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I do many cat rescues (over 100 in the past year) and I need help in finding a home for a friendly FELV+ cat: Chelsea is a Siamese Snowshoe mix with large round brilliant and expressive blue eyes.  This 2 year old lives up to her breed’s description:Social…An Ideal Companion… Affectionate…Vigorous …Intelligent…Healthy…Habitats Well with Other Animals…Loves to be Around People…Vibrant and Alert…Active but not High Strung.  

Visit http://www.geocities.com /heartland/meadows/2595/puss _siamese.htm?20073 for more information on Snowshoes.  They are known to live many healthy long years.  Chelsea is completely healthy but recently contracted the Feline Leukemia virus.  She has no signs of any infections and can live a healthy normal life for an average of 8-12 years if kept indoors and fed a nutritious diet.  Her prior owner compromised her health by letter her go outside unvaccinated.  She could just be a carrier of the virus—I plan on further testing as I have time.  She is now current on all her vaccinations and was spayed around 6 months of age.  She is also micro-shipped.   I cannot keep her because I have a multi-cat household.  She sleeps with me by placing her head on some part of my body.  She is truly a real sweetie in Pittsburgh PA.  Please contact me at my cell at 412-901-6371 or marie.santilli@citizensbank.com.

 

 

 

Freckles is a one year old female tortie cat that came to AZARS in April with eight kittens.  She was found as a stray or an abandoned cat with four kittens of her own and four kittens she adopted when “their” mother abandoned them.  It was easy to find a foster family for Freckles.  She is a beautiful, loving cat that takes exceptional care of her babies and will purr at the slightest touch.  Who wouldn’t want a cat like that?   
She was taken into the AZARS foster home along with all eight of “her” babies.  As per the AZARS procedures, Freckles and her kittens were quarantined until she could be tested for Feline leukemia (FeLV) and the feline immune deficiency virus (FIV).  When Freckles received her test, she tested positive for feline leukemia.  While we at AZARS were hopeful that she may have had a false positive test, subsequent in depth testing confirmed that Freckles did indeed have the feline leukemia virus.
While this was very bad news for the AZARS volunteers, the worst news was still to come.  Transmission of the leukemia virus can also take place from an infected mother cat to her kittens, either before they are born or while they are nursing.  When the kittens were old enough to be tested, all were found to be carrying the feline leukemia virus.  Standard protocol for kittens that test positive for feline leukemia is to retest them after ninety days.  This is done because a percentage of all infected kittens will be able to fight the virus and test negative, completely free from the virus.  We are currently waiting to see how many of Freckle’s kittens will eventually test negative.What does this mean for AZARS and Freckles?  Some organizations will simply euthanize animals that test positive or FeLV and FIV.  After all there are hundreds of healthy animals that are being euthanized each month.  Why should they spend the time, effort, and resources on these cats when there are so many\n other “healthy” cats in need?  While that is a very logical and pragmatic solution to the problem, it doesn’t address the needs of the cat, or for that matter, the volunteers that love and foster these unwanted animals.  \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\>At AZARS our mission is to give every cat and kitten we take in a chance at life.  We will continue to try to find homes for Freckles and her kittens and to do that, we will need your help.  A home for Freckles will need to be a home without other, non-infected cats or other infected cats.  FIV positive cats can also live with other dogs, as dogs are not able to get the virus.  If you would like more information on how you can help provide a home or financial assistance for Freckles and her kittens, please contact Mandy at 480-503-3647 or send an email to \u003ca href\u003d\"mailto:hadleyd@cox.net\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>hadleyd@cox.net\u003c/a\>.   \u003c/div\>",1]
What does this mean for AZARS and Freckles?  Some organizations will simply euthanize animals that test positive or FeLV and FIV.  After all there are hundreds of healthy animals that are being euthanized each month.  Why should they spend the time, effort, and resources on these cats when there are so many other “healthy” cats in need?  While that is a very logical and pragmatic solution to the problem, it doesn’t address the needs of the cat, or for that matter, the volunteers that love and foster these unwanted animals. 
At AZARS our mission is to give every cat and kitten we take in a chance at life.  We will continue to try to find homes for Freckles and her kittens and to do that, we will need your help.  A home for Freckles will need to be a home without other, non-infected cats or other infected cats.  FIV positive cats can also live with other dogs, as dogs are not able to get the virus.  If you would like more information on how you can help provide a home or financial assistance for Freckles and her kittens, please contact Mandy at 480-503-3647 or send an email to hadleyd@cox.net.  
 

 

I am a local animal rescuer here in Chattanooga, TN.  I currently have 9 cats of my own...all rescues that have been dumped/found.  I am involved in fixing everything that comes my way, finding homes for the friendly ones, and placing ferals in barn homes or doing trap-neuter-release.
My most recent neighborhood rescue unfortunately has FIV and Leukemia. He is so friendly, young, and healthy, that I didn't have  the heart to put him down.  I have been fostering him now for 2 months and have been unable to find him a suitable home.  I NEED help.
His name is Verbal.  He likes to rub on your leg, butt heads, and sit in your lap.  When he gets lonely, he becomes quite the talker.  He is such a lover, only about 1 year old, and already fixed and vaccinated. I love him dearly, but know that I can't keep him around my other cats.
PLEASE help him finally get a home where he can get more attention and
roam freely.  Thank you for your time.  Ali Dudek  (423) 322 - 7941  aligato777@juno.com posted 4-27-07

