Over the weekend we have been reported to the RSPCA:rant::rant: saying the ferrets we have were being neglected and seemed to not be cared for. I showed the inspector around and told them what we do and she saw them all and handled a few and was happy with how we was doing. We said that the RSPCA are always welcome and she said it was nice to see them and that she was happy and they were all healthy and i said we get all of them checked at our vets regular and they have always been happy and i said we are getting all in rescue spayed and castrated and microchipped. I told the inspector i was upset at people thinking that some one had reported us and they thought that any ferret was ill and neglected. We do have a few sick babies in like most rescues do.

thanks to the person doing this the inspector was happy with all our ferrets and the work WE are doing

Some people amaze me. Your helping ferrets and making sure there healthy and if not your making them better and someone reports you?! These people need to report proper neglect instead of wasting the RSPCA's time.

i explained to the inspector that we pay for everthin out of our own pockets and we try the best we can and we always check new homes the ferrets are going and we do try and do as many checks after as pos.

Dean this is awful, you do a fantastic job and having seen your rescue and knowing that the RSPCA support you in certain areas, I am sure they would not do this if they had any concerns as to how you kept or cared for the animals with you. Chaz the little guy we got from you for one of our customers is a fantastic ferret and healthier than some we see pass through here.

Its probably some neighbour who isnt happy with the ferrets living close by. There are some strange busybodies around. I have some of those strange neighbours living next door but one to me too, but to waste the inspectors time is disgusting.

At least you can now say that you have had an approved RSPCA inspection!!:hihi:

thats a good point and we are now looking into building pens for them lol. We think its some one we turned down for a ferret

thanks lynne its nice to hear how the ones we re home are doing if we cant get glad chaz is happy and enjoying life

Dont worry, I have been reported twice, once for a starving cat (he resembles a beach ball) and the other for a barking dog (it wasnt mine)
But they dont come out for real problems, there is a case on the german shepherd uk website of two dogs that the rspca refused to help.
Makes you mad.

oh somebody i once new used to beat her dog never let it out of a corner in a kitchen n battered it if it did, i have sonce gone going becouse i cant sit and watch the poor little mite sit there a dithering wreck poor thing, but rspca went out said he was nice and healthy well loved ect sometimes they are sooo thick cant see whats in front of there eyes

Dont worry, I have been reported twice, once for a starving cat (he resembles a beach ball) and the other for a barking dog (it wasnt mine)
But they dont come out for real problems, there is a case on the german shepherd uk website of two dogs that the rspca refused to help.
Makes you mad.

I was reported, a while back for supposedly starving and beating old-dog... apparently he was starved, beaten and never let out of the house.. blah-blah-blah.

Rspca man turned up, as I was playing with the hound, on the garden, and hound was having a whale of a time. (and not, strangely enough, cowering in fear and covered in weals and bruises...?)

He saw for himself the fact that old-dog was considerably well upholstered (in fact it's a family joke that when old-dog was with us, that you could see every rib... on an x-ray!!! the inspector checked his bowls, (food and water) and examined the food I was feeding him, and went away satisfied that old-dog was absolutely fine.

I was so annoyed that the RSPCA's resources were being wasted on chasing a malicious report, rather than tackling a genuine case of neglect!

I wouldn't let it bother you Jedi - unfortunately we have to accept that in life there are those saddos who have nothing better to do with their time than cause strife for good people who are trying to help animals :loopy: It is annoying (paticularly when you get a snotty know-it-all RSPCA inspector who has a guilty until proven innocent attitude!!) but just think sod em and carry on with your good work.

PS - GEMIMA - SHOULDN'T THAT BE NEXT DOOR BUT ONE - AND NEXT DOOR!! lol X

:thumbsup::thumbsup:thanks for all your support it means alot

What are some people like? :rolleyes:

You KNOW how good a job you are doing JW - and now you have an inspection to prove it

Did you ask for a report in writing on the inspection?

Your doing a great job Jediw, and as others have said now the RSPCA know what a great job you do first hand.
The care that you give to the sick little ones is really exceptional...shame on those trying to stir it for you!

