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Get a Gato Updates: Pricing, Policies, and Times Please read! Many of you may have already noticed the recent changes here at Get a Gato. Starting from September 22nd we have implemented several updates that will be effective moving forward These modifications impact the pricing of lounge tickets, the presence of children in the lounge, and the lounge sessions themselves. Tickets will now be a standard price at $15 each for sessions on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, regardless of entry or exit times. So if you are running late you will still be expected to end your visit at the end of the 50 minute session. This does mean we will be ending our 30 minute walk-in discount as well as pay what you wish Wednesdays. Don’t worry! We’ve got an even better deal for you! We are excited to announce a 50% discount on our standard 50 minute tickets during the midweek! Enjoy a reduced price visit on these days, perfect for larger groups and families looking to spend less while enjoying more time with the cats! As this new deal is fantastic for families, we are revising our policy concerning the number or adults required to be present with minors under 18 years old. At least one adult ticket holder must always accompany their children into the lounge. One adult guardian can accompany up to three minor. If there are more than three children, an additional ticket holding adult must be present with the group. Lastly, our cat’s break times have changed. Instead of the cats getting breaks at 12pm and 3pm, they will get one large 2 hour break from 1pm till 3pm! We will not accept any visitors between these hours and you must wait for the next available session to visit, starting at 3pm. This larger break time will allow our staff to accomplish tasks such as cleaning, grooming, intake, graduations, and other cat related need within a reasonable time. Thanks for reading!

Hello again! We've updated our Amazon wishlist and are requesting donations! We're in need of several supplies, including litter, cat food, toys, beds, and scratchers. Here are some of the things we're in need of Litter Supplies - Dr. Elsey's cat litter - Litter Genie Easy Roll Refills - Disposable Litter Pans Food Supplies - Fancy Feast, Friskies, or Churu canned cat food. We will accept most cat food brands but these are the most popular among our cats! - Food Toppers for our picky eaters. Our cats seem to love the Open Farm Harvest Chicken Blend, but other toppers like Churu Stew works! Enrichment - Cat Scratchers; ideally if people can donate the sisal variety, they'll last longer in the lounge and can be disinfected daily whereas cardboard cannot be. There are several in our wishlist we hand picked that we think would be purrfect for the lounge! - Beds and Hides; as we approach the chilly months, we'd love to get some new bedding for the cats. We think the items we added to our list will both look amazing but also be the coziest for our cats, as well as being easy to wash and disinfect! - Cat Toys; our cats love variety, so we selected some new toys we'd love to try for them! Cleaning Supplies - Rescue; the most important cleaner we use! Rescue is a veterinary grade cleaner that helps keep our cats healthy and we would love if folks could help by donating a gallon and occasionally the wipes too! - Odo-Ban Laundry Sanitizer; we use sanitizer to keep our laundry fresh and clean and some assistance with this purchase would help a ton since we do laundry frequently! - Sponges; ok, the sponges don't HAVE to be in the shape of little cats, but it really makes doing all of the dishes more enjoyable (there are so many dishes) - Lysol Pet Spray; a disinfectant for the room as we enter flu season that is also pet safe! - Simple Green; an additional disinfectant thats pet safe that we could use on additional surfaces when we dont want to over use Rescue - Pet House Room Spray, Sandalwood and Vanilla; our purrfered room spray to keep the stink at bay!

Who doesn't love a good Brisket? This thick hunk of cat is 5 years old and ready to spend the summer as your number one BBQ buddy. Brisket's coat is as dark as charcoal and smooth like smoke. He loves to give head butts when greeting and will follow you around. When Brisket needs quiet time, he can usually be found napping inside a cozy nook - right now his faborite spot is inside the llama cat hide! Brisket's foster noted that he is a little sensitive to touch on his hind end, although he seems mostly fine with gentle touches on his body. We have noticed he doesn't love to climb up up, so perhaps a home with less steps/need to jump up would be best! Brisket is still available for adoption, so if you’re looking for a sweet cat with a big head that likes to be gently handled, he's just the right cut!

