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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Ela on September 16, 2007, 08:23:53 AM

Title: KITTEN HOMED TO A ‘GOOD HOME’
Post by: Ela on September 16, 2007, 08:23:53 AM
I received a phone call this afternoon,
Caller:  Can you come and get this kitten it has been dumped in a box outside my home while I was out. 
Me:     We have no room just now but I can put in on the list of cats waiting to come in. (We had already
          taken in a cat earlier who had been threatened to be PTS, I  know a lot of people do this but I
          could tell, gut feeling tha caller was not messing)
Caller:  Well I can't keep it my child has asthma. I already have one cat and that lives outside.
Me:     Well if you keep the kitten  it for a few days I will bring it next, I promise.
Caller:  The cat lives outside.
Me:     Would you like me to put that on the list of cats waiting to come in and it is not really fair to make it live outside.
Caller:  It is allowed in the kitchen
Me:     How old do you think the kitten is?
Caller:  5 or 6 months, I can't remember.
Me:     Is it the mother cat you have and you homed the kitten.
Caller:  I think so, I did check the new homes very carefully though.
Me:     Has mum been spayed?
Caller:  No
Me:     Would you like me to send a voucher towards the cost of having her spayed.
Caller:  I already have one from the RSPCA,
Me:     (Because I know our local RSPCA only gives £10 vouchers to people who adopted cats from them).
          Did you get the cat from the RSPCA?
Caller:  No
Me:     (Suspicious) Is it for the full cost?
Caller:  I don't know
Me:     Do you still have it?
Caller:  Yes
Me:     Will you have a look now how much it is for and if it is not full cost I will send  you a full cost voucher
          for the mum and one for the kittenCaller:  Um, Um, I don't know where it is (what a surprise)
Me:     If I send full cost vouchers, will you take them to the vets next week.
Caller:  How much will I have to pay.
Me:     Nothing
Caller:  OK then. But the kitten may have been spayed, I don't know,
Me;     Well she is only just about old enough to spay now so you would notice the signs.
Caller:  But I homed her 6 or 7 weeks ago.
Me:     Vets round here will not spay until at least 5 months more usually 6 and in any case even after 6 or
          7 weeks there would still be some evidence.
Caller:  Oh!
Me:     Are you sure you don't want me to put mum on the list of cats waiting to come in.           
Caller:  It is allowed in, we let it in the lounge.
Well:   If at any time you feel that it is your little ones interest to re-home her please give me a ring.
             
Title: Re: KITTEN HOMED TO A ‘GOOD HOME’
Post by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on September 16, 2007, 12:54:48 PM
Someone people are so stupid!
Title: Re: KITTEN HOMED TO A ‘GOOD HOME’
Post by: ccmacey on September 16, 2007, 12:59:11 PM
 :-: Give me some of what thay have been having  :rofl:

Must be very frustrating for you  :hug:
Title: Re: KITTEN HOMED TO A ‘GOOD HOME’
Post by: Pinkbear (Julie) on September 16, 2007, 15:55:05 PM
Good liars need good memories. Sounds like you were talking to a gold fish, Ela.  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: KITTEN HOMED TO A ‘GOOD HOME’
Post by: kelly-joy on September 17, 2007, 10:55:22 AM
What a stupid women