Fostering for the first time?

PrincessPlaty

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Not having your own pets might be because they can't control whether your cats are neutered, vaccinated, wormed and deflead regularly. Indoor/ outdoor .... some rescues don't believe in keeping cats confined unless absolutely essential, especially if they are likely to be in foster for a while. It's just a different philosophy or approach.

I think you have misunderstood about the adoption fee or it was explained to you badly. The £75 is generally based on what the pet has had at any point in the past, not necessarily what that specific rescue has done to the cat. So any cat that is neutered, vaccinated, deflead, dewormed and health checked before adoption is always £75. It's trying to bring in some revenue to cover costs and be reasonable in comparison to getting a kitten from the free ads and doing all this yourself. It cannot be set individually because cats who had needed a lot of care would cost thousands.

Well my OH understood it the same way that i did. We were also told that the standard adoption fee was £50 which is why i referred to the £75 being high this is in comparison to what i was told.

£75 is not high it is standard, although some rescues are cutting their adoption fees now because hey are so overwhelmed. This and paying your own food and litter will probably be down to how much funding the council rescue receives, they may be more constrained by their annual budget than a registered charity which can do its own fundraising is.

It isnt a council run nor is it a charity it is privately run but relies on donations albeit not a registered charity. The council one provides food, litter etc as does the registered charity one that i contacted today.

Fire_Fox

PrincessPlaty wrote: »

Well my OH understood it the same way that i did. We were also told that the standard adoption fee was £50 which is why i referred to the £75 being high this is in comparison to what i was told.

It isnt a council run nor is it a charity it is privately run but relies on donations albeit not a registered charity. The council one provides food, litter etc as does the registered charity one that i contacted today.

Oh it makes more sense with more information. I wouldn't touch a private rescue that was not as registered charity that is a bit dodgy.