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Sally Honey
Goosehill Cattery
11 Goosehill Ln
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF6 2JB
01924 896637

Hmmmmm..... more experimental back street breeding I assume!!!

Cross two apparent pedigrees and you get a mog just like any other mob!!!!!!!

Absolutely sick of people crossing breeding to sell with no regard for the consequences.

Outside access?

Are they saying they don't have any kittens or are they rejecting you for some reason as a potential home?

Single kittens usually get theses behavioural traits as they should learn most of the social skills of being a cat with a sibling not a human which is why young kittens should not be homed by themselves until at last 4 months old. See it all the time and is why so many kittens end up dumped because ...

All kittens don't have worms at birth, they get them from mums that are not properly wormed (thats most of them) which is why fleaing and worming a pregnant cat is the most important thing you can do to give the kittens the best possible start.

There is absolutely no reason a neutered non aggressive healthy FIV positive cat should be indoor only. The likelihood of infection to another cat is almost nil. The only reason that said National charity take this stance is because there is a National ignorance about FIV due to vets being woefully ...

If it is a shelter then even as an independent it will guaranteed to be a registered charity as no 'voluntary organisation' without charitable status could afford a shelter. If it is a charity it has to board/committee who are in charge of making all such policies and decisions about how the rescue ...

The shelter manager will have absolutely no say in the policies set out by the board. The only possible way that you can make any change is by getting voted onto the committee and implement change from the top which as most committees are made up of people with little knowledge about what actual res...

If you do take up the voluntary role then you are condoning and supporting their principles. I personally would never give my time up to a shelter where animals were unnecessarily destroyed due to lack of up to date knowledge and draconian attitudes. I'm sure there is an ethical shelter that would g...

I wasn't recommending a private owner at this age (12-16 weeks I believe is what I recommended) but as a rescue with a very proactive vet then 9 weeks is when all rescues should be neutering. No kitten should really be rehomed via a rescue un neutered as this is the only possible way to guarantee th...

There is no reason not to neuter early and every reason to. We neuter feral kittens that we have no option but to return to site from 8 weeks old and domestics that are for rehoming between 9-12 weeks depending on many factors. 6 months is far to late in many cases and any vet that is still recommen...

Do they have outside access?

Hazel wrote:I have never turned up at a cattery without the bail money

Were your cats ill cared for? Poorly when you got them back? Mistreated or harmed in any way? If they were fit and well when you pick them up I truely don't understand what your problem is?!! As a small business owner I dread to meet people that throw their weight about under completely unreasonable...

Although her customer handling skills could have been better by the sounds of I don't think its unreasonable to expect to have to pay for the services provided when you pick up your cats. I personally would never even consider going to pick my cats up from the cattery without means to pay for them. ...

This sounds terrible but as a rescue I have had many cats legs, front and back (not on the same cat I hasten to add) amputated and I'd do it at the drop of a hat over trying to reconstruct a shattered limb. Its neither financially viable as a rescue or in the long term best interests of most cats wh...

He is displaying classic behaviour of a frustrated young cat and the answer is yes or you are going to have a very unhappy cat with behavioural issues that will only escalate. Thankfully you seem to understand what the problem is and what the answer is. You don't have to open the doors and say 'off ...

Please don't come onto a UK cat lovers forum and try to gloss over declawing and expect us not to comment!!! It is outlawed in most civilised countries for a reason. Its completely inhumane and done purely for the convenience of owners and the greed of vets..... If it came down to declawing and taki...

Oh no. FIP is a cruel disease. There is no actual test that will give you a 100% accurate result as it is a complicated virus but if the tests have a high count along with the symptoms and the fluid build up thats pretty conclusive. Personally If the vets are sure and its almost inevitable I would h...

Sorry Ed but you're way off the mark. I'm a well educated women in my 30's. Have a husband, a few kids, run my own business, a rescue, am a Governor at my kids high school and live a very good life thanks and could run rings around you any day!! As for washing grave stones, I wont go near a church f...

Well all I can say is I wish I lived in your area as we have over 70 kittens in my rescue, all other West Yorkshire rescues are in the same situation and I have over 50 kittens on a wait list living out in gardens or simply unwanted and then add to that the 1000's that will be destroyed by the RSPCA...

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No, No and many many more NOs!!!! Please go to a rescue as opposed to just enabling some idiot who didn't bother to get their cat spayed and so adding to the already massive death toll due to the sheer neglect to spay!! A reputable rescue will be able to advise, give you guidance and when you get th...

I have a 19 year old that still insists in standing with her front feet in the big dog bowl and licking the water off her paws!!

Its a quirk and you just have to embrace it.

I can certainly understand your wanting to protect your feline family but regular flea/worm/parasite treatments will keep these nasties at bay. Restricted/managed access will give you the balance that you are hopefully looking for and should also rebuild your confidence in the cats going out without...

Unfortunately this is a common stress related issues seen so many times with cats that are forced to live indoors. Its the sign of an unhappy, stressed and most likely bored cat and the only real solution is to let her back out the the lifestyle she is used to. Suddenly stopping her going out is lik...

Personally I'm 100% apposed to indoor cats as yes it is cruel if the cat does not choose to that lifestyle but instead has it enforced on them. Cats are creatures that enjoy an easy life and the comforts of home. The home that she is coming from seems to be unsuitable for a cat so in a better, quiet...

I hope you can sort outside access as it takes a very hard person to be able to take a cats liberty away!! At 4 years old it will be a very tough transition if they have to be confined and one has to ask the question as you have if it is even right. The fact that you are asking the question to yours...

I personally would never expect my cats to live an indoor life after having free access but where theres a will theres away :D http://catladder.blogspot.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I'm certain that it would be possible to allow access with a bit of creativity. This...