Poor “Ah Boy” passed away this morning

Please refer to http://animalcare.my/2011/03/urgent-blood-donor-cat.html
The cat, “Ah Boy” did not make it.  He passed away this morning.  May he rest in peace now. 

Yesterday, MDDB had an urgent appeal for a blood donor cat.  They had rescued this cat, Ah Boy, and he was very anaemic and needed blood urgently. 

I sent out the appeal through the blog and also sent many text messages to all my friends whom I know have house-cats.

My own two cats, Bunny and Tiger are confirmed FIV+ and cannot be donors.  That left just Cow and Indy.  So I rang the clinic and consulted the vet if I could offer Cow or Indy.  The vet said since Cow is Bunny’s brother, he probably has FIV as well. The two have also fought quite a bit when they were young.  Indy also could not be a donor because he was rescued from the drain with all kinds of life-threatening infections when young (but he is okay now).  The vet preferred a really healthy cat with a good health background. 

The two girls, Cleo and Pole are related to Bunny and they were not heavy enough.  A blood donor cat has to be at least 4kg in weight. 

So, none of my cats could donate. 

I found out Bunny was FIV+ when I offered him to be a blood donor for a little kitten about 3 years ago.  The clinic did a check and found him to be FIV+, so he did not qualify (the kitten had another donor and the surgery was successful). 

Tiger was found to be FIV+ when he had a persistent limp which could not be cured (but acupuncture finally did the trick, and he could run again after 1 week).

By evening, Wani said she had sent three of her cats to the clinic as blood donors.  

I was praying for the best for Ah Boy, but he passed away this morning. 

May Ah Boy be in a better existence now.