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I just read through your thread. It's wonderful how you are helping this cat :) I would say he's a semi-feral now since you're able to pet him and handle him, which will make caring for him and getting him to a vet in the future easier. Don't worry about him losing trust in you--cats are very resilient. You may want to rub him down with a moist, warm towel so he smells like himself to your resident cat, who will still smell him through the door, and not like the vet office. Let us know how things go.

I wanted to add that catwoman707 has a lot of experience rescuing FIV positive cats and hopefully she will come along and help.
 
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I just read through your thread. It's wonderful how you are helping this cat
I would say he's a semi-feral now since you're able to pet him and handle him, which will make caring for him and getting him to a vet in the future easier. Don't worry about him losing trust in you--cats are very resilient. You may want to rub him down with a moist, warm towel so he smells like himself to your resident cat, who will still smell him through the door, and not like the vet office. Let us know how things go.
To my knowledge, i am the only one of the nighbors who can pet him, other than one who rubs his head from her basement window when she puts food out. She has been feeding him for 4 years, since he was a kitten. I have only been feeding him for a little over a month.
I can't really handle him. I haven't tried picking him up of even touching his belly. He still slaps me when i happen to have an arm over him or in a place where he can't see it.
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To my knowledge, i am the only one of the nighbors who can pet him, other than one who rubs his head from her basement window when she puts food out. She has been feeding him for 4 years, since he was a kitten. I have only been feeding him for a little over a month.
I can't really handle him. I haven't tried picking him up of even touching his belly. He still slaps me when i happen to have an arm over him or in a place where he can't see it.
Good tip about the washing!
@MsAimee  thought I might be of some help with ideas, thoughts, etc.

After reading through this thread, getting ready to reply, and got a phone call from a friend and fellow board member who talked my ear off and now I am sleepy!

But I will reply tomorrow, meanwhile be sure to let us know how he's doing when he comes.

He will be druggy, sort of out of it, kittens bounce back so fast it's hard to tell they were even under anesthesia, but adults come back pretty groggy usually. 

Just offer some canned pate and water, he will need some good sleep :)
 
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Hi! Thanks.

I kept him in till 6am. He was being too restless and vocal. 
But he seems ok. Was VERY affectionate and kept coming on my chest to head butt me hard. Kinda creeped me out but he didnt hurt me. I think he was just insecure and happy i was there. He really rubbed his face in mine several times.
He seemed 70% happy and 30% restlessly feral. He ate lots and did all his multiple businesses in the littler box. He slept no more than an hour at a time, on my chest. I'd say 2 hours total.
I found a dissolved white pill in the water bowl. I hope thats not antibiotics he did not get.

The patroller suggested i put him up for adoption. She doesn't believe he is feral. No one seems to believe me when they see how sweet he is (he didn't fuss at all in the carrier) even though i tell them he was once one of a litter of kitten i saw from time to time. All the others are gone\dead. Anyway, she said he belongs in a house with no other cats, or with FIV cats.

Don't know what to do. His home is here, in the yard and on my porch. He trusts me. But i'm not sure good food and a winter shelter are enough for him considering his condition. It gets so cold here in winter. He's already sneezing since he came back . Sprayed his snot right on my face! I give him lysine.

I go from one idea to another, one of them is getting my cat protected from FIV and trying to keep him inside with us, with access to outside. But my Pixie is so naughty. She attacked my head as i was tryng to sleep earlier, after i let Minou out. All cause she wanted to play and i said no and i got 'angry'. The more i try to stop her, the more she gets play aggressive. That might mean disaster for the other one, and big fights.
 
