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Ok! This might be my last post about this. I just heard from my vet tech friend and I am going to quote verbatim what she has said. I have known this young woman since she was a teenager and I know she absolutely loves animals so I can trust her. She has worked for her vet for many years as a...

I've had enough people disagree with what this office is saying that I have another call in so I can clarify we are talking about the same thing i.e., they might have misunderstood what I was saying or I misunderstood them, and whereas I am talking about FIV, they may be talking about feline...

This actually made me cry. Bless our poor sweet animals for having to survive in this world with our ignorance.

I'm still looking into this and have asked me friend vet tech for input. Jekyll is pretty healthy as I've wormed him over the last couple of years and have fed him a high quality diet. This really surprised me how strongly the vet's office was warning me about bringing him home.

And I specifically asked her if the FIV was very contagious and would put my cats at risk and she said yes, they do not recommend it. I was like *???*

It wasn't my friend who told me this but the vet's office. I was floored because I've been doing a lot of research and most of the sites I've been to or articles I've read said pretty much what you are saying. One here or there was more cautious but this vet's office was so adamant about not...

What makes me sick too about this is that I've been working with him to get him used to my car & he was doing great, even eating his breakfast there this morning. I went out to sit with him in the car and at first he ran away but then came back and let me sit with him. I'm crushed. Poor...

Ok, I'm at a loss for words here. I called the vet to change the appointment for my two at-home kitties, since this Saturday is threatening Noah-worthy floods followed by a change over to winter weather and my cats never, ever venture outside. I figured it might be traumatic for them. So then I...

So weird I found this thread as I have been beating myself up lately for all my failings from long ago as a cat parent (and dog). I feel intense sorrow for being so ignorant at that time. If I had known better, I too, would have changed. Thanks for posting. I don't know if this helps, but...

Thank you everyone for all the information and links!! It's very helpful. If I don't post as much it's because I started back to college & I'm swamped. I have made an appointment to get my cats at home caught up to date on their inoculations and we are cleaning out the extra room this weekend...

Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions & encouragement. This is a great help. I'm glad others have experience with ferals & with feline hiv. We are sitting at dinner taking it all over & it seems a doable thing!

And what do Feliway plugs do, please?

Great suggestions! He has been neutered already so that won't be an issue and we have a room that can be his bedroom during the acclimation. I was planning on at least a 2 month into-period, honestly, unless I definitely see it is going smoothly. I already have plans to use socks and towels...

*another thing I thought of was have you begun wearing a new perfume that might be irritating him? And I've seen some people talk about using essential oils in diffusers; some of them are actually poisonous to cats. I don't know if any of this applies, I'm just trying to think what would cause...

*attacked