Planning, preparing for, and raising kittens, is a minimum six-month commitment, care for the Queen is lifelong, as is the ongoing care for a kitten which may be placed with you.  

I endeavour to match kittens with families and if a kitten chooses its future family, I know they will be very happy.

• All kittens are wormed at two, five, eight and eleven weeks, 

• will have received two vaccinations against Cat Flu, Enteritis and Feline Leukaemia virus (FeLV), at nine and twelve weeks, which will be recorded on their veterinary vaccination card.

• Registered with the GCCF on the Non-Active register, which means they are unable to be used for breeding purposes.  A five-generation pedigree certificate will be provided.

• Five weeks insurance courtesy of Agria

• Microchipped at the time they are neutered, the microchip being registered with Petlog, a national and mainstream registry.

• Be neutered around fourteen weeks, they usually leave me ten to fourteen days later but only after my vet has confirmed kittens are cleared to travel.

To ease kittens settling with their new family, prospective kitten homers will have an advance copy of my kitten notes, a printed copy will be available when kittens leave me.  They will also take with them, sufficient food for the first few days, a bag of cat litter,  and a bed which will re-assuringly smell of their Mum and siblings.  You are advised to refrain from washing the bed for as long as possible, it may not seem “clean” to you, but it gives reassuring comfort and security to the kitten of their siblings and kitten mum.  I am also at hand to help support the kitten and later cat,  to offer guidance for as long as it is needed. 

Indoor / Outdoor Cats

Cats and kittens are best kept indoors or allowed into a cat secure area. You will enjoy a far greater deal of companionship if your cat is not allowed to free roam.

Wandering cats can, and will, soil neighbours gardens, which is unpleasant to find and extremely distressing if found by children.

While out and about they may drink out of puddles, which could potentially be contaminated with anti-freeze, with life threatening consequences.

The risk from wildlife, particularly garden foxes, should not to be underestimated.  Vixens will and do attack, especially if they have cubs to protect and provide for.

Some families have lost their pet by it straying into service vehicles, subsequently being found miles away from home, perhaps weeks later, their microchip identifying the distance they have travelled.

Vehicles on the road may be considered the primary threat to wandering cats but accidents have taken place on the driveway, taking advantage of a nice quiet warm spot to enjoy a sleep; The vehicle owner then moving the vehicle off the drive.

As reported in the press, free roaming cats run the risk of being killed by humans, the Croydon / Uk Cat Killer who has been active for several years, also others such as the Brighton Cat Killer.

To close on a more gentle note, free roaming cats can, and will, pick up fleas, worms and infections from other animals.  If cats are kept safe, your cat will be healthier, and the bird population will be unharmed.