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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Dawn F on September 04, 2009, 10:08:48 AM
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if your branch doesn't have what a person is looking for can they contact neighbouring branches?
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They cant be stopped from going elsewhere Dawn, one branch may be unsure of 'stealing' off another branches patch tho. Some CPs in a county near me are so postcode orientated its crazy. If cat in one postcode needs neutering or theres a home in another it shouldnt matter which branch helps them aslong as its sorted.
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great, she has seen some perfect black and white kitties on the woking website but lives in bracknell so wasn't sure
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The worse they can do is say no, fingers crossed she gets them ;D
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I hope so, she is terrified of the homecheck poor thing!
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how long to CP normally take to give results of a homecheck??? my friend is ready to burst with excitement, the homecheck was last night
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how longs a piece of string? :rofl:
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I had a horrible feeling that would be the answer!!!
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Im sure she will hear pretty quick, the sooner they can fill the space the better, keep us posted!
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I always tell people straight away.
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Based on the time it took to organise the homecheck, it sounds like they may either not be that organised, or massively busy!!! Tell her to hang in there :hug:
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When we do a home visit, my home visitors will then contact me (Homing co-ordinator) to tell me what their recommendations are and then I call the people. I always call within 24 hours with my suggestions on cats and then provided they like the cat I suggest when they meet it, they home within 3 days.
We also as a branch turn over the home visit withinb 3 days of enquiry so it's about a week from enquiry to homing on average.
In terms of post codes, if someone calls from in our area then of course, we try to home one of our cats but if we don't have anything suitable, then I will pass them onto the NCAC or another local branch. If someone is way out of area and wants one of our cats, we will home to them but if it['s too far to send one of our volunteers, then I get them to arrange a home visit with their local branch who will give them paperwork to state what type of cat they are suitable for.
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In response to Debbie post, we did a HC in our area and they ended up taking a cat from East Surrey CP. We had a home for a Siamese in Whitstable and they ended up taking a Bengal from Crawley. HOWEVER, there is alot of old stuffed up ideas in CP and not all branches will rehome out the area. Debbie from E Surrey and us have worked together and have made contacts with other branch nr Canterbury, but if the branch cannot be bothered, then you may be up against it.. Our moto is as long as a cat gets a home somewhere id doesnt mind where it comes from, however its always the branch that the HC id done that benefits first.
This will become more the case whenall CP cats on each branch website are featured on the main CP website, which if think is going to happen very soon...
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We operate the same way as Sharon describes among the 3 branches that are closest together in our area. I know we have homed out of our area and they have too. As people have said the most important thing is the cats get good homes and if we don't have anything suitable for someone who can offer a good home we would be very happy of a cat from elsewhere got a home. We also refer to other independent rescues if we can't help. I recently tracked down a cat who had only one eye which somebody had seen on a website but couldn't remember which one so they rang us. It wasn't with us but I tracked it down to one of the smaller rescues and we were able to give the lady the details.
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Likewise if we have spaces, we always offer other branches the opportunity to transfer cats from us. We took 4 cats at once from Dover, we took another 3 from Medway and this week we have 3 coming from another branch. This is also a good way of giving a cat who someone has struggled to home, another chance as sometimes the perfect home can be outside of the aeas that they ended up in. Like lovely little Pip, who went to a great home that Sharon had homechecked. ;D
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still nothing :(
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I have to say I think that's pretty poor, Dawn, has she given them a chase?
I don't think its too much to ask to want to find out if she's passed or not.
I didn't get anywhere with any contact names in this branch, but I'm still trying :hug:
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the thing is she is such a very nice person she doesn't want to bother them and chase them, if it was me I'd be straight on the phone but she keeps saying oh but they do it in there spare time I can't hassle them - I really hope she finds out soon she is desperate to get to pah!!
