Please Help!!!! I need to have my cats Fostered Temporarily.

loobylou2

Hi

Hope someone can help with this. I have 3 cats and am having my house renovated in August. Its a housing association property and is going to be completely rewired as well as having a new kitchen, bathroom, windows and doors put in etc. The Liasion officer has just visited and told me that it would be better if we could move out of the property for about 5 weeks. I can take myself and my children away for some of the time because its in the school holidays and I have managed to save enough money for us to hopefully be able to go away for a week or so but the problem is I haven't got anyone to take care of the cats and I can't leave them at home whilst the building work is going on. I don't want to have to give them up permanently, they are much loved members of our family but it would be better for them if I could get them rehomed just temporarily whilst all the buliding and associated upheaval is going on. Does anyone have any ideas about how I could go about doing this? I'd be very grateful for any help or advice anyone could give me.

HappyMJ

Cattery for 5 weeks? 3 cats for 5 weeks should cost about £400 inclusive of all food and usually include any vet charges during the stay as part of the inclusive insurance.

Owain_Moneysaver

I would ask the housing association if they have a vacant house they can decant you into for the duration.

loobylou2

I've already asked if they could move us temporarily but they won't which is why I'm probably going to go away for a couple of weeks. I think the cattery option is a good one but am not sure what I should even be looking for. Does anyone know of any good catteries in the Wakefield area? My 3 are all spayed and vaccinated but I need to be sure that they will be safe and well looked after,

Buttonmoons

HappyMJ wrote: »

Cattery for 5 weeks? 3 cats for 5 weeks should cost about £400 inclusive of all food and usually include any vet charges during the stay as part of the inclusive insurance.

That's a cheap cattery, would cost me in the region of £740 for my 3 cats in the kennels near me and I don't even think they are that expensive at £7 per cat per night. :eek:

HappyMJ

Buttonmoons wrote: »

That's a cheap cattery, would cost me in the region of £740 for my 3 cats in the kennels near me and I don't even think they are that expensive at £7 per cat per night. :eek:

Yes it's cheap. All 3 cats would share the same chalet so per cat it reduces from £7 down to about £4 per cat and being long term the prices can be negotiated down to about £80 per week for 3 cats.

paddypaws101

Hmm, how about looking around for a Pet sitter, maybe one of the vet nurses?...who would be willing to take the cats for board and lodging. If you pay them half what the cattery is charging you would both be doing well out of it.

Constant_Gardener

Sorry I have no idea re the cats but 'The Liasion officer has just visited and told me that it would be better if we could move out of the property for about 5 weeks.'

I am with Owain re the HA. Suggest you read your tenancy agreement carefully - looking for something like their duties to you as a tenant if your home is uninhabitable. The workmen will get finished quicker without you in residence and you won't have to live in the mess (or have traumatised cats), so moving out is probably in everyone's interests. OK so you will have a better home at the end of the disruption and part of the time you will take a holiday but they are effectively making you temporarily homeless.

Once you have your tenancy agreement to hand, a call to Shelter may be helpful.

spike7451

Constant_Gardener wrote: »

Sorry I have no idea re the cats but 'The Liasion officer has just visited and told me that it would be better if we could move out of the property for about 5 weeks.'

I am with Owain re the HA. Suggest you read your tenancy agreement carefully - looking for something like their duties to you as a tenant if your home is uninhabitable. The workmen will get finished quicker without you in residence and you won't have to live in the mess (or have traumatised cats), so moving out is probably in everyone's interests. OK so you will have a better home at the end of the disruption and part of the time you will take a holiday but they are effectively making you temporarily homeless.

Once you have your tenancy agreement to hand, a call to Shelter may be helpful.

I was thinking that as well,plus no doubt the HA will expect you to still pay rent while you're away.When they do up the houses here,they usually put the families into a mobile home that they set up for that purpose.

loobylou2

Just to say thank you very much to everyone for their help and advice so far. It is much appreciated. I have contacted a couple of catteries and made an appointment to go and have a look around them at the weekend and will also dig out a copy of my tenancy agreement. I might also contact the head nurse at the vets we use, one of my cats Pepsi was actually a rescue from the Blue Cross so she might be able to point me in the direction of someone who could help. (fingers crossed!!!)

paddypaws101

Do remember though that if they have quoted 5 weeks, it could well be 6 or 7 or 8 weeks, these things seldom seem to go to schedule.