A few months ago we wrote about a sweet street rescue named Meggie. She was rescued from a feral feeding station and has been loving life in foster care.
This beautiful girl is very special and she is searching for someone special to adopt her. Besides being exceptionally sweet, loving and affectionate, Meggie has Feline Leukemia.
Meggie was found at one of PFA’s feral cat feeding stations. Assumed at first to be feral, she had been eating there for several weeks and living under a concrete step. However, one day in late November, just at the onset of the really cold weather, she began a “conversation” with one of the feeders, sitting near the dish crying, seemingly for help. With a little patience and persistence – and some smelly sardines - within the hour Meggie decided to trust and she simply melted to human touch.
Due to a puncture wound on her neck we decided, just as a precaution, to have her tested for FeLV when we took her to be sterilized. Sadly, Meggie tested positive. However, she is, at about two or three years old, healthy, vibrant and playful, displaying no signs of illness. On a diet of very high quality, additive- and preservative-free food, she is thriving. Into her food is mixed a supplement of Calcium Ascorbate (simply inexpensive, buffered Vitamin C) which, given in relatively high doses, has been found to boost the immune system and delay the onset of symptoms of the disease, even in some cases, cure it. Of course, that is our hope for Meggie. With luck and the proper care, she could live a relatively healthy and long life. It is our hope and prayer that one day a retest for FeLV could possibly even prove this this simple, healthy regime could bring a negative result.
Meggie is not only thriving in her foster home but she is providing her two caregivers with an incredible amount of love, joy and entertainment. She even has her own Facebook page! It is unfathomable to think of what her fate would have been had she been left to live under that concrete porch.
As great as Meggie’s life is now, she needs to find a forever home very soon. Feline Leukemia is transmittable to other felines, so she would have to be in a single-cat home or one with already infected cats.
This sweet cat got her second chance when she was rescued. She has so much to give back and just needs that special someone who needs her too. Please consider adopting this marvelous and deserving sweet girl. You would be saving a life well worth saving!
Meggie was found at one of PFA’s feral cat feeding stations. Assumed at first to be feral, she had been eating there for several weeks and living under a concrete step. However, one day in late November, just at the onset of the really cold weather, she began a “conversation” with one of the feeders, sitting near the dish crying, seemingly for help. With a little patience and persistence – and some smelly sardines - within the hour Meggie decided to trust and she simply melted to human touch.
Due to a puncture wound on her neck we decided, just as a precaution, to have her tested for FeLV when we took her to be sterilized. Sadly, Meggie tested positive. However, she is, at about two or three years old, healthy, vibrant and playful, displaying no signs of illness. On a diet of very high quality, additive- and preservative-free food, she is thriving. Into her food is mixed a supplement of Calcium Ascorbate (simply inexpensive, buffered Vitamin C) which, given in relatively high doses, has been found to boost the immune system and delay the onset of symptoms of the disease, even in some cases, cure it. Of course, that is our hope for Meggie. With luck and the proper care, she could live a relatively healthy and long life. It is our hope and prayer that one day a retest for FeLV could possibly even prove this this simple, healthy regime could bring a negative result.
Meggie is not only thriving in her foster home but she is providing her two caregivers with an incredible amount of love, joy and entertainment. She even has her own Facebook page! It is unfathomable to think of what her fate would have been had she been left to live under that concrete porch.
As great as Meggie’s life is now, she needs to find a forever home very soon. Feline Leukemia is transmittable to other felines, so she would have to be in a single-cat home or one with already infected cats.
This sweet cat got her second chance when she was rescued. She has so much to give back and just needs that special someone who needs her too. Please consider adopting this marvelous and deserving sweet girl. You would be saving a life well worth saving!
For more information on Meggie, please contact us at saskpeopleforanimals@gmail.com.
-Alanna
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