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I would chase them if I was her. I remember when I got Kylie, I had not long moved into my garden flat and still had some boxes from unpacking in the garden. I was concerned that they would think it was unsafe for a cat. I mentioned it to the homechecker and he said cats love boxes and he was sure it was a perfect home for a cat :)
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I don't think anyone would consider it unreasonable to chase up after a home-check to find out if they've passed or not :)
Seriously, just tell her to pick up the phone, if you don't ask, you don't get sometimes :hug:
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its such a shame her and her oh have waited 10 years for these kitties, the right place to live, all the jobs in the house done, enough money to pay for them etc - they are going to have a great home
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she is planning to give them a couple more days before hassling them (told you she was nice!!) but it is already causing unhelpful suggestions from others like "just go and buy some" >:(
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I'll phone and pretend to be her if you like lol! I'm nice most of the time, but I can also hassle with the best of them :evillaugh:
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still nothing
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She needs to chase Dawn, can't you impress this on her a little bit, hopefully she'll listen to you? :hug: :hug:
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Quite possible that they have passed but there are no suitable cats ATM - still someone should have been in touch by now. It would be a shame if rescue cats lost out to a breeder. I would definitely hassle the branch.
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The HC was on the 17th and today is 22nd. Definately give them a call. The idea is to rehome cats not stockpile potential homes.
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she has this week off but is contacting me by text, I'll give her a ring at lunchtime - its a shame because being at home this week she wanted to get everything sorted and buy all the stuff she needs - she was interested in a pair of 10 month olds from another branch and she tells me one has gone, the ones from her local branch are kittens which I assume aren't ready so maybe that is why they aren't rushing, still think its shame to leave people dangling though
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This is so sad, a good home on offer and it seems the rescue isnt very efficient; wish your friend was near me because no matter how busy we are homecheck is done within 24 hours of contact and people told immediately.
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that's the thing T, it really is going to be a good home and while I know they are busy it took 10 days for them to acknowledge her first contact and now this - its not helping my case with the other girl in the office, in talks with a puppy mill :(
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I feel like crying because shes so far away, so many beautiful cats and kittens here and no one wanting them.
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I've emailed my Woking contacts again to see if they can shed any light xx
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I'll give her a call later and see if anything has happened, it really could just be that they are very busy who knows
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I had to wait over a week for a homecheck from local RSPCA and had already chosen Freddie. So OK I'm unreasonable. As far as I was concerned he was my boy and they were preventing me from taking my boy home. Having just lost Aslan, I was in no mood to hear the excuses about lack of homecheckers :innocent:. To have already performed the HC and leave someone dangling like this is not good. I do so hope she doesn't end up homing from other than a rescue as a result. Stories like this must be so painful and frustrating to hear for people in rescue.
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if it doesn't work out I would be happy to vouch for her suitability to any purrs rescue - she really wants a rescue cat (well two actually) and I'll do everything I can to help her out on that one!
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Dawn love the style! ;)
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:evillaugh: well she is very patient but I'm not!!
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Will PM you dawn
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i do hope something works out for her - I have always told people there and then if they have passed or not.
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she has passed her home check, she now has to wait for a foster person to contact her - its like pulling teeth, anyway I have told her that there are other options should the kittens she is interested in have gone by the time the foster person calls
I wish I'd just asked here first to be honest, I know purrs people don't like to pull strings but if cats get rehomed I don't see the problem - don't suppose anyone has an indoor only for a priest in uxbridge!!
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I think this has taken longer as its possibly cross branch, but even though it shouldn't be this hard :tired:
So pleased she's passed anyway, that must be a weight off her mind :hug:
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this isn't cross branch now clare, she has missed out on the ones I told you about as one has been rehomed, these ones are with the foster at her branch
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Ah OK thanks for the update :)
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she has passed her home check, she now has to wait for a foster person to contact her - its like pulling teeth, anyway I have told her that there are other options should the kittens she is interested in have gone by the time the foster person calls
I wish I'd just asked here first to be honest, I know purrs people don't like to pull strings but if cats get rehomed I don't see the problem - don't suppose anyone has an indoor only for a priest in uxbridge!!
