Kitten prices

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Fran

I paid £100 for Clooney and was pefectly happy to do so. He was just what I was looking for, lots of time and effort had gone into socialising the litter who were healthy, happy and curious. He has never given me a minutes worry and is the loveliest, healthiest cat you could wish to meet. Porsha on the other hand, was £350 pedigree Siamese and has a vets bill as long as my arm, has lifelong cronic conditions, is not show nor breeding quality as she was supposed to be and has given me endless sleepless nights with worry over her. I think that speaks volumes really

Speaks volumes really, i'd willingly pay decent money for a well raised moggy kitten.
And as the last time a rescue of any sort homed a cat too us was about 1993, I think this will always be the options. It's always a firm NO when they've met our dogs past [staffords & dobes, n latter a russel] and present [the russel before she passed on, the wee xbred terrier and the springer]; the springer spaniel was denounced too hyper for cats and all the rest would apparently destroy them. Oh and we were an end house with a tiny driveway road going to 5 houses at the back of us, on the most deadest cul-de-sac ever; but clearly-death trap.

[dandysmom]

The reasons I've read since I've been on Catsey for refusing to rehome a cat just boggle my mind ........
Better to languish on at the Rescue rather than go to a loving home in an upstairs flat, to a home with dogs who get along well with cats or a well-behaved child who has been taught how to get along nicely with them, to a good home on a cul-de-sac......it does make you question their priorities.......

[kado]

i totaly agreee with you dandysmom. I knew we wouldnt be able too rehome from a rescue so i didint try. I was getting guinness brother and was let down 2 days before i was due too pick him up. I was so upset i looked in the local paper and found kado. Apart from what he cost he had an eye infection which cost us £40 the next day. i dont begrudge a penny ive spent on all of my cats they keep me sane and give me a purpose.

[dandysmom]

Kado, I wonder if I lived in the UK I'd be allowed to rehome? I do live on a busy heavily trafficed street and near a woods where there are foxes, raccoons, opossums, etc. Which is exactly why mine have always been indoor harness trained cats. But I have a feeling I might not be approved....especially as I don't have a cat flap (another reason I've read for being turned down!)

[CathyW]

mine where quite happy to be *indoor* cats for a couple of years. and i found i didnt worry about them, roads ect. mine go out now, but dont go far,and they are indoors by 8/9 pm and when its dark they are in even earlier. black cats on a dark road. (shudders)
and both my boys where freebees. i knew their *human mum* quite well and she know i would look after kittens.
theres alot of *cash cows* around here, staffies are favorite, always on the boards for sale. and as the weeks go on u can see the prices drop.

[Kazz]

Sometimes I think rescues be it dog or cat see life through "rose coloured blinkered glasses, and live in perfect World".....seriously I was turned down by a SBT rescue to take on a Stafford because I had cats "Oscar and Cleo" and worked full time...............I went and brought Gyp....who lived happily alongside the cats, who by the way had always lived with Staffords.

Then I was stupidly applied to a rescue for a kitten, about 15 years ago, (they were in the paper, you know heartbreak story) the reasons given were numerous.

A I live on a council estate.
B Had a Dog....
C. Woe of woes a Stafford, major downfall.
D. Already had two adult established cats.
E. Worked full time.
F. Had a cat flap........

So I can see why people go out and buy a cat/kitten.

[Kim]

So can I Kazz. However not all rescues are as 'fussy' as CP. Our local Animal Sanctuary are much more reasonable and I would much rather re-home form them and know the money I pay is helping the other animals and something towards the huge cost of keeping the sanctuary going. I think to pay someone £100 is ridiculous, I expect, if they get that they will think that was easy money and repeat the process without a thought for the poor cat. To pay that is just encouraging them.

Edited to add, I have just re-read my post and it may sound like I am criticising CP, which I am not. I think they are a wonderful organisation, but a set ofrules, doesn't necesarily fit all.

[Phoenix]

We payed £70 for Beauty (got her from a charity) and it was money well spent!

With the charity she came from, as long as the charity think you are suitable and know what you are doing any why you want a cat, they are quite happy for you to take the cat that very day!

[Soupie]

I personally wouldn't buy a moggie kitten as I have my own beliefs on breeding of moggies although I appreciate accidents can and do happen. There is a growing trend of breeding moggies to sell which makes me feel uncomfortable.

All our moggie kittens/feral kittens not from rescues or charities have been free.

I have and will donate to a charity/rescue when I have had kittens and cats from them.

[angieh]

Reading all the above comments does make me seriously question where the CP rehoming "rules" come from. I'd really like to know.

To deny a cat/kitten rehoming in a loving house where a nice child already lives happily with animals - words fail me! How do they think that parents can bring their kids up to treat animals with respect and kindness if they aren't allowed to adopt an animal! No wonder "other means" have stepped into the gap. Market forces etc. etc.