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SHOW YOU CARE -
CHOOSE A PAIR!
We are making this special appeal to those people wishing to adopt a
rescue cat to seriously consider rehoming a pair. Quite often we are
contacted by people who wish us to rehome two cats and in these
circumstances we would never consider splitting the cats up as
almost always they have been soulmates their whole lives and it just
would not be fair or humane to do this. You may think that surely two
cats would mean double the expense, double the work etc. - but this
is not always the case. Often you will find that two cats who have
lived together all their lives are happy to share a litter tray, of
course if there are two cats sharing a tray you would need to change
it more often but most garden centres or cash and carry stores sell
30 litre bags of litter, cheaper in the long run than the smaller
ones from the supermarkets. Whiskas have started to make double
pouches of cat food in jelly or gravy specifically with pairs of
cats in mind so your cats would always have a fresh tasty meal
without you having to try to keep tins fresh in the fridge or having
to feed your cats the same flavour two meals running. Many insurance
companies will also give you a discount on having more than one cat
in the same household insured with them and the same applies to
catteries who will often give you a discount if there are two cats
sharing the same pen.
We often find that after someone adopts a rescue cat from Cats
Protection, they will contact us a few months later asking us for a
companion cat. This is not always easy to accommodate as a lot of
the cats we rehome can only be rehomed on their own and even cats
who will live with another cat do need a lot of patience when
introducing them to each other. Some have lived in multi-cat
households all their lives and yet will still only tolerate each
other. If you take a pair that have always been together you would
never need to worry about them being friends or having to introduce
them gradually over a period of time.
We often have pairs of cats available for adoption - all beautiful,
all of them different but all needing your help. They find
themselves unwanted through no fault of their own and we would ask
you if you are thinking of rehoming a rescue cat to please consider
a pair - if you can find room in your home and heart for one - why
not two?
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