My name is
Joe [Permanent Foster]!

This CAT is a member of our Permanent Foster program, and is happily living in a foster home willing to care for her.  If you would like to help with the cost of care for cats in this program, please consider becoming a 'godpurrent.'  For as little as $25 per month, you can help provide veterinary care and food for a special needs cat. Donations can be made by regular mail or online using Paypal.  https://www.fandfnm.org/become-a-godpurrent.html

For more information, please send an e-mail to felinesandfriendsnm@yahoo.com

HISTORY:  JOE had a rough time when he walked 17 feet into a stormwater culvert, then fell 20 feet down into a cistern near a home.  Thankfully the homeowner was out with her landscaper and happened to hear his pitiful cries; he could have been down there a week or more and died of starvation and dehydration.  Due to his difficult location it took several days to arrange a rescue for JOE, during which time a Felines & Friends volunteer visited several times to lower food and water to JOE as he patiently awaited his rescue.  Despite his fall, except for being a bit underweight and dehydrated, JOE had no serious injuries; it is unknown how long he was actually down there.  Since he was friendly and already neutered, JOE was brought to the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and transferred to us when he was found to be FIV+.  However, as is typical with many FIV+ cats he has no symptoms, is in excellent health and expected to live a normal lifespan.  While conventional thinking is to only place an FIV+ cat in a home with no other cats or with another FIV+ cat, there are many “mixed households”.  According to Cornell University, the primary mode of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) transmission is through repeated fights resulting in the exchange of blood, and it poses no threat to humans or other species.  
TEMPERAMENT: JOE is very sweet, friendly, social and outgoing, and loves attention.   BIG BOY and his pal, JOE, became members of our PF program after their human passed away in February 2019. 

TEMPERAMENT: JOE is a sweet kitty who is bonded with BIG BOY when they were placed together a few years ago.  JOE is a handsome boy with a short, mostly-white coat and some orange tabby markings. 

AGE: born approx. 3/28/13 
MICROCHIP #: 981020013564405 
DATE OF STERILIZATION: unknown 
VAX RECORD: Rabies: exp. 7/17/27; FVRCP: exp. 7/17/25  
FELV/FIV test: 4/7/16, FIV+ 

[Santa Fe Animal Svcs. Permit #24-001]