This Caterday the Retreat would like to highlight Ms Katie who is one of the five Feline Leukemia (FeLV) positive cats who reside with us. Katie with her sister Alicia and her two brothers James and Quasar share a room with a FeLV+ transplant from Atlanta Little Miss Gray. Katie and her siblings were born in the Retreat’s backyard as part of a feral cat colony headed by dad, Mandarin.
While trying to catch the kittens for TNR, we also captured their dad. Mandarin was a scraggly beastie who we took to our vet because we though he was sick. Confirmed to have FeLV, we also tested the kittens who having once tested negative for FeLV, who upon retesting where found to be infected. Determined not to return these cats to the wild, we fixed up a separate living space and released everyone free to explore. We took a few precautions of separate litter and feeding bowls and allowing no visitors by the other residents.
For the last two years, Katie has needed no extra-ordinary vet care. She’s had her shots and was seen for sniffles but nothing else has been needed. She has become used to us humans and demands pets and belly rugs while in the cat tree. She’s shy when not in her spot on the cat tree, but she’s a silken princess upon her throne on the tree. Katie’s fur is literately silk fine and the fur produces a very feathery fan-like tail.
Katie is quite a cat and one who we have welcomed into our hearts at Mandarin’s Retreat.