I hope this piccy shows up. The kitty on the left is Lain and the one on the right is Ping Pong just a little before she had her babies. I thought this was really cute cause they actually cooperated long enough to take a cute piccy. Ping has a very pretty face but the flash bothers her eyes so all pix taken w/flash look like this. Not to worry....I figured out how to turn it off in the pictures that are now on the camera. I'll try and get them up tonight
I'll share another cat story w/all you.
A few months ago a grey tom that had been hanging around(Carlotta's "lover" and Ping Pong's daddy)had been practically stolen by my neighbors. He has stolen previous cats being an eleged "cat lover" but he only feeds the bunch I have now(when they are PURRRFECTLY well fed
But anyway...turns out...he had this cat tested and it had both of those contagious cat diseases. FIV and FeLuk. The vet begged this guy to put him to sleep(the guy already has three indoor cats and you can't really let a tom w/2 contagious diseases run around). So he keeps him alive and lets him run around the neighborhood(the vet neutered him but he still attacked neighborhood cats). This made me furious but I was scared to death that maybe my cats had it. They hadn't had their shots at the time(I can't drive and I don't have a job yet, so unfortunately, it's not up to me when the go to the vet
We took them to the vet and got the darned expensive testing on all three of them(Ping being PG at the time). I was scared to death. My cats are closer to me than human children ever could be...I love them so much I just couldn't....hey, ya'll know what I'm talkin' about!!!
Well, turns out none of them had it!!! I was praying like CRAZY and I'm so thankful to God now....there's no doubt that there's a God because my babies should've had it...especially Ping Pong. My folks still aren't great about taking them to the vet but once I got a job and can drive they'll have their shots all the time.
I have read that cats that spend most of their time outside and around lots of other cats have a high tolerance immunsystem and are less likely to catch the disease than fewer cats spending most time inside. Good to know!
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