My boyfriend and I stopped by to tour the cat boarding facility today as we have been trying to find a place for our two cats while out of the country. Needless to say, I was absolutely APPALLED by the conditions for the cats here. I was a little skeptical at first given the area of Indy that Sleepy Hollow is in but I realize there are occasionally hidden gems in the worst of neighborhoods - this is not one of them. The front office area is nice enough but when you walk into the back stairwell you are immediately hit with the smell of cat urine. When the girl at the front desk opened the door to the cat room the smell intensified. The room was dark and humid, which really only made the nasty ammonia smell worse. There was only one cat there at the time but I felt so sorry for the poor thing. Its cruel to leave an animal, or any living creature for that matter, in an environment that so thoroughly smells of ammonia. Lack of care and cleaning is the only way I can rationalize it as I have lived in households of up to five cats and known people with many more and unless you saw the animals you would never have known there were cats. Its the sort of situation you hear about on Animal Cops or the ASPCA show with cat hoarders. I'm surprised paint wasn't peeling off the walls. I don't know why anyone would ever leave their cat here. It was disgusting and its cruel and honestly the place should be shut down. No animal should be subjected to that sort of dark, dank, hot, reeking environment. Ever. Period. Will not use their services and will never recommend them. Disgusting.
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