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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: ellisr on September 23, 2011, 12:03:09 pm

Title: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: ellisr on September 23, 2011, 12:03:09 pm

There are plenty of tasty treats awaiting and a lovely warm comfy tack room with bed to live in, no previous feline tenants and free food included in arrangement.
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: Roxy on September 23, 2011, 01:54:09 pm
Such a shame you are not near me.  I have two lovely black kittens ready to go now .....and some nice ginger ones, and white and black ones born this week - would be nice for them to have country homes, as they are from our farm cats.
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on September 23, 2011, 01:54:56 pm
Did you try cats protection; we got 2 young feral stable cats from them and they were delighted to find them a farm home as they were the 2 from the litter that hadnt been able to be tamed. I thought they might be anti- them not going to be indoor pets but they were quite the opposite, very supportive.

They came neutered and chipped and de flead and wormed.
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: ellisr on September 23, 2011, 02:54:04 pm
I rang a couple of places and they have only got house cats, which is not what I want.
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on September 23, 2011, 03:41:28 pm
Try these people if you havent already? They have a Devon branch.
http://catactiontrust.org.uk/site/branches.php?branch=3 (http://catactiontrust.org.uk/site/branches.php?branch=3)

Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: ellisr on September 23, 2011, 03:57:49 pm
Fantastic I have sent them a message Thank you very much
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: cuckoo on September 23, 2011, 08:38:00 pm
you can also try the rspca
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: Sylvia on September 24, 2011, 02:41:02 pm
Tere are hundreds (well lots) of semi feral cats here. My neighbour has kittens needing homes. They are about twelve weeks I would say. (South Devon)
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: colliewoman on September 26, 2011, 04:00:05 pm
i'm in somerset, let me know if you dont find anything, i think i know of just the thing.
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: ellisr on September 26, 2011, 04:58:47 pm
I'm going to a rescue centre to look at 2 young ferals but TBH the prices are a bit steep for ferals
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: colliewoman on September 26, 2011, 06:33:12 pm
if you can wait a few weeks  i know of some for free to good homes, they wont be neutered or vaccinated though so you may want to factor those costs in.
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: ellisr on September 27, 2011, 09:41:20 am
I'll talk to OH as we have now stopped using poison so we are ready for a cat but we have seen a very quick rise in vermin numbers
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: Roxy on September 27, 2011, 10:06:19 am
Rescue centres do charge high prices for their cats and dogs etc - I suppose they are taking into consideration vet bills, for worming, de fleaing, and neutering/speying and microchipping, as they usually do all these pre homing.  As I said previously, such a shame you are not nearer as you would be welcome to a couple of our kttens :)

I have seen cats at a animal sanctuary for £60!!  I give my farm kittens away to people I know, but otherwise a charge of £20 to cover what they have eaten (well, part way towards it!) and wormer and flea stuff.  People seem quite happy with that.

Have two left from current litter (black) and some ready in about three weeks (white and black and one black and white) if anyone is near enough to us and is looking for kittens. Will be litter trained, and at present live in farm buildings.
Title: Re: Wanted: Farm cat in somerset
Post by: ellisr on September 27, 2011, 11:06:48 am
The 2 we are going to look at are 13 weeks old and I don't have much more info I doubt they will be neutered at that age, but I do know that they wouldn't make house cats.