Gemma RVN writes: I don’t know what it is, but since working at the Cat Clinic earlier this year I have had two stray cats turn up at my house demanding that I feed and care for them, so of course I’ve had to give in! The first one, a gorgeous big ginger tom we called Clarence (you may remember him from our Facebook page) turned out to be carrying the Feline Aids Virus (FIV), but otherwise appeared to be in good health.
Luckily the Blue Cross had room for him in their Cambridge centre, and after a short stay there he found a loving home where he’s settling in to being an indoor cat (a proviso of homing a cat with FIV). A couple of months later another big tom cat came trotting up the path near our house, he was quite distinctive looking and I knew I’d not seen him around before. Continue reading