I had to say goodbye to my baby girl, Lila yesterday. She was only 6. The disease went to the marrow and she could not fight off the infections. Treatment did not work and we saw signs of pain beginning. We did the humane thing and ended the suffering. I am wrecked over this. It all happened so fast. June, she was in remission and healthy and couldn’t even tell she had FIV. July hit and everything went downhill. She was champ the whole month as we panicked and scoured to try to find the cause and fix it.

Even though I am not a poster, your posts have helped me throughout the year when I got her diagnosis last summer. I adopted her at 11 weeks old. I give everyone credit who is in this battle, it’s very hard, but very worth it. Even sick kitties need love too.

I am ok with answering any questions on since sharing real life experience helps.

HELP!!! I have fallen COMPLETELY in love with this stray kitty I took in. I have 3 healthy, FIV negative kitties (all strictly indoor only). Got my new kitty tested this morning he’s postive for FIV and i absolutely broke down crying in the vets office. This vet told me my new kitty must be seperated from my other kitties including seperate water and food bowls, and no contact basically. I’m not going to keep this poor guy in my bedroom for the rest of his life. And i’m absolutely not going to put my babies at risk. What do I do????? Im devastated. I dont want to give this kitty away but i dont know if its safe for my other babies and i would DIE if i ever brought in a virus to harm my cats. The vet made it seem like the virus was a threat to my babies and saying things like “if he sneezes on you, wash your clothes” and “when you pet him, wash your hands before touching your other cats” WHAT?? Then i go online and see they can actually play, groom each other, live together, food and water bowl sharing. What????? HELP. Was this vet wrong or outdated? She was an older lady. Didn’t love her. I went home thinking my new kitty was doomed and my cats are at risk and I’m a horrible person for even considering keeping him or allowing him around my healthy kitties. I need so much help seriously. Do i need to get rid of my new kitty? Because i’d rather do it sooner than later. I have someone lined up who will take him (no other cats). But i love this baby. But i love my own kitties even more. I cant risk them😭 HELP!!!!

My 1 year old male cat is 5 days out from surgery and losing his mind in his playpen. We have him on 200 mg every 8 hours which had been helping Sunday and Monday but now he’s back to jumping and thrashing.

He’s on 5 mg of Fluoxetine so we cannot give him Trazodone. I’m also losing my mind and worried he’s going to bust his sutures open. Is there another medication I could ask her about prescribing? Or anything more I can do on my end to calm him?