An Indianapolis area shelter recently put out a public call for foster homes to help deal with an outbreak of respiratory tract disease in cats. They were trying to find homes for sick cats, presumably as part of a plan to depopulate the humane society to help control the outbreak. This is what a lot

My parents adopted a cat from their local OSPCA shelter the other day. He’s an adult cat (maybe named by now, but not at last report) and he came:

  • neutered
  • vaccinated against the typical group of feline diseases
  • dewormed with fenbendazole
  • treated with metronidazole (an antibiotic – it wasn’t clear whether this was because he