Looking for a Home for a Special Needs Stray Cat Found in the Toronto Area

[Save A Cat]

Looking for a home for a stray cat found in the Toronto area. This cat was
picked up by a ninety year old lady who unfortunately is very ill and is now
in the hospital. Her outlook does not look good at this point. She will be
in the hospital indefinitely so, a friend of hers brought the cat (I call
him Neumann) to the shelter where I volunteer at. Neumann has tested
positive for the feline leukemia (FeLV) virus. As you probably know this
does not mean he has feline leukemia it just means that he has come in
contact with the virus. He is doing very well (eats like crazy!) so, he has
developed an immunity to it. Like the feline aids virus (FIV) he can live a
very long and normal life (I know someone who had a FeLV positive cat who
lived 17yrs). Also like FIV he should be in a home with other cats who have
tested positive for the the virus as it is transferable from cat to cat
(although the vet said that he can live in a multi-cat household with cats
who are negative as long as the other cats have the FeLV vaccine - the
vaccine is extremely effective (95%) but I'm not sure it's a good idea to
risk it). It is not transferable to people, children dogs or any other
animals so he would also be great in a single cat home or with a dog or
other pet. The shelter where I volunteer wants to put him down, but they
have given me some time (they didn't say how much and I didn't ask!) to try
to find him a home.

He is a 2 year old male short haired orange and white very affectionate
fellow. He LOVES to be adored. If there is someone interested in him that
is not within driving distance from Toronto I am willing to figure out a
transportation route. Also, I will be getting digital pictures and can
email them to you. If anyone can help or offer assistance I would be very
grateful. This guy is such a sweetie, he deserves a shot at a happy life!

PLEASE CONTACT ALEX AT

[Cheryl]

"Save A Cat" > dumped this in
t.cable.rogers.com on
19 Apr 2004:

> Also like FIV he should be in a home with other cats who have
> tested positive for the the virus as it is transferable from cat to
> cat (although the vet said that he can live in a multi-cat household
> with cats who are negative as long as the other cats have the FeLV
> vaccine - the vaccine is extremely effective (95%) but I'm not sure
> it's a good idea to risk it).

Good luck with your happy home finding. I'm sending out best wishes. I
have a multi-cat household and one positive for FeLV, the other two
vaccinated and this has been two years now. I'm also anal about keeping
the litterbox clean, cleaning food bowls and water repositories
regularly. I don't clean food containers with a bleach mixture, but I do
clean litterboxes with bleach. I also make sure to feed the best food
they will eat, and watch for any signs of missing meals or other health
problems. So far, so good. 2 years now and counting. :) I agree it is
IDEAL for positive cats to not be around healthy cats, but it can be
done. I chose to risk this only because my positive cat became positive
from a blood transfusion; he was here before the others; second cat was a
foster who was unadoptable so I kept him; 3rd cat was born feral and
trapped by me and socialized, no organizations had room for her at the
time.

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Cheryl