Overnight support
Residential staff on campus
Two team members live on site, allowing overnight escalation support beyond a standard daytime-only boarding model.
Cats in the City · Sellwood
Flagship feline boarding with advanced care capacity.
Sellwood is the primary location for diabetic boarding, higher-frequency observation, complex medical routines, and cats whose care plans benefit from on-campus residential support.
2036 SE Tacoma StPrivate roomsOn-campus residential supportDiabetic routingPrivate catio options
Boarding requests, availability, current rates, and care approval are managed by Cats in the City.
On-campus presenceResidential staffing supports overnight escalation pathways.
Medical reviewCare is approved according to present stability, not diagnosis label alone.
Secure catio access gives selected cats fresh-air and scent enrichment without leaving private territory.
Location role
Higher care capacity without turning the stay into a hospital.
Sellwood is designed for cats who need a structured boarding environment with closer observation and more operational flexibility around medication, appetite, glucose, mobility, or complex senior care.
The aim is not to imitate a veterinary hospital. It is to provide private feline-only space, predictable routines, detailed observation, and clear escalation thresholds inside a boarding context.
Care boundary: Portland Cat Boarding and Cats in the City provide boarding, observation, medication support, and guardian/veterinary coordination. Boarding does not replace diagnosis, emergency care, or treatment by a licensed veterinarian. Every medical boarding request is reviewed for fit and current stability.
Sellwood care features
The building, staffing, and rooms work as one care system.
Room fit and enrichment remain individualized even when medical support is the reason for choosing Sellwood.
Observation
Higher-frequency care capacity
Cats whose plans require closer tracking can be reviewed for appetite, glucose, elimination, mobility, respiratory signs, or medication response.
Private rooms
Space to rest and remain readable
Garden-style suites and activity rooms provide more than enclosure: they provide routes, sightlines, rest zones, and controllable exposure.
Catio
Secure sensory range
Selected rooms include private enclosed outdoor access for cats who use air, scent, light, and observation as part of regulation.
Connected care
Veterinary and guardian coordination
When presentation changes, the team can document, communicate, and coordinate within the boundaries of the boarding care plan.
Whole cat
Medical tasks stay in context
Medication or insulin delivery is interpreted alongside food, stress, handling tolerance, posture, and recovery—not isolated from them.
Sellwood rooms
Private environments with different kinds of control.
The room collection includes larger garden-style spaces, an activity-oriented Jungle Gym room, and private-catio options. Current room availability and rates are maintained by Cats in the City.
Sellwood
Garden Room
A large private suite with open floor space, furniture, windows, climbing and resting choices.
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Jungle Gym Room
An activity-rich private room for cats who use climbing, movement, and vertical routes to settle.
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Private Catio Room
A private suite paired with secure enclosed outdoor access for selected cats and appropriate weather or care conditions.
Request Sellwood when the care plan needs more structure.
Cats in the City will review stability, monitoring needs, medication, room fit, and current staffing capacity before accepting the stay.