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Name: Patriot
Adoption Fee: 75
Species: Cat
Breed: Turkish Van / Mixed (short coat)
Pattern: Tricolor
Sex: Male (neutered)
General Potential Size: Medium
Current Age: 14 Years 5 Months (best estimate)
Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor Only
Declawed: No
Housetrained: Yes
Description:
This really sweet boy was taken to the county shelter and the lady said she wanted him back but in the end, she didn't. How sad for this gorgeous boy! We named him Patriot because he was loyal even if she wasn't!
As you see in the pictures, he was beat up pretty bad - the vet at the shelter had to stitch his head back together. He's completely healed now as you see in the other pictures.
Originally we had him listed as a Siamese because of his blue eyes. After watching him move around in the foster room, we realized he has no color points! On closer inspection, we realize he is a white cat with Turkish Van markings - umm, sort of. And with blue eyes? (he can hear, many blue eyed males are deaf). So, again, more oddities than the blue eyes, he has a black spot on his head and orange rings on his tail...getting darker and darker until they are black rings....this cat is UNIQUE!!!
Patriot is a total sweetheart and wants nothing more than to be with you. He tested positive for FIV which is not a big deal, researchers have found. (see our website section dedicated to the myths about FIV)
Basically the vets used to think it was a huge deal and now years later, researchers and rescuers who have many FIV kitties in their care, have determined it's not a big deal at all. Cats with FIV can live a normal 12 - 15 years, sometimes more...the same as many other cats.
At PAWS, one of our first rescued FIV kitties was Chester back in appx 2001. He was being literally kicked around by kids on the street. We took him in at age 13, after he'd been living in that area, as a stray, for years. He lived to be almost 15 years old. He passed away peacefully with no "complications" related to FIV. Since then we have had many, many FIV+ kitties in our rescue and other Brevard rescuers have too. Adopters say their FIV kitties are fine and have no issues. So, it was a big hullaboo about pretty much nothing. The only thing you have to be sure of is that none of the cats are aggressive. It's passed by mating and tomcat style fighting. So if you fix the cats, that leaves only fighting. As long as all the kitties are nice, it doesn't spread. (note: playing and fighting are completely different things --- rough play is not going to allow it to spread)
The only cats we won't adopt who have FIV are the ones who are unhealthy. Those cats would be listed on our website as Sponsorship only meaning the foster mom does not expect to adopt the cat out, and the cat may require more than usual vet care, so sponsorship and your donations are a real help.
This guy is perfectly healthy!
And he is not aggressive, so he will not start any fights. He does like to play bite after being petted.
Note: our housesitters fell in love with this extremely nice kitty. He's awesome.
Contact Mona at meowmail1@gmail.com
This really sweet boy was taken to the county shelter and the lady said she wanted him back but in the end, she didn't. How sad for this gorgeous boy! We named him Patriot because he was loyal even if she wasn't!
As you see in the pictures, he was beat up pretty bad - the vet at the shelter had to stitch his head back together. He's completely healed now as you see in the other pictures.
Originally we had him listed as a Siamese because of his blue eyes. After watching him move around in the foster room, we realized he has no color points! On closer inspection, we realize he is a white cat with Turkish Van markings - umm, sort of. And with blue eyes? (he can hear, many blue eyed males are deaf). So, again, more oddities than the blue eyes, he has a black spot on his head and orange rings on his tail...getting darker and darker until they are black rings....this cat is UNIQUE!!!
Patriot is a total sweetheart and wants nothing more than to be with you. He tested positive for FIV which is not a big deal, researchers have found. (see our website section dedicated to the myths about FIV)
Basically the vets used to think it was a huge deal and now years later, researchers and rescuers who have many FIV kitties in their care, have determined it's not a big deal at all. Cats with FIV can live a normal 12 - 15 years, sometimes more...the same as many other cats.
At PAWS, one of our first rescued FIV kitties was Chester back in appx 2001. He was being literally kicked around by kids on the street. We took him in at age 13, after he'd been living in that area, as a stray, for years. He lived to be almost 15 years old. He passed away peacefully with no "complications" related to FIV. Since then we have had many, many FIV+ kitties in our rescue and other Brevard rescuers have too. Adopters say their FIV kitties are fine and have no issues. So, it was a big hullaboo about pretty much nothing. The only thing you have to be sure of is that none of the cats are aggressive. It's passed by mating and tomcat style fighting. So if you fix the cats, that leaves only fighting. As long as all the kitties are nice, it doesn't spread. (note: playing and fighting are completely different things --- rough play is not going to allow it to spread)
The only cats we won't adopt who have FIV are the ones who are unhealthy. Those cats would be listed on our website as Sponsorship only meaning the foster mom does not expect to adopt the cat out, and the cat may require more than usual vet care, so sponsorship and your donations are a real help.
This guy is perfectly healthy!
And he is not aggressive, so he will not start any fights. He does like to play bite after being petted.
Note: our housesitters fell in love with this extremely nice kitty. He's awesome.
Contact Mona at meowmail1@gmail.com
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