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[james_davis_nicoll]

There's a small black and white cat lurking around my neighborhood. It's shy but curious about me.

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[(Anonymous)]

Ugh, sorry. No, that's not something you'd want your existing cats exposed to, is it? My sympathies for the felines affected and all who might care about them.

Madbadger

Side note on FIV

[realinterrobang.livejournal.com]

From what I understand from a friend of mine who runs a boarding kennel, FIV isn't that transmissible, unless there's like actual blood-to-blood contact. If you have cats that have knock-down-drag-out fights, that's an issue.

James, how do you know all the feral males have FIV, out of curiosity?

My old cat Nero lived FIV+ for 13 years before he finally got done in by an unusual lymphoma that manifested as tumours. The nice people at the UofGuelph's Small Animal Clinic said it was probably a sequela of the FIV. Up until the last few months, though, he was otherwise robustly, disgustingly healthy.

Re: Side note on FIV

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

From my vet. She used to live in the area and keeps an eye on what's up with the once extensive feral population.