 

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If you decide to find him a home, that could take a while. I can offer some tips on how to continue to care for him now. You can get him a small pet house and purchase an outdoor heating pad for it. I purchased a great one from the Kitty Tube website that was low voltage and fireproof and you could leave on 24/7. My outdoor feral absolutely loved it and we have cold winters in Pittsburgh. It costs about 60 dollars though, but I'm sure you could find a less expensive outdoor pad on Amazon or ebay. The Lysine supplements are a great idea. In terms of getting Pixie to adjust to Minou's presence, I suggest you give Pixie lots of extra attention, toys, interactive play time with a wand toy or laser, and food treats. Do these things especially when Minou is around. My cats have learned that the addition of a new rescue means all of these wonderful things (the last one I took in netted them a second cat tree) and that has made the transitions easier. I have five cats now and they all co-exist peacefully. Pixie is jealous so she needs lots of extra attention. I think it would be great if you could allow Minou some time indoors every day so he can continue to get socialized. FIV isn't spread through casual contact but through deep bites, so you will need to be careful and supervise all interactions between the two cats until Pixie accepts his presence. Cats can and do get socialized with each other when one is outside and the other inside but they can see and smell each other. My outdoor feral knew my indoor cats through the windows dividing my porch and sunroom. My two older cats I would actually take out on the porch in my lap to visit with him. When my feral passed, it was a loss for my indoor cats. (My outdoor feral passed from AIDS when he was 6-7 years old, but he lived a very happy life during that time until the very end.) So Pixie and Minou will get to know each other over time and hopefully befriend each other even if Minou remains a porch kitty. Keep us posted.
 
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Thank you Aimee for your help.
I thought about that too, that it would take a while for him to be adopted. Unless he gets put in a FIV shelter with 50 other cats :\

I have a foam cooler that i will put in a 140L Rubbermaid bin with straw. I already cut the foam box and he went in it once last night just to check it out. Hppefully he takes to it outside. I don't have electricity on my porch :(
Ive been reading\watchin a lot of what Jackson Galaxy does, and he says exactly what you suggest; lots of play and attention and positive association. I'm still wondering how i'm going to keep em separated if mine umps over both barriers. They have probably smelled each other lots though the porch door, on top of my letting her outside with me on a leash when i am sure he is not around. So there are smells for sure. There are visuals when mine sits on the table inside and he's on the chair outside. She used to hiss, but now she just intensly stares at him while he washed himself. Sometimes he gets up and looks at her, but he seems more curious than threatened.
One thing i noticed last night is that he likes being high up on things, like counters and the top of my fridge. Pixie is a bottom dweller, prone to hide and sleep behind doors (unless she sleeps with me). When she is scared she hides low. Not sure these differences will work in their advantage or not. I know i read it would be best for Pix's insecurties to be encouraged to go high up and see her whole territory.
Anywho, iM checking for prices to get Pixie vaccinated for FIV. Prices range from 180$ to 220$ including booster and taxes. Yikes..
Sorry for the typos, i'm exhausted.

I'm sorry for your loss :(
 

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Thanks for the update. You can purchase a thermal self-warming pad to put in his house on Amazon for about 20 dollars. It reflects body heat and has mylar inside of it, which is used for emergency warmth for people outdoors. Put straw (not hay) around it. My feral used that before I got the heating pad. I can provide a link if you like. How old is Minou? He can still have some good years ahead of him. I've had cats with every kind of illness and disease imaginable, they are fighters. Now that he's neutered he will be much less inclined to roam or fight so that is very hopeful. You are doing a great job. He and Pixie will come to know each other, and you have another month or so before it gets cold. One day at a time.
 

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His behavior is great actually, the 30% of him acting anxious/feralish is simply due to all of the new and unfamiliar things in his life now, he WILL overcome in time though.

It takes about 3, and even up to 4+ weeks for the hormones to adjust and be gone, which will really help calm him down too, all around.

Until this time, I would continue to allow your girl and he to swap scents, it's actually a good part of the process of getting familiar with each other.

The slower the process, the better the outcome.

Females dominate males in a home, males instinctively will be submissive to them, so once the male hormones are history, that is when we will help walk you through allowing them to interact.

