Re: cat question

[Nina]

Janet, As Terri and Tonya have already mentioned, many of us mix adult negs that have been vaccinated with pos.  It's a judgement call and of course no matter what our success rate in doing this is, there's no safer protection for your elderly cat than to not mix them together.  That's what most vets will tell you.  Being that your current kitty is older, I might not mix them together either.  That said, if I were in this situation, I'd figure God sent her to me for a reason and I'd personally dive in with both feet and do whatever I could to save her and her kittens. I am all too familiar with the heartache involved with pos kittens.  My experience with felv came when my husband and I found a box of kittens that were just 2.5 weeks old.  Because they were so young, I assume the mother succumbed to felv from the stress of having them and the people who abandoned them didn't know how to care for them.  Why else would they take them from their mother at that age?  We lost 2 of our babies when they were about 6 mos old and two more before their 2nd birthday.  The other two are doing fine and are reaching 2.5 yrs.  Their lives were filled with love and concern and I'm not a bit sorry that I made the commitment to try and save them.  Janet, you have some tough decisions ahead of you.  You don't know me, so you might think I'm a monster for even bringing this up, but given what you've said in your post...  It's going to be hard enough to place the mother, if she's healthy.  I can't say what I would do in your place.  I'm not you and I have no idea what you have to contend with.  If someone steps up very quickly to adopt her, knowing she's pregnant, well that's a different story altogether.  If you just found out she's pregnant, I'm supposing she's not too far along.  Under the circumstances you describe, if you have her spayed, the kittens would be aborted at the same time and praying that she remains asymptomatic after the stress of the operation, you might have a chance of placing her.  I couldn't bear to think about what might be in store for those babies if they lose their mother, and don't have a human willing to step in and care for them.  My 2 cents on the harshness of reality.  Now, what I'm praying for is that you've fallen in love with this little stray and you'll want to adopt her yourself.  If so, there are many wonderful, knowledgeable people on this list who will support you no matter where that decision takes you.  I'm also praying that someone, if not you, will hear this little girl's story, take her in and give her the kind of life every kitty deserves. Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Two weeks ago I took a cat in that had been abandoned.  Today, I took her to the vet and found out she was tested as positive for feline leukemia.  I also found out today that she is pregnant.   I have a 15 year old cat that does not have leukemia.  Thus, I cannot keep this new cat but I need to find a shelter that can take her or a family that this will be their only help.   Please let me know if you have any ideas.  I live in Florida.   Thank you in advance, Janet