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Marilyn and her kitties left behind (long warning!)
The poor dear things, don't realize their Mama's gone into her own retirement
and they wander about her place looking for her. The service was at the mortuary and they got a local minister to do it. It was a small and quiet memorial; I wish Michelle had been granted her wish to speak though. I don't know if anyone knew just how stubborn Marilyn could be: this little, skinny woman once held a pack of city police at bay because cats were found in an abandoned building that was going to be demolished, and she stood there telling the cops to collectively do somethng involving their mothers and the breaking of certain commandments as clearly outlined in the Old Testament. Such was her passion for the animals who needed her. She did not need to go passing tracts and whacking people upside the head with her Bible; she lived the Christian witness without all the yammering and thumping one might associate more negatively with a born-again person. The house is to be sold, the proceeds to go to a joint venture benefitting Hospice, the ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) Association, and local animal shelters including Tenth Chance. The family are rather beside themselves over this unexpected bequest. Michelle of Tenth Chance has practically threatened the brother-in-residence to keep those remaining cats indoors, for we learned today that one of the ten is FIV+. I don't know if ALS makes you a little whacked up in the head or what--not crazy, but confused. I knew Marilyn before that evil disease came and ate her nervous system up; she was religious about vetting her cats and when she did have one FIV case a couple of years ago she was stringent about sequestering her. So why this adoptee of three years is running about among the other cats, I've no clue. Not like Marilyn, unless ALS does something to cloud the judgement; I will cast no aspersions on her, for she was my friend, she was sick and it's not kosher to speak ill of our dead. Michelle, the shelter president, has taken the cat in question to her own place, which has a large spacious room set aside for FIV cases. If Sebastian-- a large, fat, healthy-so-far fella--doesn't get adopted out to a nice loving one-cat household, he will not lack good care and love from the shelter folks. So William of Orange has not come home with us today. He will be tested tomorrow, as will all the others. Louie and I decided to pay for their testing so the negative ones can be adopted out sooner and hopefully not have to be quarantined; and the positive ones can be either placed with conscientious and competent servants or live their lies in the cat-aids sactuary. It was the least we could do for Marilyn, make sure her babies are okay. If and when my book gets sold, a tithe of all proceeds will be placed in a charitable trust which we will set up in Marilyn's memory, to benefit the shelters. There are things beyond my scope of ability, but tis thing at least I can do to make the world a nicer neighborhood; and God willing, it'll spread. Blessed be, Baha -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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Baha via CatKB.com u18616@uwe wrote:
I don't know if anyone knew just how stubborn Marilyn could be: this little, skinny woman once held a pack of city police at bay because cats were found in an abandoned building that was going to be demolished, and she stood there telling the cops to collectively do somethng involving their mothers and the breaking of certain commandments as clearly outlined in the Old Testament. LOL. I don't know if ALS makes you a little whacked up in the head or what--not crazy, but confused. I knew Marilyn before that evil disease came and ate her nervous system up; she was religious about vetting her cats and when she did have one FIV case a couple of years ago she was stringent about sequestering her. So why this adoptee of three years is running about among the other cats, I've no clue. If the cats don't fight with each other, then it would be pretty safe to let them stay in the same space. As long as there's no biting or drawing of blood, the disease won't spread. (I'm assuming they're all neutered, so you wouldn't have to worry about sexual transmission.) Louie and I decided to pay for their testing so the negative ones can be adopted out sooner and hopefully not have to be quarantined; and the positive ones can be either placed with conscientious and competent servants or live their lies in the cat-aids sactuary. It was the least we could do for Marilyn, make sure her babies are okay. I think that's a major thing for you to be doing for her. It sounds like those cats were her life, and I'm sure it must have tormented her to know that they would most likely outlive her, worrying about what would happen to them after she was gone. I think you can be pretty confident about saying "it's what she would have wanted." Joyce -- To send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. |
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Marilyn and her kitties left behind (long warning!)
