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I have multiple cats. A few days ago I took some of my cats to a local free rabies clinic. I have 2 white cats.....the only way to tell them apart is one of them has a faint narrow grey "line" on the top of her head. My daughter & I "rounded up" 5 cats.....one of them a white cat...

I was able to get an appointment with a nearby vet. It turns out she is NOT pregnant just overweight. Not sure how a cat living outside could find enough food to be overweight. The vet said she could be spayed tomorrow so we left her at the vets.  It's a big relief that she is not pregnant. I...

I live in the cul-de-sac of a small development. I suspect that people are dumping cats in the cul-de-sac. I haven't been putting out dry cat food on my front porch since this past January. I was only putting out food if I saw a stray cat around. I decided to put out some dry cat food since the...

Thanks for sharing your experience with your FIV+ cat. There are some other considerations that my husband has set......so it's not as easy as just adopting her back from the shelter.

Update.... The 21 day quarantine period was up a few days ago & she is in the FIV+ room. There are 8 other cats in the room. The first few days they kept her in a cage. They then let her out during the day & put her back into the cage at 5:00 pm to spend the night in the cage. We have visited...

MaxMommy... I live a few miles outside of Flemington, NJ. I don't think I'll be able to convince my husband to agree to have the mother cat come back here. My daughter & I have visited Mommy Cat every day since Monday Oct 10th. Luckily it's not far to drive. She is lying at the back of the...

Thank you all for your info, advice & comments. The issues I was concerned about were: Her being an FIV+ kitty & the fact that she was always an outside stray cat, would she be an OK indoor cat. I was also concerned how she would interact with my other cats. The more scared or nervous she was...

The shelter/sanctuary where she is right now have separated the FIV+ kitties into 1 room. The female cat we brought to the shelter is in a cage in a separate room in quarantine for the next 17+ days. Then she will go into the FIV+ room. She was an outside cat....definitely a stray & probably...

Sorry ..... obviously she is FIV+ ..... but I forgot to actually indicate that in my previous message!

I have 6 "kittens" in our home. They were born last August 2010 somewhere near our property. I eventually trapped them all after the mother disappeared. They've been spayed/neutered & given shots. The kittens were put in separate bedrooms in our house. Over time they were let out of the...

Update........my kitty was on Baytril pills for 10 days & all is well.

I took 2 urine samples to the vet yesterday. They were from my 2 older male cats. One sample came up with an infection. The vet prescribed an antibiotic.....Baytril. I would not have thought this particular cat had a urinary infection. His behavior was perfectly normal. Thanks for the...

The kitty that has FIV is in a huge dog crate. She is semi-feral. She is not the one peeing pink/red pee. And.......in the last 2 or 3 days, no cat has been leaving behind pink/red pee.

I checked everywhere in the house yesterday (except the basement but the basement door is kept shut at all times). There are no new pee spots. I also was in the laundry room (where the litter boxes are) & saw 2 of the "kittens" use the litter box. I took a small spoonful of wet litter from...

At this point, since there is nothing to indicate a problem, I don't know how to narrow it down to which "kitten" could have had the bloody urine. I've eliminated 3 of the adult cats because they never go up to the 2nd floor (a red pee stain was in my son's closet).