Too much heartbreak...

kittylover23

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Hi all. I just lost another cat. I took Goofy in to be neutered, and they found that he had a URI so bad that he could hardly breathe...and advanced FIV. They refused to let me bring him home no matter how much I pleaded them to let me take him to my vet. They put my baby boy to sleep.
Sally, my feral kitten, died on Friday. I still don't know what happened. I think that she might have been attacked by another animal.
On December 16th, my feral cat Betty was hit by a car.
My heart is broken. I don't know how much more I can handle. I love rescuing ferals, but I just don't understand why they are all dying on me. The veterinarian that put Goofy to sleep is meeting me later on to consult with me. He thinks that there could be an outbreak of a sickness in my colony. :(
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Oh Jen! :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: I am so, so, so sorry. :heart2:

And why on earth does this vet think there's an "outbreak" in your colony? :dk: There's ONE cat with FIV and a URI. :dk: The FIV if "advanced" (though how they can make that determination without specific blood work looking for a specific blood component, I don't know) would account for his susceptibility to a URI.

And you just recently started caring for these kitties - there's every reason to think that with the better, more reliable nutrition they receive now, their immune function should be greatly improved. You can consider adding lysine to the food you leave out for them - it doesn't increase the expense much if you already put out a little bit of canned food.

We have 11 ferals active in our colony. One of them is FIV positive, and he's a little aggressive. We've taken two of the already sterilized ferals in to see the vet for health reasons, and neither of them has FIV. You're in the process of sterilizing the colony - that reduces the aggressiveness AND stops the mating. FIV is not nearly as easily passed on as FeLV, so once the colony is fairly stable, there's no reason to think any FIV kitties would be mating with or biting (in the sense of deep tissue bite wounds) other cats. It is NOT typical in the U.S. at least, to test for FIV and FeLV when TNRing.

Again, of our 11 cats, Smokey seems to have ongoing problems with URIs - but none of the others do. We take him in, get him a shot of convenia, and that clears up the problem, until it comes back again 1 - 2 months later. But he hasn't passed that URI on to any of the other kitties.

So without seeing any other colony cats, how could a vet possibly have any idea there's an ongoing problem with more than that one kitty? Has this vet sterilized other cats from your colony?

And if they have URIs, why are they not giving them a shot of convenia before sending them home to be released? :dk:

I'm so sorry, sweetie. :heart3: :hugs: :heart3: :hugs: :heart3: :hugs: :heart3: :hugs:
 
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You know I am thinking of you girl!
I wish there was something I could do to help, but being involved in rescue myself, I know exactly what you are going through as there have been a few times where I have lost many fosters in a short period of time. You are doing your best love. It's all you CAN do. Hopefully things will be better from here on in.

 
 
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LDG said:
Oh Jen! :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: I am so, so, so sorry. :heart2:

And why on earth does this vet think there's an "outbreak" in your colony? :dk: There's ONE cat with FIV and a URI. :dk: The FIV if "advanced" (though how they can make that determination without specific blood work looking for a specific blood component, I don't know) would account for his susceptibility to a URI.

And you just recently started caring for these kitties - there's every reason to think that with the better, more reliable nutrition they receive now, their immune function should be greatly improved. You can consider adding lysine to the food you leave out for them - it doesn't increase the expense much if you already put out a little bit of canned food.

We have 11 ferals active in our colony. One of them is FIV positive, and he's a little aggressive. We've taken two of the already sterilized ferals in to see the vet for health reasons, and neither of them has FIV. You're in the process of sterilizing the colony - that reduces the aggressiveness AND stops the mating. FIV is not nearly as easily passed on as FeLV, so once the colony is fairly stable, there's no reason to think any FIV kitties would be mating with or biting (in the sense of deep tissue bite wounds) other cats. It is NOT typical in the U.S. at least, to test for FIV and FeLV when TNRing.

Again, of our 11 cats, Smokey seems to have ongoing problems with URIs - but none of the others do. We take him in, get him a shot of convenia, and that clears up the problem, until it comes back again 1 - 2 months later. But he hasn't passed that URI on to any of the other kitties.

So without seeing any other colony cats, how could a vet possibly have any idea there's an ongoing problem with more than that one kitty? Has this vet sterilized other cats from your colony?

And if they have URIs, why are they not giving them a shot of convenia before sending them home to be released? :dk:

I'm so sorry, sweetie. :heart3: :hugs: :heart3: :hugs: :heart3: :hugs: :heart3: :hugs:
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i really would have to question that vets competence. to murder a cat for that when you were willing to have it treated is just wrong.
 
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I'm so sorry too - many
for you and your kitties at the rainbow bridge.
 
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