On 9/4/07, Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I read the article,and their biggest reason was the cost. > > It's irresponsible to not test a cat prior to adoption, if nothing else, you > will know it was neg/ neg @ the time of testing,can be retested later. > > So,if you are adopting out cats and charging a fee, what exactly would the > fee cover, besides surgery,(if even that?).
Vaccinations, deworming, whatever has been done to the cat. Some rural shelters can't afford surgery. I was talking to the new director of Christ-Yoder at the TASC conference and she told me that she was trying to get local vets to donate just 4 low cost surgeries a month and was not having much luck with that. It was really sad. But that's getting off the subject (and Christ-Yoder doesn't combo test either that I know of). > > Do you (not YOU Kelly) just say, "Well,folks, here is your kitty, it may or > may not have felv or fiv. > We wouldn't know because we don't test for that here. > Feel free to have your new cat tested though. > Oh, and if it comes up positive you can talk to your vet about options?" It looks like what the places who opt not to test do is offer the option to the adopter to have the cat tested at the time of adoption. Or yes, the person could choose to take the cat to their vet if they wanted. We actually combo test all cats before adoption, but the frustrating thing about this disease to me is that one negative or positive test doesn't really seem to mean too much. AAFP standards call for testing a cat any time it becomes severely ill, regardless of previous test results. So really unless you are willing/financially able to retest all cats in your household every 6 months or so, you don't know what you have. -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
