I did a little more searching for information on adoption of FIV cats. Of course, the Best Friends Sanctuary site had some of the most well-researched and entertaining anecdotal information on cats with this illness.

Several years ago my brother and his wife (cat lovers par excellence) began feeding a homeless kitty in their backyard. They took her to a vet for a checkup and discovered she had FIV, a virus that attacks the white blood cells supporting the immune system. It was because of her positive FIV result that they kept her outside, away from their two indoor cats. And that’s the way I figured things had to be, until I read a recent copy of Best Friends magazine.