The wonderful cats all have pending applications but we wanted to introduce you to them anyways since they're all so sweet! 💙 First up is Jose, who you might remember from the fundraiser we shared for @houseofthecatrescue when he had an asthma attack. Jose has chronic asthma that is maintained by his twice daily inhaler, which he is an extremely good boy for. Other than his asthma, he's an incredibly sweet and playful cat who enjoys the company of people and cats, and absolutely adores kittens! Next is Nightshade, who still keeps a low profile in the lounge but can now be more easily found sleeping on the cat trees or in one of the cozy knit beds. Nightshade needed some daily TLC, which was given by our amazing volunteer, Mia, who gave her the much needed one on one time to build her confidence. Now Nightshade will hang out quietly among the lounge guests instead of hidden in a shadowy corner. Nightshade loves butt scratches and pats as well as chin scratches. She perks up for cat TV too! Last is Laboon, our top condo kitty. Although he is allowed to be out among the other cats, he is a bit of a shy guy still and prefers to be greeted from within his condo. Laboon has had urinary crystals in the past that he needed surgery for so he is kept on a special urinary food diet so he needs to eat separately from the other cats. Other that that, he's been a healthy happy boy who purrs loudly like a motor boat when you go to pet him. Special needs cats are always a little extra special in our hearts and we are so thankful they are so loved by our guests and are anticipating a new loving home 🏡

Our kitty pantry is looking bare! Please consider donating items from our wishlist (links in bio), dropping off extra cans of food you have that your own cat didn’t like, or donating Chewy or Amazon gift cards. Any bit helps keep our adoptable cats fed and happy. Our most needed items: 🧡Kitten wet & dry food 🧡Adult cat wet & dry food 🧡Unscented clumping clay litter 🧡Tube treats

Look into Bonita’s eyes and give her compliments in the comments 🧡🩶

For May’s movie night (with cats!) we’re paying tribute to the great Rob Reiner. Come cozy up with our kitties, snack on some popcorn, and watch The Princess Bride! In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can’t stop these true lovebirds from triumphing. Tickets available now 👑🐱🍿

Watch out! Lestat is on the prowl for his next victim. This vampurric kitty will lure you in with his dashing appearance and alluring eyes. Once he has you in a trance, you'll have no choice but to let him on your lap. Be careful! He can be a bit mouthy. But they're mostly love bites. Lestat is known as the Brat Prince for a reason, he's a very opinionated boy! He will monologue for hours and sing of his everlasting love for you. He loves to play, talk, and seems to prefer kibble over wet food (his tastes are very refined). Lestat enjoys the finer things in life and needs someone who will care for him and his luxurious long coat till the end of time. This bratty boy needs an experienced cat owner who won't give in to his floofy attitude.

We may be a day late from the May the 4th, but right now the lounge is full of Sith kitties anyway so they wanted introduce themselves on the 5th! May 4th is known as Star Wars Day to many fans (and the 5th follows as a pun on "Revenge of the Sith (Fithth) for the anti-Jedi folks) As a nod to the unofficial holiday, we had Kylo Ren, Boba Fett, and BB-8 join our café roster. They all of course got apps in before the holiday post so they are currently pending (and Kylo just went home) but you can still experience the force behind their head butts if you come in to say hi!

Sailor Jerry and Phanatic are hopping on here to ask...FOR MORE LITTER DONATIONS! We are sorely in need of litter for our little friends! We're not sure if they're just eating more or REALLY like using @thelitterrobot we've introduced to the room. Like seriously...they're obsessed! Either way, we've gone through a lot of litter and are due for more. As of right now, we have no extra bags of litter left, so we'd really appreciate any clumping clay litter to be sent over ASAP. If you bring some litter, stop and grab one of our special affiliate QR code for the Litter Robot for $50 off your order if you're interested in a poop machine for your poop machine 🐈 💩

Create a memory with this month’s $2 Tuesday raffle prize, a pet or family portrait session with @ngpawpics Dontate this month to Enter to win this generously donated 30 minute/10 photo pet, familiy, or headshot session with Nayana Photography. Natural background only, winner must be within 5 miles of the 19146 zip code What is $2 Tuesday? Send our cats a monetary donation any Tuesday of the month, Venmo getagatocafe (add $2 Tuesday to the memo) or donate on our website, and get one entry into our drawing for every $2 donated!

GRAD POST This week the following cats went off to their forever homes! 😋 Churro ⚾️ Marsh 🚀 Blast 🤏 Squeeze 🧢 Wheeler 🤧 Professor Pollen So many amazing cats who came and went so quickly! Congratulations to all of our kitties and their new families 🧡💜💛💚