Karen -
I have been helping a lady who is being evicted on the 10th of January. I
took a kitten and 3 adults from her all testing negative. 2 other cats taken
tested FeLV strong positive. One was euthanised as he was about 15 and not
well. The other is a healthy 6 year old neutered male. He is being held for one
month in a foster home. If no home is found in that month he will be euthanised
(not my choice). We are desperately seeking a home for him with another
playmate. We are willing to get him a general health check, donate to future
medical bills, and do whatever else is needed to get him adopted (including
transport).
If you would like to give him a home with your kitty, please let me know and
I can give you more info. After all this lady has been through , I hate to see
her baby euthanised.
Beth Hemann
(404) 584-7430
Karen & Phil Masaoka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
I'm Karen - I'm new here.
I've been reading about poor Bandy & Tiny & have tears in my eyes. I feel so
sad for you guys.
We lost our baby, Mr. Spock, a week ago. He was just 6 months when we got him
& was FELV+ and had a great year with us and his best pal L'il Abner (also
FELV+). Then he was diagnosed with lymphoma, and he did very well with
chemotherapy for almost two months; then a sudden decline. We were very
saddened to lose him; he was my little baby & such a trooper to put up with
everything he went through recently. And he went through so much. (Can I
attach a picture to this forum?)
Now Abner is super-depressed. We have to get him another pal ASAP. But it's
so costly (emotionally & financially) to lose a cat every year (we also lost
Max a year ago).
My vet says we could get a healthy cat & she can inject him with a great FELV
vaccine & he has 85% chance of not getting the virus. But we could never
forgive ourselves if he got sick. So Phil, my husband, says let's get a
healthy cat that's about to be euthanized and then we would at least be saving
him for awhile even if he DOES get the virus. Problem is, vet says to keep new
cat separate from Abner for 25 days & then she'll inject him again, and THEN
they can be together. But Abner's sooooo depressed, I don't think he can last
that long. So we'll have to get another FELV cat for him -- any thoughts as to
whether a 4-yr-old may live longer than a 1-yr-old diagnosed with the FELV
virus? What's the longest life you know of in a FELV+ indoor cat?
I think this is a great support group.
Karen
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