General Rehoming Polices
Generally we ask that there are no children under the age of 5 years in the home for adoption of any animal, unless they are currently living with the type of pet you wish to adopt. Some experience or research on the animal you would like to adopt is necessary. We also require that the adopter can financially provide for the animal in terms everyday costs and veterinary treatment.-
Cats. For adoption of cats we ask that the potential
adopter does not live on a main or busy road, unless you are looking to take on a house cat.
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Kittens - We do not rehome young kittens to full time workers where no-one is at home during the day. 3 hours is the maximum amount of time a young kitten can be left alone. If you are a full time worker you should be looking for a cat 6 months or older.
We do not rehome kittens to live alone. When they leave their mum at 8 weeks old, it is a very vulnerable time and they need to have another cat around them for companionship and to play with. We recommend not placing young kittens with mature cats over 10 years as they don't usually take to kittens very well and it can upset the older cat.
- Dogs. For adoption of dogs we ask that the potential adopters are fit and healthy enough to exercise the dog appropriately. We do not rehome young puppies to full time workers where no-one is at home during the day. We will only rehome to a household with children under 5 if the children already live with a dog and can demonstrate that they behave in a reasonable manner towards the dog. We try to match each dogs needs with the adopter, so not every case will be the same. Click here to learn more.
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Rabbits. We always adopt rabbits as pairs or to be
part of a pair, unless they have an aggressive temperament towards
other rabbits. For a pair of rabbits we ask that you have a minimum
hutch size of 6ft long or a 2 tier 5ft hutch, with a secure run or
garden for exercise.
Click here to learn more - Guinea Pigs. As with rabbits, we adopt Guinea Pigs in pairs or to be part of a pair. For a pair of Guinea Pigs we ask that you have a minimum hutch size of 4ft long x 2ft wide x 2ft high. Click here to learn more.
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Hamsters We ask that you have a large hamster cage, preferably one with three levels and lots of activity and play things for the hamster.
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Adoption Fee
We require a donation for all our animals. The fee contributes towards the neutering costs, vaccination, microchipping, veterinary fee's, food, bedding and litter etc.It works out much more cost effective to adopt an animal than the privately buy one. If you look at the list of things you get done to the animal before you adopt it, you will see you aren't really paying for the animal, merely part of the veterinary fee's.
Fee's are as follows;
- Cats £50 (2 cats or kittens is £90) which includes neutering,a blood test for FiV and FeLV (cat aids and leukaemia), triple vaccination against cat flu, enteritis and leukaemia and a microchip. All cats will have been wormed and flea treated also. This is worth approx £155 at a standard vet.
- Dogs £100 which includes neutering, microchipping, vaccination, worming and flea treatment if required. At a standard vets this would cost from £125-185.
- Rabbits £40 which includes neutering and a myxomatosis vaccination. Two rabbits are £75. This is worth £55.50 EACH rabbit at a standard vets simply for the neutering and vaccination cost.
- Guinea Pigs £15 which includes neutering for males, two Guinea Pigs are £25 and a trio are £35. Neutering at a standard vet alone costs £43.
- Hamsters £5
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank our two voluntary photographers. Firstly Todd Wootton and also Stuart Woodhams of Stuart James Photography featured below.Stuart James Photography
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