Hi, The place is called friends of strays and I guess it isn't located in Chicago, but I think near. If you have heard anything about them please let me know...Here is their website... www.geocities.com/friendsofstraysshelter.
there is no way I can keep one...I made a promise to my boyfriend no more pets that I would just foster and find homes, but not ours. I made that mistake once and kept 2 older tabby's because I knew they wouldn't find a home (brothers that are 12 years old and one has Diabetes). I fell in love and wanted to keep...boyfriend wasn't pleased, but said yes. This FeLV+ momma and her babies came from an Amish farm where they weren't being taken care of at all...I am sure all of their cats have FeLV because they were all sick...we just didn't know what they had...a shelter/sanctuary is better than dying on a farm with no food and love... Sheryl --- MaryChristine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, sheryl, could we ask which organization in > chicago? > > sanctuaries are NOT as good as forever homes, but > they surely beat the > alternative. if the sanctuary has the time and > resources to actively work on > adopting them out, then they may still find their > forever homes--but i know > that the felvs at our sanctuary were NOT depressed > and miserable, because > they'd never really had homes to compare it with. > the ones who wanted > attention made that VERY VERY clear (ask the friend > who went out there to > visit with me two weeks ago, and was mugged!), and > those who didn't much > care for humans just stayed away. so of course you > have mixed feelings, but > if you cannot keep them yourself, their having a > place to go where their > particular needs are known and can be attended to is > probably for the best. > > if you want, of course, you could always keep some > of them..... (hee hee) > > MC > > On 5/8/07, Sheryl Spagg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > My fellow rescuer/friend just called me to let me > know > > an organization in Chicago will take in all of our > > babies with the momma. They have a whole room > > dedicated for FeLV kitties and right now it is > > empty...My friend was so happy about this but I am > > kind of mixed and I not sure why...they will do > all of > > the medical stuff and will try and find homes for > > them...so financially we are now much better...I > guess > > I just wanted to find them "homes", not a shelter. > I > > should be happy but I am just sad they aren't > going to > > have a family to love them right away. The lady > from > > the shelter really wants us to remove the 2 week > old > > baby and start strictly bottle feeding as well as > > removing the babies that are older because they > are > > almost weaned anyway. since the 2 week old wasn't > > hers she felt she had a better chance of being > > negative, but there is no way for me to do > that...I > > work 10-12 hour days plus I don't any other rooms > in > > my house to put them in... > > I just want them to have great lives and I am sure > > this shelter will provide that for them until a > family > > is found... > > In one way I think this was a blessing that we had > > this happen because like you guys know most are > PTS if > > they have this diagnosis, but now we have educated > > ourselves to know it doesn't have to happen and we > > know what to do next time we encounter it... > > Sheryl > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Expecting? Get great news right away with email > Auto-Check. > > Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. > > > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html > > > > > > > -- > > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > MaryChristine > > AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 289856892 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
