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

Start with location fit
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.
Sellwood
Sellwood is often the most direct geographic starting point and is also the higher-support and diabetic pathway.
Explore SellwoodMt Tabor
Mt Tabor remains relevant when a particular Northeast room environment or travel route fits better.
Explore Mt TaborCare fit
Choose by room environment, medical needs, appetite history, mobility, travel logistics, and availability—not distance alone.
Use the comparison guideNearby service-area guides
These pages use the same care-first routing logic for neighboring communities.
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Care fit is confirmed only after Cats in the City reviews the complete profile and requested dates.
Transportation is a separate service and availability varies. Use the Cat Taxi page or contact Cats in the City to ask about routing.
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.
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
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.