Re: Advice for a Newbie Appreciated

[Nina]

Jenn, So, you're not only an exemplary cat-mom, your an excellent girlfriend too!  I'm sorry to hear about Moogie and her Momma.  What were Moogie's complications?  I lost my Jazz at 18 mos too.  I'm guessing the fur-mom of my pos litter also died.  Before I knew their status, I used to wonder what kind of cold-blooded person would dump a box of 2 1/2 week old babies.  How much trouble is it to let mom take care of them until they're weaned?  After I found out about the FeLV, I figured Momma must have died.  So sad. Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks!! I try. Not easy with a full time job, and a boyfriend in two bands that I have to get to practices and gigs and be a roadie for!   Since I'm re-replying to this thread, I'd just like to add that I had a negative household, then I took in a stray who was positive, and she had positive kittens. The stray died, but I kept one of the kittens (Moogie), and she lived in my household for 18 months (until she died) with my negatives, including Doobie, who was her surrogate "mamma" and cleaned her butt and everything, and NONE of my negative cats have EVER tested positive, with NO separation of any kind between them and the positive cats who have been here. Like I said, the chances of a healthy adult cat getting FELV are slim to none, and I'm speaking from professional studies AND personal experience.   Jenn   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Did you check out Jenn's website.  Damn, she spent a lot of time putting that together, (you go girl!)." No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.8 - Release Date: 5/10/2005