Jane,
Your bliss therapy does not sound nuts at all! When Buzz was so sick in the
summer time I used to take him out on my deck and give him Reiki treatments.
Then I would just pet him and love him. I am SURE that is part of what helped
him so much at that time. Unfortunately the deck is
The ELISA test takes a blood sample from the lower leg, and is
inexpensive. It's not that accurate, as there are false positives and
sometimes false negatives. We had 2 three month old kittens who became
negative within 1 month, and one that became negative 3 months later.
You can retest
You and the others on this site are ANGELS! You will be glad to know
that I stopped crying, called my vet, and have a plan of action. Please, keep
us in your hearts and heads, I will be asking a lot of questions in the months
to come because I am keeping the mom.
--- On Wed,
Welcome, Sally. I'm glad you got so many good answers so quickly --
we've all been through what you're going through now, some many times
over. It's great that you and your vet are working together on this and
that you already have a plan. Best of luck to you and the kitties.
Nobody can
question: what is reiki?
since your deck isn't nice now, what about a sunny window. Buzz could lay in
your lap, soak up the sun. i know what you mean about the weather. it is
getting cold here in Missouri and we have the rain, sleet, snow and hail to
look forwrd to. this is the hard part
please provide information about the PCR test you're talking about. the last
i'd heard, there were none available that wree consistently accurate and
reliable--they've been working on this for a long time and haven't been able
to establish a test that's acceptibly accurate across many labs.
i
Just for my own info... I thought IFA would show if the virus has spread to
bone marrow and that a pos IFA was pretty accurate determination.. Am I
wrong on that?
And you can have false neg Elissa --My Tucson was one of those--she got
tested as a very young kitten and obviously, exposure had
I was told about the PCR test from my vet just about 2 weeks ago. I
had never even heard of it, despite researching the other 2 tests
extensively.
I just tried a Google search for PCR feLV test and got lots of
hits so try that for more info. Some of the articles on PCR are
outdated, as
Hello,
I recently took in a stray cat that had been hanging around my neighborhood for
some time. He's such a nice boy and I had been feeding him for a few months
before I took him in. What made me take him in was he became very sick with an
upper respiratory infection and I had just felt so
Brenda,
You're an angel for opening your heart and home to Spazzy. Thank you on behalf
of all homeless kitties, and particularly FeLV kitts.
You've come to the right place for info.
My first advice would be to find an informed, FeLV-competent vet. While your
vet sounds nice, nice won't help
Welcome, Brenda! Sorry Spazzy is so ill, but you've come to the right place
for info. You will be getting a lot of it in a very short time, but just to
start out, your vet is way wrong about the bone marrow biopsy. Yikes! What
you need to get is an IFA test. It's much more accurate than
this is what is stated by a lot of people, but i really need to see some
actual reference to it. i have NOT found this stated in the literature, or
not stated in the definitive way that i see it used.
IFA-tested cats CAN and DO test negative just as ELISA-tested cats do. if
you wait the required
Another question. My kittens tested positive with the ELISA test. May they
have their vaccines? Mom gets tested Friday. If positive, may she have her
vaccines? May she be spayed?
--- On Wed, 10/29/08, MacKenzie, Kerry N. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Sally, I personally would not vaccinate a positive cat. See Jean Dodds'
and Charles Loop's (both vets) views here. (The paragraph below is taken
from the website.) Kerry M.
http://www.newsagepress.com/protectyourpet.html
All packages of vaccinations carry warnings that they should be
injected
Our vet told us to hold off on both shots and spay surgery until the
final diagnosis. It stresses their systems and makes them weak,
thereby making it harder for them to fight off the disease...
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On Oct 29, 2008, at 2:29 PM, MacKenzie, Kerry N. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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i respectfully disagree.
asymptomatic FeLVs are not sick cats. every sanctuary or multi-cat household
will gell you that until the virus is activated, FeLVs are just normal
cats--they get sick, they get treated, they get well. in sanctuary settings,
FeLVs are kept with other FeLVs, in all stages
this is closer to what i would have said--wait to see if the cat is actually
positive, and then weight the very real risks of NOT vaccinating against the
potential ones of doing so.
i follow dr dodd's recommendations myself, i just define sick differently,
i guess. (tho i'm REALLY not happy about
Mary Christine, I had two FelV kittens. One was vaccinated by the vet
after having testing positive with the Elisa test. He had one day of
feeling bad, like all kittens do, but has been fine ever since. The
other kitten, also positive, got extremely sick, couldn't even hold
his head up, and soon
it's not a hard-and-dried thing, as you said--i know of positives who seemed
in perfectly great health not make it through spaying/neutering, too; at the
sanctuary, we'd neuter the little boys as soon as possible to solve any
breaking-out-into-kittens problems, but some of the girls were NEVER
Yes
Sally(the other one)
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MC
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awww, thanks!
MC
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Yes
Sally(the other one)
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MC
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Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior(angel), Tiny(angel) Fluffy(soulmate angel),
Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily,
Hi Sue,
I am sorry to hear that Buzz has to go back on the Prednisolone. I wish I
could help you out with the new drug, but this is the first time I've ever
heard about it. Please keep us posted on his progress. I hope his rbc goes up
soon!
:)
Wendy
Never doubt that a small group of
Ok, guys, now I need more help! I picked the kittens up tonight and after I
got home, I saw that only one tested positive. Can the other kittens be with
her? Even though they tested negative, is the Humane Society worried that the
others will eventually test positive? I don't understand any
My two cents... even though they were all exposed equally. I would keep them
apart. Repeated exposure is needed for infection to occur. So even though
they are not positive now it could still happen. If you get to the point
where the negative kitens are still negative after a few months and have
RE; COST AND FINANCIAL HELP in Missouri, at least in Lincoln County, we have
a thing called care credit. my vet holds charges until we reach $400.00 then
puts it on my account with care credit. i can take up to 1 year to pay with no
interest charged unless i go past the year limit. you can
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