Ahhh, thank you Diane!
We need all the luck we can get...... :)
Yes, and the funny thing is, Sheila told me that she had me to blame for
adopting the 3 cats that were felv+.
I originally sent her the link, and she said the black & white cat just
"haunted her".
Originally when she called BF, she planned to just sponsor the cat (they had
already recently donated $10,000 to BF for another rescue, something to do w/
Baghdad animals?)
She sent it back to me when we were discussing another hoarder situation, I
hadn't even remembered looking @ it prior.
Shows what kinda "blinders" I wear, doesn't it?
Off in lalalalalalala land..............!
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: Rosenfeldt, Diane
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:06 PM
Subject: RE: Update on FLOCK
Susan, I've had your link open all day and have been reading the story and
the comments. Truly awesome work by BF in a really sad situation. I'm glad
your vet's wife is taking the black and white and the 2 others. They will
certainly have the best of care! As for you, it sounds like you have a full
plate right now. Maybe after you determine the status of your "limbo" cats and
know more about what you'll need in the way of space for the sick ones, you can
reconsider taking a Nevada cat. I think it would be a very kind thing to take
Julia's positive boy and give him some nice company. Best of luck with all the
retests!!
Diane R.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Dubose
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 3:52 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Update on FLOCK
I just spoke w/ my vet's wife, Sheila, and here is what is happening so far.
She is adopting the black & white cat from the newsletter that you see when
you pull up the story.
The cat is felv+.
(When she applied for the cat, health status including test was unknown.)
She is getting 2 more that are felv+, for a total of 3 from this group of 400
cats.
The woman in charge of adoptions for BF, said so far 39 have tested pos. for
felv.
Not sure how many have been tested out of the 400, but I would think if they
tested neg/neg, they would have to be "limbo" cats for @ least 3 months until
they are retested.
My situation is this, I have the BF application to fill out, however, out of
the original 25 we rescued from the hoarder in Houston this past spring (she
had 185 living in a 1400sq.condo in downtown Houston), I took 14 and someone
else took 11.
One of my 14 tested pos., now she lives w/ my other 3 felv+ cats, one passed
away due to mega colon & seizures, leaving me w/ 12 "limbo" cats.
All are to be retested this week, (hopefully) but it might have to be next
week.
Julia, the person who took the remaining 11 cats, had one turn felv+ after 3
months (he is also fiv+ , but that was not a big concern).
She had her cats divided into big "walk in" size pens roomed @ 3 each.
(Mine have been roomed @ 6 / 6 ).
She immediately vaccinated the other 2 cats that was w/ her double pos. for
felv., and will retest in 6 months.
Her vet said that if they had an exposure to felv, and then were vaccinated,
they had an 80% chance of staying neg.
(jump in & correct me if I am wrong).
So, why I am telling you this is, w/ a heavy heart I feel like I should take
the double pos. cat from Julia since she has no place to keep him, and he is
alone, as opposed to taking a cat from Nevada.
Plus I might have more pos. cats next week, when we start the retesting, who
knows........
I guess I can always see when the lease runs out in the guest house behind me
and turn it into a felv+ house.....
On another note, I was very impressed w/ the BF screening protacol for these
cats, which I am sure must be standard procedure.
They have a network that can do a home visit anywhere in the country, and a
pilot that volunteers to fly the animals to their new homes.
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
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