sorry to be late with this, been a while since i logged in. my Annie was diagnosed felv + at age 4 when i got her. her owner was dying with liver cancer and could not keep her. if the right home could not be found, she wanted put to sleep. she spent 21 days locked in her owners trailer alone with only contact when owner's sister came to feed her and clean box. when i got her, she was pretty stressed out and since she had never been around other cats, not happy with 2 i already had being there. she seems to be an alpha female and bullied my other female Homey who was a stray. she had been spayed by previous owner who used same vet i use. since then, i have taken in 3 more babies, 2 whom no one wanted because they were 10 years old and 1, a stray whom a lady had been feeding. he had been hit by a car and needed 2 pins in his leg. she could not afford it so opted to put to sleep. he was so sweet, vet opted to fix his leg and find a home for him. this is same vet who found me for Annie. he knows a soft touch when he sees one. with each new cat, Annie has been agressive, but met her match with Casey who is also alpha female. still have a problem with Lil Bit and Annie. she is reclusive, 10 years old and when she does come into the room with others, she hisses and screams just like Annie. Lil Bit is also very skittish, the least sound or motion and she runs out of the room. i am going to test Annie again, since she had never been positive before all the upheavel in her life and we are thinking maybe she was exposed as a baby, developed and immunity and was okayuntil all the trauma. she is better than she was with the others and has settled down some so now we think would be a good time to retest. Annie, Casey, Homey and Bob all are in/out cats depending on the weather. i live in the middle of the woods so it is fairly safe and they usually spend most of their time on the deck and about half way down the bluff. have very little contact with wild animals. seem to sense it is smarter to sty away from them than try to fight them. all the others have been vaccinated for felv along with rabies and the other shots. since they do have a chance of contacting rabies carrying animals, fell shots are necessary. i do nt try to seperate Annie from others, seems cruel to do so, plus she can open doors. so far, she has shown no signs of illness, is fat and sassy, eats good, drinks plenty of waterand is in general a healthy cat. keep my fingers crossed. of course at first sign of a problem, will rush her to vet. dorlis ---- amanda <white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp> wrote: > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past > FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and > how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could > participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS > DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS > LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT > HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS > YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your > time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good > health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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