. The family are rather beside themselves over this unexpected bequest. Michelle of Tenth Chance has practically threatened the brother-in-residence to keep those remaining cats indoors, for we learned today that one of the ten is FIV+. I don't know if ALS makes you a little whacked up in the head or what--not crazy, but confused. I knew Marilyn before that evil disease came and ate her nervous system up; she was religious about vetting her cats and when she did have one FIV case a couple of years ago she was stringent about sequestering her. So why this adoptee of three years is running about among the other cats, I've no clue. Not like Marilyn, unless ALS does something to cloud the judgement; I will cast no aspersions on her, for she was my friend, she was sick and it's not kosher to speak ill of our dead.//// I'm so sorry to hear of your friend Marilyn. We'll light a candle for her. Re the FIV - it is perfectly OK to keep a non agressive FIV+ cat with FIV negative cats and it's not likely the neg cats will catch FIV. I know of several mixed households, my vets included, where FIV+ cats live perfectly happily with FIV negative cats without *ANY* problems.. It may be the quality of life for the FIV+ cat was better for him by allowing him to mix in the household. Once again, purrs on the loss of your friend. Helen M |
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Marilyn and her kitties left behind (long warning!)
we learned today that one of the ten is FIV+.
I don't know if ALS makes you a little whacked up in the head or what--not crazy, but confused. I knew Marilyn before that evil disease came and ate her nervous system up; she was religious about vetting her cats and when she did have one FIV case a couple of years ago she was stringent about sequestering her. So why this adoptee of three years is running about among the other cats, I've no clue. ALS ("motor neurone disease" in the UK) has no effect at all on your thinking. It would be less horrible disease if it *did* fuddle your wits - as it is, you know exactly what's going to happen to you. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Marilyn and her kitties left behind (long warning!)
Baha via CatKB.com u18616@uwe wrote:
I'm hearing conflicting stories about FIV transmission; some say it's only through biting and blood, others say keep the cat sequestered because even sharing a litter box or food dish can spread it. Maybe in the latter case, they were thinking of FeLV? That is highly contagious. But FIV (like HIV) is hard to transmit. A cat can't get it from a dirty toilet seat - er, litter box. Joyce |
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Marilyn and her kitties left behind (long warning!)
Baha via CatKB.com wrote:
I'm hearing conflicting stories about FIV transmission; some say it's only through biting and blood, others say keep the cat sequestered because even sharing a litter box or food dish can spread it. So now I'm confused as all hell and my vet office is in conference and I can't even get a tech on the line. FIV can only be transmitted by bodily fluids, just the same as HIV. People that say sharing a litter box or food dish can spread it are quite frakly talking nonsense. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Marilyn and her kitties left behind (long warning!)
Adrian wrote:
FIV can only be transmitted by bodily fluids, just the same as HIV. People that say sharing a litter box or food dish can spread it are quite frakly talking nonsense. So in this case, what is the likeloood of a cat going into a box used by an FIV cat, then going into a grooming session, licking the traces of someone else's busines off his paws, and contracting the virus? -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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Marilyn and her kitties left behind (long warning!)
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
ALS ("motor neurone disease" in the UK) has no effect at all on your thinking. It would be less horrible disease if it *did* fuddle your wits - as it is, you know exactly what's going to happen to you. All the braver of Marilyn to have faced it then; I would have considered the ramifications of my proximity to Niagara Falls, and the current market rate for barrels. Blessed be, Baha -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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Marilyn and her kitties left behind (long warning!)
Baha via CatKB.com wrote:
Adrian wrote: FIV can only be transmitted by bodily fluids, just the same as HIV. People that say sharing a litter box or food dish can spread it are quite frakly talking nonsense. So in this case, what is the likeloood of a cat going into a box used by an FIV cat, then going into a grooming session, licking the traces of someone else's busines off his paws, and contracting the virus? Unless the cat has open sores or cuts in its mouth no problem, if it has there is a very tiny risk. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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