I am glad. For her and for you. L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin Starrett Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Four FeLV+ kittens need caring homes
Yes, I intend to keep Eva. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2010, at 6:39 PM, "Laurieskatz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Bless you for taking in Eva and helping her and her babies. > I hope you can keep Eva? > House of Dreams' website is very impressive! > Did you see there is another FeLV+ cat from CA who needs a ride? > Baxter is in San Luis Obispo, CA. > God bless you and the family of five. > Eva was hanging around because she knew you would help her. > L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin > Starrett > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Felvtalk] Four FeLV+ kittens need caring homes > > Hi, > > I recently took in a stray cat who had been hanging around my > apartment, > whom I named Eva. It turned out she was 3 weeks pregnant when I > took her > in. The vet confirmed the pregnancy at around the 5 week mark, but > for > whatever reason didn't test Eva for FeLV or FIV until I brought her > and four > kittens in when they were 3 weeks old. She tested positive for > FeLV. Three > weeks later, all four kittens also tested positive. They're getting > tested > again in three weeks as there's some chance for kittens to convert > from > positive to negative, but I am less than hopeful at this point. > > Due to the illness, the adopters I had lined up have decided not to > adopt. > I am single and live in a 1 BR apartment in Sacramento, CA. I > simply can't > care for five cats, let alone FeLV+ ones. Fortunately, a shelter in > Portland, OR has agreed to help out if needed. They're called House > of > Dreams and can be found on the web here: > http://kittydreams.typepad.com/house-of-dreams/. They have a > dedicated area > for FeLV+ cats and will attempt to adopt them out to caring homes. > > That being said, I would like to see if there are any caring homes > willing > to adopt one or more of these cute little guys before I commit them > to this > shelter. If any of you are within a few hours of Sacramento and > would like > to adopt, or know someone who does, please get in touch. > > Here are some pictures: > > The whole gang, about 4 weeks old: > http://img514.imageshack.us/ > img514/5876/30312101501970372950267.jpg . From > left to right: Fuzz (male), Doom (male), Kima (female), and Pika > (female), > and in back is the mom, Eva. > > About 6 weeks old: > http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6237/28612101502070684200267.jpg > Kima and Pika: > http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4325/28612101502070684650267.jpg > Fuzz: http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5323/28612101502070684750267.jpg > Doom: http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/904/28612101502070684500267.jpg > > > Thanks for all your help, > > Colin > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
