This time last year, I contacted the local CPL to talk about adopting a cat from their rescue centre. The first person I talked to was very positive and fluffy and didn't seem to think that my younger DS (then just 1) was a problem. When I spoke to the far more stern person at the branch, we talked about making the house safe for a while and then she asked me if I had any children. When she heard that my younger one was a toddler she practically laughed down the phone at me. She made it clear that the local CPL wouldn't consider a house with a 1 yo as a suitable home for one of their cats.
Now I have a 5 yo and a just-2 yo. The 5 yo loves cats and still misses our lovely old cat who died when he was 2 (yes, he still remembers her and has only recently stopped speaking about her in the present tense. ). The little one has no up-close experience of cats (he loves to see them, though). We can cat-proof the kitchen as discussed a year ago (there's a little gap between the oven and the adjacent unit) but realistically, what chance do we have with a rehoming rescue cat charity? Do they tend to have blanket bans on rehoming cats with toddlers? My older son obviously grew up as a baby with our cat and always respected her (I made sure he did!), and though this is different, I'm sure I can teach our 2 yo to be gentle and not harass a cat. (We'd prefer a young cat, btw. Probably not a kitten but a teenager?)
Any hopeful anecdotes?
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CPL: a 5 yo, a 2 yo - what chance do we have?
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ReshapeWhileDashingThroTheSnow · 11/02/2013 19:33
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