Comparison
Sellwood versus Mt Tabor
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Compare locationsTwo Portland boarding locations
Match the cat to the care environment.
Sellwood and Mt Tabor operate inside one Cats in the City boarding system, but they offer different room collections and care capacities. Location review should account for medical stability, monitoring needs, temperament, room use, and travel logistics.
Sellwood flagshipMt Tabor room varietyPrivate feline-only territoryOne Cats in the City care record
Boarding requests, availability, current rates, and care approval are managed by Cats in the City.
SellwoodAdvanced medical routing and on-campus residential support.
Mt TaborClimbing, window, family, aquarium, and private-catio room options.
Flagship boarding location
Sellwood
Sellwood combines private feline-only rooms with the highest medical boarding capacity in the system. On-campus residential staffing supports overnight escalation, and diabetic or higher-acuity requests are routed here for review.
- Medical and special-needs boarding
- Diabetic boarding by review
- Private garden-style and activity rooms
- Private enclosed catio options
Northeast Portland
Mt Tabor
Mt Tabor offers a broad room collection for climbers, watchers, loungers, bonded families, and cats who benefit from aquarium viewing or private catio access. Stable special needs are reviewed case by case.
- Studio and master bedrooms
- Mountaineer vertical room
- Window-heavy and family suites
- Aquarium room with private catio
Compare care fit
Location is a clinical and environmental decision.
The table is a starting point, not an eligibility guarantee. Cats in the City reviews current stability, requested dates, and staffing capacity before confirming a reservation.
| Consideration | Sellwood | Mt Tabor |
|---|---|---|
| Primary role | Flagship boarding with advanced medical and overnight on-campus support | Private-room boarding with a wide range of environmental room types |
| Diabetic boarding | Routed here for review | Not the primary diabetic boarding location |
| Stable medication needs | Reviewed based on complexity and monitoring frequency | May be approved case by case |
| Room experience | Garden-style suites, activity room, private catio options | Studios, windows, vertical routes, family suites, aquarium and catio options |
| Best next step | Submit one Cats in the City boarding request and describe the cat’s actual baseline and needs. | |
Room fit can change as the cat changes. The care record should remain continuous.
One system
The boarding record remains connected across locations.
A cat may use different rooms or even different locations across years as age, health, mobility, appetite, or social needs change. The Cats in the City request and client record keep those observations attached to the cat rather than to a single building.
Portland Cat Boarding provides focused wayfinding. Reservation acceptance, care review, payment, current policies, and communication remain with Cats in the City.
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Submit the boarding request once. Cats in the City can review medical needs, room preferences, dates, and location capacity together.
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