it all comes down to what you fel comfortable with. My Annie was diagnosed felv when I got her at the age of 4. she is happy and enjoys her life. She shares my lap, food bowls, water fountains. I believe hat due to stress, she tested positive and at the most is is a carrier. at first, we kept the others vaccinated for felv but after a few years, no one tested positive and we stopped even that. if your baby has been with you for a few years, has exhibited no signs of the disease, I would let her into the house with the others. that is my opinion, but it will be up to you.
---- Sue Freeman <kyty...@aol.com> wrote: > I am new to this group, but not to FIV/Felv. I rescued a sweet guy, > that personally I think was dumped in my neighborhood. He started coming > around my home and tried to make it his home, but then he stopped coming > around. I could only imagine what could have happened to him. About a year > later he showed up! I was now volunteering with a local rescue group and they > helped me to trap him and get him fixed. We actually had someone that wanted > to adopt him, but unfortunately when he tested positive they backed out. I > felt so bad for him, as he was the sweetest fellow. I was planning on sending > him to a sanctuary, but my husband wanted to try some natural remedies that > he had heard had amazing effects. They ended up not doing what we had hoped, > but in the mean time, I had become very attached and felt it wouldn’t benefit > neither him nor myself to send him away. so, we built him and outdoor > enclosure that he can go in and out of through the window in his own room in > the back of my home. I have other cats, so he had to be isolated. =( He does > get company throughout the day between myself and my older son, who does his > school work on the computer, located in Butch’s room. Between the two of us, > it sometimes gets to be long nights, so that he doesn’t have to be alone for > too long. > > I have had Butch now, for almost two years. We think he’s about 4-5 > years old. We have been through the removal of most of his teeth and the > removal of a small tumor on his foot. He has a great appetite, went from > 9-14lbs, everything still works. If not for his status, he is a very healthy > guy. My Vet still doesn’t understand why he is still with us. I honestly > didn’t think he would be here this long either, which brings me to my > problem. As much as I try to keep him company, he is pretty lonely. I try to > play as much as I can with him. Red lazor lights, stuffed toys on strings > etc… He has a cat tree and other places to perch on and in. He has his 8x8 > outdoor enclosure with a motion light for when he goes outside, but its > getting colder out and he doesn’t stay out there too long anymore, especially > at night, which is when I get the most guilty for leaving him alone, but I > have to sleep sometime. Plus, like I said, I have other kitties that look for > my attention too. =/ > > > Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can make his life here not so > boring? I can’t get another cat with the same status, even though that would > be golden, but I’d just end up in the same situation when one of them passes > away. He would love another kitty, which is why he came around in the first > place, but its not realistic. So any help would be great. Also, I was reading > a couple of threads about a steriod. Does this make it possible for FIV/Felv > cats to interact with healthy cats? Or does it help in reversing their > status? Any info on that too would be appreciated. > > Please know, I realize there probably isn’t a magic pill to make this > all go away, but I also don’t know how long Butch is going to be with me and > it just seems so unfair that he has to be alone for so long. I love him a > lot. He is my buddy and he looks forward to me being with him. We cuddle a > lot at night, and I try to make sure he’s sleeping before I go to bed myself. > FreeAgain, any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Thank you for listening. > > Sue Freeman _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
