well, don't want to write the word, but I'm in a FUNK - just got back from the vets with the results of the Leukemia test - yes sir-re-bob, it's 85% positive this little guy has it!!!
I guess there's another test that could tell me with about 10% more accuracy, but what's the sense in getting it!?
I have 3 of my Original cats that are healthy - at least for now.
So, with rescuing the first stray - who tested positive with FIV, now a second with FeLv - which, I guess, is even more contagious, and I may have put my Original cats at risk without realizing it.
Buddy has been mostly kept away from the other cats, but yesterday when I left for the vet I forgot to close the door to his room, - and the Original cats may have gone in there, used his litter pan, sniffed, or drank from his water ... but, I don't know ?? so, that, along with a couple of encounters between KiKi and Buddy where Buddy licked KiKi's head - I thought it was sweet, HA!, the kiss of death is more like it.
So, now I'm trying to get up to speed on this disease, and trying to figure out what my precautions need to be.
I know I'm taking KiKi to the vet for testing, but if he does show positive I think I'll cry - the idea of trying to help a stranger at the risk of hurting a family member is just plain awful to even think about. ugh!
I guess there's another test that could tell me with about 10% more accuracy, but what's the sense in getting it!?
I have 3 of my Original cats that are healthy - at least for now.
So, with rescuing the first stray - who tested positive with FIV, now a second with FeLv - which, I guess, is even more contagious, and I may have put my Original cats at risk without realizing it.
Buddy has been mostly kept away from the other cats, but yesterday when I left for the vet I forgot to close the door to his room, - and the Original cats may have gone in there, used his litter pan, sniffed, or drank from his water ... but, I don't know ?? so, that, along with a couple of encounters between KiKi and Buddy where Buddy licked KiKi's head - I thought it was sweet, HA!, the kiss of death is more like it.
So, now I'm trying to get up to speed on this disease, and trying to figure out what my precautions need to be.
I know I'm taking KiKi to the vet for testing, but if he does show positive I think I'll cry - the idea of trying to help a stranger at the risk of hurting a family member is just plain awful to even think about. ugh!