2 weeks ago I managed to catch a black stray tom that had been hanging around the street begging for food for a few months. At first we assumed he was just new to the area then he started to lose weight so we (neighbours and I) realised that he was actually stray, hence why he was around for so long. It took a little while but I managed to get him to the Cats Protection league, a no kill organisation. I called about him today to see how he was doing, and they told me he’s tested postive for FIV. They’re very calm about it all, just saying that he’ll be rehomed as an indoor only cat, and his neuter today went fine.
But what really worries me is everyone else’s cats in the street. Is this the disease where the vaccine isn’t 100%, if they even had it? I’m going to tell the other two neighbours who were feeding the stray too tonight, but there is another neighbour with two cats who didn’t like the stray and didn’t want him hanging round, presumably for just this reason. Don’t much like his attitude, but I’m scared to tell him in case he shouts at me or blames me. Also there is the problem of the semi stray who comes into us sometimes – I saw the black cat chase her a few times and I’m worried she might have got it. She doesn’t have a permanent home and she won’t stay in with people. What do I do?!