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DO NOT go to Battersea. They treated me like some scambag and couldn't wait to ship my cat to me, when neither of us were quite ready... I was still buying things and filling the odd holes and gaps in the flat and she was waiting to be neutered and the 2nd part of her jab...
When I first went to visit, she was nowhere near ready as she'd just given birth few weeks ago, like she was upstairs in those special rooms where you have to put a shower cap on your haed and shoe covers before you are allowed in... she was that not ready... they told me if I want her, I'd have to wait for another 2 weeks at least, I was OK with that, being a first time cat person, I was grateful for the 2 weeks+ time to get things ready... 5 days later, they called me and told me to go pick her up the next day, which was a Friday, I said no, I wasn't ready and I couldn't take time off work in such short notice for non-urgent matters... Saturday? No still working, I said the earliest would have to be Sunday. Thats when they turned pushy and a bit nasty...
Long story short, when I registered with my local vet, told them my story and there were like, yap, that's Battersea for you.
Have friends who have also expressed concerns about how Battersea handles people. I am sure they look after their animals just fine, but please don't piss of potential owners... if Patch wasn't cute and lovely and I had already made a comittment towards her (not that she knew any better), I might have walked away... I stuck with them because Patch was the innocent party in it all.
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We're hoping to re-home a pair of kittens. What's the best way to go about it? Battersea?