PS - GEMIMA - SHOULDN'T THAT BE NEXT DOOR BUT ONE - AND NEXT DOOR!! lol X

:hihi::help:

I have friends who have had the same happen to them but the inspector was very angry that he had driven from scunthorpe, he was so upset that this time could have been better spent attending animals with real needs !

given the fact that the RSPCA outdate the police, and are in effect the animal police, you'd think there would be an offence of 'wasting their time' :mad:

If you're involved in an RTC these days, you're sent a bill by the NHS

perhaps the person who did the reporting (given the fact that none of the claims were substantiated) should be sent the bill for the inspector's time and expenses?

There ought to be some consequence for making malicious calls.

Of course the worry it that it would put people off reporting a genune concern if they had any doubt.

And it's very easy to get peed off with the inspector but remember, you would be critical if they didn't investigate a case that turned out to be genuine....

oh i have been reported before, from people with a bone to pick and just for malicious...often happens i have seen it a few times around...

I dont like the rspca, useless and i wont give them a penny..

everyone should read up on there rights, the rspca have no power what so ever...

they said i should have food in for my snakes all the time, and that 1 looked sad:loopy: so told me to change it, so i told them to stick it where the sun doesnt shine...

i refuse to let them in now, well that was a few years ago, not seen them since....

dont worry, just guess some idiot..mind you, walk off your anger and carry that bag of ferret food up the hill to us haahaaa

these make interesting reading but v v sad

http://www.walk-wales.org.uk/tlc.html
(i cried with that one)


http://www.webtribe.net/~animadversion/Tribute%20to%20Tommy%20-%20Turtle%20Homes_files/Tribute%20to%20Tommy%20-%20Turtle%20Homes.htm

oh i have been reported before, from people with a bone to pick and just for malicious...often happens i have seen it a few times around...

I dont like the rspca, useless and i wont give them a penny..

everyone should read up on there rights, the rspca have no power what so ever...

they said i should have food in for my snakes all the time, and that 1 looked sad:loopy: so told me to change it, so i told them to stick it where the sun doesnt shine...

i refuse to let them in now, well that was a few years ago, not seen them since....

dont worry, just guess some idiot..mind you, walk off your anger and carry that bag of ferret food up the hill to us haahaaa

these make interesting reading but v v sad

http://www.walk-wales.org.uk/tlc.html
(i cried with that one)


http://www.webtribe.net/~animadversion/Tribute%20to%20Tommy%20-%20Turtle%20Homes_files/Tribute%20to%20Tommy%20-%20Turtle%20Homes.htmso have i mate when you have a lot of animals it happens from time to time i have had the full works over the yrs , from bitter twisted people with nothing better to do dont let it get to you or they have won, it just wastes everyones time and its people with to much time on there hands

so have i mate when you have a lot of animals it happens from time to time i have had the full works over the yrs , from bitter twisted people with nothing better to do dont let it get to you or they have won, it just wastes everyones time and its people with to much time on there hands

I generally believe that a lot of people do not ring the RSPCA through them thinking that the animals are neglected but due to noise (barking)/ having a shed to put the animals in or a garden that is not perfect due to the animal. It's just thier way of getting the person back for something they don't like, though really they should go through other channels.

We were reported to the rspca for neglecting our lab! The inspector turned up as hubby was play fighting with him in the hall and the inspector saw it all. Neglected! bah he was our baby lol. The inspector was more than happy. We suspect we know who reported us but hey ho we knew we looked after our dog.

Glad everything was ok for you.

I've been reported a few times too, once by the council for having large numbers, once by next door cos she's annoyed at the shed going up and once from a local pet shop because I reported her for neglect.

All 3 times I was given a clear report, makes you angry at the time though but its nice to know the RSPCA back you too. The officers that come to see me are besotted with the skinnies :hihi:

I've been reported a few times too, once by the council for having large numbers, once by next door cos she's annoyed at the shed going up and once from a local pet shop because I reported her for neglect.

All 3 times I was given a clear report, makes you angry at the time though but its nice to know the RSPCA back you too. The officers that come to see me are besotted with the skinnies :hihi:

whats a skinny?

At least you got a sensible inspector! A friend of mine was reported by her neighbours (they were in the middle of a dispute about the neighbour's proposed conservatory) for locking her dog out in the garden all day and throwing it out in all weathers!

My friend explained that the dog had the run of garden, but the door was always open when she was out, so she could come back in whenever she wanted. She loves chasing birds in the garden, so that's why she's out so much!

Throwing the dog out in all weathers consisted of actually making the dog go out in the rain for a pee last thing at night!!!! And she was let straight back in, once she'd performed.

