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Chaos, the 5-6 week old Kitten, is FIV Positive
by: Lissa
on Thu, Sep 20 2007
A policeman found two abandoned kittens near an old house where no one lived for many years. His wife had taken these kittens in and offered them on craigslist for adoption. I was browsing through the list and saw such a cute 8 week old black and white kitten (she posted the two cats seperately). I called her up and met with her immediately. I took the kitten home with me and introduced him to my two dogs and my roommate’s dog. While they were all excited about the new “baby,” they all got along great. I introduced my full grown cat to him as well, but he hissed and I have had them seperated. We took Chaos to the vet last Saturday and he was tested positive for FIV He also had a parasite in his stool, so they are not allowed to share litterboxes and the dogs can’t eat out of the litterbox (the puppy likes to try), SO they are only allowed to play together when the door to the litterbox is closed.
Today I introduced Mr Tinkles (the older cat) to Chaos for a longer period of time and while Mr Tinkles growled and hissed, they eventually started to get along more. They were together for about an hour. The vet also mentioned that Chaos was NOT 8 weeks old, he is 5 to 6 weeks old.
Now just because this poor kitten has FIV I don’t plan on finding a new home for him or letting him go. I plan to help him live a fullfilled life rather it be 10 years OR 5 to 6.
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September 2007
- Cayenne had a good life - by Deborahde - (Fri, Sep 28 2007)
Those w. FIV+ cats, have a little hope. It is not always an immediate death sentence. I have a story to share of 8.5 years with my FIV+ cat. It ended this past Tuesday. I am at peace with this and my decision to work for a longer life for my beloved Cayenne.
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- Vets can mislead - by Yen Chin - (Wed, Sep 26 2007)
My wife and I recently adopted two kittens who are now about three months old. A week ago we took them both the the vet for a check up and to have them tested for internal parasites. The vet also did an FIV test and found a positive result for one of them.
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- Scruffy and I - by Dalene - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
I have 2 cats, a male (Scruffy) & female (Kamakazi Kitty). Yesterday i took them in to get them fixed. I was told that they’d be tested for FIV and if they were + they would be put down. I replied, ” why, i wasnt put down when i was diagnosed with HIV.”
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- Chaos, the 5-6 week old Kitten, is FIV Positive - by Lissa - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
A policeman found two abandoned kittens near an old house where no one lived for many years. His wife had taken these kittens in and offered them on craigslist for adoption. I was browsing through the list and saw such a cute 8 week old black and white kitten (she posted the two cats seperately).
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- My FIV experience - by Nancy - (Fri, Sep 14 2007)
My first FIV+ cat, Comet, wandered into my backyard when he was about7 years old. He was beat up, had a severe upper respiratory infection, giardia, coccidia, roundworm, tapeworm and a severe case of conjunctivitis.
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- Our one night battle - by Nikki - (Mon, Sep 10 2007)
My boyfriend & I had bought 2 fun loving kittens from the same litter, a male & a female. They were both fun & energetic & then one day our male cat stopped wanting to play & would keep to himself a lot, but we didn’t think anything of it at first because he still showed us love and would play on occasion.
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- ACE (FATBOY) - by lisa - (Sun, Sep 09 2007)
last night at 5.30 we took our cat to the local vet because what we thought was a sore on his face was actually a cat bite they did a simple blood test on him for fiv we found out that he was positive for this when we got ace he was from the wellington spca the vet thought he had contracted this from there.
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- Twain - by Lawrence - (Thu, Sep 06 2007)
I first met Twain on the back porch of my apartment. He liked to sun himself there, and would disappear every time I came out. Little by little he acclaimated to me, and feeding him some tuna/salmon helped.
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