Hi, have you tried mackeral? it is so smelly that you might fool him. General like my Bob, never met a person he did not like. likes to sleep draped over my neck. dorlis ---- souther...@aol.com wrote: > > > > 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? > > My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned a > cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when this > big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not happy. I > tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He was like a bag > of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and got him a bowl of > milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have milk any more than > dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him another, which he drank down. > The next day he was still out there. So I brought him dog food out > (it's all I had) and he ate the entire bowl. So the next day, when he > was still there, I bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the > grocery. He ate it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided > that if he was gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I > took him to the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat > is FeLV+. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die > anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed > vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went from > living outside to living in the garage to now living in the house and > sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him and my > husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits these days. > He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him on grain free > canned but he's not willing to eat that right now. He is now eating > Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days and then he won't eat > it and I'll change. The only problem I have is that I can no longer > get him to take his supplements. He's on an immune system supplement > that is a tablet I used to mix with the wet food. Now he won't eat it > if I do. I've tried even mixing it in tuna and he won't eat it. So > I'm in a little bit of a state over this. he is also on interferon 7 > days on and 7 days off. I've also had some problems with this lately > as he seems to throw up on the days that I give him interferon. He's > had a kidney infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that > he's overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory > infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came to me > when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped because he has > such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) lapcat. He loves to be > petted. He loves to be around people. He follows me every step I > take, if the dog will let him. His only stress is the Mini Schnauzer > who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She hates him. He just tries to stay > out of her way. (She sleeps on the bed at the foot and he sleeps up at > the head, by my head!) Every time he sneezes I worry. But he's > hanging in there so far, and as far as I can tell he is prospering. He > has had rabies vaccine and calici virus in the past but I don't know if > we'll do rabies this year since he isn't outside now. I'll have to > talk to my vet about that and the calici too. > > Sidney and the General > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amanda <white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am > Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one > to better undertsand FeLV. > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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