sellwood-Moreland
2Two location choicesSellwood and Mt Tabor have different room environments and care capacities.
Fit before proximityThe most convenient location still has to be appropriate for the cat.

Start with location fit

Two locations, one feline care system.

Both sites are feline-only and use private rooms. Sellwood is the higher-support and diabetic pathway; Mt Tabor offers a wide range of private room environments near Northeast Portland and PDX.

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Sellwood

Sellwood boarding

Sellwood is often the most direct geographic starting point and is also the higher-support and diabetic pathway.

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Mt Tabor

Mt Tabor boarding

Mt Tabor remains relevant when a particular Northeast room environment or travel route fits better.

Explore Mt Tabor

Care fit

Compare both locations

Choose by room environment, medical needs, appetite history, mobility, travel logistics, and availability—not distance alone.

Use the comparison guide

Planning from the area

Build the route around the whole stay.

Travel time is only one part of a useful boarding plan.

Sellwood guardians can evaluate proximity alongside the flagship location’s higher-support role, room collection, private-catio options, and on-campus overnight context.

Even for a nearby household, room assignment and care acceptance still depend on dates, medical profile, appetite history, mobility, and household size.

Confirm current check-in windows and construction or traffic conditions directly before travel rather than relying on a static neighborhood page.

Nearby service-area guides

Keep the geography connected.

These pages use the same care-first routing logic for neighboring communities.

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Nearby guide

Woodstock

Open another service-area guide without losing the same care-fit framework.

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Nearby guide

Eastmoreland

Open another service-area guide without losing the same care-fit framework.

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Nearby guide

Milwaukie

Open another service-area guide without losing the same care-fit framework.

Open guide

Questions guardians ask

Clear answers before the request.

Care fit is confirmed only after Cats in the City reviews the complete profile and requested dates.

Do you pick up cats in Sellwood-Moreland?

Transportation is a separate service and availability varies. Use the Cat Taxi page or contact Cats in the City to ask about routing.

Which boarding location should a guardian in Sellwood-Moreland choose?

Sellwood is the neighborhood boarding location and is the natural geographic starting point for many nearby guardians. Geography can help narrow the options, but the cat’s care profile, room fit, requested dates, and staffing needs remain more important than a simple nearest-location rule.

Can a cat with medication or medical needs board?

Many stable medication and special-care profiles can be reviewed. Sellwood concentrates the highest-support and diabetic boarding pathways; acceptance is confirmed case by case.

Next step

Plan boarding from Sellwood-Moreland.

Share the dates, routine, health history, appetite pattern, medication needs, and room priorities. Cats in the City will review the request and confirm the appropriate location and pathway.