Vicky we had a visit over 8 months ago now, they approved us as a boarding centre at that point and asked if they could reserve hutches for fostering on the understanding that they were fully vaccinated before coming to us. We got a phone call 4 months ago to say everything has gone through and someone would be in touch and suprise suprise nothing, zilch not a word and to be honest the more I hear about how they RSPCA operate the less I want to do with them.
If you are wanting to foster in Sth Yorkshire have you considered asking Bunnymadhouse on here if they need any fosterers for Barnsley Animal Rescue (BARC).
That's pretty unprofessional. That's down to the home visitor and not the RSPCA branch. I would definitely say keep chasing.
I did it a different way because I was a home visitor first and then became their rabbit expert so just took any rabbit that was too complicated for the staff at the centre to look after effectively. So I didn't have that wait period you have had. I have home checked a couple of potential fosterers and that was all done very quickly. I think it comes down to how busy the branch is, how efficient and how good the home visitor is.
I hope you manage to hear back from them soon.
I fostered for the RSPCA for a few years and have some how ended up running the branch temp.
As soon as anyone calls me to be a fosterer, i have a chat with them on the phone, then arrange a homecheck, then once the homecheck has passed i go out to see them and they have their equipement as soon as they want it! I had a new fosterer last week for cats and he had a cat within a few days of me doing her homecheck :? I cant see why branches would keep you hanging on, that seems crazy. We are absolutely desperate for fosterers here
I hope you manage to get in touch with them soon, its really unprofessional of them not to reply xx