My friend was so upset, because the idiot inspector seemed to think that putting a dog out to pee in bad weather was somehow wrong. She did ask him what she supposed to do - let the dog piddle all over the house or what? The inspector's attitude was very unfriendly and he did nothing to reassure my friend that the report was obviously malicious, he just more or less said they'd be keeping an eye on her in future!

She's quite elderly and wasn't very well at the time, so she'd got herself in quite a state about the whole thing. She's a great owner to a rescue dog, I think it's appalling that the RSPCA can treat pet lovers like that, when you consider all the really crap and cruel owners there are out there.

whats a skinny?

A hairless guinea pig, I covert Peaches, but am not rich enough to own my own just yet:hihi:

Jedi, we all know you do a fantastic job, I'm sorry you've had to go through this, at least you now KNOW you are doing a great job, and hvae the inspection to prove it. They did you a favour;)

A hairless guinea pig, I covert Peaches, but am not rich enough to own my own just yet:hihi:

Jedi, we all know you do a fantastic job, I'm sorry you've had to go through this, at least you now KNOW you are doing a great job, and hvae the inspection to prove it. They did you a favour;)

ah ok, wierd name..dont know much about them, only my snakes like them

ah ok, wierd name..dont know much about them, only my snakes like them

Snakes should never ever be fed guinnea pigs under any circumstances as when they die they lose their fur and this can get stuck in their throats and kill the snake

Snakes should never ever be fed guinnea pigs under any circumstances as when they die they lose their fur and this can get stuck in their throats and kill the snake


Carperviper - I think they said that skinnies were HAIRLESS guines pigs!! lol

Carperviper - I think they said that skinnies were HAIRLESS guines pigs!! lol

Yes but I dont think anyone would buy skinnies to feed a snake but normals are a different matter. Plus they also can suffer from problems that could be passed on to the snake.

Yes but I dont think anyone would buy skinnies to feed a snake but normals are a different matter. Plus they also can suffer from problems that could be passed on to the snake.

10 years ago, feeding large pythons with pigs, rabbits etc was the norm, last time i kept rocks etc. so when did it change not too?

:o just had a horrible vision of one my mine disappearing down a snake's throat!

We also got reported when we took a stray staffie in she had been used as a breeding machine and then left to die you could see every bone in her body someone reported us saying we was not feeding her even though we had two other dogs in perfect health.

What really got me mad was why didnt someone report the person who had caused all the suffering to the dog before we got her.

After the inspection the inspector gave us the all clear but its there duty to follow up every call and i am glad of that if it saves just one animal from these horrid people

Isn't it possible that the person who contacted the RSPCA had a legitimate concern, even if it turned out they were mistaken?

I'm sure not *every* call that turns up nothing is done with malicious intent. Certainly sometimes it's just a case of someone not getting to see the whole picture or knowing the full story, and they are simply concerned with whatever element they *are* seeing.

I say 'better safe than sorry'; if something just doesn't seem right, you're better off making the call and possibly wasting an inspector's time, than to not do it and find out later an animal was actually being mistreated.

Isn't it possible that the person who contacted the RSPCA had a legitimate concern, even if it turned out they were mistaken?

I'm sure not *every* call that turns up nothing is done with malicious intent. Certainly sometimes it's just a case of someone not getting to see the whole picture or knowing the full story, and they are simply concerned with whatever element they *are* seeing.

I say 'better safe than sorry'; if something just doesn't seem right, you're better off making the call and possibly wasting an inspector's time, than to not do it and find out later an animal was actually being mistreated.

It is possibke that the call was made with best intentions...

however I am 99.99999% certain who it was that reported me, both times, and it was totally spite and malice, nothing more.

Sorry... playing Devil's advocate here, but isn't it nice that someone actually cares enough to report you?!

If you look at it from the other point of view, if whoever reported you didn't know that you did rescue and had taken in sick babies, they maybe saw them and wanted to get it checked out for the sake of the animals. Some people are too afraid of confrontation to approach the problem themselves so use the RSPCA as the mediator.

Most of the people who've posted on here would be just as angry if they thought (even without proof) that an animal was being neglected and nobody would report it!

If I wasn't sure about approaching the owner of an animal but thought the situation needed to be checked out, whether or not I was right, I'd call the RSPCA too - and I have!

