Hi,

I'm new to this forum and just wondered if anyone could give me some peace of mind! My partner and I brought a kitten home way back in February. Neither of us had ever had a cat before so we were a little nervous to begin with, but in hindsight we needn't have been - she is absolutely awesome and everything we were worried about hasn't actually happened (she's only ever had two 'accidents' outside of her litter box, she's never scratched anything but her post, and she has developed into a really sociable indoor-cat). My partner and I are both doing our MA's this year and therefore we've been at home a lot, which is one of the reasons why we decided to get a kitten when we did. However, it won't be long now till we've finished our studies and (hopefully) have full-time jobs so we've begun to wonder whether it wouldn't be a good idea to get another kitten to keep our current one company. Anyway, to cut a long story short, we went to see a little kitten last week who is adorable - she was born with weak hind legs and occasionally stumbles so the RSPCA want her to be an indoor-only cat, which suits us perfectly - and needless to say we decided we wanted to give her home. So we're currently waiting for a home check and we're just wondering what the procedure is? For some reason, the whole idea of a home check is kinda nerve-wracking!

Thanks!

Hey there. I had a home check back in January and a volunteer comes along and will ask to see where your new baby will sleep, eat, go to the toilet etc. I live on a main road but I was getting a house cat so it did not matter. The volunteer was really nice - the frustrating thing was I had to wait 3 weeks for them to come so I had to wait ages for my boy! Sadly after 5 short month he got sick and had to be put to sleep but he was the best cat ever!

Good luck xx

Firstly don't worry. Home checks are fine. The lady from the RSPCA came over and looked around the flat, and asked questions like if we had ever owned a cat before, how much I thought food cost, had i thought about insurance, who would look after the cat if we went away.

As we were getting kittens she asked if we were planning on neutering. She also asked our hours of work.

Basically we passed it, but ended up getting our kittens from CP, so had a second home check.

Both were fine and are just there to ensure you know what is involve in owning a cat and that you can provide a safe and happy environment.

x

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Thanks for the replies, sounds like there isn't too much to worry about. Sure hope we don't have to wait three weeks though! The center said they'd get in touch within the next week so fingers crossed.

Also don't panic if they come in and point out literally everything which could potentially kill a cat (which is literally everything) they will still pass you unless you have a book of 'cooking with cats' recipes on your shelf :P

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Abby would like to know where we can get this book as she likes cooking with her mummy slave ALL the time. She is never OUT of the damn kitchen when we are prepareing food so I'm beginning to wonder if she was Fanny Craddock in a former life.....

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I wouldn't worry too much. We have had cats for the past 18 years, but still had to have an RSPCA home check done when we adopted 2 kittens. It's really just formality.

Is Aby tunring Cannibal then????

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I said Abby likes cooking WITH her mummy slave, not COOKING her mummy slave.......

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Well, just had a call to say our house check is on Saturday. So fingers crossed all goes well and hopefully by this time next week we'll have another little kitten running around the place!