MAY NOT LIVE OVER A YEAR, BUT THEN YOU NEVER KNOW. MY ANNIE IS NOW 8 YEARS OLD .
---- Amy <[email protected]> wrote: > I volunteer for a rescue in Rochester, NY and have also owned leukemia > positive cats (rescues) for years. We were recently contacted by somebody > that adopted out a kitten from a litter of 5 that she found outdoors. She > got a call from the adopters that the kitten tested positive and that the > people needed to bring him back. She wanted help so we paid to have all 5 > kittens tested this week. All five are positive. The foster is willing to > hold them for 30 days so we can retest them but she does not want to > euthanize (nor would we suggest that) and she can't keep them. She has five > cats of her own and can't take another 5. She would like us to try to find > adoptive homes for them. > > We have agreed to find homes for them if she will let us screen the homes and > do the adoptions through our rescue, Animal Service League. We would love to > find homes for them with people that know this disease. We have a black, a > blue cream, a gray and white, a calico and a tortie. Pictures are available > if you email me. We will determine sex and give them names soon. We will > also retest them at 30 days or possibly do an IFA to make sure they are > positive if somebody wants them sooner and has other leuk positives. We > wouldn't want to send them to a home with leukemia if there is any chance > they are going to fight it off but will all five positive, we suspect some or > all of them will remain positive. > > These kittens will not be free. We will do all the vetting on them - > spays/neuters, microchipping, rabies, distemper, flea and parasite treatment, > etc., and will charge a $115 adoption fee. We are a rescue and will not > adopt out animals that are not fully vetted and we don't do free adoptions. > We are aware that they may not live past a year or two but they still deserve > a loving, responsible home and proper veterinary care. > > If anybody is interested in helping one of these little beauties, please let > us know. > > Amy Weygandt _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
