I should have caught it sooner

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Hanna wrote on 2014-04-02 21:58

Before I left I rehomed all but one of my cats (spooky)
Today I got a call from Jynx's new family, he had leukemia and had to be put down
"Impossible!" I thought, as soon as I got him into my care I had him vaccinated, well apparently he was probably born with it, which put all of the cats at risk.
I called at of the new parents and transferred funds to getting them tested (left with .69c in the bank hooray)

Luckily he was the only one who had gotten it but I feel so terrible, I thought he was just a bit grumpy, I never thought he was sick and it put all of my cats at risk because I didn't see it.

Spook is getting tested tomorrow and she's the last one who needs to be tested
She has 0 signs of illness, though

This was the last photo I had of him

[Image: http://puu.sh/7TKAt.jpg]

If I ever get back into fostering the first thing I'm going to do is have them tested for leukemia, then I'll vaccinate them and have them altered because if I would have known maybe he could have reached remission and been okay
Cynic wrote on 2014-04-03 02:11

Don't blame yourself. You're a great pet owner and I know that you care deeply for your bbies (which is far more than I can say for most so-called cat lovers), so if you overlooked it, then there must have been a decent reason for it.

Plus, we all make mistakes. At least you actually feel bad about it instead of just being one of those "oh but it's just a cat so idgaf" people.
Aubog007 wrote on 2014-04-03 02:58

It's a shame we couldnt get our animals the vet care they needed, it was either, let them suffer, put them down, or lose all our money in fixing them.

We chose the middle option.

Glad to see someone able to do this.
Hanna wrote on 2014-04-03 19:53

Just got back from the vet
Spook is clean!
Froglord of DESTINY!!! wrote on 2014-04-03 20:42

Blood cancer isn't contagious.
Hanna wrote on 2014-04-03 22:41

Quote from Froglord of DESTINY!!!;1212618:
Blood cancer isn't contagious.

You're right, blood cancer isn't contagious
This isn't blood cancer
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/FHC/health_resources/brochure_felv.cfm
Feline leukemia is a viral infection that is highly contagious
Froglord of DESTINY!!! wrote on 2014-04-03 23:39

Oh, cat hiv

Glad it wasn't cancer or hiv though.
Hanna wrote on 2014-04-04 00:34

If it were cancer his last few months would have been agonizing, luckily they caught it as it was starting to really effect him and put him down before his suffering started
Splatulated wrote on 2014-04-04 00:42

Quote from Hanna;1212656:
If it were cancer his last few months would have been agonizing, luckily they caught it as it was starting to really effect him and put him down before his suffering started

:cry: i thought he could be saved before dieing :T_T:
Hanna wrote on 2014-04-04 04:24

Quote from Splatulated;1212658:
:cry: i thought he could be saved before dieing :T_T:

No, there was no chance for remission and he only had about 6 excruiated months left
The end would have been very painful