'Max' Halcrow is a 10 year old cat who had been living happily with his owner Yasmin, in the Eastern suburbs of Adelaide. After moving house to the foot hills of Adelaide and acquiring two additional family members, 2 new cats, Yasmin noticed Max was becoming restless.
Over the next year, Max ran away from home numerous times. Lucky for Max, he was wearing a collar with an identification tag which means he was returned home.
However on one occasion, Max was found by somebody wandering around Prospect with an injury to his armpit. Max's arm had been stuck through his collar and had caused a large gash. Yasmin was phoned and she agreed to have him microchipped while he was under the anaesthetic to stitch up his wound.
Only two weeks after this incident, Max ran away and never came home. Yasmin was devastated and tried in vain to find him without any success.
Max when he was just a kitten
A major turn of events occurred some 5 years later. Yasmin received a phone call from a veterinary clinic in Elizabeth to say that Max had been found. For the past 5 years, he had been living happily with someone else in the neighbourhood. It was only until he was lost again that someone took him to the veterinary clinic and he was scanned for a microchip.
After receiving the good news, Yasmin bought Max in to see Dr Foreman for a thorough check up. Other than a few scars from fighting, Max was in good condition. A full blood profile was done and Max was found to be FIV positive - the feline AIDs disease that can be transmitted by cat fighting. Yasmin is still finding it difficult to keep Max at home and is hoping to find him a loving home where there are no other cats and he can be by himself.
Max with his new parents - Dr Nina Bray and her partner Garry
