Cats Protection.... :-(

janey83 · 31-01-2009, 05:32 PM

Ive just come back from my local CP and omg I saw the most amazing kitten ever. When we asked about her they said do we live on a main road? I said yeah, but we've already got a cat who 5 months and he's gonna be an indoor cat. Then they said they dont allow kittens to become an indoor cat!!!

Thought that was the best way to start them off as being a kitten rather than an adult cat and tryin to get it to stayin indoors.

I was fuming n still am.

dinahsmum · 31-01-2009, 05:43 PM

*sigh*
I sometimes think these animal charities (particularly cats) are their own worst enemies.
They do such fantastic work and then let themselves (and their charges) down by setting hard and fast rules which often prevent wonderful potential adopters taking a cat/kitten.
So, say someone (not our Janey) has a feeling that they want a cat/can offer a home. They go and view and fall for a puss. Then they're told no, for a reason like she was. What do they do? Well, one of 3 things I suppose.
1, Don't get a cat. A perfectly fine home, unused, and another cat waiting in the shelter
2.. Go to another charity with more flexible rules.
3. Look in the local free paper and buy a kitten, thus perpetuating unregulated breeding.
Daft.

PS - so this CP branch says indoor cats are a no-no? How odd. I think it's a really difficult decision but in some locations it's the only decision

Moli · 31-01-2009, 06:18 PM

Find that ridiculous, I would not allow a kitten to go to home where it would be let out...Not surprised you are angry I would be too!!Amazing how branches differ.....

alexgirl73 · 31-01-2009, 06:36 PM

aarrgghhh! Makes me mad!

Elaine · 31-01-2009, 08:49 PM

I honestly dont know how some branches of CP branches manage to rehome at all with some of their ridiculous rules. Surely each case should be judged on it's merit.

Kazz · 31-01-2009, 09:01 PM

Are you sure ts a rule and not someone's whim? I sometimes despair.

dandysmom · 31-01-2009, 09:36 PM

That's absurd and maddening! They'd rather rehome a kitten to a house by a busy road and have it be the victim of a RTA???

The mind boggles .....

Leesy · 31-01-2009, 11:23 PM

I am lost for words, it is just a ridiculous attitude to take

In fact it makes me MAD

calismum · 31-01-2009, 11:35 PM

Can only echo all above.

I thought CP was a sort of national body and all rules would be the same all over.

Does make you very angry tho' good home perhaps missed due to individual rules.

janey83 · 01-02-2009, 11:43 AM

Thanks all for your replies.

I'm still thinking about her, she's gorgeous, her name is Ceskey (Sess-key). She was the last thing I thought of last night and the first thing in the morning.

Ive spoke to my mum and said could she live here for a bit and let them do the assessment on my parents house (which I'm still living in!) then in a few weeks take her to my bf's house (or she might live her with me, hehe.) My mum said yeah but my dad says I don't want to be involved pffft! Men (some men rather lol!)

Anyway if I go back to the CP I'm sure they'll recognise me. Would they still let me have her if I said I'm having her and not my bf? My parents live on a nice estate with some woods at the bottom of our road.
Main roads are just as dangerous as any road really, Tigger got knocked down on my estate.

I cant really go to the CP today with my mum as its my parents wedding anniversary today. I so want to go back tomorrow (I'll have to dress totally different for them not to recognise me lol). My mum will totally fall for her just as I have.

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