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Marina - 13 Dec 2007 13:19 GMT

Thought I'd update you on my friend's cat in Toronto. As it turns out,
he is suffering from FIV. This is apparently why he had been turned in
to the Humane Society, where my friend adopted him. The HS said nothing
about FIV, though he'd been sick while he was there, and the previous
owners had said they couldn't afford the vet bills.

Now, did the HS know he had FIV, and didn't say in order to get him
adopted, or did they not even test him? I guess we'll never know.

Anyway, he has a good, caring home with my friend, forever or until his
quality of life deteriorates too much, when she will make sure that he
is relieved of his suffering. I know many cats live long, happy lives
with FIV, and so does she. We are purring for little Keissa (the name he
came with - anyone know what that means?).

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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) - 13 Dec 2007 19:22 GMT

> Thought I'd update you on my friend's cat in Toronto. As it turns out,
> he is suffering from FIV. This is apparently why he had been turned in
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> Now, did the HS know he had FIV, and didn't say in order to get him
> adopted, or did they not even test him? I guess we'll never know.

Probably didn't test him. (Not much point, if they may have
euathanize an animal in a week or so - or is that HS a "no
kill" shelter?)

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Marina - 14 Dec 2007 04:42 GMT

> Probably didn't test him. (Not much point, if they may have euathanize
> an animal in a week or so - or is that HS a "no kill" shelter?)

Evidently a no-kill shelter, since the cat had been there for several
months. My friend is always agonizing about how he had to spend all that
time in a little cage.

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Karen - 14 Dec 2007 01:25 GMT

> Thought I'd update you on my friend's cat in Toronto. As it turns out,
> he is suffering from FIV. This is apparently why he had been turned in
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> with FIV, and so does she. We are purring for little Keissa (the name
> he came with - anyone know what that means?).

That's really too bad :( However, on the upside, my vet treats FIV
cats. She says some can live a normal lifespan and never blow up into
full FIV. The important thing is to really get on top of it anytime
they get sick. If you *think* they might be sick, get them seen. Some
people have real luck supplementing interferon to the diet. I'm sure
with a caring loving home, he can do well. It's kind of strange, but
maybe for some reason they were meant to have him.

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jofirey - 14 Dec 2007 02:05 GMT

>> Thought I'd update you on my friend's cat in Toronto. As it turns out, he
>> is suffering from FIV. This is apparently why he had been turned in to
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> home, he can do well. It's kind of strange, but maybe for some reason they
> were meant to have him.

Some cats do better than others. The feral we took in that had it, infected
our resident meezer, who died in a few months. Maggie, the feral lived
several more years.

(This was about twenty years ago)

Jo

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Marina - 14 Dec 2007 04:53 GMT

> That's really too bad :( However, on the upside, my vet treats FIV
> cats. She says some can live a normal lifespan and never blow up into
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> caring loving home, he can do well. It's kind of strange, but maybe for
> some reason they were meant to have him.

I'll pass this on to Keissa's slave. Maybe you're right, they were meant
to have him. They first adopted another older, female cat from the same
shelter (they don't know for sure how long they will be staying in
Toronto, anything from 5 to 10 years, depends on Eeva's DH's job). Their
old Abessinian cat (19 yo) who had a lot of health problems had to be
PTS just before they left Finland.

This older female cat had some issues (like fiercely attacking her own
tail every so often), and she hasn't quite accepted the intruder cat
yet, but they are now able to sleep on the same bed. Eeva has a lot of
time to work with them, since she's not working over there.

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Steve Touchstone - 14 Dec 2007 21:26 GMT

>Thought I'd update you on my friend's cat in Toronto. As it turns out,
>he is suffering from FIV. This is apparently why he had been turned in
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>with FIV, and so does she. We are purring for little Keissa (the name he
>came with - anyone know what that means?).

I'm glad that Keissa found a home with your friends. I'm wondering if
it wouldn't be possible to get his medical records from the HS. It
could be that the FIV is a false reading because he received the
immunization. I was told LB had FIV by my new TED (the old TED
retired), but then I remembered she had the immunization when I first
got her. Even if it turns out that he does have FIV, it might be
useful for his treatment to have access to his old records.

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Marina - 15 Dec 2007 06:30 GMT

> I'm glad that Keissa found a home with your friends. I'm wondering if
> it wouldn't be possible to get his medical records from the HS. It
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> got her. Even if it turns out that he does have FIV, it might be
> useful for his treatment to have access to his old records.

I think he definitely has FIV. because he had a bout of vomiting that
lasted a couple of days. Apparently his frequent need of vet care was
why his former people gave him up. :(

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