to FIVCats@yahoogroups.comdate Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:34 AM
Hi, everyone,
This is about a street cat that my wife and I have been feeding for the last 8 months. We call him Toby. He is a young (under 2 years) tabby cat with a pair of beautiful eyes and slim graceful body.
A few weeks ago we discovered that Toby had a wound on his leg and took him to the vet. While the wound turned out to be nothing serious, Toby was found to be an FIV positive.
Having 4 cats of our own and a bunch of others on the block that we feed we could not take him in or release to the street. He spent 2 weeks by the vet, was neutered, vaccinated and recovered from his wound.
We could not keep him there longer and yesterday took him to the boarding place where he is being kept in the isolated cage in the basement.
Toby is good with people, but does not like being with the other cats. We hope that he may find a home, where he can be a single cat or that his behavior can be modified and he can share a place with the other FIV positive cats.
Maybe someone is willing to take him in foster care? Maybe there other suggestions?
Toby is young and can live a long and happy life, but now being locked in the basement he is not happy at all.
Thank you for any help and/or any advice. We live in Brooklyn, NY and hope to find a place locally, but for the right solution we would go outside of the New York area.
Thank you,
Gila, Gregory and Toby
ggkaplun@gmail.com
to FIVCats@yahoogroups.com
date Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:17 AM
Hi, everyone,
Last week we sent out a message about Toby - an FIV+ cat who is currently looking for a home.
Thanks to all of you who responded to our first message with the words of support and recommendations. Unfortunately so far we did not make any progress. The places we contacted do not want to take an FIV+ cat. The only one that does - TheTabby's Place, can only put him on a waiting list for the next year or two. This how long the waiting time is. We sent them an application, but it even does not guarantee that he would be considered to be placed on the list - too many applicants.Meanwhile Toby's living conditions did not improve much. He is still in the cage, confined to a very limited space. Toby is a young cat, he is full of life and it is very hard for him not to be able to leave his "solitary confinement".
So, once again we are asking everybody who belong to FIVCats to help Toby. Foster care or adoption is what he needs.
We thank you all,
Gila, Gregory and Toby
ggkaplun@gmail.com
