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gruiz


Kenneth Cole

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I really hate to post this, especially with all the happy kitten posts, but I'm really having a lot of trouble and I need to get this out.

We adopted a kitten last night. After many months of searching, we finally found one and she is the most precious little creature you could ever imagine. White with tiger striped splotches, 11 weeks old, and so loving and cuddly. We stayed up all night with her because her sister went to the vet for surgery and her mom was adopted and she was really lonely, so whenever she wasn't being held or petted, she would cry.

She kept sneezing and her eyes were watery, so I brought her to the vet this morning to get some antibiotics and it turns out she has feline leukemia. The vet says she probably won't last a month. We had to make the difficult decision to return her to the shelter because we have another healthy cat and we can't risk having her infected. I also don't think I could watch her deteriorate. She's just so sweet.

It's killing me. I've sat here at work crying my eyes out all day over a kitten I just met yesterday. It seems so unbelievable that I could love her so much already.

So, if you could all send your prayers and good wishes to my sweet little Maizie, I would be very grateful. And to all you new kitten owners...love them like crazy.

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I am so sorry.  My best wishes to you and poor little Maizie.

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i just teared up, gruiz i am so so sorry.  she and you were both luck to have one another, even if only for a short time.  maybe you could visit her?

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I am so sorry you are in this position. I send you well wishes and prayers for the little kitty.

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Oh that's terrible gruiz - I'm so sorry.  I will be keeping you and Maizie in my heart and prayers.

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I'm so sorry - this is awful! I wish I could send you one of mine. This makes me so sad - let us know if we can do anything other than stop posting happy kitten posts!!

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break my heart!  so sorry gruiz

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Gucci

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I'm so sorry to hear that gruiz. My prayers are with you and Maizie

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gruiz


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"I'm so sorry - this is awful! I wish I could send you one of mine. This makes me so sad - let us know if we can do anything other than stop posting happy kitten posts!!"


No, I certainly don't want you all to stop posting your kitties. I love them! Hope you find good homes for them. Too cute!

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So sorry you're going through this Gruiz.  Your other cat should have had a leukemia vaccination at some point, and if she has she should be safe.  Otherwise, hate to say it, but I doubt they'd keep her alive at the shelter because of all the other animals they have there who could possibly catch it or are healthy and need the space . . . . . . as hard as it will be for you, you could make her short little life much happier than the shelter would.

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i'm so sorry...my thoughts are with you and Maizie.

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No, I certainly don't want you all to stop posting your kitties. I love them! Hope you find good homes for them. Too cute!"


I just hate to post our happy kitty stuff when we know you are going through this. My thoughts are definately with you - I just got choked up telling my DH about your situation. So sorry.

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oh, I am so sorry. As LMonet said, they may not keep her at the shelter, but it's probably a more peaceful passing than leukemia would be.


My thoughts & prayers are with you.



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ejc423


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Sweet Maizie has someone who loves her a lot and that is the best thing for her.  You (and she) definitely have my warm thoughts and prayers.

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I am very sorry to hear that. I know how hard it is to lose a pet even if you have only know them a short time.

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I will keep you and Maizie in my thoughts and prayers.I know how you feel.A little  while ago my cat (Cloudy Pants) was very sick, sneezing and coughing and then started bleeding from his nose.I took him to the vet crying hysterically, he just had a cold and ear infection but it was just the fact that animals get seriously ill just like us and he is REALLY like my child  (don't laugh guys) I thought he was going to have to be put down because he was looking awful and I had never seen anything like it before.


 


On a side note, how do cats get Leukemia? I'm a little nervous now.



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On a side note, how do cats get Leukemia? I'm a little nervous now."


The main means of transmitting the virus is through cat fights. Because large quantities of the FeLV are shed in cat saliva, puncture wounds associated with fighting result in injection of the virus into other cats. Other less frequent routes of viral spread include sharing food and water bowls, cats grooming each other, and transmission from mother to kittens before birth.

If you keep you cat strictly indoors there is very little chance they can get it. You can have them vacinated after they are born, but if they are born w/ it unfourtunaltey there is nothing that can be done.

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I'm so sorry to hear about your kitty. I understand how easily it is to bond with a kitten so quickly.

My room mate this past year has an adult cat that is a carrier of leukemia. All of it's kittens died, but she's still alive. She is healthy - only a carrier, but she can't be around other cats.

Hope your situation works out!

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I'm so sorry that you are going through this. You made the right choice for your other healthy kitty though.{{{{Hugs}}}}

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I'm so sorry.  That's just so sad.

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