Thank you for adopting these kitties, Alice. I rescue cats and get a lot of feral kittens with eye infections..... Miso was a lucky boy to find you. Your black kitty is very lucky too. I have a dreadful time finding homes for black cats and kittens, and I don't know why. We have 4 black cats and they are all so lovable. We have 14 cats at home now...... All colors sizes and shapes and we love them all, but there is something special about those black ones!
Lorrie On 12-14, Alice Flowers wrote: > Well, here we go into the fray!! After losing 5 FeLV+ boys in the > past 1 1/2 years and suffering the worst heartache and financial > strain-we were down to just Rosie-littermate to 4 of the boys who > passed first, a month apart, all by the time they were a year old. > We just lost Murphy the end of October, he was 2 1/2, and our big, > elderly Aussie on Nov 6. We went to Petsmart to get some dog food > and a local rescue had their adoptable kitties there. I had already > asked the SPCA, been honest with Rosie's FeLV+ status-they said no > kitty for me. I fell in love with 2 of the boys there and had > picked one out-a semi long haired lilac colored kitty. He was so > cuddly and also played tough with the other kittens-he was about 5 > months old and fully vaccinated for the regular stuff and neutered. > I asked them to consult their vet about letting me adopt-they did > and she said no problem!! They kept him an extra month and > vaccinated him twice for FeLV. He had already tested negative for > it. So "Miso" has been home for a week now and our home is active > again-Rosie is playing-they chase each other all over the house! > Oh-Miso had been a feral baby-and had a badly infected eye which > had to be removed-but he isn't hampered at all by it!! He is 100 > mph all over the place and up the cat trees! When we went to pick > him up, I visited the first kitty and he wants to live with us > also-so we adopted him too-he's a solid black, compact kitty-mellow > purr machine, also about 6 months old-the rescue people were so > happy-he'd been with them for a long time-black kitty syndrome, I > guess. But I had gravitated to him first because my lap kitty that > passed 2nd was Jack-a solid black boy who insisted on cuddling with > me as soon as I got home every day and I missed him so much. So in > a month, he will be coming home to our kitty disneyland-with a > living room full of cat towers and pop tents, ball toys in the > tracks and tons of kitty toys! I can't wait. But I think it helps > to get older kittens who have already tested negative and then > vaccinate-it may not be foolproof, but we are trying. Alice > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
