I would like to know if Fix Nation is under the umbrella of Best Friends.?

I took the cat to fixnation today for his second mange treatment, however, was very bothered and worried that due to the number of times I repeated in the morning "I am here for mange treatment only, he has been neutered already", they gave him anesthesia and vaccinated him again. The employee filled out the paperwork (I found out afterwards), somewhere behind the unit, checked all boxes in the morning including feline distemper, ear tip, rabies, antibiotic, etc. She stated that I should have told them that he was neutered, after repeating several times that I have, also mentioned Mange second treatment on the paper, she still insisted that she was right. I very much appreciate that there is an organization like this helping poor feral cats out there, however, human treatment by this employee was very bothersome, more serious, this poor cat was given anesthesia and was vaccinated again. I hope this poor cat will be okay after getting another set of vaccines, second time anesthesia, please let me know….

I don’t know what Fix Nation or Best Friends is.

Why dont any of my other pets have mange symptoms?

This videos shows information that can be found on www.petsbestrx.com/mange . Also tells about the different types of mange mites.

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Suggestions/comments on FIV and testing.?

I rescued a true feral cat with mange, he was tested positive for FIV, kept him for months in order for him to get his mange treatment, etc. I took him to vet again for mange, and asked them to test him again for FIV, this time he was tested negative. Don’t know what to make of it. I believe the first time he was tested with a snap test, second one was In house, not sure if there is a difference between those two. It was recommended Western Blot, however, that cost is over $200. Any comments and suggestions on this. Now I am not sure if this cat has FIV or not. I am sure he was not vaccinated since he was a true ferral cat, now, just recently after 2-3 months he meows when wants food.

The diagnosis of FIV is difficult because there are no commercially available tests that can differentiate between infected cats and non-infected cats that have been vaccinated against FIV. After vaccination, cats produce antibodies that have been indistinguishable from those induced by natural infection. A positive result should be followed by the Western Blot test.