A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 18, 1997 Treating it is expensive Virus threatens cats A HIGHLY contagious and potentially deadly cat disease at the Terrace Animal Shelter could cost some animals’ their lives and their owners big vet bills, Feline Rhino Tracheitis (FFR) is an airborne illness that can infect cats and kittens. Symptoms include sneezing, runny eyes and nose, and lethargy. Terrace velesinarian Dr. Tom Sager says the discase has been a problem at the animal shelter at least since Decem- ber, “We've seen at least two dozen cats vome in for their free vet check who have the symptoms,’’ he SAYS. "Two of the more severe cals had to be put to sleep.’” One of the owners of an infected adopted cat is Diane Clark. She says nobody al the shelter warned her about the problem and now she’s stuck with a $400 vet bill, ‘She was sneezing when I got her,’ Clark says of her cat, Mitzi. ‘But nobody told me she might have FRT. I’m lucky because [ can afford to treat her but other owners might have to put their cats down.’’ Terrace animal contro] officer Frank Bowsher says dis- eases can come into the shelter but he insists there’s no danger of an FRT epidemic. “There is mo FRT problem at the shelter,’’ he says. “There are always a few diseases that come in with the animals, that’s why they are given free medical checks.”’ Bowsher says shelter workers aren’t vets, so they can't be expected ta diagnose disease. And he says adopting owners are always told to visit the vet within two days of picking up an animal. If an animal is found to be discased, Bowsher says the owner has the option of bringing it back, or having the cat treated at their expense. But Diane Clark says nobody told her to take the cat to the vet right away, and by the time she found oul it was sick, she couldn't give it up. “You bond with a cat really fast,’’ she says. ‘There was no way I could take it back.’’ Dr. Sager says cats that were boarded at the shelter have also come into his clinic infected with FRT. ‘People have to be informed of the potential their cats may catch this illness,’’ he says. ‘‘It is very important that the shelter communicate with people.’ But Bowsher says the shelter is doing everything they DIANE CLARK unknowingly took home an unwanted cat disease called FTR when she adopted her kitten, Mitzi, from the Terrace Animal Shelter. can to prevent the spread of disease. "We clean every day and do everything we can to keep disease down and the animals healthy,”” he says. “‘What more can we do?” Terace Child DevelooneitCahe iin? 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