I give it to my cats, have for years - not every day, just
occasionally. FYI -GLoria
On Jul 12, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Melissa Lind wrote:
My heart goes out to you Heather. You are such a kind and
compassionate person—it’s so frustrating to run into people who
aren’t understanding or who are downright cruel. I live in
Nebraska, and my home is full (with 5 negative kitties), but if I
can think of any way to help you, I’ll let you know.
Have you tried Best Friends in Utah? They took my FeLV kitty this
past May.
Good luck with your endeavors! Keep us posted.
Melissa
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:felvtalk-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heather Wienker
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:37 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: FELV kittens
Hello-
I am new to this group, having trapped an injured Mom kitty at my
new job, who turned out to be FELV & FIV positive and a nursing
Mom. This was in April, I had 3 injured cats in my first two weeks
of changing jobs, I work with ferals and it's been one of those
years...it's especially sad as I'm told someone trapped this Mom
last year, she was not injured at the time, they got a kitten from
her that was negative (so she may have been as well), and she went
back out unspayed even though they (incorrectly) thought she was
declawed. This whole thing could have been avoided, and Mom is a
very sad kitty who has obviously been hurt by this world. She has
an eye and ear injury and is very meek and depressed.
Of her kittens, two initiallly tested + for both FELV & FIV, two
only + for FIV....sadly, they have now retested + for leukemia.
Three cleared the FIV, the fourth may have as well but the person
who has him has not retested yet (I have no control over this
unless I take the kitten from her permanently and have not been
able to find a foster, I have no room whatsoever myself, it's been
a somewhat unfriendly situation of impasse in dealing with the
ladies at work as they've wanted me to place them asap and me only
having a sanctuary option available a little further down the
road). The kittens are approx. 4 months old and very social.
We haven't been able to find homes or foster homes and the ladies
who currently have them had given me until June 30 to find homes or
fosters or they would have them euthanized. They haven't done so
yet but one is taking hers to a different (very large, over 700
cats) sanctuary this Sunday, which I am troubled by as this kitten
is extremely social and has lived indoors since 5 weeks of age,
though of course I appreciate the help of a reputable sanctuary.
I don't have much time on the one kitten, but will continue to
search for homes for the other 3; two of them have been together
all this time and are very bonded, those are the two who initially
were only FIV+ but retested positive for leukemia. I know this is
confusing, but basically, 4 FELV+ kittens need homes, two need a
home together. All have been tested twice but the 4th whom I do
not have in my posession...it's been a difficult situation without
going into it further on dynamics. I am heavily involved with
multiple colonies and have exhausted all of my rescue friends/
resources as far as fosters or homes go for the many kitties I am
trying to help, including these guys who are difficult to place as
FELV+.
If anyone knows persons who might be interested in adopting one or
two FELV+ kittens from Tampa, Florida, please pass this along.
Thank you all for loving FELV+ Kitties!
--
Heather
