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CPL home check tomorrow

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MrsMoggy · 08/01/2016 18:52

Hi all,

This subject has probably been done lots of times so apologies in advance. Got a home check tomorrow for an indoor cat who we haven't actually met yet. What should I expect to be looked at and what questions may I be asked?

So far I have answers to where the cat would eat and use litter tray, where it could have privacy in first few weeks, what vets I may sign up to, feeding schedule, what I'm going to buy etc. can anybody think of anything else?

Thank you

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 17:36

She was left alone in the room all day but didn't use the tray or eat. Don't know how much of that is to do with the flu and how much to do with being unsettled. She pooed at the vets.

I've got a raging headache with it all

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Sparklingbrook · 20/01/2016 17:36

MrsM I don't know what to say. Sad Did the vet know anything about the rescue the cat came from?

The rescue will need to know that a cat they have rehomed has possible cat flu.

I just feel so sad for you. Adopting a cat should not be like this.

MiddleClassProblem · 20/01/2016 17:39

I'd be calling and giving them a good talking to "informing" them of their cat history

MiddleClassProblem · 20/01/2016 17:40

No one hear will judge you if you find this all too much but you really are going well with her x

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 17:41

They know the rescue well as the rescue sends the cats there that need treatment. The vet rang the rescue to ask them to pay for the injectables so they are aware of the cat flu. The woman said to me on the phone yesterday "oh well we've had no infection here so don't know where that's come from". What a load of shite that was. I am fuming all round really

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Sparklingbrook · 20/01/2016 17:43

I would be too MrsM. From your first post on 8/1 when you were really excited about the prospect of giving a forever home to a cat and for it to turn out like this.

Shriek · 20/01/2016 19:45

i am sooo glad to hear she has been to the vets. Like I said before, I don't know about rehoming dcats but i am disgusted and deeply saddened by this rehoming centre's treatment of a cat, and what its done to you too MrsMoggy.

You were worried for good reason and should have known you were taking on a dcat with flu, no wonder she's hissing and sneezing and she should never have let her go in that state (she obviously didn't want the other dcats to get it and bring huge bills - i cynically assume).

Oh.. .I 've just seen your post! I am so glad you are fuming, you've every right to be after her treating you both this way.

She actively allowed this dcat to suffer all this time, and i don't think you could have had any way of knowing whether this dcat's hissing was down to being scared or illness, which is why it was so important to have it done at the start.

You have trusted your instincts and taken her upstairs, and kept her near you. I imagine that ball is matted fur, and she sounds like a kitten farming dcat possibly who's lucky to have been dumped into someone's hands instead of in a ditch. so sad for you both.

She's very lucky to have had the time with you that she has, in peace and quiet with good sleep, environment and food.

rescue centres have a responsibility to educate those coming to them for fosters, as the animals there need that extra security, but she should also be responsible for taking it back, because thats normally a thing too, that they retain ultimate responsibility for it in case of future rehoming, change in family circs, or death. so alright, you could have done all the research and found all this out for yourself, but you went to a homing centre, where you felt led by their laughably 'superior' knowledge! so assumed it to be ok.

you have put your heart and soul into caring for this dcat and worried yourself to a frazzle in the process, you couldn't have tried harder and are lovely for wanting to do the absolute best by it.

God forbid that any of our animals would ever need to end up in the hands of unscrupulous rescuers like this!

Shriek · 20/01/2016 19:49

Is she pregnant? neutered even?

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 20:01

Shriek she will be going in for sedation to check for spaying and to be chipped when she's better. The vet felt all round her body so would presume she'd know if she was pregnant.

When asking about spaying the vet did say the cat had a notch in her ear which some vets do to strays to indicate they've been spayed. Well as you know if you've read the tale this cat was supposedly an indoor cat with one owner it's entire life. When it looks like now the vet is trying to say she was potentially at some stage a stray. The plot thickens. I'm disgusted for the cats sake at all this lying and messing about

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MiddleClassProblem · 20/01/2016 20:24

I reckon the extra skin is from pregnancy too.