I'm sorry someone misconstrued what you do, you do a fantastic job, but at least it's all cleared up and you know that someone cares enough to call the RSPCA.

Dean , when you find out who ,send one of the boys round to run up their trouser leg and nip them where it hurts, you know your`e ok so dont worry, they once came out to a horse of mine saying it was in bad condition cause its fur was coming out, it was just shedding its winter coat, the chap said he didnt know much about horses as he was a dog man. i just laught at him

It is possibke that the call was made with best intentions...

however I am 99.99999% certain who it was that reported me, both times, and it was totally spite and malice, nothing more.
and i know for sure, the 2 or 3 times i was reported it was malicous, because i actually stand up to animal cruelty and report people myself. Also because i was suspected of having totally differant animals than i had, it wasnt actually anyone who had seen my animals....

Oh thats so awful, some people :rant:
I have never been reported, but last yr I took in this beautiful ginger boy, the fluffiest little mog in the world. My neighbours next door but 2 had done a bunk and just left him the poor might. Several people had reported this poor cat, but for some reason he was too sneaky for them and didnt catch him.

Anyway, he came to my house and I was going to keep him, however ginge and Molly moo had the worst fight I have ever seen, she was not a happy girl and was getting herself so stressed so I just couldnt keep him. I foned the rspca who tried their best to get me to keep him, but I stood my ground. It took 3 days for them to come out and the man well boy they sent was rude. He said 'well I dont see why you can keep him you've other cats', when I explained why he just tutted!!! The cheek, got my goat right up. However, having been brought up with manners I did offer this guy a cuppa, to be told ' I dont have time, thank you, I have work to do' it wasnt said very nicely, he wasnt over nasty but his attitude from the off just got my back up I think.

Then 2 days later the RSPCA called me to see if I would make a donation to help other cats like ginge.. the cheek! I already make a donation every mth, but god the cheek! Anyway rant over. :thumbsup::hihi:

I am sure it was awful to be reported, as it seems form the posts that you do a fantastic job, but Like a few posts have said, you have RSPCA approval and who ever reported you if it was in malace is just sad! Keep up the good work :thumbsup:

Sorry... playing Devil's advocate here, but isn't it nice that someone actually cares enough to report you?!

If you look at it from the other point of view, if whoever reported you didn't know that you did rescue and had taken in sick babies, they maybe saw them and wanted to get it checked out for the sake of the animals. Some people are too afraid of confrontation to approach the problem themselves so use the RSPCA as the mediator.

Most of the people who've posted on here would be just as angry if they thought (even without proof) that an animal was being neglected and nobody would report it!

If I wasn't sure about approaching the owner of an animal but thought the situation needed to be checked out, whether or not I was right, I'd call the RSPCA too - and I have!

I'm sorry someone misconstrued what you do, you do a fantastic job, but at least it's all cleared up and you know that someone cares enough to call the RSPCA.


I kno what you mean but as the inspector that called here said he could have been somewhere he was really needed and thats more to the point, he felt upset at wasting his valuable time, we also had enviromental health that day too , the inspector spoke with them too and all they could tell me was it was the same person who had made both complaints, they would be marked for time wasting , they also suggested I report these incidents to the police which I did.

I agree, they could've been elsewhere but (and by no means am I saying Dean doesn't do a fantastic job because he does!) Dean did say that he has some poorly babies in.

If whoever reported him didn't realise that he ran a rescue and took them in as poorlies, then surely it's worth reporting if they're too worried about approaching him themselves?

Like I said, if it had been the other way around and it hadn't been Dean but someone who did have large quantities of sick animals because they just weren't caring for them everyone would be pretty miffed if nobody thought to report it.

I had someone come round to our house from the PDSA to check if we 'needed help' looking after our longhaired moggy because she was all tatty and matted. At first I thought it was a bit cheeky (you can groom Smitch everyday but a new matt will always appear before the next grooming session!) but then I got to thinking that actually it was nice that someone cared enough to see us and make sure our cat was ok.

i rang the national number and they said that we had nothing to worry about the inspector said she had found nothin wrong and they were happy. We said we are hoping to do renovations in the future to make some pens ect. We also said that if we do get full we do have contacts to other rescues in and around yorkshire and further afield that will help.

ah ok, wierd name..dont know much about them, only my snakes like them

I'm sure at £100 a pig they do :D