Sometime back i did post. Probably in November or thereabout. the discussion
had arisen of how Marilyn wanted her cats to be cared for after she passed.
and she told Michelle she wanted me and Louie to take one. We elected to take
the guy known as Pumpkin, AKA Orangie, AKA Rocky Stallone, depending on what
papers you look at; if we end up with him I think he'll be known as William
of Orange. We said we'd take him because he's the oldest and would be the
hardest for the shelter to place. Now today we just learned that one of
Marilyn's cats is FIV+ and the others will have to be sequestered or a while;
they will be all tested tomorrow, Louie and I footed the bill for it. The
positive ones will go to Michelle (the Tenth Chance president) who keeps a
wing of her house set off as a sanctuary for FIV cats. The negative ones will
be retested after 8 weeks to make sure they're negative, or until the vet
says it's okay to move them to different homes, single-cat or multiples like
us. So it is ultimately a medical decision now whether we'll be getting this
guy, and a moral ecision on all parties involved. As much as I want to keep
to Marilyn's wishes, it would be irresponsible to allow the potential of
transmission of FIV to the other cats. So i'm in kind of a bind. We will take
another one from the shelter, at least, if all these cats end up with FIV.
Sebastian, the fella we learned today was the carrier, was for some reason
not sequestered. So we could have 9 others with the virus, some or none. And
if none show up now, some could show up in two months.

Will anyone here know if, you test and it turns out negative, how long before
it could show up positive if a cat's been exposed?

Blessed be,
Baha