Horatio
Horatio
- Age 1 year, 2 months
- Living with children School Age and Above
- Breed Domestic Short-hair
- Living with dogs Can't live with
- Sex Male
- Living with cats Can't live with
- Size Medium
- Reference ANIMAL22564
- Centre Battersea, London
More about Horatio
This little lad is Horatio!
Horatio is an easily worried lad but has finally made friends and is now ready to find his new family. He can be wary when you first meet him but if you offer him some tasty treats it doesn't take him long to warm up and make friends! He enjoys a fuss especially if it means you give him lots of head and chin rubs. When his company have left, Horatio can usually be found snuggled up in the bed area of his tree either looking out the window or having a snooze.
Horatio can be a sensitive sausage and will need to live with sensible older school aged children, who will understand that he will need time and space to settle. He was worried when he first arrived and will likely be the same once in a home, he will need to be settled into a spare room with all his resources close by and plenty of cosy places to hide.
Once settled, Horatio will need access to the outside.
If you have already completed our online rehoming form and would like to know more about Horatio, you can e-mail our rehoming team on cat.rehoming@battersea.org.uk to register your interest.
We ask every customer to first complete our online form to discuss an individual animal, so if you have not filled in our form yet you can find the details on how to do so here https://www.battersea.org.uk/rehome/cats.
Please be aware we have a large amount of interest in rehoming our animals, so we are only able to contact those who are a match for the cat you have contacted us about.
Rehoming FAQs
Here at Battersea, we assess all of our cats individually and create a rehoming profile for them. To ensure successful matches between people and pets, we use a combination of extensive rehoming experience, our staff expertise and the information you provided in your rehoming form. Once you complete your online registration, you’ll receive a confirmation email to let you know that we have everything we need to begin our matchmaking process, as well as the next steps of the process.
This may not always be the cat you thought it would be, which is why we ask that you see the registration form as a way of registering your interest in rehoming, not an application for a specific animal. We’re experts in making sure we find the right home for our cats and the right cat for your home.
Read the full list of rehoming FAQs.
Once you’ve completed our online registration form, we’ll handle the rest. Your rehoming registration will be open for up to three months, and in that time, we’ll do our very best to try and match you with a pet that best suits you and your lifestyle. It can take a bit of time for us to try and match you with a pet – but we promise it’s time well spent. We’re committed to getting to know every animal at our centres before finding a match that works for our cats and for you wherever possible.
If we are not able to match you with a cat within three months, we’ll let you know and offer guidance to help you continue your search beyond Battersea.
Read the full list of rehoming FAQs.
Our rehoming fee is £100 for cats (over six months), £130 for kittens (under six months) or £180 for a pair of cats and £225 for a pair of kittens. We accept cash or debit/credit card as payment (we are unable to accept cheques). The fees include a full vet and behaviour assessment, microchipping, flea and worm treatment, neutering, initial vaccinations, starter pack of food and four weeks of free Petplan insurance. Each cat also goes to their new home with their own blankets and a favourite toy, such as a knitted mouse.
It’s important to consider not just the initial cost of getting a cat or kitten, but the regular cost of insurance, food, equipment and fees at your local veterinary centre so that you are fully prepared for the financial implications of owning a cat.
Read the full list of rehoming FAQs.