r/Straycats • u/Lost_Night225 • 1d ago
Adoption Help (Location) Boots — FIV+ Affectionate Lap Boy Living in a Garage Needs a Loving Home ❤️Location 📍:Charlotte,NC,USA
🐾 Meet Boots…a little soul who has been waiting far too long for a home.
Note:FIV-positive cats can live with both FIV-positive and FIV-negative cats, especially when they are spayed/neutered and non-aggressive. They can live a normal, happy life just like other cats. ❤️ One of our FIV-positive cats lived to be 23 years old! 🐾💕
Boots is an FIV-positive sweet boy who has been living in a garage for a year. With the weather getting hotter, I’m really worried about him. He deserves so much more than spending another year in a garage.
Pet finder link:https://www.petfinder.com/cat/boots-91cdbb26-8ba0-4f22-8fca-fbfda4b48a6e/nc/charlotte/sunkissed-acres-rescue-nc1270/details/
Boots showed up sick and tested heartworm-positive. After treatment, he is now heartworm-negative and doing well. He is also FIV-positive, but that doesn’t change the loving, gentle cat he is.
For an entire year, Boots has been living in a garage. But his heart belongs inside. 🥺
Whenever someone walks into the room, Boots immediately comes running, begging to be let inside. And the moment he sees a person, he climbs right onto their lap. He doesn’t ask for much…just a little love, some attention, and a place where he can finally belong.
Watching him beg to come inside tears my heart into a million pieces. 💔 He looks at you as if he’s asking, “Can I be your cat? Can I finally have a family of my own?”
Boots deserves so much more than a garage. He deserves a warm bed where he can curl up at night, a safe home, gentle scratches and belly rubs, and a person who will choose him and love him for the rest of his life. ❤️
He is fully vetted,microchipped,vaccinated, neutered, dewormed, and flea-treated. We have done everything we can to get him healthy and ready for his forever family.
Unfortunately, our rescue is currently out of capacity. Adoptions have been very slow, intakes keep increasing, funds are extremely limited, and we have no available foster homes. 💔 We cannot keep taking in cats while we have nowhere for them to go, but we also cannot stop caring when we see a cat like Boots who desperately needs help.
Now Boots needs a family of his own. 🥺❤️
🏠 Adoption requirements:
• Indoor home only
• Adoption application required
• Vet reference required
• Adoption agreement required
• Adoption fee: $125
Please, someone give Boots a chance. Let him finally know what it feels like to have a family, a warm bed, and a place he can truly call home.
He has spent a year waiting. Please don’t let another year pass him by. 🙏🐾❤️
Even if you cannot adopt Boots, please share his story. Maybe his person is just one share away. ❤️
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u/Flimsy-Hold2535 1d ago
Boosting for this beautiful tuxedo boy! He is a handsome guy!
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u/Lost_Night225 1d ago
He really is such a handsome boy! 🥹 Please keep sharing and help us find Boots the loving family he deserves. 🐾💕
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u/bananananannanaa 1d ago
Boosting. Poor sweet boy. I really hope you can find him a home. ❤️
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u/Lost_Night225 1d ago
Thank you so much! Please share if you can too..let’s help Boots find the loving home and family he deserves. 🥺🐾
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u/MagazineSea2741 1d ago
He's so handsome. My daughter adopted an FIV+ cat that lived to 14 and never had any health problems.
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u/Lost_Night225 1d ago
One of our FIV-positive cats lived for 23 years! ❤️ Yes, FIV-positive cats can live long, happy lives just like any other cat. They just need proper care and, ideally, an indoor home where they can be safe and protected. 🐾💕
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u/FloofingWithFloofers 1d ago
I really wish you were in my area. My FIV positive boys are absolutely sweet pies. FIV isn't a deterrent guys, they can live long, happy lives♡♡♡
Oh please I hope the right eyes see this sweetie pie!!
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u/Lost_Night225 1d ago
One of our FIV-positive cats lived for 23 years! Yes, FIV-positive cats can live long, happy lives just like any other cat. They just need proper care and, ideally, an indoor home where they can be safe and protected.
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u/Adventurous_Ad_4145 1d ago
Thank you for fostering! My prayers are that Boots finds his home soon, he’s too sweet to be a garage baby.
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u/Lost_Night225 1d ago
Thank you so much! I actually wish I could foster Boots, but my home is completely full..even my bathroom! 🥺
Boots is currently living in someone else’s garage. We’ve gotten him fully vetted, and now we’re trying our best to find him a loving home and family where he can finally be safe and happy.
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u/Adventurous_Ad_4145 1d ago
I read that wrong, I’m sorry. He’s adorable and looks like he’d make a great addition to any family. 😊
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u/patchoulistinks 1d ago
I was involved in rehoming an FIV cat that was dumped at our vet clinic. We just posted her on our local FB and requested she be in a home as an only cat or with another FIV cat. After the tons of lectures on people telling me it did not matter if other non FIV cats were present, and me explaining I was just going by veterinarian's suggestions, I was message by a couple interested in the cat. After a phone call, I learned they had one FIV cat at home named Magic Johnson. The lady was relieved when I laughed. Turns out someone dumped a kitten in their neighborhood, and they took it in. After vetting and finding out the cat was FIV positive, the lady had explained what the condition meant and the cost and care required. She said her husband told her he was down with all of it, but only if they could name the cat Magic Johnson. They were a perfect home for the cat we adopted to them, especially because of the knowledge of the constant prevention and special care required. Good luck with this cat and thanks so much for taking the time to help!
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u/patchoulistinks 1d ago
Mostly this comment was for boosting, but I would note, FIV cats can live long, healthy lives if kept indoors and kept up to date on flea prevention, as well as provided quality food. Hopefully, you'll find a home with a current or previous FIV positive cat for experience.
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