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[ted_one]

We recently had to have one of our cats put down and because we're softies when it comes to animals it's taken a while to decide on getting a kitten,so an easy decision you would think,not if you try the Cats Protection League,it's took 2 weeks for them to respond to numerous Emails/phone calls,then a weeks wait for a home visit and a weeks wait for a letter telling us that it will be 3 months plus before a kitten may be available for homing.At one time some one would know somebody who would be looking to give away unwanted kittens but now days it seems you have to jump through the hoops that the charities throw down just to get a cat.We had to endure an hour long lecture of "teaching your grandmother to suck eggs" in the ways of owning a cat,(we have owned up to five at a time and the oldest lived to be 22) so we do know how to care for them,including the best brands of food and proper vetinary care and of course the best and most comfortable chairs/beds in the house.In all honesty we're getting to the point where we're going to give up with these organisations because it's going to cost £70 for a kitten from CPL which we certainly dont have a problem with but what is bugging us is the red tape element of the whole affair

[cem_devecioglu]

We recently had to have one of our cats put down and because we're softies when it comes to animals it's taken a while to decide on getting a kitten,so an easy decision you would think,not if you try the Cats Protection League,it's took 2 weeks for them to respond to numerous Emails/phone calls,then a weeks wait for a home visit and a weeks wait for a letter telling us that it will be 3 months plus before a kitten may be available for homing.At one time some one would know somebody who would be looking to give away unwanted kittens but now days it seems you have to jump through the hoops that the charities throw down just to get a cat.We had to endure an hour long lecture of "teaching your grandmother to suck eggs" in the ways of owning a cat,(we have owned up to five at a time and the oldest lived to be 22) so we do know how to care for them,including the best brands of food and proper vetinary care and of course the best and most comfortable chairs/beds in the house.In all honesty we're getting to the point where we're going to give up with these organisations because it's going to cost £70 for a kitten from CPL which we certainly dont have a problem with but what is bugging us is the red tape element of the whole affair

    from beginning to end I read with an open mouth .. here everywhere is full of cats and every spring and summer lots of kittens born and die..   we try to save as much we can (mostly borned in our gardens or close distances)
 
and if you were here you could have many

[ted_one]

Many thanks Cem,it's a pity that we have strict quarantine laws because it would be easier to get a cheap flight to Turkey and bring back a kitten than be messed around by a bunch of well meaning do gooders here.Also I have just had to register online with another animal charity who you may not have heard of in your country,they are called Battersea dogs home,they also rehome cats and they say they will contact me within 7 working days to.....guess what? yes,to arrange a home visit.In all honesty I think I'll probably die of old age before we get another cat the way they do things in this country

[feeutfo]

Try this bloke.
 http://www.shinfieldvets.co.uk/

Just taken over the practice and is way more positive than the previous owners. He mentioned, while treating ours from a bite from an un neutered cat  that he has kittens a plenty. "if you want kittens get in touch" he said.
No further experience personally, but that's what the man said. He is a good vet though, in our experience.

[feeutfo]

Although, in all honesty, if your not prepared to jump through the hoops to prove your a responsible owner, maybe it's not for you.

[ted_one]

We've done the jumping bit,big time!! and nothing!! can't do more than that.

[cem_devecioglu]

we are swimming in cats and you cant find there..   
 
thats quite surprising for me.. I think a big ship full of cats and a night visit to UK will solve your problems forever
 
 

[the alarming man]

thing is cem years ago the RSPCA and the like had a big drive on neutering and now people have got the message kitterns are sold at a premium usually £ 70-100 for a non pedigree...i rember the days when kitterns were given away...

[ted_one]

Thanks Cem we're actually thinking about quitting the UK,possibly Spain or Cyprus,plenty of cats needing a good home there

[feeutfo]

Neutering is the important point, as said. It controls the population and keeps the temperament  manageable. Obviously. There loads of cats living locally. The only ones we have trouble with are the un neutered ones with arse-hole owners that think their cat is the toughest on the block, while everyone else visits the vet to heal their cats wounds as a result.

As usual, it's not the cats but the owners here.

[albitz]

Had mine neutered as a young kitten.Dread to think how aggressive he would have been with his tackle in full working order.

[ted_one]

We have a 6yrs old neutered tom,he'd be a perfect farm cat as he has just started finding rats to kill,not a clue where he's getting them, although we're only a few hundred yards from open country side and I just wish he'd leave them where he's finding them instead of leaving them under the kitchen table He's been torn up a couple of times, not by a male cat but by a speyed female,he's a bit of a woose,runs a mile to avoid a fight.

[cem_devecioglu]

thing is cem years ago the RSPCA and the like had a big drive on neutering and now people have got the message kitterns are sold at a premium usually £ 70-100 for a non pedigree...i rember the days when kitterns were given away...

 
 
 
as I see I'm a rich man   but they are not for sale.. because they cost me much more than that

[cem_devecioglu]

Had mine neutered as a young kitten.Dread to think how aggressive he would have been with his tackle in full working order.

 
 
we had a male soldier which was lost last year.. unneutered.. every time come back home covered with blood.. but he didnt care.. one night I followed him.. was covering long distances and fighting all males for region.. lived 6 years only.. 
 
females.. no way all of them neutered.. otherwise I would have thousands of cats as they increase in geometrical series..

[cem_devecioglu]

We have a 6yrs old neutered tom,he'd be a perfect farm cat as he has just started finding rats to kill,not a clue where he's getting them, although we're only a few hundred yards from open country side and I just wish he'd leave them where he's finding them instead of leaving them under the kitchen table He's been torn up a couple of times, not by a male cat but by a speyed female,he's a bit of a woose,runs a mile to avoid a fight.

our recent single boy can fight with only girls..