Fraser Coast pound cats lounging in style after ‘deluxe’ renovations

A new “deluxe” kitty lounge has been added at the Fraser Coast Adoption Centre to give cats better quality of life while they await new homes.

A new “deluxe” kitty lounge has been added at the Fraser Coast Adoption Centre to give cats better quality of life while they await new homes. Pictures: Isabella Magee

A new addition to the local adoption centre will change the “confined” way cats have been living.

The Fraser Coast Adoption Centre’s existing Cat Lounge, which houses felines who are waiting for their forever home, was recently renovated to include a “deluxe kitty lounge”.

The cats seem to be making good use of the new feature. Picture: Isabella Magee

Spread across the wall of the Cat Lounge, the addition has all the loops and crannies cats could ask for, including a real bark scratching post.

It comes after the adoption centre recently allowed for cats to have larger personal cages.

The “rows and rows of cages” which once was a way to describe the Cat Lounge is no more, Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour said.

“I remember years ago when this was rows and rows of cages stacked by one another. Now ... (the cats) can get out, they can dream, they can sleep, they can relax, this is an ideal environment for these cats while they are waiting for their new home,” he said.

“When people only come and meet the cats to adopt them, it was a real serious concern before where you had cats here waiting to be adopted that were quite confined and that‘s not good for their long term welfare, their short term welfare or their future prospects of being able to quickly adjust to their new family home.”

HBMS Workshop Co-ordinators Joe Habets and Noel Plummer. Picture: Isabella Magee

The feature was made by locals from the Hervey Bay Men’s Shed (HBMS), and HBMS Workshop Co-ordinator Noel Plummer said his team appreciated working on the project.

“It took us about four weeks to make everything ... about three hours to put it all on the wall ... it gives (the cats) an opportunity to be trained, and looked after, and loved, and rehomed,” Mr Plummer said.