asking cat rescue for "dontation" back?!

hunt85

gettingready wrote: »

Ah.. I see.. silly me

Near my CH neuters female cats for £25 and boys for £12 and microchip is only £12 - but they are a charity.

Vaccinations there are £20.

I paid £65 each for my cats to be vaccinated at Goddagrds, can not remember how much was neutering (2 boys and 2 girls) but now that I am out of work.. the newest, Macius will go to CH for vaccinations, microchip and neutering later....

OP - don't you have a CH branch near you? Not sure where you are... or PDSA perhaps - if you qualify?

Just an idea...

Sorry what is CH? I know who PDSA are. I will investigate as any saving is always nice if we qualify for anything!

hunt85

gettingready wrote: »

NOt sure what you are talking about - I was referring to your "friend" asking you to pay £40 per kitten.....

thats because my reply was in relation to FridayCat's post! haha which is why it may not have made sense to you, i should have quoted fridaycat to make it more clear sorry!

spike7451

hunt85 wrote: »

Sorry what is CH? I know who PDSA are. I will investigate as any saving is always nice if we qualify for anything!

CH is Celia Hammond if I'm not mistaken.

spike7451

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Darn it .... still need to move - £80 upwards depending on the vets to have Mia spayed 3 years ago.

Annual boosters ...... £50

Daisy's cost me £25.....:p

hunt85

oh I see i've had a look at PDSA and celia hammond but they both say they are for people on benefits which we are not, if i was i wouldn't consider getting a cat in the first place as i wouldn't think i'd be able to afford it - but its good to know those people who go onto benefits or a low income and have existing pets have a way of getting help much cheaper than the usual cost of vets!

gettingready

CH is for people on low incomes, they do not ask for peole to be on any benefits and do not ask for the proof of benefits (unlike PDSA) as not everyone on low income qualifies for any benefits .....

CH- yes, Spike is right , Celia Hammond Animal Trust

hunt85

gettingready wrote: »

CH is for people on low incomes, they do not ask for peole to be on any benefits and do not ask for the proof of benefits (unlike PDSA) as not everyone on low income qualifies for any benefits .....

CH- yes, Spike is right , Celia Hammond Animal Trust

oh i see its just on the website it does mention benefits so i thought it would be only for those on them. its not in my area either which is a shame but never mind as we've budgeted for it all anyway and its all booked in with the vet and its all covered in the £75 with the rescue kitten so nothing else to worry about - we'll just set up an emergency fund should anything come up and they need to go to the vet! hopefully they won't though!

PolarKitt

hunt85 wrote: »

Her cat got pregnant after someone else let her out when they were not supposed to - hardly her fault. and she has been responsible getting good homes for them and paying out for their wellbeing in the mean time.

So she got a cat, didn't get her spayed and this makes it somebody elses fault? Even though if the cat had been spayed being let out wouldn't have caused this.
It's great she's being "responsible" now but if she had done this before hand this wouldn't have happened and to try and blame it on somebody else is disgusting in my opinion, her cat means her responsibility and since she didn't make sure this could never happen she's entirely to blame she could have even got her spayed the day after she came back from escaping since by that point the sperm wouldn't have even reached the egg to start producing any kittens. Also just for the record, feeding kittens does not cost £40 each, they're mostly on mommas milk and since you got yours at at least 8 weeks she would have spent less than 2 weeks feeding them dry or wet food, she hasn't got them vaccinated and I find it highly unlikely she took them all to the vets to have them properly wormed and flead.

Personally I think all rescues should have kittens fixed before adopting them out because it stops people like your friend having "accidents"

As for the topic, the refund is likely not going to happen if you signed anything and technically the money you paid for them covered the care for the care you originally got, it wasn't their fault that you had to return him, they don't just pay people who bring back their rescue cats, so in my own opinion it shouldn't carry over to another kitten, however they're being kind and allowing exactly that so don't take it for granted.

Griizelda

PolarKitt wrote: »

So she got a cat, didn't get her spayed and this makes it somebody elses fault? Even though if the cat had been spayed being let out wouldn't have caused this.
It's great she's being "responsible" now but if she had done this before hand this wouldn't have happened and to try and blame it on somebody else is disgusting in my opinion, her cat means her responsibility and since she didn't make sure this could never happen she's entirely to blame she could have even got her spayed the day after she came back from escaping since by that point the sperm wouldn't have even reached the egg to start producing any kittens. Also just for the record, feeding kittens does not cost £40 each, they're mostly on mommas milk and since you got yours at at least 8 weeks she would have spent less than 2 weeks feeding them dry or wet food, she hasn't got them vaccinated and I find it highly unlikely she took them all to the vets to have them properly wormed and flead.

Personally I think all rescues should have kittens fixed before adopting them out because it stops people like your friend having "accidents"

As for the topic, the refund is likely not going to happen if you signed anything and technically the money you paid for them covered the care for the care you originally got, it wasn't their fault that you had to return him, they don't just pay people who bring back their rescue cats, so in my own opinion it shouldn't carry over to another kitten, however they're being kind and allowing exactly that so don't take it for granted.

Sorry PolarKitt, but you really need to get off your high horse. And the point you make about the cost of feeding kittens is actually incorrect. Although the cost of feeding kitten food to the kittens may not be so great, you have not mentioned the fact that the "momma" eats a heck of a lot more than she usually would, so yes, the costs are increased (although not to £40 per kitten, but the OP did state that part of ecost was going towards the speying of the mum). You also have no idea on whether they've been properly wormed and flead or not, so sometimes it's best not to make assumptions!

Finally, if all rescues held onto their animals until they were old enough to be neutered, they wouldn't be able to help as many as they do (and they're already bursting). Two of my current cats are from CPL - when I adopted them, I had to sign an undertaking that I would have them neutered at the appropriate time (which they follow up). The the Vet so signs the neutering form (which is supplied when the kitten is adopted) which is then forwarded on to CPL.

And breathe..................

Murtle

I think most rescues now note the "adoption fee" as a donation. So if you take the animal back - you have actually made a non-refundable donation. It should say on the contract you signed with them.

I hope you get another kittie from them and from experience, 3 don't cost much more than 2 ;-)

xxx