Outings for cats generally mean visits to the neighbourhood vet and they’re not always the most pleasant trips. Which is why it wasn’t surprising when Kit, my two-year-old Persian cat, displayed the same level of anxiety during a recent visit to Nutty’s Den that she would at the vet. However, this pet store, salon and spa, housed in a heritage building in Colaba, is a far cry from a clinic. Not sure about Kit, but I felt like a kid in a candy store, what with the gleaming pet accessories and toys, squeaky clean bathtub, and the whitewashed walls with pops of colour.

Sharan and Kapil Sharma with Nutty