Are you ready for a new pet in your life? All of these animals are available for adoption at Iredell County Animal Services, 430 Bristol Drive, Statesville. You need a Franklin (A294270) in your life! Franklin greets you with the sweetest meows each time you enter and he is ALWAYS so happy to see you! Three minutes later, you leave and come back, still happy to see you! This sweet 2-year-old found his way here as a stray and presented with a URI, feline lice and a slight head tilt! He has fully recovered from his URI, has been fully treated for the lice (hence this rockin' hairdo!) and he had an ear infection which caused his head tilt! This boy LOVES attention and will solicit all the loving you want to give him! He is also FeLV positive. What does that mean? FeLV, or Feline Leukemia Virus, is a virus that affects the immune system of a cat.
It is not a form of cancer but is a virus that may weaken the immune system and may make opportunistic infections and certain types of cancer more likely. Cats with FeLV can live normal, happy lives — they may just have a shorter life expectancy than FeLV-negative cats. How do cats get FeLV? FeLV is spread from cat to cat via prolonged, direct contact with an infected cat’s saliva (sharing food bowls, grooming each other, etc.
), urine and/or blood. The virus can also be passed from a queen to kittens during pregnancy. FeLV is species specific, so other animals such as dogs cannot contract the virus.
The virus dies rapidly in the envi.