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Hi, This is a very old post, from 2005. This 3-legged cat got adopted by a family who also had an adopted daughter. 

I really don't think anyone, or someone who doesn't care, would want to adopt a handicapped animal. I know that the person who will want to adopt him one day will be a special person. I don't understand what can be wrong with putting his picture on the web-site right now. You can always tell...

Thanks for all the answers. Do you think I should first work with him and wait until he starts using his leg before putting him on adoption in our web site, or is it Ok if someone wants to adopt him like this and work with him themselves?? It is probably going to take some time until we will...

Yes, he had the surgery 2 weeks ago. Or maybe 3 now, since it has been a week since I got him. And yes, before that, he was living in a cage for a month with his severely injured leg. Even after the surgery he was in the cage for 2 weeks, no where to bounce around since there was noone to take...

Hi Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about 3-legged animals? I am fostering a 3-legged kitten. He was brought to the vet to be euthanized, but the vet couldn't do it. The kitten didn't get the surgery right after he was ran over by a car. He lived in a cage for about a month when...

DragonLady, you are absolutely right.I think we can generalize this to other types of people who are trying to change somethings and help people or animals. Although I am new at helping animals, I must say that I constantly switch back and forth between each phases. As you say, life is too...

I don't know if you saw this before or not. But I wanted to share it anyways. The Four Phases by Douglas Fakkema Those of us who work on behalf of and who dedicate our lives to animals go through four phases in our career evolution. As we are unique, so are our individual stories, but...

We found this mamma cat from the internet; we had an orphan kitty before and we were looking for a mother who would accept this orphan kitty along her own kitties. And she did. After weaning her babies, we had these current orphans and she accepted them, too. We always test the mother cats for...

Hi, How do you know that a cat is pregnant or not? I am fostering a cat who is fostering 4 kitties. We introduced these 4 orphan kitties as soon as the mamma cat weaned her own babies. I don't have ANY experience with pregnant cats, but this cat looks pregnant to me. She looks bloated on...

Thanks guys, Yola, FIV spreads only by biting. Casual contact, or even sex doesn't transmit it to another cat. It can occasionally be transmitted from mother to her babies in the womb. They have just made a vaccine for FIV (in this August or something like that). But since it is very new, it is...

Hi, I do not know anything from experience, but all fare-skinned cats (animals) are prone to skin cancers; your albino cat should not stay under the sun. Other than being an albino and hermafrodite, the cat might have a weak immune system or other diseases due to his genetic make-up, which...

Hi, If he is still thin although he is eating, and if he has a belly, he might actually have intestinal parasites. Did you ever get him dewormed?

Hi guys I have started fostering cats almost 5 months ago. With the classes I am taking, and the cats at home (there are 14 now at home ), I can not find time to spend across my PC as I used to do 7 of the kitties that I cared for have already found wonderful homes. Now, I have a rescued...

Thanks hissy. When I put lots of food in a plate or bowl, the other cats also eat from them. So last night I put a little bit of food in a yogurt lid so that only Yumosh will eat from it (hopefully ) ) It seems to me like Yumosh doesn't eat enough ?? She looks kind of skinny to me. OK not...

My second cat Yumosh doesn't eat from the food bowls. She wants her food on the ground and I can't figure out why?? The only reason I can think of is, she is soo much scared of my first cat Minnosh. Minnosh chases her whereever and whenever she sees her. There are 3 food bowls for each of my...

Lotsocats, it's not the graduate programs in Texas A&M that doesn't accept international students. It is the veterinary school only. Probably something about being a doctor I guess ?? (you become a doctor of veterinary medicine as you know). It's always hard (impossible in some cases) for...

Thanks for everyone who welcomed me Well, lotsocats, learning new stuff was very very much entertaining, but it was not enough. So I think I will give up on graduate school. I have never really wanted to be a graduate student. But since I am not allowed to work here in USA, I thought I should...

BadHabit Thanks very much for the links. I hope they can save one pet's live.

Is it true that most landlords don't let pets in San Fransisco?? 'Cause there is this person from Turkey, who says that she is moving to San Fransisco & looking for someone to adopt her cat. She is planning to leave his/her cat behind (if she can't find someone to adop the cat in 5 days, she...

Debby yes, I am actually from Turkey. But I have been living in USA for 3 years now