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What to do with a stray cat? (San Diego)?
Neighborhood lost the main person feeding the local cats. One cat won't leave the house and has lost significant weight. We wanted to take her to the vet to check if she is FIV positive (we already have 1 cat), her age and her health. We are thinking of adopting her if she is negative for FIV and if not contacting a local siamese rescue. I need help finding a vet or some cheap way to get her examined and cleaned up
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- Elaine MLv 73 years ago
Please take her in even if she's FIV+. We adopted 2 FIV+ cats off the street here and neither were biters, they did not spread FIV to the three indoor cats we have. It's not an easy disease to pass, the cat has to bite the other several times, deeply, to pass it.
Our five lived together. 24/7, for 12 years and we had no transmission. I had also joined the FIV owners cat list on the YahooGroups page, it's a large list and one thing we found was that none of the owners had had FIV transmission to their indoor cats if the FIV cat wasn't a biter.
General horsing around won't spread it. Our Fred (FIV+) male would body tackle my 1/2 Siamese Tuxedo cat, slide him across the room, they'd kick at each other, mouth each other, then one would break away and jump to the top of the couch, pause 3 seconds then tear off into the bedroom with the other in hot pursuit. Fred never bit, Merlin never got FIV. Neither did the other two. Fact is, I would not hesitate to adopt another FIV+ cat, they live long lives if they get a good diet and vet care.
