tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603723189041366390.post5006575394439100820..comments2024-03-24T03:22:32.092-04:00Comments on thebean: Ugggh.Janinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12418387692646783553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603723189041366390.post-88879171585295554242015-11-11T17:12:27.904-05:002015-11-11T17:12:27.904-05:00Janine,
Please do not be to hard on yourself. I a...Janine,<br /><br />Please do not be to hard on yourself. I am confident that the Cats will test negative. Only a small percentage test positive and than sometimes they are actually false positive results. You do an amazing job daily Cat Angel! If we all had half your devotion and stamina life for our four legged felines would be remarkable. Thank you for the daily sacrifices you make so the Cats on your beat can be fed, sheltered, rescued and ultimately adopted out to forever loving homes. You are making a huge difference daily and owe none of us an apology. I ask all your readers to please help you any way they can. Whether it be through food or financial donations , helping with trapping, fostering or helping find homes for these Cats so you are not compelled to return them to a life of hell on the streets of Rochester.<br /><br />Walt Simoni Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603723189041366390.post-27446106190582291032015-11-11T16:49:13.819-05:002015-11-11T16:49:13.819-05:00Testing is tough. I always test ANY cat I get--wh...Testing is tough. I always test ANY cat I get--whether from a shelter, a trapping episode, from a breeder, wherever--and then again after 90 days. And those 90 days seem to stretch on forever... I have heard horror stories of people adopting a kitten from Lollypop with existing cats in the home only to find out later that the kitten was Feluk positive later--even though it tested negative at the shelter--and then some of the cats in the household became positive, too. (Saw someone crying at the vet and that was the story he told me.) The kitten had become very ill and to exclude possible illness, the vet tested it. Heartbreaking.<br /><br />Janine, you have sooo much on your plate. And I know how tight money can be. Perhaps for those that are going to foster homes, you might want to test them or have the foster agree to test them (and redo it in 90 days). 90 nerve-wracking days. It really isn't practical to put them in a holding cell for that long. Whenever I bring a new cat into my home, I am a basket-case for three months--even with the purebreds, because you never know.<br /><br />Janine, you are doing the best that you can--and as you go along--sometimes you learn something new or you step back and take another look. That's Life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603723189041366390.post-27298687581205888412015-11-11T09:53:29.416-05:002015-11-11T09:53:29.416-05:00Girl...We all make those omissions...it is very st...Girl...We all make those omissions...it is very stressful if it could cause another harm. I think testing before adoption is a good idea because you dont' want any of the new Adopters cats harmed. Something I know you would never want to do. Maybe a check list to go thru with interested adopters? you know shopping list form? please be careful what you write about work...someone might know someone and share..to the wrong person. feel free to delete my post if that protects you. I have on Feline Aids positive kitty, waiting to see if he has leukemia. he was attacked and severly injured when I took him, so it is possible he contracted it..so the vet said wait three months and retest. It is a long wait. and meanwhile you get so attached. I am using a soft cone to keep him from injuring my other cats.. as he is not being nice with the other kids probably cuz he is feeling better, needs to be neutered. There is always a solution to help..if someone has issue with a positive cat. perhaps they could swap with someone who doesn't. If I could place my two fosters I would take cammy.. for forever.. Keep getting out of bed woman..up and at em.SueAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759102005011619284noreply@blogger.com