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RSPCA said it's our fault our cat went missing

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Changebagsandgladrags · 07/10/2017 17:17

Our cat went missing in May. We've decided that now is the time to get a kitten.

Jess was very used to the outdoors. Loved roaming in the fields and she came and went as she pleased. We didn't have a cat flap but we'd here her calling if the door was closed. If she was out at night she'd just call at the bedroom window to get in.

RSPCA lady just said she probably went missing because we don't have a cat flap.

Are cat flaps now essential? Have us human door openers been replaced by a flap?

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MinorRSole · 09/10/2017 13:42

Definitely try independent rescue. Our last one came straight from previous owners house to ours (via rescue driver). We were thoroughly checked in that they phoned vets, did home visit etc but weren’t at all worried about a cat flap. Think we paid about £50 rehoming fee and they visited us after a month and were very pleased.

She was a cracking cat, still miss her

Onenight0nly · 09/10/2017 14:09

Bloody ridiculous.

Can you tweet the RSPCA that photo and ask them if it is national policy to only regime if there is a cat flap??

We have a rescue cat and no cat flap. He has the life of bloody Riley wandering through fields and then either waits by the front door (usually asleep) or jumps in through an open window.

What jobsworthy knobs they are being.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 09/10/2017 14:35

Have they thought that not every cat will use a cat flap? DM's cat would have been scared to death, it was hard enough convincing him to use the door - he used to rush past as if his tail was on fire if he wanted to get into the back room!

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Changebagsandgladrags · 09/10/2017 15:37

Also they wanted to know if we had leafleted the area when Jess went missing. Seriously?
Have devided to go elsewhere....

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CatchingBabies · 11/10/2017 01:16

The cat is a kitten anyway you said didn't you? So too young to even go out yet catflap or no catflap!

It's stupid. Poor cats missing out on homes because of ridiculous policies. I've never had a cat flap but when I had outdoor cats they only went out if I was home and there would be a window open for them.

We got told no because we have a dog. We wanted to adopt an old overlooked cat that was advertised as good with dogs and lived with dogs before. Oh no but not my dog it seems who they never even met! I said the word Rottweiler once and was refused as they are known for not liking cats she says. Funny that because he's 10 years old and has never lived with less than 2 cats his whole life and finds them really boring actually.

Checklist · 11/10/2017 09:28

I have lived most of my life with cats. My mother was a SAHM, so the cats were kept in at night, but otherwise always had somebody to let them in or out. I had a cat flap with my first cat as an adult, but got fed up with finding bits of dead animals around my house and did not get another one in my next house. However, as I was a SAHM, I was nearly always there to pander to the cat!

As SisterCat has no voice, we thought she needed a microchip cat flap - to save this desperate little face, jumping up at the back door, hanging on by her claws from the window frame, peering in at us! SisterCat worked out how to use the cat flap all by herself! BrotherCat prefers to sit squeaking at the back door, peering in at us through the cat flap - but he won't use it himself!

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink! I can see a teaching programme with Dreamies coming on for a certain cat!

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Changebagsandgladrags · 11/10/2017 17:41

Yes, cat is a kitten. So won't be allowed out anyway for a while.

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Changebagsandgladrags · 30/10/2017 20:46

Ok so bit of an update. Went to a cat rescue place to introduce myself. It was cat heaven. All the ones not for rehoming (blind, legs missing, very old) share a room and they all sit on the sofas together. So lovely, they are so well cared for.

We came back with two boy kittens, unrelated, one 12 weeks old, one 14 weeks old. One had been thrown out of a car. Why are people so horrible?

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Fluffycloudland77 · 30/10/2017 20:56

It's unimaginable isn't it?

I believe pictures are the done thing Grin

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Changebagsandgladrags · 30/10/2017 21:29

So this is one of them. We set up a nice cat bed but I found him sleeping here.

RSPCA said it's our fault our cat went missing
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Ttbb · 30/10/2017 21:35

That's ridiculous. Even if for some reason she were locked out surely she would just stay in the garden/cone back later?

SuperBeagle · 30/10/2017 21:42

I don't know how people live without a cat flap/dog flap. We've been without ours for almost 4 weeks now because we're getting the verandah done (and the flap opens onto the verandah) and it's a complete arse ache to let the dogs and cat in and out all the time, especially at 3am.

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Changebagsandgladrags · 30/10/2017 21:47

So Jess used to come to the upstairs bedroom window (I have no idea) to come in if it was night, or the downstairs bathroom window during the day.

The kittens aren't allowed out until they're six months. It'll be the middle of winter then so I'll wait till spring.

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Ilovetolurk · 30/10/2017 21:50

Do you have a flap for that laundry basket OP

Congratulations on the new arrivals

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Changebagsandgladrags · 30/10/2017 22:13

Oh my god how will he get out of the basket?

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