Our Cattery
The Right Space at Every Stage
From a quiet nesting pod to a sunroom playroom off our kitchen — how a kitten's world grows as they do.
Their World Grows as They Do
Raising confident, affectionate kittens isn't about one perfect room — it's about giving them the right space at every single stage of growing up. Our kittens move through a series of thoughtfully designed spaces, from dedicated suites just steps from our door to a big playroom right inside our home, each one built around exactly where a kitten is developmentally: safe enough to explore, rich enough to learn, and always close to the people and animals who love them.
Here's the journey every Aurora kitten takes — from before they're even born to the day they come home to you.
It Starts in the Nursery Suite
About two weeks before her due date, each expectant mama moves into a nursery suite — a calm, quiet space that will become her nest. At its center is a soft, pop-up pod with a gentle heat source underneath to keep newborn kittens perfectly warm, layered with towels she can bunch and arrange exactly the way she likes. We keep it cozy, a little dark, and zipped up so she feels secure, and she comes and goes as she pleases.
Those two weeks matter. They give her time to claim the nest as her own safe place to give birth, and they let us quietly watch her settle in, adjusting anything she needs along the way. Moving in early keeps her safe, too — the nursery is a lower, calmer setup, so there's no jumping from high places or roughhousing while she's expecting.
Two cameras — one inside the pod and one on the room — let us watch over mama and babies around the clock, even more closely as she nears labor.
When the kittens arrive, we're right there for whatever she needs — fresh towels, a helping hand, or simply a watchful eye — and our socialization program begins on day one.
Just outside the pod, she has everything she needs
A scratcher and a soft bed of her own
A hammock to lounge in
Food, water, and a litter box
Room to stretch her legs whenever she wants a break
Growing Up in the Kitten Suite
Around three weeks old, when the kittens can finally clamber out of the pod, mama and babies graduate to a kitten suite. This is one of the most important spaces we have, because so much happens here: kittens learn to eat — wet food first, then dry — and to use the litter box, all while being utterly convinced they're far better climbers than they actually are.
So these rooms are built to let bold little explorers be bold safely. Multiple hammocks and shelves at different levels invite them to climb and perch, but every height is low enough that a tumble can't hurt them.
And yes — this is when what we lovingly call "poopy week" happens: they're eating like champs but haven't quite mastered the litter box yet, so these rooms are designed for lots of easy, frequent cleanup. Through all of it, mom stays right there as their safe home base.
Every suite is stocked for busy, curious minds
Scratching posts and soft beds
Shelves and hammocks to climb and perch on
Food, water, and a litter box
A rotating lineup of toys
Field Trips: Seeing the Whole Wide World
Every day, the kittens head out on what we like to call field trips — supervised little adventures into our smaller playrooms and rooms inside our home. This is where the real magic of socialization happens.
When we feel they're ready, we'll even let different-aged kittens play together, so they experience the widest possible variety of gentle, positive situations. Then it's back to their suite with mom, safe and sound.
Every new experience now is one less thing to be unsure of later. It's a big part of why Aurora kittens settle into their new homes so calmly and confidently.
On these outings they meet a whole world of new things
People, and other animals — Sunny, our Goldendoodle, and our cats Milo and Jellybean
Some of the other mamas, taking a break
New smells, new textures, and brand-new rooms to investigate
The Sunroom Playroom — Right in Our Home
By about nine weeks, the kittens have outgrown the kitten suite, and it's time for the best graduation of all: the sunroom playroom, right inside our house. This is where they'll stay until they come home to you.
Best of all, it's just off our kitchen, so the kittens are surrounded by real life all day long — the noises, the comings and goings, the everyday hustle and bustle of a busy household. They also get supervised time out in the rest of the house, exploring the world under a careful eye.
Why supervised, and not the run of the house? Because at this age they're still convinced they can climb and leap anything — and our home is set up for our adult cats, with cozy perches up high that could be dangerous for an overconfident kitten. Even a jump from the back of the couch at nine or ten weeks is more than their growing bodies can safely handle, so we keep their world just the right size while they finish growing.
There's one more sweet detail here: a little gate that mom can hop over but the kittens can't. So at this stage she comes and goes freely throughout the house — which gently teaches the kittens that mom isn't always right there, and that being on their own for a little while is perfectly okay. She's still teaching them, even in how she comes and goes. It's the last, loving step before they're ready for you.
It's a full cat wonderland
Cat trees and scratchers to climb and conquer
Hammocks and shelves to perch and survey the room
A cat wheel and tunnels for burning off the zoomies
A rotating collection of toys to keep them guessing
A Well-Loved Life, Between Litters
When our girls aren't busy being mamas, they live the good life — and we mean really good. Between litters they share the queens' room, a space set up for grown cats to have everything a cat could want:
- Cat couches and hammocks at every height
- Floor-to-ceiling cat trees with built-in scratchers
- A cat wheel for the zoomies
- A rotating collection of toys
- And — because they genuinely love it — a TV playing cartoons
The house is set up the same way. A floor-to-ceiling climbing wall in our dining room, lined with shelves and hammocks, means we'll often sit down to dinner with a few cats perched above, happily supervising the whole affair. In the living room and playrooms, the TVs run cartoons, birds, and fish for them to watch.
Our cats are stimulated, exercised, and, most of all, deeply loved — because happy, thriving cats are exactly what raise happy, thriving kittens.
Why We're a Closed Cattery
We don't host visits at the cattery, and it's worth explaining why. A young kitten's immune system is still developing, and the simplest way to protect it is to keep their world small and clean during those first weeks. Their health comes first, always.
So we bring you in another way: a video update every Monday, from their earliest days right through to go-home day, and photos throughout. By the time you're holding your kitten for the first time, you'll have watched them grow up.
Every Room Points the Same Direction
From the nesting pod to the sunroom playroom, every space and every stage is built around one thing: raising healthy, confident, beautifully socialized kittens who are ready to feel at home the moment they come to you.
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