FlopsnWills
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Hi all, I'm a regular lurker around these forumsand I was just wanting your advice on something that doesn't have to dowith rabbits. Let me start out by telling you that we have 4 dogs, 5cats, 2 buns, 3 hermit crabs, and a betta. It's a pretty full house!
One of our cats adopted us back in August and we decided to name himJoey. We always quarantine our animals before introducing them and wealways have a checkup before letting them settle into our family. Aweek or two after feeding Joey, we brought him in for his neuter andfound out he had aweak positive for Feline Leukemia. I'm notsure how many people here know about this disease, but it's verycontagious to other cats when they come into contact with them andhaven't been vaccinated against it. (Just another reason to have yourpets regularly vaccinated!)Joey is a very young cat, so we're guessinghe was born with it, unfortunately. He has been living in our playroomoff of the garage with a couch, a kitty bed, a heater, good qualityfood, and lots of toys and we try to give him as much attention aspossible. Is this cruel? We have a shelter about an hour away from uswho takes in leukemia positive kitties, but it would cost me money tohouse him there.. and I've grown very attached to him, and so has myfamily. What would you do? He seems to be happy as he plays with anyoneand loves to cuddle.. we even put classical music on for him. I justworry about him getting bored, yet I know a lot of cats have it wayworse than him.
The vet said he could live 10+ years with health monitoring and shedoesn't see anything wrong with keeping him the way we've been keepinghim. Sorry this is so long, I really want advice! I've also never givenaway an animal.
One of our cats adopted us back in August and we decided to name himJoey. We always quarantine our animals before introducing them and wealways have a checkup before letting them settle into our family. Aweek or two after feeding Joey, we brought him in for his neuter andfound out he had aweak positive for Feline Leukemia. I'm notsure how many people here know about this disease, but it's verycontagious to other cats when they come into contact with them andhaven't been vaccinated against it. (Just another reason to have yourpets regularly vaccinated!)Joey is a very young cat, so we're guessinghe was born with it, unfortunately. He has been living in our playroomoff of the garage with a couch, a kitty bed, a heater, good qualityfood, and lots of toys and we try to give him as much attention aspossible. Is this cruel? We have a shelter about an hour away from uswho takes in leukemia positive kitties, but it would cost me money tohouse him there.. and I've grown very attached to him, and so has myfamily. What would you do? He seems to be happy as he plays with anyoneand loves to cuddle.. we even put classical music on for him. I justworry about him getting bored, yet I know a lot of cats have it wayworse than him.
The vet said he could live 10+ years with health monitoring and shedoesn't see anything wrong with keeping him the way we've been keepinghim. Sorry this is so long, I really want advice! I've also never givenaway an animal.