RSPCA rehoming visit/inspection

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Hello,

I am a novice cat owner but we have been to the rescue centre, chosen our medium haired cat and the lady is coming to do the home inspection visit on Thursday. Can anyone tell me what exactly she's looking for?

The other things are; what is a good brush for grooming a fairly fluffy chap? Is there a particularly good brand of litter? And last but not least how long does it normally take for a kitty to recover from being neutered?

TIA for bearing with my questions!

I used to be a rehoming visitor for the RSPCA.

She will want to meet all members of your household and any other animals you have. She will ask which vet you will register with, she will talk to you about how to help your cat settle - how long it will need to stay in for etc, keeping it safe - which in RSPCA means keeping it in at night.

She will ask if you wrok, how long cat will be left alone, what you will do about worming (and hopefully give you advice) etc.

Ask her what brand of cat food the cat is used to - she probably wont know and will tell you to ask the cattery - as you want to help the cat settle and not give it food it is not used to. Ditto cat litter. It makes you seem keen even if most cats will eat anything that keeps still (or moves for that matter).

Most rehoming centres have a little shop, I would get any supplies I needed from this as it gives more money to the shelter.

Is it a tom or queen neuter? Either way it is a very short recovery, you'll have to keep the cat in for 2 weeks anyway.

Good luck.

Fab. Thanks for your help. The cat is a tom and had the op yesterday so I was wondering how long he'll have to stay in the shelter.

I can't wait to get her advice on the best place to put his bed and make him comfy and on the grooming, litter tray etc.

Am very excited as you can tell as we've been waiting years to be able to have a cat.