Cat Maxi
wants to go outside and catch mice
The white-brown tabby cat Maxi lived with his rescuer in Germany until recently. When he came to her, Maxi was two and a half years old and came from Bulgaria. There, the street cat had been bitten by dogs one day and lost his left hind leg.
In Bulgaria, the handsome Maxi would have had no chance of placement, and so he traveled to Germany.
A veterinary examination showed that the cat was also FIV positive. This did not change his temperament. In his new home, there were already some cats with handicaps. Maxi was chasing the cats around the apartment, who were feeling more and more stressed as time went by. So they started to think about finding a new home for him.
Maxi has a distinct character
Although Maxi has only three legs since the accident, his energy does not diminish. He showed his rescuer again and again that he wants to go outside to catch mice, as he surely did in Bulgaria.
The 2.5 room apartment probably could not satisfy the former street cat's urge to move.
The animal-loving, desperate woman asked numerous animal shelters and sanctuaries to take in the lively Maxi: no one wanted to take him.
Why didn't anyone want to take Maxi?
We will not get the answer, we can only guess. A three-legged male may not meet the ideal of a cuddly cat? Maxi's FIV diagnosis overwhelmed? He chases cats in the apartment and he wants to go outside.
The so-called FIV disease in cats, can also be translated as "feline AIDS". The virus triggers an immunodeficiency disease in the cat. The transmission of FIV occurs through bite wounds. Humans cannot become infected with FIV.
In the so-called carrier phase, the cat shows no symptoms. The infection is only detected in the blood.
Over time, the strength of the immune system decreases and infections of the respiratory tract, the digestive system or the oral cavity can occur. The coat looks unkempt, fever may occur, the cat's eating behavior changes. Motor disorders, dementia or aggression may also occur. This stage can last for years. In the final stage, animals lose even more weight, but usually do not die from FIV, but from secondary infections as described above.
Maxi loves his life
In which stage his FIV disease is currently making station, or even that he no longer has his left back leg - all this is Maxi quite indifferent. He is mostly on his own and doesn't look for any connection with the other cats but you can see he enjoys his enclosure, his new home, in Traisen.
Let's wish Maxi a long life. His keepers believe in it.
Everything you believe in begins to exist.
~ Ilse Aichinger
