I visited an RSPCA centre on 16 December to adopt a cat and ended up reserving two, since our chosen cat was taken from a home with her sister and we did not want to split them up.

We are now some weeks down the line, and yet to hear from the home checker!

We work closely with our local rescue centres, and I know that this time of year sees a flood of unwanted animals, with little or no space to accommodate them. Therefore it does not make sense to me, why our home check is taking so long.

I did contact the RSPCA today, who confirmed that our details were passed over to the home checker the next day! They also said however, that these people are volunteers so they have to rely on their availability.

Has anyone here gone through this process, and if so, how long did you wait for your home check? It is so frustrating, since my poor cats have been in the centre now for over 2 months.

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I went throught the same thing with a puppy a while back it took an amazing 6 weeks for the home checker to come and then we never heard anything! We rung them a week or 2 later and were told that we had been turned down because my husband was in the army and it wasnt secure enough for the dog! NOW I AM SORRY MY HUSBAND HAS A PAID JOB WE HAVE OUR OWN HOME AND I AM AT HOME ALL DAY WITH 2 CHILDREN SO HELLOOOOOO WHAT JUSTIFIES AS A BETTER FAMILY THAN THAT ! We would have loved it unconditionally amd were prepared to have passports done and everything so we could take it abroad should my husband be posted abroard. Im telling you they make it so difficult for people to adopt these animals that there is no wonder we go out and buy them as puppies the few people that there are in the world that want to keep our dogs til they are old and greey get turned away like leppers! There is something wrong with that or is that just me!

oh and ps they couldnt actually give us a reason as to why they turned us down! apparently there wasnt one on the form listed as an issue so WTF happened i think maybe the home check person just didnt like us!!

Sadly that may be the only reason, my husband used to help out at our local RSPCA a few years ago, he has actually been there when people rung up about home checks, after putting the phone down they would say they're not having one, I don't like the area they live in. There are good and bad people in all walks of life, people should be considered for themselves, not where they live.
A friend of mine had a follow up visit as her rescue dog walked towards the home checker, they said accusingly, "that dogs got a limp", my friend explained she only had three legs, and she was that way when she adopted her.

oh sorry but thats silly
all these poor animals in rescue place's you would think they would like a place like that
then i surpose if the person dont like you theres not alot you can do
but thats should be discounted if the person likes you or not its if you can rightly look after a animal and the love time and space for one

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Its all a bit strange: so many people would love to take one and to spoil rotten........Of cource it shoud be some reasonable check carried out but that is over the top.

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Before I got my gorgeous boy I contacted numerous rescues and some wouldnt home to me because I was 5 miles out of radius and some were just so rude on the phone and gave me a really good grilling!!

It was alot harder than it should of been so in the end I went private, so glad I did or I wouldnt have my boy now but they really shouldnt make it so difficult and the people shouldnt be rude! (Obviously they all arent rude just the ones I had the misfortune to encounter! but it put me off all the same)

This is extremely worrying news since I was actually at that centre last year conducting a radio broadcast for the BBC!

I did contact the centre yesterday, and I was assured that my details had been passed over to the home checker, but still I have heard nothing.

This morning I noted on GMTV, how rescue centres are appealing for people to come forward and adopt, since they had an influx of unwanted animals over the Christmas period.

I rather think that another call may be in order, only on this occasion I may enquire if there is a reason why I have not been contacted. My office is at home, I have worked with animals for over 30 years, and live in a country location. This is utter madness!

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Bizarre. Beurocracy or something....Or they are just dont care.

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Great news. The RSPCA home checker was a lovely lady, and I passed with flying colours.

As soon as she realised that I have experience in dog behaviour she asked me about problems with her own dog, which I was more than happy to try and resolve. Also lent her a couple of very informative books.

Invited her back to see how the girls are getting on. Will post their pics sometime next week as we are collecting them tomorrow.

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congratulations, hope they settle in well and look forward to the pictures