cat rehoming?

Question

hi hope someone can help ,my husband rescued a stray cat last year ,she was heavily pregnant and had been bitten badly and needed urgent treatment she wasnt micro chipped so we took her in hoping to get her spey .unfortunetly we cant afford it soon after taking her in we hit finacial probs and we need to rehome her because she has become pregnant again and its not fair to her to keep on having kittens ,cats protection said they are full ,so i wondered if any one knew of any other good organisations ,we have really struggled with the decision to let her go so only genuine answers please.x

sorry just to add we have tryed asking to get her op paid for but we are not on a low enough income .

Answer 1

You might want to check with Kitty Angels, www.kittyangels.org
They take in hardship cases, they do not euthanize, they spay or neuter, prepare the cat for re-adoption by giving him/her all shots etc necessary so the can be ready for adoption to a family.
Check out their website www.kittyangels.org and see if there is one in your area.
I have three cats that I adopted from them and love them to pieces. Good luck....

Answer 2

Have you talked to the vet about being allowed to pay for her operation in installments? If you explain that without it you'll have to rehome her, they should be able to help you, though it will depend on whether or not she is too far along in the pregnancy to have the operation now or after she's had the kittens she's carrying at the moment.

If not you can try the Blue Cross, PDSA and the RSPCA as places to rehome her.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Start by going to www.petfinder.com. Many animal rescues are listed there. Search for rescues (and humane societies in your state). Give the ones closest to you a call - you might get very lucky and a rescue might have space- but better yet, offer to foster the cat, and the kittens, especially if you want to really keep the Mom cat.

Many rescues will pay for the medical costs of all foster cats, including the spaying and neutering, and first shots for the kittens. Also, by working with a rescue group, there should be an adoption process in place to weed out the bad people, and you don't have to do all the footwork in finding the kitties a home, although you might have to bring the cats to an adoption event.

Answer 4

Two weeks ago I rehomed a beautiful cat. I got her from Battersea Cats and Dogs Home. They will always take cats and dogs in there, so I would suggest you give them a call. Their website is www.dogshome.org, you can find their phone number and email addresses on there.

You are doing the right thing. All the best.

Answer 5

Please get into your local telephone book and see if you have a chapter of the National Humane Society, Humane Society, ASPCA, and animal protection leagues. Also, call your local animal shelter and ask if they are a "No-Kill" shelter. If they are not, don't go there. Then, start calling every vet's office---until you run into one---who knows of someone who takes in and does "foster care" for cats. Keep on going--usually, if one person is full-up with kitties, they will know of someone else who has an opening and will take her in. These people mostly do this out of the kindness of their hearts and because they love these animals, very few every get paid for doing this. But they are a GREAT resource to places (depending on where you live)---like where I am (Oregon), we have a Ferrell Kitty Committee and other such organizations that pay for the spaying & neutering of many, many cats that people can't pay for themselves, or for homeless cats that they try to rehabilitate and find homes for.

This is very kind of ou to NOT just throw her out--I couldn't do it. PLUS, if you'd really like to keep her, have you spoken to your vet--or any other vet who may make payment arrangements with you (perhaps even give you a discount)? If not, give that a try also. She's been with you for a while now, and I'm sure she loves you and you love her, and I wouldn't be getting rid of her simply because she is pregnant. She needs a nice home, too--and it sounds like she has one--just one that is experiencing some financial difficulties at the moment. Don't worry, this too shall pass. Bless you for taking care of this kitty.

Answer 6

If you are on a low income you could have had her speyed at the PDSA for only five pounds. Depeding on how advanced she is they may well be wiling to terminate and spey her at the same time. I would suggest you take this course of action for your own cat and keep her - pass the kittens to the Cats Protection League - they are not going to turn away new born kittens. Alternatively you can take them to the RSPCA but it is likely they will be destroyed. Although your intentions were good it would have been better had you found her a new home when you first found her - the cats protectin league would not have turned her away.

Answer 7

Our local branch R.S.P.C.A.(not the National phone line) also pay for neutering ops when owners are in financial difficulties.
Ask your Vet for a phone number.
Cat Action Trust?
Cat Protection League?
Blue Cross?
Our Vet takes payment on a Credit card, too, so we can spread the cost of treatments.
Can someone (family or friend) lend you the money for the Op. and pay back when you can? I help out a young neighbour like this from time to time when her bills, especially for school uniform, get over the top. That way she doesn't have to pay interest.
If puss cat has to go, I am so sorry. I'd get rid of my husband first, he says!

Answer 8

The CatChat website lists all the cat welfare centres in the UK.

http://www.catchat.org/adoption/index.html

One of them should be able to help you with rehoming the cat, or they may even be able to help you with the vet bill so that you can keep her.

I hope everything works out okay.

Answer 9

Sorry to hear your story. If you tell me the area where you live I may be able to help. I already have a cat of my own but could make room for a kitten. Marlene.

Answer 10

When my cat had kittens I advertised them in the local newspaper he buyers were subject to interview of course and I charged them £30.00 to make sure they were really intrested in looking after them.... The phone was ringing off the hook!! and this pays for the vet to spay her afterwards, everybody wins!!