Rehoming Cats - Hertfordshire

[heisthegaffer]

Due to ill health of a relative, we need to rehome his two beautiful and placid cats who are around 5 and 6 years old (Mother and daughter).

They are wonderful cats, fairly timid but getting braver all the time. Would probably suit a quiet home, preferably without young kids (although I'm sure they'd get used to kids eventually, they are just not been around any yet).

We'd have them ourselves but our house is small, our cat is extremely unfriendly to other cats and we have a child due soon so two more cats sadly wouldn't work for us. Bloody shame as we've been looking after them for nearly 3 months and have fallen in love with them!

Any advice on how to rehome or if there is a loving home ready for them, please let me know.

Thanks.

[Superficial]

Have you tried approaching your local rehoming centres? Best way to rehome an animal IMO as any rescue worth their weight will do homechecks and vet new families. Of course you can do this yourself too if you have the time and inclination. Avoid giving them away 'free to good home', FTGH animals can end up in lots of undesirable places and paying an amount, even if it's a token amount, towards the cost of a new pet at least shows a little commitment from the new home.

Hope their new forever home comes along soon

[heisthegaffer]

Superficial said:

Have you tried approaching your local rehoming centres? Best way to rehome an animal IMO as any rescue worth their weight will do homechecks and vet new families. Of course you can do this yourself too if you have the time and inclination. Avoid giving them away 'free to good home', FTGH animals can end up in lots of undesirable places and paying an amount, even if it's a token amount, towards the cost of a new pet at least shows a little commitment from the new home.

Hope their new forever home comes along soon

Thanks for the response, we will look for some local rehomeing centres for sure. We certainly wouldn't let any old people take the lovely little things.

Thanks again mate.

[S1_RS]

heisthegaffer said:

We certainly wouldn't let any old people take the lovely little things.

That's not really fair, my elderly mother made a wonderful parent to two kittens she re-homed a couple of years ago.

[condor]

Can you post pics?

[Simpo Two]

heisthegaffer said:

We certainly wouldn't let any old people take the lovely little things.

You may be old one day and want a cat.

[Broomsticklady]

heisthegaffer said:

We certainly wouldn't let any old people take the lovely little things.

Thanks again mate.

Agree with previous - if the pair want a quiet home then putting them with someone elderly may be the best thing both for them and the new owner - my mother took a rehomed cat, and they had several happy years together. My mother had been a miserable old ****** before the cat, after she got it she was a changed person and its almost as if she held her dementia at bay until the cat died and she went to pieces. The cat was spoiled - ate better than she did, and the number of times she'd ring me in distress cos cat was on her lap and she wouldn't shift it to go to the loo!!

By all means don't rehome to someone on their last legs, to avoid rehoming stress for the cats again, but don't generalise and dismiss all old people.

[N Dentressangle]

Broomsticklady said:

By all means don't rehome to someone on their last legs, to avoid rehoming stress for the cats again, but don't generalise and dismiss all old people.

I think he meant 'any random people' - I don't reckon he's got anything gainst pensioners!

Or maybe he has...

[heisthegaffer]

Hey everyone, I didn't mean old people as in age, although it did look like that! I did mean random people. We'd rather them to go an older generation with a quiet home.

Good to see that people will stand up for old people.

Picture to follow.

[heisthegaffer]