Also, Caroline, another thing to consider is the impression that "sick cats"
make on the community, espeically the cat haters.
People see one sick cat in their yard, and the next thing you know it's "round
up" for ALL of them due to people think / will say, "we need to get rid of
those cats in the neighborhood, they're sick!"........
Just an excuse to them.
Seen it happen, way too many times........
like I said, these are hard choices, but we cannot save them all.
And I would not trust anyone who thinks / says that they can.
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
"As Cleopatra lay in state,
Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
Purring welcomes of soft applause,
Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
Trajan Tennent
----- Original Message -----
From: Caroline Kaufmann
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: FelV+ kitty that needs a home
I will talk to her about the pos. pos. cat then and tell her what you said.
As for the black and white kitty, I just have never brought another cat into
the house because #1- Monkee hates other cats! He's crazy. However, one of
the "street" cats I talked about, I call her "the little girl"- she is on my
front stoop all the time and when Monkee is on his porch, well, they see a lot
of each other. Now, he's not totally cool with her, but he has gotten better
and she's kind of become a nice, distant companion for him since he's gotten
ill. When I do take him out now, she walks around us, near, but never
touching, and he seems to like it. But I wouldn't want to do ANYTHING that
would distress Monkee- like bring in a kitty. And #2- I still have trouble
understanding the whole FelV+ thing. Since she is a kitty, I would worry that
she could be false pos. or throw off the virus and if so, exposure to Monkee
would be a very bad thing. I have just always played it safe and never let
Monkee touch or get near any other cats ever. I always tell Monkee that I
could "do more" for the kitties out there if he wasn't such a b*stard! But I
think he "knows" that and likes to keep it that way!
-Caroline
