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So we brought Charlie in to be retested yesterday, hopefull that the nearly 4 pounds he gained since he showed up on our porch indicated a healthy if not robust cat.

Unfortunately, the results came back positive.

We discussed the options of getting our cats vacinated for FIV as a way we could bring Charlie in, but the vet tells us that even with the vacine, we would have to keep the cats seperated, they couldn't share food, water, or grrom each other as the disease is transmitted through their saliva.

The right thing to do, would be to put Charlie down, as his living outside is just creating a health hazard for the other neighborhood cats, but seeing how healthy and happy Charlie is right now, I'm not sure I can bring myself to do that.

I'm sad, depressed, angry at Charlie's former parents for abandoning him and hoping we can find a solution for him. At the moment we're thinking about making the backyard his home, making the gates and fences higher to discourage both him and the neighborhood cats from scaling it. Still I'm sad that Charlie has to live out his life in quarintine.

It just sucks.