Fear of rejection
Oct. 1st, 2010 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susie_floI've just filled in an application form for cat adoption from my local animal rescue centre.
Am now FILLED with the fear that I will not pass the home inspection...
Their website states very strictly that they will NOT release kittens to a home without a garden. Anyone who has seen my place would laugh long and loud at the word 'garden'. We have a microscopic postage stamp of paved outdoor space... the only soil is in a tiny, raised bed down one side. If the cats want to go to the loo long term, they'd probably have to leap the fence and venture out into the back alley, or someone else's garden.
Oh well... here's hoping.
Now I really need to get dressed and orgaise myself for a weekend chez![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sara_lou, who has just taken delivery of rosamicula .
Hoorah!
Am now FILLED with the fear that I will not pass the home inspection...
Their website states very strictly that they will NOT release kittens to a home without a garden. Anyone who has seen my place would laugh long and loud at the word 'garden'. We have a microscopic postage stamp of paved outdoor space... the only soil is in a tiny, raised bed down one side. If the cats want to go to the loo long term, they'd probably have to leap the fence and venture out into the back alley, or someone else's garden.
Oh well... here's hoping.
Now I really need to get dressed and orgaise myself for a weekend chez
sara_lou, who has just taken delivery of rosamicula . Hoorah!
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Date: 2010-10-01 11:12 am (UTC)They might have kittens that need indoor homes - we live on quite a busy road and so we were only allowed to adopt on the basis that we kept them indoors, ours were born outside but were taken in by the shelter at as very young age indeed and they assured us they'd be alright indoors which they are :-)
I do feel a bit guilty about it sometimes but then I see posters for missing cats or cats that have been run over and then I don't.
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Date: 2010-10-01 11:14 am (UTC)I really hope they don't rule us out, cos I would love to have kittens this time, and watch them grow up.
I will pass on your hellos to Jane.
x
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Date: 2010-10-01 11:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 11:21 am (UTC)On which subject don't ever ask 'is it ok to keep a cat indoors permanently' on a pet owners' messageboard - World War III will ensue.
The realm of the cat owner is often the realm of the nutter, I have found. You don't seem to get that special kind of bonkers in the dog owners world.
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Date: 2010-10-01 11:49 am (UTC)I know what you mean about cat nutters. I suspect the rescue centre will put me through much more rigorous checks than any breeder would. I just hope I pass...
My last cat was adopted from the RSPCA about 15 years ago and all it took was a 10-minute interview. They must have become way more rigorous since then.
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Date: 2010-10-01 12:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 12:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 01:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 02:38 pm (UTC)To be fair, they did insist that the kittens had the first half of their vaccinations before we could take them home, and that we signed up to say we'd get the rest of the vaccinations and get them neutered. And demanded a £100 donation.
This is what happens when you have to get cats now now now at once the second your allergic flatmate moves out. xxx
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Date: 2010-10-01 02:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 02:43 pm (UTC)Is that one of the charity shop cats there?
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Date: 2010-10-01 03:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 03:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 12:00 pm (UTC)I kind of understand where the Cat Protection people are coming from. Some people try to adopt abandoned cats, thinking it's going to be a cheap and easy way of getting hold of a pet, that they won't necessarily take care of - and the CP people don't want an already possibly traumatised animal going to another place where it will be further messed about. So it does make sense. I think they view themselves as a sort of cat Social Services.
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Date: 2010-10-01 12:14 pm (UTC)Indeed! And when I was on a cycling holiday through Alsace I did see a well-to-do lady pushing two terriers in a double buggy.
Fair point about the Cat Protection crowd. Though I still think cat people have more eccentrics than dog people. You should see my cat-sitter. She writes reports of her visit - from my cats' points of view.
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Date: 2010-10-01 01:37 pm (UTC)Dear sweet god.
I suspect dog people and cat people have different eccentricities. Dog people are terribly hands-on and don't think anything of their darling stamping muddy rubbish all over yer best silk dress. Cat people drink too much tea and wear purple, flowing clothes. Dog people like things to be all about them. Cat people would rather you didn't notice them too much. Eeh,
*Does the 'comme ci comme ca' hand gesture*
And I say that as a woman with four cats, who is wearing purple trousers. So no bias there. None at all. *cough*
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Date: 2010-10-01 01:41 pm (UTC)All my clothes are covered in cat hair and curry stains so yes I'd rather people didn't notice me...
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Date: 2010-10-01 01:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 01:51 pm (UTC)Actually I've found the best thing to get rid of cat hair is a rubber glove...
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Date: 2010-10-01 02:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 02:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 02:54 pm (UTC)I hadn't tried rubber gloves! I am so giving that a try later, when Flatmate isn't looking. I imagine his reaction to catching me wearing Marigolds and caressing my own thighs in the kitchen might involve a certain amount of eye-rolling.
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Date: 2010-10-01 02:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 02:45 pm (UTC)I have memories of my sister telling me about how she'd gone over an entire living-room carpet with a damp ruber glove to remove cat hair when moving out of a rented house!
For furniture, I find a cat-brush works very well.
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Date: 2010-10-01 02:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 02:48 pm (UTC)I once saw what I thought was a small pram being pushed round a branch of TK Maxx by a woman. Then I saw the front had a mesh cover, which had me wondering abut exactly what sort of baby was in there before I realised it was designed to carry a dog! It was bright pink.
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Date: 2010-10-01 02:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 02:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 12:39 pm (UTC)G and I have decide that if our garden scores nil points we will ask them what would it take to make it suitable and then see if we can fix it and try again later.
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Date: 2010-10-01 01:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-01 02:38 pm (UTC)So I decided to apply and see what happens. Am a teeny bit anxious in case I don't think any of the cats are right and they think I am being a primadonna... (but then again they may decide I am the one who is not right!)
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Date: 2010-10-01 02:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-02 08:29 pm (UTC)I am sure you will do fine. If you need to borrow any cat/kitten paraphenalia to prove your worthiness just let me know.