Lorrie, I'm so sorry for your loss and heartache, but how wonderful of you to take these little kitties. You have made a huge difference in their lives...and as we know, their love is our payment. Blessings to you and your calico angels. Bonnie
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday was a sad day.... I had my beautiful, sweet calico kitten, > Maggie, euthanized. She was only 9 months old. Her sister, Molly, was > euthanized last month, and they are buried side by side in the woods next > to our house. I took in this litter of 4 FelV kittens in July knowing > they'd probably all die, and consequently break my heart, but I had room > in my FelV sanctuary so I wanted to give them a chance, and they had 9 > happy months living in the upstairs of my large rescue building in town. > > I watched them running thru their rooms, scooting thru the tunnels, > climbing up the cat posts, and walking across the wall walks which were > built just for them, and they were happy kittens. Their three rooms upstairs > were all made into a cat play ground and also had second hand furniture below > the walk ways where I could sit and cuddle them or they could sleep. They had > a good life, and longer than they'd have had if I hadn't taken them in from > the person who was going to have them PTS because of the FelV virus. > > For 8 months they seemed to be in perfect health, and I actually believed > they'd be fine, but then Molly, who was also a calico, got sick. Maggie > still seemed fine but a bit more quiet, but within a week or so she went > downhill fast. Two of the precious kittens from this litter are still > with us, and so far they seem in good health, but for how long? No doubt > I'll be in tears again when this horrible virus over takes them. > > Lorrie > > _______________________________________________ > 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
