Home visit from Cats Protection...

[milkmilklemonade12]

We have registered our interest and are getting a home visit from a lady on Saturday.

I had cats as a child/young adult, as did DH. We have an au pair home all day and my mum is coming to live with us after Easter (instead of having an AP), so there will be someone home all day. We have one school age DS.

I'm hoping to be able to home a pair of cats, but really what I wanted to know since it's been a while since I've had a cat is what the home visit entails. Do I need to know specific things? I know of a good local vet I've had recommended, but I don't know much about individual breeds. Is there anything I should know?

Thanks in advance! I'm so excited I really hope we get accepted!

You need a cardboard box or massive paper bag (like a primark one) or both.
It'd be a sin if you don't.

What do i do when I get them home? Just open the cat carriers and sit there and wait? Or go about my normal business and wait for them to be interested? Should I put them in their 'room'?

I would put the carriers in their room, open them, sit somewhere in there and wait with some dreamies. But I'm not a cat rehoming expert so not sure.

Should they eat/poop/sleep etc in their 'settling in room' for the first few days before bringing their food into the kitchen, beds in the lounge etc?

That was my plan when Wolfie came home, but then he settled in so quickly and by the end of the day had sussed it all out.

Plan to give them a room and see how it goes...