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My name is Leo!

Posted 1 month ago

My basic info

Breed
Domestic Longhair
Color
Orange or Red Tabby
Age
6 years 7 months old, Adult
Sex
Male
Pet ID
Hair Length
long

My details

Alert icon Not good with dogs
Alert icon Not good with cats
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered

My personality

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Meet Leo! This big fluffball is a happy, independent cat. He is about 6.5 yeaars old. Leo is friendly and likes to be pet. His favorite spots are under his chin and his tummy. He loves to sit with his foster parents for attention and when he is done, off he goes for a nap. Leo will allow being picked up but only for short periods. He likes to play with a lazer pointer, and will stalk and pounce toys or small things like cotton balls. Leo loves to talk when he sees you. He also loves temptations and catit creamy treats. Leo would do best as the only cat in a calmer home. Older more respectful children would be okay. Leo does not like the dog in his foster home and is not proven with other cats. As a long haired cat, he will need regular brushing and likely grooming once or twice a year.

This handsome boy has been neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and has had his teeth cleaned and 6 teeth removed.

Leo has had a hard life. He was rescued from a motel where monthly renters were feeding him. Leo does have a grade 3 heart murmur and is FIV positive (FELV negative). He is not taking anything for the heart murmur and FIV does not require any treatment. Leo will require an annual vet visit to check on his heart and we have included information on FIV below. If you have room in your heart & your home for this very handsome fluffball, contact us here, email heartstohomesfelines@gmail.com or fill out an application at heartstohomes.ca.

FIV is a feline only virus that cannot be transmitted to people or other animal species. FIV is passed between cats through a deep bite wound – deep enough to inject saliva into the bloodstream of the other cat – commonly occurring in outdoor cats who fight for territory. FIV is not passed between cats through casual contact like sharing food bowls or litter boxes or through playing, wrestling or licking/cleaning each other. Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine conducted a long-term study in cat shelters and found that FIV-positive cats can live with FIV-negative cats and not infect the FIV-negative cats during normal day-to-day interaction. Studies over the last 10 years have also shown that cats with FIV often live as long as otherwise healthy cats that do not have this virus. For more information, please check out the links below.

https://ontariospca.ca/blog/positive-doesnt-need-to-be-negative-adopting-and-living-with-an-fiv-positive-cat/

https://www.humanesociety.org/news/fiv-positive-cats

https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/cornell-feline-health-center/health-information/feline-health-topics/feline-immunodeficiency-virus
Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID
Contact
Pat Kawamoto
Phone
Address
30 Heath St., Brantford, ON N3T 0G4

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

The first thing we require is completion of our Application & Agreement. It is one page, asks for a reference and requires (among other things) that you agree not to de-claw the cat, not to let the cat roam freely outdoors, and to return the cat if the adoption does not work out for any reason.

We deliver the cat upon approval of the application.

All cats are spayed/neutered/vaccinated/microchipped and adult cats are tested for FIV/FELV.

Go meet their pets

Visit www.heartstohomes.ca or find us on Facebook.

More about this rescue

Hearts to Homes Feline Rescue & Sanctuary is a Canadian registered charity #74428 3128 RR0001 dedicated to the welfare of cats & kittens. We are a small home-based rescue, run & operated by volunteer power.

Our Mission

1) To find loving 'forever' homes for stray & abandoned cats & kittens;
2) To help with 'Trap Neuter Return (TNR) of community & colony cats; and
3) To help families that need assistance with their cats.

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