Tom


Tom

Tom is at least 11 years old and decided to come live with us 10 years ago. The camera always seems to like him.

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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

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Mandrake is FIV positive


I just got the news from the vet. In a multi-cat household this is a disaster. There’s no FIV vaccine licensed for use in the EU, only the US. The vet advised euthanasia to protect the other four cats, but I said there’s no point—Mandrake has been with us eight years, since he was a kitten, and our youngest cats have been with us over a year, groomed by him, play-fighting with him, sharing food bowls…I’d say it’s 100% certain that we have at least one other FIV+ cat. We’d never agree to culling, not one or more, including Mandrake.

We won’t take another cat into our home unless the cats already present at such a time test as FIV negative, or are positive and the new cat is positive as well.

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Monday, October 6th, 2008

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