I would not worry about her contracting fiv either, the only way of transmitting it is through deep bite wounds, the kind only unneutered males who intend to cause injury will make, even play wrestling, play fighting won't cause a cat to bite down hard enough to bleed and transfer fiv.

This just doesn't happen, and even more so with a male and a female, due to instincts of who dominates who :)

You will see this with their behavior soon. She will be a brat girl and act mean, he will be curious and submissive.
 

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Thanks for the update. You can purchase a thermal self-warming pad to put in his house on Amazon for about 20 dollars. It reflects body heat and has mylar inside of it, which is used for emergency warmth for people outdoors. Put straw (not hay) around it. My feral used that before I got the heating pad. I can provide a link if you like. How old is Minou? He can still have some good years ahead of him. I've had cats with every kind of illness and disease imaginable, they are fighters. Now that he's neutered he will be much less inclined to roam or fight so that is very hopeful. You are doing a great job. He and Pixie will come to know each other, and you have another month or so before it gets cold. One day at a time.
Thanks for mentionnning this.  This would be good for my 18 year old and maybe the cats outside too.  Currently we use a plug in board for my old girl but it's hard underneath, this sounds more cosy.  Have you tried it?  Do you think it would be warn enough outside in a -30C (~-22F) winter?  Or colder?  The cats are in our garage.
 

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With temperatures that low, I would advise against switching from an electric heating pad to the thermal pad. There are soft electric heating pads that don't involve hard boards you may want to check out manufactured by K&H and Kitty Tube, and others. They're generally less expensive on ebay and Amazon than in a pet store or from the manufacturer.

Here's a link for the OP, though, for the thermal pad:


My feral survived frigid temperatures in a cedar wood pet house with layers of blankets and a sleeping bag over it during snow storms and bad wind. Prior to the heating pad, I used the thermal pad and filled the house with straw, and he survived. However, he really loved the heating pad and stayed in his house almost non-stop last winter, which was good since he was having frequent infections and not feeling well at times. Given the choice between a thermal pad and a heating pad with a board, I'm sure your cats would prefer staying with the electric heating bad. When I put the heating pad in, I didn't have to put much straw in at all--in fact, he'd push it out--so there was more space for him. But the bottom line is that ANY shelter provided for feral cats is so much better than none.

 
 

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I'm going to make a thermal pad.  In fact  I'm going to make four.  I think they will enhance the warmth we already provide in the garage for the outside cats and be nicer for the 18 year old.  Those pads just have mylar inside them, I googled around and found mylar is used for all sorts of other things and aquarium people were buying theirs at a hydroponics store nearby.  Well, the DH overheard me on the phone and it turns out he has a big roll of super heavy duty stuff used for keeping poured concrete warm in cold weather.  It has bubble wrap, two layers of thin foam and two layers of mylar.  He lined outside cat houses with it.  I have a roll of heavy duty fleece I bought for a sewing project that I never ended up making so I have all the stuff I need already, except zippers for the fleece covers so they can come off to be washed.

DH bought the roll of mylar/foam/bubble wrap at a Restore if anyone wants to check their local one.  It appears to be heavier duty than the Reflectix stuff mentionned on Alleycats.org. 
 
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Y'all's comments make me want to cry. Partly cause im grateful for your help, partly cause i'm sleep deprived 



Sorry for the delay but i've been busy sleeping, working, and taking care of Minou when i see him. He seems to be doing fine, eats very well, and spent the night on my chair and was there this morning for his breakfast. He was a bit late for his afternoon snacks, but had 2 suppers afterwards. I hate the fact i never know who eats the kibble when i'm away. Him or the big tom with a medal who i saw creeping up the stairs earlier, or the...squirrel i caught trying to do the same. I live on the second floor, and obvs that does not matter to these thieving critters.
Before i forget, how do i get him to go in his shelter? It is situated about a yard from where the trap used to be, on my balcony. Dont know if that has anything to do with it, but there is nowhere else i can put it. I have seen him go in and out in my kitchen while he spent the night (i took it inside to maybe help him get used to the big white box) but he wont go in it outside. So far, i have succeded in having him eat his warmed canned food in there, just the head in. I'm hoping he will keep going further as i push it in further. It's going to be freezing point tonight...