It is possible that her previous owner was an elderly lady who adopted a stray and owned her for 3 years rather than her being 3yrs. People adopting strays (or other people's cats!!!) is quite common. It could be that she has been indoor since then.

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 20:32

Yes that scenario crossed my mind too. Either way we have ended up with a totally different cat than we were expecting. Still going to do my best to settle her in and get her well

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MiddleClassProblem · 20/01/2016 20:34

Well done hun. Think you should have a pick me up beverage tonight x and DH should give you a foot rub or the like.

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 20:41

I wish, got no wine in and husband has gone out for the evening so it's just me and the TV downstairs, cat and toddler upstairs (separate rooms of course). I will be going out Friday night hopefully with my sisters to let off some steam!

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timtam23 · 20/01/2016 20:45

Oh MrsM I don't know what to say really. I feel sorry for the poor cat but you have ended up with an awful lot more on your plate than you bargained for haven't you? I suppose best case scenario is that Mimsy responds well to the treatment and you are able to get her more settled at home, but it's still a difficult one. At least you have a better idea of what you're dealing with now, and the vet sounds very good. Maybe Mimsy was taken in as a stray by previous owner and there's no more to it than that - although you're unlikely to get any more info now I suppose. Keep us posted - am hoping you can all still have a good outcome with this Flowers

timtam23 · 20/01/2016 20:48

If no wine around I usually resort to hot chocolate, there's no end to the glamour at my house Grin Wine Cake

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 20:50

I'm just hoping to get her over the flu then I can look to the next stage of chipping, vaccinating and insurance. I hadn't factored in the cost of vaccines really as thought she would be up to date and I could be getting just a booster done next year but by the looks of it I will have to start from scratch. So money is my major worry at the moment other than immediate health concerns of the cat

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 20:51

No hot choc either it's terrible lol. I've resorted to comfort eating instead and broken my diet argh

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timtam23 · 20/01/2016 20:55

I can't remember if you said the rescue were prepared to fund the vaccinations, or was that dependent on you attending one particular vetvet further away?

MiddleClassProblem · 20/01/2016 20:59

Sod the diet. Needs must. Blame DH for going out lol.

Maybe the vets can do a payment plan for you? If the deal with the rescue they might be flexible. I'm surprise rescue aren't coughing up for the jabs though. Very cheeky! Sounds like an independent rescue, not one with shops etc! Very irresponsible

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 21:17

No the rescue won't pay for the vaccines. The check we had done today half hour away from us was paid for, as were the current antibiotics and painkiller. They have also paid for the flea and worm
Spot on (one treatment) and SHOULD pay for microchip but with this not being done now until a later date I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to get out of it. We will also have to trek the 30 mins again to get this done. Anything not funded by the rescue I am going to be signing up to get done at my local vet.

It's a bit of a faff, that's for sure

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MrsMoggy · 20/01/2016 23:22

One last update before bed. Just looked in on her (she's now got her bits in my sons bedroom and he has moved into ours for the foreseeable future so there is no need for anyone to go into that room) and she has eaten nearly all the food with the painkiller liquid on. Really pleased and hope that will help her to feel better. She hadn't eaten for a whole day so I am so glad she now has

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SunsetDream · 21/01/2016 01:05

The poor thing must feel so poorly and unsettled.

Hopefully when she starts to feel better, she can relax and her personality can come out. Hopefully you are not feeling too bad xx

VimFuego101 · 21/01/2016 01:28

Our cat really retreated into his shell when he had an infection earlier this year - he was so subdued, a completely different cat. He bounced back quickly once the vet gave him antibiotics - hopefully yours will do the same.

RoastChickenDinner · 21/01/2016 05:57

Do you know MrsMoggy it sounds like you have been the best thing that could have happened to Mimsy, xx.

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