Rescue cat- is this reasonable

[MandyMiceDavies]

We are hoping to adopt an adult cat from a rescue. I thought we were a pretty good bet (no small children or other pets, enclosed garden) but apparently not.

I spoke to the organiser just now and she said we would need to commit to having safety locks on all windows and a guard across the hall to ensure the cat cannot run out of the front door (we live on a very quiet road), plus contracting never to have the cat rehomed or PTS without permission of the rescue.

Is this normal for a rescue? Seems a bit extreme- we've had cats for years without window locks and guards. I don't mind committing not to rehome but in an emergency if a vet said the cat should be PTS I would not want to wait for permission.

Am I being too lax?

I honestly think rescues hate letting people have cats.

😂

I can believe this. The look on the face of one of mine once, when he'd gone out the back and then happened to be walking past the front of the house when I opened the front door. It was like - WTF??!!

We tried to adopt a rescue cat for best part of 2 years. Our cat had lost his brother and was so miserable on his own. Honestly it was bonkers, every rescue had a crazy set of rules, we never quite met all of them. We were willing to take on a cat with health issues but no one ever found the time to do the essential home visit. Happy to take an older cat too. In the end our vet, who knew we were struggling offered us a stray that they had taken in, the same week a friend had a kitten returned by the new owners so we said yes to both, pretty sure that one if not both would fall through. Obviously we ended up with both of them, that was a bit crazy but they are worth it.

That was what mine used to do!

That's ridiculous!

I've got indoor cats. I have flat cat screens on windows I don't want them going out of. But nothing on doors.

The sort they had at Stalag Luft III was pretty effective, and cats are not know for being great at tunneling.

We live on a boat in a very rural location half a mile from the nearest public road. We were turned down for a rescue cat without even a visit- despite our two previous cats having died of old age after living aboard with us for 21 years!

How bizarre. Surely a cats instinct isn't to run into the path of traffic? They're scared of cars usually. I had one that went out front and he loved it. He got petted by everyone and was the local celebrity!
I guess try another rescue? I've never used a shelter as I'm assuming they might not like the fact I smoke. I've rescued privately and then bought off gumtree. Not ideal at all but you can see why people do if encountered with that many barriers.

There was a cat rescue place on TV yesterday over run with cats.

Maybe they've got these stupid rules as well.

I have fostered for local animal.rescue and adopted. There is an agreement to hand the cat back in case it needs to be rehomed ( that's mainly so that they don't get dumped or end up in a bad situation, the rescue says " if it doesn't work out bring them back to us for rehoming"). Certain cats may have special requirements ( some need to be indoors only or solo cats for health reasons for example). But I have never heard the requirements you are describing, they seem over the top to me.

We adopted from abroad, Dubai, I would recommend Arabian Maus and the rescues that work with them

Because the cat would never ever consider walking round the side

These cat rescues are really strange do they not realise what cats are like?
You do not need all these restrictions.
You need a loving welcoming home where cat can walk in and take over and ensure the resident slaves do as they want.
Obvious they need a home where all health needs are met but what else really??
Cats can walk around to the front of the house. My overlord likes to be let in the front door( it's an ego thing we think) he goes out a cat flap round the back.
He lives with young children happily ( he has trained them to do as he wants).
He is a lone cat and happy like this.
Also as a loving owner I feel you should be the one to take the vets advice on when to PTS I do not understand why you would need to talk to the rescue centre about this matter. It could also be in 20 years time anyway if you get a young cat.
More cats could be rehomed and loved if they just relaxed a bit.

😂An optimist cat!

One of mine will demand we open the front door, walk in, eat, use the litter tray and then walk out through the cat flap in the back door.

😂omg, that's so funny. I love cats 😂

Dotty also insists upon walking up stairs to the bathroom on the middle floor and exiting the house via the window. She can leap onto the single storey extension and annoy next door's dog. She's also tried getting out of the velux on the top floor. I think any rescue worker would be having a fit watching her.

Mine happily uses the car flap. Unless there is a human in the vicinity, in which case he'll sit there, the very picture of sadness, until someone opens the door for him.

Cats are dicks. They should be paying people to home the entitled little shits 😁

Sounds like that cat has form for licking the sockets

I had child locks before I had kids because my cat would break into the cupboard steal food and lounge all over my pasta

We adopted from CPL back in April. I had to fill out quite a long form, then got a call from the woman the following day - we had a chat about the cat I had expressed interest in, then I had to do a “video tour” of our house/garden and send her that. She contacted me later in the day to set up a meeting with the cat in foster care, and he was delivered here a few days after that.

Our previous cat had been put to sleep (cancer) just before, and I had written about that on the form, so they knew we were experienced owners.

The volunteer who dropped him round told me they had a huge waiting list of cats to go into their care because lots of people are struggling with CoL. 😢

Pissfingers is also doubly incontinent and only eats the most expensive brand of dog food on the market.

Now see I DO have a pet gate by my front door for my house cat. I know she 100% could jump over it, but having spent HOURS trying to get her back after a door dashing episode, I thought it might be enough of a deterrent to slow her down enough to hopefully prevent a repeat performance! But to have it as a rule of adoption is bonkers. To have it as a rule for an outdoor cat is extra bonkers 😂😂

The only reasonable rule in that list is the not to rehome one.

They meant any cat, not one specific one! I could understand if it was a troublemaker!!!

We tried to adopt a cat from a Cats Protection League shelter and found their ridiculous conditions meant it wasn't possible. They judged that we were too close to a main road, even though there is a big garden, a high fence, a 5 metre wide wooded area, a pavement and then a couple of metres of grass between our house and the road in question. It's also only a local B road with a 30mph speed limit so hardly a major thoroughfare. We've had cats live here happily for five years now with no issues.