RE: Anyone had dealings with RSPCA Inspectors?
Oh good, Chrishta. What a shame you had to go through that for nothing.
RE: Anyone had dealings with RSPCA Inspectors?
Hi Chrishta,
I am glad your trauma is over and all is well.
I can understand why you are so annoyed about someone calling the RSPCA, especially when you clearly take great care of your cat.
I know a little about the ILPH..a horse welfare org...a chap who works for them was telling me that they get dozens of calls from members of the public that are a waste of time but they have to check them anyway. A popular one is that someone sees a horse in a field resting a hind leg..when horses rest it is normal for them to sort of bend the hock and raise the hoof a little so it is not squarely on the ground. Apparently dozens of people see this and having no knowledge of horses think they are lame or in pain and probably neglected.
But you have to think that it is good that people call these organisations...and that RSPCA etc follow it all up..even if it is a waste of time..better to waste time and annoy someone than risk a situation where an animal is suffering.
No need to take it personally though...and no need to worry,
hal
RE: Anyone had dealings with RSPCA Inspectors?
I am sorry you seem to feelto be a target, but the kittens' welfare is moreimportant.
I worked for an animal charity and one of my colleagues who fostered abused animals while waiting for rehoming was targetted by a spiteful neighbour, when the RSPCA called they did realise there was an element of malice, but my colleague was in need of dog walkers, and the RSPCA Inspector did arrange for himself and several of his colleagues to walk the dogs in their own time and for free, we had been rasing funds to pay professional walkers, so the money raised was put to another purpose.
Sadly on another occasion, in the course of my work, I had been paid to feed2 cats every other day for 3 days, but no food was left, there was no water either for the cats, and the litter tray was too heavy for 3 of us to lift, and the cats had no access to outside either. I called the RSPCA who took both, as both were extremely underweight, starving in fact.
At least you know now the RSPCA will not react to anymore malicious calls , but they do have to look for all cat or other appropriate animal owners with in an area to find the possible owner, it may not have been malicious towards you, just someone being caring towards animals?
I am sure that they act only in case of complain from someone (neighbors?). Or, as an option, random check of pets and how they live.
You love your cat and have normal conditions so I think you have nothing to worry about.
Let them come and see
Yes, it is stress and annoying, but they do their job....
I got home today to find a card through my front door from an RSPCA inspector wanting to make contact about 'cats being left unattended'. WTF??? I have NO idea what they are talking about - yes we leave our cat at home during the day while we are at work, and sometimes go away overnight but we have an automatic feeder and if it's for longer than 1 night (but NEVER more than 3) someone will come in and check on her each day (and top up the food).
Anyway - while I am mega annoyed about this in the first place, and will try to find out what the hell is going on - the point of my post is to ask whether anyone has had dealings with RSPCA inspectors. (Either working or had visits) I have called the call centre number on the card but have to wait for the actual inspector to call me back (prob tomorrow now). Can anyone give me a clue as to how they work, what will they want to know, will they try to take my cat away from me?
I'm so upset / annoyed about this I'm shaking. Any advice on what to really expect would be appreciated, otherwise there is no way I'll sleep tonight[/QUOT