Tuesday, June 7

Cat blogging Tuesday?  

I've had my heart broken today. Over a silly little cat. A stray no less, but still, for some reason I'm rather emotional over it.

Kitto, the stray that my daughter has decided to take in for herself spent the night inside, so we could get him to the vet for his shots. We had him tested for Feline Leukemia, which he tested negative for, but he test positive for FIV. My daughter would probably be a vet, except that she absolutely hates to put down any kind of animal. So putting Kitto down wasn't an option. He's already been around our other cats for the past two months, so they may have contracted it from him, but probably not. Ours have been spade and neutered, and I don't think they've gotten into any major fights, which is where I'd be afraid that they would get it by. So, he's going to get neutered in three weeks.

I don't know why I'm so affected by this, but I am. Now I feel the need to make his life at least a little more comfortable, and not be a stray like he is.

I know that I probably would be a nut case right now if something happened to the other four cats, but something hasn't happened to them yet. And nothing has really happened to Kitto yet, either. He's healthy, and he's young. As the vet told me, it's going to run a little more in vet bills because when he gets sick, he's going to need antibiotics to get over it.

Maybe it has something to do with HIV in humans, and if I actually new an HIV positive person, I'd be just as affected. I dunno. It's been a bit of a downer day. I really wasn't expecting that result.

I haven't seen him since we let him out today. Maybe he's had his fill of us. Getting jabbed a few times with needles I'm sure wasn't something that he wants to repeat.

I plan on having a picture of him up on Friday.

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