[Felvtalk] Ethical assistance needed

2009-12-19 Thread nancy crandall
Hi, I was introduced to this list by a friend who is a cat rescuer. I am a newly placed member of the BOD of a local no kill rescue (dogs mostly). We find ourselves in a very sad predicament for which we have no past experience. We have a cat room with 15 cats all infected with feline

Re: [Felvtalk] Ethical assistance needed

2009-12-19 Thread Cougar Clan
I would have no problem adopting them out with full disclosure. You cannot control the future. There are people in the world who would welcome a FeLV+ rescue, especially if they have one that needs a companion. If there are no other cats in the household, I would encourage the adoption

Re: [Felvtalk] Ethical assistance needed

2009-12-19 Thread Lorrie
Hi Nancy, I'm sure you'll hear from many people about this, but I'll chime in for now. First of all thank you for taking care of these cats. I too have a rescue building, but mine is strictly cats, no dogs. I have two rooms in my cageless shelter where I have FelV cats. I have adopted out a

Re: [Felvtalk] Ethical assistance needed

2009-12-19 Thread Sharyl
Nancy, I can see no reason why you can not adopt them out with full disclosure. As someone else mentioned adopting them out in pairs if the home has no kitties would be a good idea. They would have a play companion. You could provide the FeLV link to potential adopter so they could learn more

[Felvtalk] Mozart

2009-12-19 Thread Jason Michael Canon
Hi everyone, Just wanted to post a note to introduce my 10 year old male Bengal cat named Mozart. He was dx FeLV 6 weeks ago and has been receiving weekly LTCI treatments. So far the weekly LTCI has failed to reverse the virus as his blood count went from 17 down to 11% and his weight continues

Re: [Felvtalk] Mozart

2009-12-19 Thread dlgegg
best of luck toyou and Mozart. I will add my prayers for both of you. dorlis Jason Michael Canon j...@canon.org wrote: Hi everyone, Just wanted to post a note to introduce my 10 year old male Bengal cat named Mozart. He was dx FeLV 6 weeks ago and has been receiving weekly LTCI

Re: [Felvtalk] Ethical assistance needed

2009-12-19 Thread dlgegg
Nancy, I can only tell you from my experience and what my vet told me. they can be with negative cats as long as the negatives are up to date on their shots. I have 6 negatives and 2 positives and so far, they are healthy as can be, no signs of problems. as some on this group can tell you,