RE: [FivCats] I need placement help for Domino

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

I really feel that we’ve got to actually see whatever the place is – I think we owe it to ourselves and our kitties to make sure that this is a place  we want our kitties to stay – they might not be the bad people, and they might be honestly think their place is sufficient, and or even a wonderful place for our cats to be – but our standard is all different and we don’t really want to rely on the description told on the phone – but we have to see them in our own eyes –   I also had a similar situation, and the guy who operates the place (in NM) sounded very nice and caring – but we decide to see it – again, he was very proud of the facility – but the place was nothing that we want our kitties to be – as a mater of fact, I almost wanted to bring their kitties back with us –   Hideyo   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:17 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: [FivCats] I need placement help for Domino   I had somewhat of a similar situation when I tried to find a home for Big Boy (FELV+) & also live in Westchester.  Several rescue groups gave me the name of a man who took all their FELV+ cats; they swore by him but had never been to his home.  When I called him, he would not tell me where he was & said his arrangements with local rescue groups was to meet them in a parking lot to pick up their cats!  He may have been great but I just could not go with that…  Joke is that with his phone # I found his address in Yahoo in two seconds flat!  As for the rescuer listed here, I bet if somewhat called her vet they might hear a different story than she presents!    Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barbara Lowe Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:03 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [FivCats] I need placement help for Domino   what's with this 'wet food increases tartar and placque' statement ? and where is that woman & her "sanctuary"  in westchester? that place sounds to me like anther angel's wings in the making situation.  can we find out where that house is and ask to have it investigated?  even if just by another rescue so that in case it is okay rather than reporting her first to aspca who would remove animals because she's over the legal limit. barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Hideyo Yamamoto To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:09 PM Subject: FW: [FivCats] I need placement help for Domino   Please allow me to cross post this in case you can help-   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of siberskii Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FivCats] I need placement help for Domino   Some of you may remember me from last month.  I have MS and now Domino has had 2 Western blots (the 2d was just done at Cornell), both with FIV+ results.   Domino has been a strictly indoor cat, has a dog companion (our Golden), my kids and us. She only eats Nutro dry food, which is probably why her teeth and gums are in such good shape.   I have read with interest the various postings here re: people with Lupus, HIV+ etc., who have FIV+ cats.  The bottom line is that for those of us who are immune-compromised, there are no definitive answers about our risks with FIV+ cats.  Joel posted here a little while ago about the spread of bacteria between people and cats; others have written about cat scratch disease being transmitted to humans.  Unless you are immune compromsed, no one really can tell the those of us who are, whether it's worth the risk to keep an FIV+ cat around or not, or whether there's a risk at all.  It's a complete gamble. I previously posted that I am not willing to take the gamble, not with my health.  Too many doctors have been wrong about my disease, its progression, the drugs I've taken for MS & their side effects; I can't take the word of fellow kitty-lovers about FIV+ if my own human docs, the two vets I've seen & the Cornell Feline Health Clinic have question marks about this. So yes, I decided that I needed to place Domino elsewhere for both our sakes. I contacted the rescue group where we got Domino.  They connected me to a lady nearby, in Westchester County, NY where I live.  She has 17 FIV+ cats.  Eight are upstairs with a dominant female, 9 are downstairs in runs or cages because they either spray or are too timid to use their litter boxes (at least acc to the lady).  She feeds them all a little wet food to keep them "hydrated" (what happened to water?), which we all know increases tarter and plaque, as well as dry food.  She has told me that many of her cats have had theirteeth pulled, and that some are completely toothless. She also told me that she has litter boxes all over the house, that some cats sleep on her bed, on pillows or selsewhere, and that she keeps mountans of amoxicillin around.  She also has two small gogs plus a German Shepherd.  She became angry when I asked if I could inspect the premises, telling me that I was being insulting to her, and she said that the only thing I could see or do at her house (which I can't, since her house isn't accessible) would be to put Domino in what she described as a large dog-sized cage in the kitchen to say goodbye.  Then Domino would remain in the cage for a full month while the other cats got used to her and vice versa. Apart from my discompfort with all the above, it seems only logical to me that with so many FIV+ cats around, the chances of spreading illness, viruses and bacteria increases exponentially, thereby increasing the rish to all the cats. Needless to say, I am not inclined to place Domino with this lady. But I need to place Domino somewhere - not in a foster home, not with a resue group or a shelter, but in a permanent home where she will be safe and happy without zillions of other cats around who might scare, intimidate or weaken her.  I have reactivated my yahoo email, because I know that some of you were trying to get back to me last month but my yahoo e-mail got loused up somehow and the e-mails bounced.  I would be most grateful if anyone here would be willing to take in Domino, age 1 1/2, black tuxedo cat with greenish eyes, asymptomatic now, companionable but not an "in your face" cat, loves water, especially out of people glasses with ice! and likes her ears rubbed.  If anyone is relatively close to us, and would allow my daughters to call for the first few months or whatever to check on how Domino's doing, since they're heart-broken too, maybe even more than me, I'd appreciate hearing from you. Gratefuly and unhappily yours, Terri Yahoo! 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