Cats Available for Adoption - February 2010
This section usually shows cats available through our Rescue Services, who in most cases will need to be visited in their own homes. Any adoption taking place will progress as a Chapelhouse Persian Rescue adoption, so you will still need to follow all usual procedures (checks, application form, references, fees).
Note to Advertisers:
- If you have cats you would like to advertise on this page, please read all about how it works in the Rehoming section, and then e-mail us at ask@chapelhouse-persians.co.uk
- We are happy to take advertisements for pedigree cats in any country, as long as your command of written English is good. You will need to communicate with the Rescue in English on a regular basis by email.
- Applicants and enquirers will be vetted by the Rescue on your behalf. There is a thorough application procedure and a very lengthy form for would-be adopters to complete.
- Only one applicant will be put forward for each animal. The applicants will be personally considered by Cheryl-Anne Jenkinson, the Rescue Manager, who will use her considerable experience of Persian and Pedigree cat rescue to decide whether applicants may be suitable. Please note that ALL placements we have ever made, even if we have never met the applicants - have been successful! No animals have ever been returned to owners or rehomed again. THAT is success! We are incredibly proud of our rehoming record.
- So do not imagine that just because this is an online system, it cannot work - it definitely does. Behind this system is more than a decade of insight and experience. We are supremely choosy and careful in the selection of new homes, and we have one of the most stringent application processes.
- ALL adopters are highly breed experienced and must offer a quiet and appropriate indoor home.
- Adopters pay a sizeable adoption fee for their cat too - they pay it to the Rescue in advance of the introduction to the animal. This ensures that animals are not obtained for the wrong reasons, and it also covers the extensive time and administration costs involved in drafting online pet profiles, and the lengthy vetting and communication between Rescue and applicants. This very quickly eliminates people who are 'casual browsers' and those who do not understand the costs in having a pedigree cat.
Cheryl-Anne Jenkinson - Rescue Manager, February 2010
Chapelhouse Persian & Pedigree Cat Rescue . The Butler's House, Wytham Abbey, Wytham,
Oxford OX2 8QE
LOKI - Needs a New Home - LOCATION - LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Date Added: February 10th, 2010
Loki is a creampoint male Persian who originally was rescued from Montreal, Canada; he flew back to the United Kingdom when his owners relocated here.
We await news of Loki's age. He does not look beyond middle-aged judging from the photographs. His present owners have had him for three years, but he was already a rescue cat.
Since his owners had a baby, Loki has been unable to settle and has begun the common Persian habit of distress messing in the house. For anyone who is not familiar with this, it is a very common distress behaviour in this breed and nothing to worry about. It will almost certainly completely resolve when he is rehomed. Persians and babies/small children do not mix as a rule; we never recommend that people who are planning a family, adopt Persian cats.
Loki, therefore, needs a quiet, child free home, and we do not even want him in a household with visiting babies or under 7's please. If you're planning a family, of course Loki isn't for you....
His owners say that Loki lives up to his name of the Norse God of Mischief! He is gentle, hugely affectionate, loves cuddles and all kinds of tender loving care, adores chin rubs and being brushed (and will follow his owners around the house asking for this!)....and he will creep up behind his people so that he can lick their hair. He has a very loud purr and likes to have affection lavished on him.
He is a healthy boy, but we are just awaiting news of his castration and vaccine status. Of course as he is a mature cat we are fairly sure he is castrated.
The owners think he's incredibly cute and funny in many ways, and he loves the sound of paper balls being scrunched up, adoring paper ball chasing games....
He now just needs a permanent new home in the United Kingdom. All locations will be considered. We prefer a small household please, indoor only or with escape-proofed outdoor area, and with a small number of other cats (if there are other cats present). We feel the company of another Persian would be desirable.
If there are dogs present, these should be calm and sociable, not noisy, boisterous types, as Loki has shown he is prone to stress, and animals that respond badly to babies often respond badly to barking! So, a nice, calm home with owners present a lot, please, as he has shown he needs a lot of human interaction. We seek a settled home in terms of the people within it and their lifestyle and lifestage. Please think carefully about 'where you are at' in your own lifestage, and what the future may bring for you. By taking on a rescued animal, you are considering not only the next year or so, but potentially the next decade, and possibly beyond.
There will be an application form to complete, and a fee to adopt which will be payable by Paypal before any introduction is made.
The fee covers the extensive administration involved in the ongoing liaison between applicant, Rescue and rehomer, and in the progression of a safe adoption for all parties. It also ensures the animal is protected, as a fee at an appropriate level ensures the owner has considered the implications of taking on a pedigree cat with special requirements such as special vet care, diet, and behavioural needs. The fee for Loki will be set when we know his age and any health issues. **Adopters will need to visit Loki at his home in London**.
Please send your enquiry to ask@chapelhouse-persians.co.uk, if you feel you can offer Loki a home. When you write to us, remember to take plenty of time to tell us all about yourself, including your Persian experience, what you have to offer Loki, why YOU are the appropriate adopter, and what your home is like. What is your lifestyle like? Are you quiet? Do you take holidays (do you kennel your cats or what are the arrangements?). Are you in a stable relationship? Do you work from home? If you have Persian or pedigree cats already how old are they, how many, what sexes, what do you feed them...etc! Yes, we need to know all this! The more you tell us proactively, the better your chance to adopt, as we receive a HIGH number of enquiries per animal and we are selective.
I apologise if it sounds intrusive but we are in the business of placing animals for LIFE, and I want to get it right. We have a 100% successful (NO FAILURES) rehoming record. No animals returned, ever. None passed on to other homes, that I know of. I wish it to stay this way, please.
Thank you.
Cheryl-Anne, Rescue Manager, February 10th, 2010.
