Great news about Charlotte. So sorry about the adopted cats. So may vets recommend PTS when a cat tests positive without even telling the person about the possibility of a false positive or the fact that may positive kitties live long happy lives. Sharyl
--- On Fri, 4/24/09, Laura Mostello <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Laura Mostello <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Cautiously optimistic about Charlotte, plus a little > venting > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 5:53 PM > > Charlotte returned to the vet today as scheduled. Her PCV > is up to 19% versus 9% a week ago. The CBC should be back > tomorrow. Both the vet and the vet tech noticed how much > better she looks. She'll be back for a recheck in a couple > of weeks. > And if I may vent a little: we adopted out 2 cats at > the shelter to one person. The adopter called today and said > that she had both cats euthanized because one was FeLV+ and > one was FIV+. I am really ticked off. We've had good luck > getting these cats out to rescues - we've never euthanized > one who tested positive for either disease - and instead of > calling us beforehand she just had them put down. We would > have taken the cats back and found places for them to go. > It's very upsetting, especially after going through all this > with Charlotte, and knowing how much effort, time and money > the people on this list spend on their positive cats. What a > cop-out. > Laura > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
