Me again. One of the other shelter owners here just posted that she has a client seeking an FIV+ boy, preferably Siamese; healthy. Not sure if you saw it or not.
:) Wendy --- wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Cindy, > > So glad to hear there's another shelter out there > doing what yours is doing. I second all that Nina > and > Michelle said. They are veterans here. If the > kittens do develop the virus, nothing may happen at > all for a long time, as long as they are kept stress > free and eat a good diet. The virus manifests > itself > by attacking the immune system and any variety of > illnesses can appear, from anemia to cancer. Life > expectancy is anywhere from birth to 18 years from > what we've experienced here. A lot die at the 1.5 > to > 3 year mark, but only if they have not thrown off > the > virus to begin with, and are testing positive and > are > symptomatic. Many live long lives asymptomatic. My > furbaby died at 4.5, but I believe his anemia was > induced by a stressful environment (we had ten extra > family members living with us for a week during > Hurricane Rita). Ignore those people giving you > grief > about not pts. Maggie here said it best that you > have > to live with the decisions you make and you are the > only one who can make the right decision here, not > those people not personally involved. I couldn't > pts > either! I will say that separating the pos. from > the > neg.'s if you can is probably necessary because > kittens' immune systems are so weak/developing at an > early age and you don't want the others to catch it > while grooming their friends. Where in East Texas > are > you located? I'm in Rockwall. > > :) > Wendy > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
