very disorganized. applied to adopt a cat at the beginning of the month, and the processing time is 7-10 days (there is conflicting information on the application and the website) and heard nothing after 2 weeks. I followed up with an email-they strongly discourage following up with them for some reason, because not only did no one respond, but even after talking to one of the owners in person to move my application up, i still had nothing after a month. the cat I applied for was removed off their site now-what is the process meant to do for applicants if you're not even guaranteed to be merely CONSIDERED for a cat before it gets adopted? nevermind that you would jump through all these hoops, they might as well ask for your credit history as well. you could meet the cat and it could go terribly, and waste about a month of your time or more-because you dont get to meet the cat until youre ready to sign the contract. out of all local shelters, i can't even be surprised to why this rescue has a completely full house and has to depend on pet stores to provide space for their extra cats. picking up more work than you can handle is the best way to keep cats out of loving homes. apparently they only care about money, as they spend more time asking for money/donations/people to bring in pets to spay or neuter. while i can understand money and donations help keep these places running-it is completely avoidable if they werent nitpicking who gets to adopt. understandably it is incredibly hard financially to support 30 cats or more, but a choice they are making. most of the local shelters have less than 15 cats and aren't drowning in work the way these people are. they have a similar adoption process but arent choosing based of who's first name they like best or who has the most money to offer them. I applied to another adoption place, they ended up declining my application because i was under 25 (im as confused as everyone else on that one) but notice i received a response within 3 days of submitting. over a month later, still nothing from Scruffy Paws. sitting in a cage all day must be so stressful, especially when no one is there to play with you. the volunteers seem somewhat bored with the cats, and with so many mouths to feed it's less volunteer work and more like an office job you hate(and arent paid to do lol). i couldnt provide a catio in my apartment, and was considering leash training if cat was young enough. i understand some of these cats came from the streets, but she blatantly turned me down and said it's "glamorized" and cats cant walk on a leash. i expected so much better from this shelter, and I hope things turn up good for their cats and any future cats that end up in their care.
anyone who's checking reviews, rescind your application. they will leave you with no response for months. go adopt from PARL or other local rescues. they will not expect you to donate a months worth of food money to adopt because that's what Scruffy's adoption targets seem to be. and if they reject you, you wont have wasted weeks to months of your life waiting for a response. better yet, go to a cat cafe-there's a fantastic place in coventry. read more
