I was looking into fostering a FeLV+ cat.Well I inquired about a kitten named Ricky and they called me today(and left me a voice mail) and told me that he had to be euthanized last week. It wasn't due to the leukemia, she said there had been an accident and he ended up having to be put down. I'm assuming he might have got hit by a car or something.
His sister Patty still needs a home(the FeLV+ foster family they're in has too many cats, they needed someone to adopt or foster Ricky and Patty) but Paul has thrown the wall back up and is back to refusing to allow me to foster or adopt a cat.
I was heartbroken to hear that Ricky had died. Just seeing his picture online was enough for me to really want him, and to get to know him and see if him and Nuts could be friends. I just hope it was peaceful for him and he didn't have to suffer before he want to the bridge.
I feel horrible for his foster parent(s), both him and Patty were bottle babies so I know this has to be horrible. I know how it felt to lose Attitude and she wasn't hand raised, her mom and aunt did all the work, but just knowing her from the time she was a little puffball of black and white fur, with no teeth, a giant meow, and a HUGE attitude.
I'm also sad that Ricky never got to have a furrever family as well. I was going to keep him until he found a family or for the rest of his life. I didn't even know him but it still hurts that I never got to meet him.
I feel like I lost another cat. First Maude(Feb), then Attitude(Nov) and Ricky(Dec.) It also hurts that Paul has thrown the wall back up and is refusing to let me get another FeLV+ cat.
I guess Nuts is just going to have to accept being alone for the rest of his life. I hate FeLV and the fact that it has robbed Nuts of ever getting to have a
feline friend, it robbed Attitude's life, and I'm sure it weighed in on Ricky's fate. I didn't like how the woman who left the voicemail kept referring to Ricky as 'the cat with feline leukemia', he had a name, why don't you use it instead of referring to him in general terms.
Taryn
His sister Patty still needs a home(the FeLV+ foster family they're in has too many cats, they needed someone to adopt or foster Ricky and Patty) but Paul has thrown the wall back up and is back to refusing to allow me to foster or adopt a cat.
I was heartbroken to hear that Ricky had died. Just seeing his picture online was enough for me to really want him, and to get to know him and see if him and Nuts could be friends. I just hope it was peaceful for him and he didn't have to suffer before he want to the bridge.
I feel horrible for his foster parent(s), both him and Patty were bottle babies so I know this has to be horrible. I know how it felt to lose Attitude and she wasn't hand raised, her mom and aunt did all the work, but just knowing her from the time she was a little puffball of black and white fur, with no teeth, a giant meow, and a HUGE attitude.
I'm also sad that Ricky never got to have a furrever family as well. I was going to keep him until he found a family or for the rest of his life. I didn't even know him but it still hurts that I never got to meet him.
I feel like I lost another cat. First Maude(Feb), then Attitude(Nov) and Ricky(Dec.) It also hurts that Paul has thrown the wall back up and is refusing to let me get another FeLV+ cat.
I guess Nuts is just going to have to accept being alone for the rest of his life. I hate FeLV and the fact that it has robbed Nuts of ever getting to have a
feline friend, it robbed Attitude's life, and I'm sure it weighed in on Ricky's fate. I didn't like how the woman who left the voicemail kept referring to Ricky as 'the cat with feline leukemia', he had a name, why don't you use it instead of referring to him in general terms.
Taryn