Here are some travel tips. I've made several long road trips with my cats. Some will eat in the car and some will wait until we get settled in a motel for the night. I take several jars of meat baby food for the road. Most truck stops have a microwave oven so you can gently warm the baby food. I carry a bottle of water just for Pequita, my CRF kitty. At every stop I'd syringe 10 cc's of water to her.
I've found a large carrier works well. In the back it will hold a small aluminum pan filled with litter. I put the food and water in when I stop. I have back problems and need to stop every couple of hours for a stretch. I carry a med. size rubbermaid tub with litter for the motel. I set up the litter box, food and water in the motel bathroom. Feliway spray for the carriers and motel rooms well help settle the cats. Can you check now to see if the area you are moving to has a vet familiar with FeLV? Good luck Sharyl --- On Sat, 10/2/10, Anndrea DeLozier <unspecifie...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Anndrea DeLozier <unspecifie...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Update on our Lydia > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 1:28 PM > Oh, I guess I hadn't put her name in > the first message, so I can see why > people don't know what I'm talking about :) > > > > The heading was: > > [Felvtalk] Questions about FeLV > > > > My name came up as: > > A D > > > > And it was posted: > Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:26:52 -0700 > > > > Anyway, any idea how much Pet Tinic I should give her? > > > > Any thoughts on an iron supplement? Liquid seems to be the > way to go :) > > > > Also, and I hope I don't sound too dumb.but can kitty have > human blood in a > transfusion? > > > > And/Or, can her sister (if she's FeLV negative) donate > blood to her? > Biological sister, not adopted sister :) > > > > Would a vet do a transfusion from one cat to another? Any > idea if it would > be extremely expensive? > > > > We are going to be moving 1400 miles away, and we leave on > the 15th. It'll > take a few days to get there. I know that will be stressful > on her, is there > anything I can do to make it any less stressful? Like if > she rides on > someone's lap instead of in a crate.or get one of those > "calming collars" > I've seen at Walmart.? They have some kind of pheromone or > something on > them, I think.? > > > > There will be other cats in crates, and 2 dogs possibly in > crates, possibly > not, but the dogs and this cat get along very well. > > > > She has continued to eat baby food.not a ton, but some.and > she urinated the > other day (on the floor - missed the box, I guess) and it > was a very > "string" yellow color, but not orange, brown, or red.like > a.hi-liter yellow, > but really concentrated. Like if you hi-lited the same spot > on a piece of > paper over and over.hope that makes some sense.lol. > > > > She's still real yellow-skinned (and paw pads and nose and > gums). She has > been more alert the last few days, but still not active > much. > > > > The vet she saw was very sure that she won't make it. He > kept saying he has > seen cats with the levels in her bloodwork, and it never > turns out good. I > don't expect a miracle (thought it would be nice), but if > she can live for a > while, and not be in pain or discomfort, I have to try.ya > know? > > > > If she makes it until the 15th, and makes the trip, I will > be looking for a > vet that is maybe a bit more optimistic.but realistic, > too. > > > > Oh.and guess what? She was purring for me the other morning > :) That was the > first time I'd heard/felt that in a while. > > > > She seems to not want to be warm. She won't stay under the > covers at night > like she used to, prefers the bare wood floor to the soft > beds, and we even > found her in the empty bathtub yesterday. Most of her > day is spent in the > top of a tall laundry basket, laying on a fleece blanket. > At night she > sleeps at the foot of our bed. > > > > Anyway, any more info, encouragement, ideas, etc. are > greatly appreciated :) > > > > ~Anndrea > > _______________________________________________ > 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