Ever wonder if cats would think we are silly humans if they know how hard we try to figure them out? Just a though i just had and it made me chuckle cause, again, i'm sleep deprived.

MsAimee, Someone found some stray for me at a farmer's market and will bring it sometimes this weekend.I have yet to buy the Rubbermaid bin, but i will within a couple days. Minou is 4 years old. He popped out as a kitten, along with 4 brothers and sisters, my first autumn here and that's how i know. I am indeed interested in the self heating pad, and would love a link just to make sure i get the correct item. And one day at a time indeed. That's all i got not to lose my shiz sometimes. This is very important to me, and some big changes will have to happen for me to include him in my comfy home, including loss of money and renos to 'catify' my place (ugly shelves, ugly cat trees, etc)
Your shelter are awesome!

Catowoman707 Thank you so much for your encouragements. Do you now think it's necessary for my Pixie to get her FIV shots? I did not know about female trumping males in households. Then again, i don't know much about cats anyway. That'd be great if he would not try to dominate her and her space. I did hear him growl while inside just cause he smelled her of heard her somewhere in the house. Wonder if that's 'meanness' or just frustration-fear combo.

Piano Cat -30C sounds like you live in Canada like i 


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Honestly, I personally would not use the FIV vaccine.

For one, she will always test positive for FIV, meaning if she ever were to get lost or be picked up by animal control, she would be euthanized.

Two, it does not cover all 5 strains, including the most common strain found in the US.

Three, because statistically, a high risk cat such as regular interactions or sharing a home with a positive cat, only has less than a 2% incident rate where the neg contracts the virus.

And lastly, because I do not believe we should infect our cats systems with a serious, altering virus that they do not have, this is a reason why I think the vaccine sites can cause sarcoma/cancers.

Dr. Niels Pederson helped invent this vaccine, who happens to be one of my mentors and has taught me so much over the years.

It is a personal choice of course, but there is room for improvement on this vaccine still to come too.
 
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My vet called back today. I had left a message earlier in the week.
She says the risks of transmission are slim. That it really takes a big bite with lots of both cats blood. Something about the FIV vax not being available anymore starting next year cause it needs an update.
That it would be much more important for Pixie to get her basic shots again, a year after her first ones. None of the other vets mentioned any of this.
Sound right to you?
This is important cause i started a Gofundme page last night asking for help to pay for FIV vax, not basic vax. I wouldn't want people who donated to feel deceived.
 

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My vet called back today. I had left a message earlier in the week.
She says the risks of transmission are slim. That it really takes a big bite with lots of both cats blood. Something about the FIV vax not being available anymore starting next year cause it needs an update.
That it would be much more important for Pixie to get her basic shots again, a year after her first ones. None of the other vets mentioned any of this.
Sound right to you?
This is important cause i started a Gofundme page last night asking for help to pay for FIV vax, not basic vax. I wouldn't want people who donated to feel deceived.
Here is how I vaccinate cats.

The initial kitten series of 3, then 1 at a year old.

From then on, the very most I will vaccinate is every 4-5 yrs, but indoors only I don't think anymore are needed.

Even my resident cats who I love to pieces and would never risk at any costs, I have only given them each 1 vaccine when they were maybe 6 yrs old or so, and only because I work in rescue and am involved with the Humane Society on the board and interact often with the cats down there too.

If you acquire an adult cat who is healthy, I will give just one vaccine initially, but that's it, with the exception of high risk for exposure as my girls are.

I will not give mine any more ever now. I know someday the recommendation guidelines will have gone from yearly as they used to say, now finally say every 3 years, which took forever, and in the future will say basically what I just have, they are protected for life.

BTW I'm talking about the standard 3 in 1, FVRCP vaccine.

Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, Panleukopenia.

Rhino is THE most common uri, calici is 2nd most common, nearly all cats with uri's have one of the two, and panleuk, which is the cat form of puppy parvo.

They have proved that 1 vaccine only, protects from panleuk for life, the only reason they don't say this for the 2 uri's is because the vaccine does not have 100% efficacy, close but not quite.
 
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Pixie had her first shots of the series of 3 at 4-5 months old (Sept, Oct, Nov 2015). I couldn't do it earlier as she was too sick with FHV. The basic shots are the same here. She also had rabies shot after that, but i wonder why i did that cause i live in the city.
Minou has just had one series of basics at 4 years old when i had him TNRed last week. When i asked if i would need to take him to get a booster after a month, they (SPCA) said it was not necessary.
So if i understand you correctly, Pixie (inside cat soon to be in close contact with Minou) needs her basic shots next month, and should be ok for 3 years. 
Minou is set for life?

I have unrelated questions for you; I introduced the two for the first time today, through a covered baby barrier. Minou was calm but a bit nervous, sometimes releasing his usual meow, and Pixie (when she saw his face through a small hole) hissed a bit, made nine different growling sounds, and *meowed in his face like a tiny kitten does*. Very soft high pitched meows. What IS that?
Also, Minou sometimes licks his penis while he is on my lap grooming. It comes erect almost all at once, and the tip seems redder than the base. Does that mean urinary infection or just normal grooming\fun time? I read online that it automatically means an infection. The vet at the SPCA said they emptied his bladder no problem, and that probably means there is so blockage. 
Maybe i'm worrying too much about this as Minou is my first male cat and i have always heard they often have urinary problems that hurt a lot and cost lots of money to fix\treat..
 

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Pixie had her first shots of the series of 3 at 4-5 months old (Sept, Oct, Nov 2015). I couldn't do it earlier as she was too sick with FHV. The basic shots are the same here. She also had rabies shot after that, but i wonder why i did that cause i live in the city.
Minou has just had one series of basics at 4 years old when i had him TNRed last week. When i asked if i would need to take him to get a booster after a month, they (SPCA) said it was not necessary.
So if i understand you correctly, Pixie (inside cat soon to be in close contact with Minou) needs her basic shots next month, and should be ok for 3 years. 
Minou is set for life?

I have unrelated questions for you; I introduced the two for the first time today, through a covered baby barrier. Minou was calm but a bit nervous, sometimes releasing his usual meow, and Pixie (when she saw his face through a small hole) hissed a bit, made nine different growling sounds, and *meowed in his face like a tiny kitten does*. Very soft high pitched meows. What IS that?
Also, Minou sometimes licks his penis while he is on my lap grooming. It comes erect almost all at once, and the tip seems redder than the base. Does that mean urinary infection or just normal grooming\fun time? I read online that it automatically means an infection. The vet at the SPCA said they emptied his bladder no problem, and that probably means there is so blockage. 
Maybe i'm worrying too much about this as Minou is my first male cat and i have always heard they often have urinary problems that hurt a lot and cost lots of money to fix\treat..
So she had her kitten series but none since?

If so then yes I would give her one more vaccine.

Neither will need anymore.

However if your life changes and years down the road you think you are exposing her to cat viruses you can always give her another. It won't hurt them, but most people overvaccinate and still think yearly is needed, when it's not.

Typical cat talk for a first meet, each introducing themselves :)

I wouldn't say it means an infection necessarily, just keep an eye on that, not literally lol~he still is full of male hormones that will be easily stimulated, but soon enough, that should change.

How you will know is, notice how awful his urine smell is now?

That will turn to normal cat pee smell. Meaning his body has now adjusted to it's post-neuter and permanent state. It will also be seen in a calmer behavior, some more than others.

It may have a bit of irritation, but we'll see how it goes.

Not an urgent issue, unless he stops being able to urinate, that is trouble.

