i am SO grateful that i never had a cat i was about to adopt test positive--all i know, until about 2002, was that you SHOULD get them tested....
like the vast majority of folks, i would have followed the vet's recommendation and euthed the kitty. i know of many in the shelter where i worked who were asymptomatic who were just routinely killed: remember, tho, that that's why we're all here: to learn and teach others. i know it would be very hard for me had i had a healthy positive euthed, but hopefully i'd have come to realize i didn't know better. how did we network and learn from one another before the web???? i'm a chat host on a cat website, and when people come to chat or post on the boards about having had their vet tell them to kill their FIVs or FeLVs--especially when the cats have been members of the family for awhile, and were just tested routinely--and they did so, i don't know what to say. at that day and time--sometimes in pet loss chats--just doesn't seem right to add more pain to their lives, but i get so frustrated... MC -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (www.purebredcats.org) Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
