Feral 10 year old stray cat with FIV becomes a house pet

I bet he give the other animals cat aids.

That's an insensitive but interesting question, R1.

I also wonder if it can be passed on to humans?

I would be afraid to be bitten or scratched by him.

If only there were some way of answering your question about cross-species transmissibility, R2. Maybe one day.

Older cats, especially lost or neglected cats or previously feral cats have been wonderful cats for me.

What a beautiful , sad eyed boy. I'm happy that he has a home.

R2 FIV can not transmit to humans.

I love that trilling sound he makes. It's fantastic to see older animals adopted .

Is honesty always the best policy?

My lesbian lover used the feral-scratching spoon to stir the cashew ricotta she served our guests and, due to her sensory processing disorder, I’m almost 100% certain she didn’t wash off the FIV, mites, fleas, and mange.

Do I have a moral obligation to tell them?

Omg R7.

That's so disgusting.

Why would someone do that?

Our feral had FIV and we never caught it. The vet implied it was limited to other cats

OP is either the worst frau of the year who needs the grease fire or a brilliant parodist.

I think the former. I hope her heart melts in the flames.

I hope he lives another ten years as a sweet, loved, contented kitty. If anyone deserves it - he does.

God bless Mr. Belvedere and his adoptive parent.

We have a cat at our local shelter who is in the same situation. He has to go to a home without other cats or the cats at his new home must be inoculated for FIV. He is kept in isolation at the shelter. I'd adopt him, but some of my cats, since they never go out, are not inoculated for FIV. I'm glad that the kitty in the picture got himself a home.

Love cats!!!!

What an ugly cat. I'm always skeptical when I see those Dodo videos. They always make those animals look so sweet by setting the videos to inspirational music. You don't see the footage of that old cat clawing the niece's ear off. Stick a needle in it, bury it in the backyard and go adopt another.

^^^ Somebody had their Wheaties pissed in this morning, I see.

Warms the heart on a cold day.

I wonder if he was actually a feral cat. The fact that he is the age he is and still on the streets, coupled with him asking for humans for help and adapting to humans so quickly, makes me wonder if he was actually abandoned by his previous owners, rather than being feral.

I wondered the same at first, R18, but if it took "a few weeks" of socializing the cat by way of a wooden spoon I would guess not; that's a very long time for a cat that was once a pet.

R18, I agree. He looks like he has folded ears which is not a typical.

WHAT R20? Not a typical -- what?

Style among male cats?

Stray/feral cats rarely survive more than a year outdoors. Unless they get food, water, etc. from humans.

Feline AIDS and feline leukemia are not the same thing as the human kind, and are not transmitable to humans. They are however highly contagious to other cats, and can be contracted as easily as a cat walking through urine in grass, then grooming itself. Or eating/drinking from the same place. Or fighting/breeding.

A cat with these diseases can live many years, but keep them separated from healthy cats.

Get your cats vaccinated and keep them indoors.

[quote]I wondered the same at first, [R18], but if it took "a few weeks" of socializing the cat by way of a wooden spoon I would guess not; that's a very long time for a cat that was once a pet.

The fact that he was able to be socialized AT ALL, is why I don't think he was actually feral, but rather a stray. "A few weeks," is nothing if he had been abandoned and/or abused. That he went to a human at all for help is atypical for a feral cat.