For them, it would be like having a perpetual cold, possibly thousands of
dollars in vet visits over the course of their lives and of course, they
could be potential carriers, causing a spiral of sickness among other cats
in the shelters and in homes.

I trust the vets' advice and I also trust the SPCA inspector's advice.
Besides, they weren't mine to decide on to begin with. We were fostering
them for an animal control officer. They were rightly his. He made the
decision. We have to live with it. I don't have the money to put 5 kittens
on antibiotics, as well as my other 2 if they contracted it. The SPCA
doesn't have the money to do it either. It wasn't my decision and I'm not
going to torture myself with the notion of "what if they were mine".

I stand by the decision of the SPCA. I also stand by my own principles of
not fostering any more kittens. I can not emotionally cope with the loss or
potential loss.
--
Aphrodite's Cat
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
If I become an evil Overlord Rule # 64: I will see a competent psychiatrist
and get cured of all extremely unusual phobias and bizarre compulsive habits
which could prove to be a disadvantage.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Mary" wrote in message
...
It turns out that my fosters had an upper respiratory infection- so,
today I
had to turn them over to the SPCA to get put down. If treated, it could
have been a total cure or someone could have a sickly cat for the rest of
their lives.

I don't understand. They just needed antibiotics. All of my fosters cats
and
kittens had URI. I just gave them clavamox and they were all fine in a few
days. None were sickly forever. Am I missing something here?


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