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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: pud on March 15, 2010, 16:50:46 PM
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Hi do you know if you have to have any Qualifications to be able to run a cattery or can anyone start up there own cattery
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:welcome: to Purrs, Pud, glad you found us and decided to join in.
This link should be helpful for you: http://www.fabcats.org/catteries/index.php
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Hi and :welcome: glad you've joined us ;D
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Thanks but that website dose not tell you if you have to have any Qualifications just that they have courses
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I found this on the link Christine supplied...
"Qualifications and training
No formal qualifications are needed to run a cattery at the present time, although it is a great advantage for any cattery proprietor to have training in cattery management. The FAB can provide you with information on courses."
I think however this may have been written before the Animal Welfare Act came in so would suggest you confirm this. You could contact FAB. I'm sure they could tell you if above comment is still the case.
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It's a tricky one. I know someone that runs an excellent cattery but refuses to belong to FAB any more as she finds the charges too high. I suppose when you are building a business, it might be more important but to someone who already has a lot of repeat customers, not so. As far as I know, legally, you need to register with your local council and that is the only requirement (except of course tax, NI etc)
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Can I ask Pud? Why do you want to know?
I initially assumed that you were interested in starting a cattery but you might be wanting to look into whether a particular cattery is up to scratch?
Not that it matters....just interested :shy:
:welcome: by the way :)
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The Cattery i use was just opened last year. the people loved cats and have 2 of their own and their dream was to open and run a cattery. They have no formal qualifications. the worked in conjunction with the local council to design and build and its the best cattery around and they are super with the cats.
I vowed never to use a cattery after bad experience but i heard so many good reviews about this cattery and Ollie and Tyler were so happy there, it was large and spacious and they had to rooms in it seperated by a cat flap.
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There are a lot of issues to bear in mind such as not accepting "guests" without proof that vaccinations are up to date.
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There are a lot of issues to bear in mind such as not accepting "guests" without proof that vaccinations are up to date.
If a client cant produce an up to date vac card then I ring their vets
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There are a lot of issues to bear in mind such as not accepting "guests" without proof that vaccinations are up to date.
If a client cant produce an up to date vac card then I ring their vets
Amazing how many people don't vaccinate. When people phone about rehoming, we ask them about vaccinations. Some of them say things like "I think so" etc. We tell them that one of our fosterers runs a cattery and she isn't allowed to take cats that are't up to date and this needs to be backed up - so this could make a difference to how long they wait.
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Would a cattery accept an indoor only cat that is unvaccinated due to a prior bad reaction? I presume not as you could be lying about indoor? I don't ever intend to put Noah in a cattery, but you never know.
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Would a cattery accept an indoor only cat that is unvaccinated due to a prior bad reaction? I presume not as you could be lying about indoor? I don't ever intend to put Noah in a cattery, but you never know.
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And If a cattery says they would then I wouldn't use them !! (if that makes sense)
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Would a cattery accept an indoor only cat that is unvaccinated due to a prior bad reaction? I presume not as you could be lying about indoor? I don't ever intend to put Noah in a cattery, but you never know.
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And If a cattery says they would then I wouldn't use them !! (if that makes sense)
I know what you mean - if they bend one rule, how many others will they bend? No reputable cattery would risk it I don't think.
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Quite a few catteries round here have a seperate pen or two where unvaccinated cats can stay, is that not a common thing then?
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Sharn has an isolation pen but doesn't take unvaccinated cats. Not sure what the rules are. Maybe risk of airborne disease?
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The cattery I help at has an isolation pen but because of the health controls involved where you have to basically wash and change before going to other cats they dont take un vacc'd or FIV cats its just there in case one becomes ill
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Tab
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Tab, you might want to explain to them there are no risks of an FIV cat staying in a pen, it can only be spread through contact such as deep bites.
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I know its just a lot of hassle to them so not very practical
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Tab
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I can't see how there is any hassle?
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Its hassle because they are obliged to change and wash between visits to isolation and the other pens or so I was told.
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Tab
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Funny how people sometimes join to ask a question then disappear without a trace :Crazy: