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In reply to the discussion: I need some advice from people who are cat savvy (UPDATED WITH PICTURES) [View all]union_maid
(3,502 posts)As was said upthread, Feline AIDS is FELINE. It would only be worry for other cats. And as far as handling a cat that's been living outside, I guess technically there's some risk,but people do it all the time. Every cat person eventually adopts at least one stray who starts hanging around the house. We've had at least two, one of which is still with us. Which brings me to another point. The cat we have now was abandoned as a young adult. He was afraid to come into our house. He was terrified of our other pets. So we let him live in the garage and fed him there for a while. He got thinner and thinner. Other cats were coming around and eating his food. Finally we just picked him up and brought him in and made him stay here. Now he's a tad chunky if anything, but even though he resisted and he's still leary of dogs I think he'd agree that it was all for the best.