Thanks for your replies. Lynda, sorry to hear about your cat. That's what I
fear.
But I do agree as he gets older and is not neutered, he will become very
frustrated.
It is bad enough he can't be with other cats. When I first called, I was told
they
won't do the surgery b/c of fear of spreading disease in their facility. That
sounded
wrong since arent' they supposed to use sterile procedures and keep animals in
surgery
separate? So I called again and a different person told me the reason was
liability. That
doesn't sound right either since they make you sign a form accepting risk. This
is a facility
that euthanizes feral positive cats upon testing when brought for sterilzation
unless theperson
bringing the cat in takes it back unsterilzed. I do have a private vet but she
has seen only one
cat test positive in her practice t so I'm not sure if she would know about
risks.
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From: dppl dppl <dppl1...@yahoo.com>
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2012 12:25 PM
Subject: neutering a positive cat
I still have Mitt, the kitten I found in October who tested positive. He seems
to be
healthy at this time and around 7-8 months old. I am thinking I should have him
neutered but the local humane society refused to do surgery on a positive cat,
claiming surgery could trigger an immune system problem. Has anyone neutered
their positive cat after finding out it was positive and what was your
experience?
Thanks for any input. PS: Someone asked my in a prior posting why the vet give
vaccinations before getting blood work results that showed positive. She sent
the
blookwork to an outside lad since she said it would be less costly and that
same visit
when blood was drawn, she went ahead and did vaccinations.
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