A Sad day

My cat Socks passed away on January 1, 2007 from feline leukemia. He lived a good 9 months with the disease. We were very fortunate to have him for exactly 7 years. He came to live with us on January 1, 2007 and we were happy to have been able to have this wonderful cat live with us. He will be greatly missed by his family.

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Last week I went to the vet for my shots and checkup and the vet was very surprised to see me. She was the same one who treated me when I was diagnosed with feline leukemia in the spring. Apparently I don't have the disease, just the virus is in my blood, so I should be fine for a long time now. I am sad at the moment because my owner went back to her school again, but I still have some people around to bond with.

Hi

Hello everyone. I am glad to be a part of catster and I look forward to meeting all of you. Here's a little bit more about myself. My owners like to call me a "tuxedo cat" and I have a black collar that looks like a bowtie. They say I look quite handsome in it, even though I hate wearing it! My one owner used to show me in 4-H. I was almost the top cat of the show my first year, but a girl cat who looked just like me won instead! I'm not really much of a show cat anyway. I prefer to stay at home with my owners and take naps on their laps. Right now my health is doing good and I can't wait to see my favorite owner come home from college for the summer so she can spend all of her time with me!