1. GracieA POSITIVEdoes not have to beNEGATIVE!What can you do for your cat?1.Talk to your veterinarian about testing your cat.2.Discuss the results. 3.Discuss the options for your cat.4.Never except euthanasia as the only option!Options1.All cats, especially POSITIVE ones should be neutered or spayed.2.If your cat is an only cat and lives exclusively inside AND is never with other cats, you can choose to have regular check-ups and vaccinate with the vaccines for FIV and FeLV as your veterinarian recommends.3.If all of the cats living in the same household are POSITIVE, they can live together. Special attention has to be paid to their health care. POSITIVE cats easily get infections that can kill them.4.Special sanctuaries for cats who are POSITIVE are located in many areas. These are run individually and often have few openings. Willie Nelson
  2. Willie Nelson was a street kitty. He knew where the kind people who fed him lived. Wil-lie was going to move in with one but then the test said, “POSITIVE for Feline AIDs”. Plans were changed.Snow was young when she was found. At her first check-up she tested mildly POSITIVE for Feline Leukemia. At 5 months old she was retested and was strongly POSITIVE.What could her owner do? Blue was a happy white cat with crystal blue eyes. Grown but not old, he was found on the street and brought to a rescue. Plans were to find him a safe, new home. But first a vet check -he was POSITIVE for Feline Leukemia. He will have a hard time finding a home.There is no cure.These two Feline Immune Deficiency virus-es, Feline AIDS (FIV) and Feline Leukemia (FeLV) are types of retroviruses and both decrease the cat’s immune system to fight infections and cause anemia.FIV and FeLV ONLY infect cats. People and dogs CANNOT catch these from a cat. These viruses are transferred from one cat to infect another through bodily fluids. FIV is transferred through saliva and blood dur-ing a fight. FeLV is passed on from commu-nal grooming, eating from common food/water bowls, sharing litter boxes or bite wounds. Both viruses suppress the im-mune system and bone marrow production making the POSITIVE cat more likely to contract other infections and develop ane-mia.All of the cats shown here live at the Positively Cats Sanctuary. The Director, Amy Fisher, creat-ed this flyer for informational purposes for better cat care. Positively Cats Sanctuarypositivelycatssanctuary@gmail.com(337) 327-0233Jolene was found in Oklahoma on a sidewalk af-ter being hit by a car. She couldn’t walk for sev-eral months. She was taken to a Res-cue where the vet tested her and found she was POSITIVE Feline Leukemia.Decisions had to be made͘Joy was just a baby when a wonderful person found her in a store garden center. Her Mom cat was nowhere to be found. A trip to the vet and Oh, my! This baby was POSITIVE for Feline Leukemia.How can that be?'ƌĂĐŝĞis an older cat, lovingly cared for in a family with dogs. Occa-sionally she was outside but mostly inside on the sofa. At 10 years old, despite regular vet visits and earlier negative tests, she developed an infec-tion and was tested POSITIVE for Feline AIDs. Still loved even as she reached her 17th birth-day, her owner has medical issues and can no longer care of her. Prayers answered for a “retirement home͘͟