Concern about a shelter issue-- I brought him HOME!!!

**Lizzie** · 07-07-2011, 03:13 PM

Like Kittycats_Delight, whose name I can't remember, I had a FELV+ cat, well kitten (she was born with the virus, as was her much weaker brother) live with 6 other cats, all over the age of 5, all off the streets so with good immune systems and all given their FELV shots, for the 7 years she lived. None of them contracted the virus from her and three of them lived into their twenties.

I'm appalled also that the shelter is putting the FIV+ cats at such great risk, it really isn't fair to them. Agree with Freedom that the FIV+ cats should go in with the negative cats if they are out of space because that transmission is far, far rarer. Also, FIV isn't such a very big deal but FELV is a terrible disease.

Anyway, welcome to Calloway and I hope all goes well.

We've got somewhat the opposite problem at the shelter where I volunteer. The new vet, who I really like in general, insists that FIV+ cats cannot be adopted into a home with non-FIV+ cats. The shelter has had to change their policy due to her stance. Whenever she goes on about it, I blow her a raspberry in my head because it helps me curb my tongue.

**jennielynn1970** · 07-07-2011, 05:16 PM

My new boy is home!! He has made himself quite at home and is a very talkative boy indeed, lol. He's been velcro-d to me since I left him out of the carrier and has been such a lovie. I can't believe he sat in that shelter for over a year.

There was another reason I wanted to adopt him TODAY. Last year, I found my sweet girl, Finae had gone over the Rainbow Bridge while I was up camping. This was the date I found she had passed. So, for me, this is also a rebirth of a new spirit in my home. Calloway is nothing like Finae, and will never replace her, but I wanted to do something in her memory, because she was my special girl.

I will take pics as soon as I can. Right now I'm tired from running around all day, and want to take a cat nap, lol. Hope my boy will join me, although he seems to have taken a grand liking to my sofa, and is relaxing there at the moment. I don't want to disturb him, so I'll spend some time with my other kitties here as well, well, as soon as they come out of hiding. A few have been brave and came down to see who was walking around howling, but Boris has been MIA since I came home with Calloway. At least she's not shrieking at him like she did to Grizzly.

Speaking of Ms. Grizzly, I may have found a home for her, so she hopefully won't be a cabin cat all summer, lol. I'll let ya'll know when she is in her new home.