Greetings cat people,
Really now, could a kitten be any cuter? And his personality rivals his adorableness. I got to know him taking this picture and I tell you, kitty's got soul. he's such a funny bunny--he never stopped purring the whole time iI was there.
Kittens get adopted before you blink, but he's going to need a little extra help--from all of us. He's currently testing positive for a feline retrovirus, FIV. There is a good chance his results are falsely positive--as any rescuer in the practice of testing newborn kittens will tell you. The best way to explain it comes straight from cornell's vet school website:
Infected mother cats transfer FIV antibodies to nursing kittens, so kittens born to infected mothers may receive positive test results for several months after birth. However, few of these kittens actually are or will become infected. To clarify their infection status, kittens younger than six months of age receiving positive results should be retested at 60-day intervals until they are at least six months old.
...but as it stands, we must treat him as FIV positive, so we need to aim him toward an indoor-only, one cat home. He's so easy-peasy, a dog or even older children would be fine for him. Even if positive, it is hardly a death sentence. I just heard of an FIV positive cat who's 15, and met another through the irvine shelter who was 17 with FIV (he tested positive at 7).
He is currently being fostered in irvine. We have such a tight window with him being this tiny--we all know it gets harder and harder to find homes the bigger they get. If you know of anyone who fits this adoption criteria and wants to meet him, please call OCARC at (949) 451-3272. If you don't know anyone, please just blanket this email and also print this out and get it posted in your offices. There's somebody out there for him for sure.
- Kelly
