OP your experience sounds familiar. I hit the same attitude at my local cat shelter where one woman was amazingly obstructive and seemed desperate to turn us down and throw up obstacles. The other volunteers seemed a little embarrassed as they could see we were becoming irate.

In a way I can understand it: I'm sure they have to deal with a lot of people who are utterly clueless about keeping a cat, so they feel they have to spell it out to everyone. But surely they could just listen to me when I tell them I was a volunteer at the shelter when I was a student, my first 3 cats were adopted from there, and I've always had at least 2 cats and cats when I was growing up? I'm not an expert but that's quite a lot of cat-owning experience, so yes, I DO know I have to brush them and I DO know they need flea treatment and I DO know what to feed them!!

The other thing is, in every walk of life you come across some insecure person on a power trip who likes to makes things miserable for everyone else.

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Rescue cats for many years, currently one moggie and 3 young Maine Coons.

Lumboo, have a think about Wood Green Animal Shelter as well (the North London Branch, which is in Wood Green). That's where we got Pheebs and we found them very nice.

Cats Rehoming - Rehoming a Cat - Wood Green, The Animals Charity

i tried them they said i was to far away but I'm in south west london so maybe thats why but yes the smaller ones actually tend to be better, tbh i'm surprised the rspca and battersea even home cats from the way they act

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