Cats for Adoption: Alice
Alice is a quietly sweet girl who just loves her pets and curling up with her human, and she even likes well-trained kids and nice dogs. She’s looking for a nice home where she can just be her pleasant self, and one that will understand the needs of a cat with FeLV.
Pittsburgh CAT always tests all its rescues for both Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV), because they are contagious illnesses and affect a cat’s immunity, influencing how it’s cared for and if it’s housed with other cats.
FeLV is a chronic illness, but the way it acts can vary widely depending on the cat. The disease attacks the cat’s immune system in the way that leukemia does and in time, months to years, the cat’s health will deteriorate. The disease doesn’t have any really specific symptoms, mostly lethargy and a poor appetite. Kittens and young cats without a mature immune system will succumb more quickly, sometimes shortly after they’ve been diagnosed. But the older a cat is when it comes in contact with FeLV, the more its immune system can put up a fight, and an adult cat like Alice will carry the disease but with a good diet and vigilant health checks could live for years with no problems. Some secondary conditions might arise, like dental issues or frequent upper respiratory issues, but as long as they are treated as they come up she’s just like any other cat.
Here’s what her foster person has to say:
Hello my name is Alice (or Ally, ally, ally, ally, as foster mom calls me). I’ve been told I’m adorable (which I won’t deny!). I love pets and attention and I’ll even poke you to get them at times! I’ve even been known to curl my back, paws up like a question mark and reach out for your love. I’m told this can soften even the hardest heart! But I’m not a fan of being picked up and held so please respect that, OK?
So, WHY am I in a foster home and not my own? Well, that’s a great question!! I’m told its because I have feline leukemia, or FeLV, which requires a super special Purrent. I could be an only cat, live with dogs and people, or live with other FELV+ cats (but mixing me with an FeLV- cat wouldn’t be ideal).
I’m fine with respectful kids and nice doggies and would be fine in a quieter home with a gentle dog or other FeLV+ cat who wouldn’t bully me. So that’s it! I have some quirks, but who doesn’t?? But this adorable face is adoptable and I’m waiting at my foster home to meet you!! So, fill out an application and come meet me! http://tinyurl.com/pghcatapp
One important thing is that Alice needs to be an only cat because she carries the disease. It’s spread easily by sharing food and toys, and can infect another cat whose immune system might not be so robust. It’s a cat-only illness, though, and won’t affect dogs or any other animal.
Alice will best thrive in a loving, low-key home where she’s fed a high-quality diet and checked regularly by a veterinarian supportive of maintaining and treating an FeLV+ cat. Controlling secondary infections and treating other illnesses as they arise is key, so Alice will require a committed and loving adopter. In return, she will give much love and joy, and many snuggles and purrs!
In many shelters and even in some rescues, a positive test for FeLV is an immediate euthanasia because of the risks to other cats. But that’s not so here. Alice deserves a loving home for as long as she can have one.
Like all of our cats, Alice is neutered, microchipped, dewormed, flea-treated, and up-to-date on all of her vaccinations!
You can also see Alice on Pittsburgh C.A.T.’s Petfinder page and Facebook page.
Adopting from Pittsburgh C.A.T.
All Pittsburgh C.A.T. adoptions begin with our application. After it’s reviewed you’ll be contacted about meeting your cat or kitten. All cats have been fostered in homes and are healthy, spayed or neutered, up to date on vaccines.
Also look for more adoptable cats on Pittsburgh C.A.T.’s Petfinder page.
Can’t adopt? Foster! Can’t foster? Donate or volunteer.
There are so many ways you can help cats who need homes and care. You may not have room to adopt another cat, but can foster a cat or kitten for a few weeks. If not that, you can volunteer at a shelter or with a rescue, or donate. You do this because you love your cat, and by doing so you help all cats. No matter which of these actions you take, you help to save a life, and make life better for all cats.
- Adopt one of the cats I’ve posted here, or from any shelter or rescue near you, or from Petfinder, to open up a space for another cat to be rescued and fostered.
- Offer to foster cats or kittens for a shelter or rescue near you.
- Volunteer at a shelter or rescue.
- Find a group of volunteers who work with homeless cats and help them with their efforts.
- Donate to a shelter or rescue near you.
If you can foster kittens or adults cats to help prepare them for a forever home, please run to your nearest shelter and find a cat who needs you! Anyone can help with this effort at any level, even if all you do is donate to a shelter or rescue so they can help to pay for the food or medications needed for their foster, or the spay/neuter/veterinary care during a clinic.
Need to know more? Read Fostering for Your Shelter and Fostering Saves Lives
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And sometimes, I just throw my hands in the air and have fun!
we haz been havin trubull commintin again guyz…alice; if ya see thiz, we send best best best fishez two ewe that ya findz yur for everz bye monthz end….ewe bee gorgeouz 😉 ♥♥
Ewe got it Tabbies! I set up this site with a secure license and it made changes to every little thing, but I think the commenting is working fine now. Let’s hope for the best for Alice!
Here’s purring for Alice to find her furrever home lickety split!
Let’s hope the right someone sees her!
Alice is beautiful. I hope she gets a forever home soon.
Isn’t she? She reminds me of my first cat, Bootsie, who was very close and cuddly if you just let her do it.