Re: Desperately needing advice!

[Terri Brown]

Judy,   I agree with all of the replies you've gotten so far.  DON'T put the kitty down.   I have one positive and 3 negatives.  All mixed together and all are fine.  In a one bedroom apartment.  The negatives are still negative.  If "your" cat is current on all shots, then my opinion is that your cat is fine.   If you choose not to keep the kitty, please find a home.  Kitty will be safer and will live longer indoors.  And do stay on the list.   Good luck!    =^..^= Terri, Salome', Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Sammi, Guinevere, and 5 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth and Alec =^..^=   Furkid Photos!  Visit  http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7sgqa/ My FeLV Site: http://pages.ivillage.com/ruthiegirl1/MyFeLVinformationSite/ My personal page: http://www.geocities.com/ruthiegirl1/terrispage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Sturm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:47 PM Subject: Desperately needing advice! Hi, a stray cat that I have become fond of has just tested positive for FeLV. My vet wishes to have her put down. I also have a healthy non-FeLV cat that has had very minimal exposure to the cat, but I am terribly worried. Devastated is more accurate. The + cat is about a year old and not symptomatic. I hate to put a very sweet and nonsymptomatic cat down, but it would be very difficult for me to care for this cat responsibly and protect my much loved and not + cat at the same time. Plus I am overwhelmed with guilt for having put my normal cat at some, albeit limited, risk. (They have had a few casual encounters in the back yard, but they don't live, eat, and sleep together. It is possible that my healthy cat may have had some water from the stray cat's dish in spite of my efforts at keeping everything separated.) Advice anyone?

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