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Cookie & Muffin Domestic Short Hair Belmont, MA

  • Young
  • Male
  • Medium
  • Tabby (Brown / Chocolate)

About

Characteristics
Shy, playful
Coat length
Short
House-trained
Yes
Health
Vaccinations up to date, spayed / neutered, special needs. Cookie - FIV+.
Good in a home with
Other cats, dogs.

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Meet Cookie & Muffin

Cookie is a gorgeous white and black/tabby striped boy kitten who is strongly bonded to his soul-mate, Muffin, a brown tabby girl. They are so bonded their foster mom is having trouble taking individual pictures! These two are a package deal and must be adopted together.

Cookie is about 5-6 months old and Muffin about 4-5 months old. They both were born to feral moms and are very shy. They are learning to trust humans and are a work in progress. Their adopter will need to work with them to continue their socialization.

They have not been with small children or young active dogs. Their previous foster home had a gentle senior dog they were fine with.

Kittens that test positive for FIV probably do NOT have FIV! Kittens born to an FIV mother will inherit her antibodies, but not usually the virus. A mother cat with FIV will have FIV antibodies which are produced by her immune system in response to the virus. When pregnant, she will pass these antibodies to her kittens through the blood, but she will not pass the virus, which will not cross the placenta. The virus is also present in the mother's milk, and yet it is rare that the kittens actually get the virus from their mother (this also shows how hard it is to transmit the virus across the mucous membrane, indicating that the virus is NOT very contagious).Because the usual test for FIV actually looks for the antibodies and not the virus, a kitten from an FIV mother can get a positive test result without any virus being present.

As the kittens grow, they will gradually lose their inherited protection and will then test negative. This can take several months, the actual time varies between kittens, so any FIV positive test is not reliable until the kitten is at least six months old, and possibly older.

The good news is that many cats with FIV may never display symptoms; they may live normal, happy, healthy lives and have typical lifespans. Caring for a cat with FIV is much the same as caring for any other cat; you must give them healthy food, regular vet care and be vigilant for signs of illness. Secondary infections should be watched for and any health problems, no matter how minor they might seem, should be treated as soon they arise. Above all, your FIV cat needs love, attention, and support, just like any other cat.

FIV is not easily passed between cats as it cannot be spread casually through litter boxes, food and water bowls, or snuggling and playing. This disease is transferred when an infected cat bites another cat and breaks the other cat’s skin. This means that a neutered cat in a home is highly unlikely to infect any other cats as long as they are properly introduced or are not particularly aggressive in nature. FIV is much more difficultly transmitted than people are led to believe. If Cookie does stay FIV+, it is unlikely that Muffin will become FIV+.

All of our kittens available for adoption are spayed or neutered, up to date on age appropriate vaccinations, microchipped and dewormed.

The adoption fee for one kitten is $250 or a pair is $500.

If you are interested in finding out more about these kittens, please fill out an application at http://www.brokentailrescue.org/adoption-application on our website.

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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Young
  • Male