Once again, I agree w/ you, Ted.
A kitten that tests pos. and has to be fostered for 3 months or so is taking up
space for probably of dozens of kittens that you know are healthy and will die
if they do not find a foster home.
That's why I say it just takes a very special purrson to work w/ these cats /
kttens, and it's hard choices all around.
When I moved into this bigger home, I decided to have a felv+ room instead of a
'kitten" room.
I opted for the cats no one would want, just because I thought they deserved
happiness and a good life too, no matter how short.
As for what is acceptable isolation, to me is a room, not a cage.
My felv+ cats have a a couch , a bathroom, cable tv and I am in there alot due
to it's also my office & library.
The couch is comfortable enough to sleep on, so, I sometimes nap w/ them on top
of me.
however, in my situation, my limit is four cats.
I do not like caging animals, but everyone has different guidelines on this.
As far as how long will they live.......My vet (who is a feline specialist and
has had felv+ cats for years) thinks that 2 yrs. is the normal lifespan when
they are infected as kittens.
However, everything depends on the kitten, of course.
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: Tad Burnett
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: FelV+ kitty that needs a home
In a perfect world.... But at the rate that neg. 8 week old kittens are being
PTS this year
what are the chances of finding some one to isolate one kitten..
Considering that the 1st year of a cats life may be its most fun in life and
if it is POS.
than that likely will be it only life... What is acceptable isolation ??
being caged ???
I ask because I have offered to take 8 week old pos. but they will have to be
mixed
with my older pos cats... No more chance of testing neg. for that point...
These are kittens that we infected by their mother at birth and even though
they say
it is possible for them to go neg. really how often do they ????
The kittens that I have had infected at birth have ALL passed before a year
old and I
think that has been the case with several others on this list...
I also have 2 others that most likely were infected between 8 and 12 weeks
and they
are still doing well after 2 1/2 and 4 1/2 years...
Any thoughts on this ???
Tad
Susan Dubose wrote:
Sounds like she will need a foster home for about 3 months to determine
whether of not she IS pos., and if so, whether or not she will throw off the
virus.
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
in one place!
