It's a difficult decision.. cats are a lot more complicated than dogs due to all the virus related illness.. there are lot of more things to consider whether we need to keep them "together" or "separate" which you really won't have to worry about at all for medical reasons most of the time...
I am speaking of psycho-spiritual level totally.. I have two felk kitties who are asymptomatic and I am so grateful.. and I have CRF kitty whom I am trying to do everything I can to take care of... you just don't know with kitties.. positive may become negative and negative becomes positive.. I am experiencing this all the time with FIV virus.. and I just stopped putting the test result at the top of the priority.. "negative" does not guarantee anything as feline have so many complicated other illness.. and positive also does not mean "death sentence" --- for the same reason, you will not separate kitties who have lived together for years if you just find out if one is positive.. I would not separate these two.. they need each other.. again, that's me --- I have done some things totally based on the test result one time.. and I ended up regretting for the rest of my life.. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 3:47 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: 2 littermates - one pos/one neg It is tough when you are not in the position of being able to keep them yourself, (and who in rescue, besides Hideyo, can keep doing that?). We have a couple of "foster" Chow/Husky littermates at our house. I was determined to keep them together too. They are so bonded, (together they are outgoing and social, take one out without the other, and they are introverted and insecure). They've been with us for months and I finally told Bruce that we might have to consider separate homes for them. He looked at me and with a pout on his face as he said, "They are home". I guess they are. As I just wrote earlier, I sent my little Chiu/Terrier rescue, (Pequita, all of 7lbs soaking wet) off this morning to her forever home. She was a nasty little cur when she showed up at my door and has turned into such a sweet, trusting girl, always doing her best to understand and please. It's so hard to part with any of them. Can you tell I bonded to her as much as she did to me? (BTW, Belinda, the EE did help me!). Something about these two kittens... The fact that they are only 7 weeks old and have come from a feral mom, have been crated together through what must have been a terrifying experience for them, I don't know... I understand the hard decisions that have to be made, but I'm still praying there is a way to keep them together. Maybe I don't belong in rescue, but I still can't help leading with my heart. Nina Susan Hoffman wrote: > That feels very right on a psycho-spiritual level.
