Veternarian People Question

[honeychile]

I was at Petco last week, and among all the other cats up for adoption was a beautiful black kitty. He was two months old, but had streaks of what looked like mucus dried from each side of his mouth, and there was a note that he would need a lot of medication & had already been neutered.

I always "chin chuck" all the cats who let me, but something told me, that, even though this little guy was mewing pitifully, not to try to touch him, so I took the soft end of a pen, and scratched his head. He really seemed to like it for a moment, then tried to hiss, but just made a lot more mucus. I was worried that he might have something contagious, so I threw out the pen.

While checking out, I asked the clerk about him. She said that he had been feral, and did have distemper (the hydro- word). I asked why, at two months, didn't they put him down? And also, if he had such a problem, why was he with all those other cats?

I didn't get what I considered a real answer. Should this poor little guy be with other cats? I'm really questionning if we should even go to this store anymore, if their practices aren't up to par!