14/05/2023
Buster is an FIV positive street cat.
He’s been living on the streets in Werribee for at least 3 years.
He’s very smart and not very trusting. He wouldn’t fall for a cat trap so I had to put a lot of time in to gain his trust.
The past 12months I’ve actively engaged with Buster 24/7 to gain enough trust to catch him in order to get him medical treatment. I could see he wasn’t well, his eyes filled with gunk and always sporting an abscess or 2 from street fights.
Fully intact, he’s been competing with all the other Tom’s for female attention.
The past 18 months his main focus was a neighbour’s cat, (Honey) before she ended up being taken into care just before her 3rd litter. Honey and kittens are now safe, desexed and rehomed.
Honey was neglected and always at my window looking for food. This meant Buster would spend more time at my place and slowly let his guard down little by little.
After Honey was saved, Buster would turn up 2 times per day for his meals. Whether he turned up at 3pm or 3am, the camera would notify me and I’d quickly get up to feed him. He knew I was reliable. Slowly I was able to get close enough to pat him and eventually able to get him halfway into a dog carrier and then push him in.
He spent the first few days in shower cubicle before expanding his space to the entire bathroom.
His first vet visit confirmed my suspicions of FIV.
After a week he transferred to the sunroom/my exercise room. It’s like a fish bowl with all the glass and he loves to be able to see outside.
2nd week, 2nd vet visit. He is on 4 medications twice per day.
He’s put on weight, just shy of 8kg.
He’s still intact and his bone marrow is not too bad yet so he will be desexed soon.
He is toilet trained and never misses.
He loves food and loves his bed.
Next week his catio will be installed so he can get some fresh air.
Once he’s desexed, microchipped,a little more domesticated and feeling well he will be looking for a furever home. He will need to be an only cat or with other FIV positive cats.
Unfortunately the Biocat household has 4 other cats, and being FIV positive Buster cannot have full rein of the house as he poses a risk to the healthy cats.
Please PM for adoption enquires.
If you would like to help out with Buster’s mounting bills please clink on the link 😻
https://gofund.me/4438dd63