 

 

This a short story of Tom the wonderful cat.  Tom lived with a nice lady who was unexpectedly hit by a car and killed last year.  He lived on the streets for several months and was fed by a neighbor but she couldn't have a cat in her apartment.  That's where I came in.  I'm a volunteer at a no-kill animal rescue (I work exclusively with dogs), and have been for several years, and someone who came to look at dogs there pleaded with me to help this poor cat in her neighborhood who had no home.  The lady who had been feeding him cooperated with me and got him in a carrier for me to pick up and I had him neutered and tested for feline diseases.  Unfortunately, even though he is only 3 years old, he tested positive for feline leukemia.  The animal rescue that I am associated with has no facilities for this type of special needs cat and I unfortunately cannot adopt him.                                                      

Tom has now had his shots and is a beautiful, well-adjusted, very intelligent cat.  I am keeping him until I can find a suitable place for him but I really don't have a good place for him with my 3 dogs.  Any help would very much be appreciated.

 

Karen Sprague TKR3@aol.com    posted 3/10/07,

Dearborn, MI - click on photo!

Dearborn, MI - click on photo!

I found this cat hanging around my apartment, he had some pretty ugly looking cat fight injuries. At the time, I did not know that they were from cat fights, I just new his neck didn't look very good and he was limping; so I set a trap and a  few days later I trapped him and took him to the vet. My plan was to get the wounds attention, vaccinate him, nueter him and rerelease him, but plans don't always work out how we'd like. I have given him all the vet care he has needed, nuetered, vacinated and antibiotics, and he's doing much better. However  once we did bloodwork I found out he is FIV+. Hes been living in a cage for 2 weeks now at the Vets office, but soon I have to take him home to live in a cage in my house because I have three other cats without FIV. He needs a home... not a cage. He was a feral cat but he is really coming around he enjoys lots of affection,  he really relaxes which makes me feel there is a really great cat inside. I haven't been able to get him to pur yet but I know it will happen soon. I have gotten him to start enlivening his tail to tell me how he's doing. He's all black, about two years old and not very big and with handsome big round head. He's had a rough go at it, his fight wounds were pretty wicked, I think he was probably on the looseing end and I would really like to turn that around for him. I would embrace him permanantly in my home in a minute but I have to consider my other cats, so please help him get a winning chance at purring for many years to come. Contact me at sunyogadogs@yahoo.com or 843-324-2003  posted 2-21-07

FeLV+ kitty looking for a home…and not just any home. You see, I’ve been having this run of bad luck. First, I found myself outside with temperatures plummeting. I was cold and hungry, but not feral like those other cats. I thought my luck had turned when a nice lady let me inside. I gave her kisses, and she took photos of me to try to find my owner. Surely, with as friendly and lovable as I am, I must have an owner who misses me...but she soon found out I didn’t have an owner. So she decided maybe she could keep me, but she already had a very spoiled kitty who didn’t like having competition, especially since I’m so cute. She took me to the vet, because either way, she wanted to make sure I had all my shots. Then my life took another turn, for the worse, because I tested positive for feline leukemia. There’s no way she can keep me now because I’m a danger to her other kitty. But she spent lots of money to see if my leukemia was in my bone marrow, and we got some good news for a change that it wasn’t. So I might just be a carrier, or I might get sick later, it’s really hard to tell, but now if I go to the shelter, they will euthanize me. I would be ideal for someone who already has a FeLV+ cat that is looking for a playmate. I’d consider being someone’s “only cat” as well, but we have to be really clear, I can’t go outside, or interact with other cats, because I would feel really bad if I infected another cat. And my new owner should realize that while I may be healthy now, my immune system may be weaker than most, so I might need to go to the vet even if I just get a little bit sick with a cold or something. Anyway, I know it’s a long shot, but if you think you can offer me a loving home, please let me know. Oh, and about me…my name is Little Sox, and I’m a black and white female cat, approximately 7 months old, and if you want, I’ll even get spayed before I come to live with you. Please email me at thejess@msn.com if you can help!  thejess@msn.com   posted 02-07

 

 

Hi, here is Roo, FeLV+ in Florida - DOB appx February 2006, DSH brown tabby & white male.  Roo is very sweet and was pulled from the county shelter where they were going to kill him immediately due to his front legs being deformed.  He is special needs because he has Radial Hypoplasia on his front legs, where they are short and bent so he walks like a kangaroo (thus his name). He loves to be petted and he sits up on his hind legs most of the time. ROO TESTED POSTIVE FOR FELINE LEUKEMIA AT THE VET - HOW UNFAIR, TO HAVE A HANDICAP AND NOW HAVE ANOTHER ONE! Roo needs a home with other Leukemia cats, or a home where he is the only cat. When you are holding him he wraps his little legs around your shoulder and presses his face into your chin. We also call him "Roo-Rex" because he looks like a Kangaroo and a T-rex! In one of the pictures you can see his front legs a little bit. RH has no affect on his overall health, however the FeLV does, we have seen them live regular lives (about age 8-12 yrs) in homes where there are only a few cats. In a shelter where there are dozens of FeLV+ cats, they only live a year or two, likely due to the stress of so many cats in a small space. THANKS! Mona -Mona Motz <monamotz@yahoo.com   posted 2-07