Neighbor's cat double pos

2008-05-23 Thread Kelley Saveika
Hi guys, Lately Rescuties has been expanding our services to include a limited amount of free spay/neuter for the pets of handicapped or housebound folks in the area. I have a neighbor who is wheelchair bound, so we took her female cat up to be spayed a couple of weeks ago. Today we had their

Re: Neighbor's cat double pos

2008-05-23 Thread Lynne
What wonderful work you do Kelley. How old is Jack? Has he showed any symptoms? I have little knowledge of this horrible disease, just my own experience with my little guy who died, but I think if the lady is feeding him well and he'd doing ok I wouldn't alarm her with this news. Maybe just

RE: Neighbor's cat double pos

2008-05-23 Thread Chris
You know, there are probably thousands and thousands more undiagnosed cats then diagnosed ones. What matters most for these little ones, at least in my opinion, is the overall care and love they get. If they're safe, not hungry, and in general good health-that's half the battle. The rest is

Re: Neighbor's cat double pos

2008-05-23 Thread Kelley Saveika
You're right. We probably shouldn't even have tested him, and normally I wouldn't, but there is another cat in the house, Star. We had her spayed and initial vacs for distemper, rabies and FELV 2 weeks ago, and she's going to be boostered and tested tomorrow. I don't know exact ages on either -

Re: Neighbor's cat double pos

2008-05-23 Thread Belinda Sauro
Hi Kelley, A predicament indeed ... I would just explain that is they can afford it they should get any negs vaccinated, do the best as far as food they can afford and most important as far as I am concerned keep stress to a minimum. The cats all live together already so have been

Re: Neighbor's cat double pos

2008-05-23 Thread Kelley Saveika
Be thinking negative thoughts for Starshe goes in to be tested tomorrow. I really hate light pos results... On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Belinda, Good advice. I would imagine his major stress is going to be transitioning from an outdoor