Socks Site and Abby
I think Socks wrote about the ‘new addition’ so I will copy it from his site.
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I am not sure what Mom was thinking today, she brought home another cat!
She keeps calling her Abby, I think that is her name. We met, sniffed, and I am reserving judgement for now. She seems alright, but she seems a little shy to me. Mom spent some of the afternoon trying to get ‘abby’ out from under her bed. The rest of the day she played with me. She kept telling me that she loves me…I think I believe her, but I am being just a little stand-offish, just to make her feel guilty. Anyways, here is ‘abby’…
So there it is. Ms Abby was in the veterinary hospital since this past spring. Her history is a little sketchy, but it is my understanding that she was caught in the eaves of a building, brought to the shelter, she was pregnant, and scared. She gave birth to very healthy kittens and didnt pass the FIV onto them. The kittens were all adopted out to one family! But poor Abby sat in the shelter and then the hospital for a long time. She is a very freightened kitty, who has spent most of her time trying to melt into the back of a cabinet in one of my bathrooms. I have had her out for little TLC, and she seems fine when she is being held. It is going to take sometime for her to ‘warm up’. There is a wonderful lady, who I will call ‘D.’, along with several other caring people, who helped. I know that D. is very happy that I have brought her home. She was asked several times when she was going to have the “FIV Momma Cat” euthanized. I am very happy that she held out so long. Abby will be happy, she needs some time to adjust and I am sure Socks will be fine to. At this point Socks has ’sniffed’ but hasn’t decided either way, whether he likes his new companion or not.
Please, for the sake of many, many wonderful cats, if you find out one day, that your cat is FIV+, remember that your cat does have a disease, but with proper care and diet…they can and do live long happy lives. Don’t let someone tell you that your friend needs to be put to sleep, because, unless they are suffering, they don’t.
(Thanks D. and all the others who have brought Abby home to me.)
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