We have an FIV+ lad in care at present. Still assessing him so can't tell you too much but if said priest would travel and could get his local branch to do a HV then we would home to him no prob. We would need him to organise for his local branch to do the home visit though as it's too far for one of our volunteers to be expected to travel.
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Could Clare do it as a trusty? - I'm sure she is well up on what is needed - especially where FIV boys are concerned :)
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Could Clare do it as a trusty? - I'm sure she is well up on what is needed - especially where FIV boys are concerned :)
Would love to, but probably a bit too far from me to be honest.
However, if it would help for any prospective owners of this little man to speak to an experienced FIV owner, then I would be absolutely delighted to assist, if it could mean a wonderful home :)
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thanks Debs, let me know once you know more and I will get oh to explain the process to him
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still nothing! there have been a couple of purrs offers though which distance permitting might work out
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I really can't believe the length of time this is taking, our homing officer tells people while she is there whether everything is ok so they don't get left hanging around. They can then contact the fosterer to go and see the cat they are keen on and many have taken the cat there and then when they visit the fosterer. It shouldn't be this hard for someone who is obviously offering a brilliant home for a cat >:(
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Dawn, now that she has been approved, she can go to any CP branch I'm told ;D
If said branch's fosterers really are not responding, then it she can go to any other local branch ;)
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Dawn, Taylor is 4 years old. He is with us because his owners moved away and left him behind >:( and needs an indoor home as an only cat as when we blood tested him, we found him to be FIV+. He's very friendly and loves a lap to sit on although will give you a cheeky nip on the ankle if you ignore his demands for attention! :evillaugh: I have a feeling once he's in a home though, this won't be the case so much, I think he just isn't keen on being in a pen and expects anytime someone comes in, that they give him their undivided attention! (Fair enough I think but of course he does need food and clean litter/ bedding!)
He's black and white and really very sleek and handsome.
Let me know once the home visit has been done- make sure the other branch give him the paperwork too! and then w can hopefully arrange a viewing if your friend is interested.
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thanks Debs, I will have a chat
re the other matter - quite unbelievely the friends oh thinks they are being unreasonable in not giving the cp involved more time to contact them - I give up!
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Are they still waiting? :waiting: :nice cuppa:
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I was gonna ask the same question?
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Alfie (black) and Archie (black and white) 9 week old brothers went home last night!!
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:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Wonderful news ;D Were they from B'nell in the end?
Please pass on my congratulations, and we needs piccies ;D ;D
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yes! I do have pics - could I email one to you to post?
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Course you can, I'll try and get it up this afternoon if work quietens down a bit lol!
I'll pm you my email addy x
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If Clare is gonna be busy (working away) then I can post the pics for ya Dawn! :hug:
Ive pm'd you! ;)
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thanks guys, I've sent it to both
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Hee hee, on lunch break, so herewith piccy:-
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/Klareyka/Emmaskittens.jpg)
Aren't they just the cutest lil' bundles :Luv2: :Luv:
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You beat me to it lol! :rofl: :hug:
Arnt they just gorgeous, I bet your mate is over the moon! :Luv2:
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:Luv2: :Luv: ahh...
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Finally!! :Luv2: :Luv2:
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the little tykes are settling in nicely but had a vet check on tuesday and were declared a bit porky! wet food is now banned and on dry is allowed which is odd because my vet would say the opposite but there you go
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I dont see how such young kittens can be classed as fat :shocked: bet they gave her kitten hills, will be piling on the pounds with that :tired:
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That does sound crazy! :Crazy: If they are on kitten wet food they should maybe change to adult and not dry....My curvy girl Lola prefer's dry! :shocked:
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I would tell them to ignore the vets advice, dry food puts weight on more than wet, and at that age, there isn't much to worry about, I would keep them on the same food and just get them to run about more.
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I've never heard of kittens being overweight :Crazy:
I think I'd be inclined to stick with wet food as well, dry was what made Maxy porky!!
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she has decided to take the advice for a month when they have to go back for a weigh in and they are showing her how to clean teeth
I was amazed, wet food was suggested as for a treat only :-:
they've even suggesting feeding from those ball things to make them work for the food!!