The fact that males get uti's/blockages, well both sexes do, but in males it can be an immediate life threatening problem since they have a much smaller spot the pee travels through, and even a smaller amt of crystal build up can cause a blockage.

You are very cat conscious, so I wouldn't worry about this too much.

Some have a tendency to be more uti prone than most, and a good diet can keep that in check.

Canned is best, or a combo is fine too, since all canned for more than 1 cat is not so affordable to many.
 
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When I had my cat Sonny neutered, he licked his penis for a few weeks afterwards, I think he was still sore. The older the cat is, the longer it takes to fully recuperate. As long as your kitty is still using the litter box, I wouldn't worry about it.

Most states require that a cat receives either the one-year rabies shot or the three years rabies shot. If your kitty is still going outside, you should definitely follow this requirement. I have occasionally had bats get into my home and one of my cats actually had a baby bat in his mouth, so I religiously keep up with the rabies vaccinations on all of my indoor cats. Many Humane Societies have a monthly Saturday rabies clinic where you only have to pay $10 to get the shot. If you take the cat to a vet's office they also charge you the $45 for the office visit and $20 for the shot. So you may want to check this out. I do get booster FVRCP vaccinations for my cats only because My 16 year old cat has chronic upper respiratory infections and is almost always sneezing and coughing. Otherwise I wouldn't bother with the shots after kittenhood for indoor only cats, but I would for a cat that goes outdoors and has contact with other cats.
 
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@catwoman707  Sorry for the delay, my computer often acts up when i'm on here. I started replying 2 days ago but lost everything. Gah.
I have an appointment on monday for Pixie's vaccines. I wonder if i'll need to go for boosters in a month? And do you recommend giving her FeLV vaccines? Minou is negative, but he could catch it.
Minou won't need any more vaccines ever? Or In 3 years?

Typical cat talk can be cute. Yesterday they actually almost touched noses through the baby barrier, then she hissed a bit and was meowing with her kitten voice but so softly it was barely audible. He seems to get a bit bored after a minute and went to eat a bit. She took the treats. When i let him in after (Pixie in the bedroom) i wondered why he was meowing and looking in every corners. I guess he was looking for her.
She, however, emptied the litter box while she was in the bedroom. She did that once, right after being spayed and was hyper for 24 hours. Little jerk, she made a mess. I have incorporated a second litter box in prevision. There will be a third one, his box that i for now keep in a bag on top of the trash can on the porch and bring in when i invite him inside. I don't want to bring it in now and Pixie goes in and puts her scent in there. Maybe he won't use it again if it smells like her.
I have not had the chance to notice if he still licks his giblets. But i have seen him this morning produce a yellowish loose stool in the yard. I wonder what that is...I have seen him do such stools before his surgery, but when i kept him inside post-op, he did a formed stool. He didn't eat much this morning, pooped and left. He didn't eat much yesterday either. He was gone a lot though, so maybe he ate someplace else, food that doesn't agree with him. Or maybe he is sick...It's hard to know.
I already know i'll ask for a cat fountain for Christmas. If this cat gets sick now, i'll have no choice but to have him put down cause i really have no budget to heal him. I have heard urinary blockages are very expensive to treat, and even with basic infection, the diagnosis process is costly. I'm already in debt, with an unstable fridge and caved in sofa that could break any day. I'm sure my vet would agree to have me pay in monthly instalments, but i can't even afford that. I hate being this broke right now.
Still looking for a cheap cat tree and asked for advice for shelf making and installing. This cat is not only teaching me lots about cats, but he is forcing me to learn about shelves.
 
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He licked before his surgery. Why is my font changed? I swear, this computer does not like this forum.It wont let me tag you.Anywho, i have no idea if he pees ok. I'll try and bring him in for longer today and see if he uses the box.I am Canadian, and i don't think rabies shots are mandatory. I was always told it was not that important cause i live in a big city. We do have lots of skunks and other critters though.@MsAimee
 
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