mailmail pg - Hi. Reading your email, how do you get the free food. I still
don't quite understand. You also vet them as you said. Please explain. Are
they ferals that you have trapped and kept indoors? Or do you mean that you
trap them, neuter and release and vet them when necessary? Sorry - I did not
understand and am trying to learn some things so that I can help my 7 outdoor
cats. dotty
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From: MaiMaiPG <maima...@gmail.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] outdoor cats plight/free food?
The cats get free food, shelter and the best care we can provide cats that have
to be trapped to be vetted. I can provide worming and some other things
without touching them but they are cautious....as they should be. It has kept
them alive for a long time and allowed them to have a good life ... not the
life I would like for them but the life they are born to. If they are going to
eat and enjoy the protection we can give them, they make the trip to the vet.
Some have managed to avoid trapping for really long times but I do insist and,
eventually, they make that trip.
We don't have a lot of money either so I do understand. Right now there are 6
ferals plus those who wander by and go on. We don't belong to a program
either. We just believe this is something we need to do. Otherwise there
would be zillions of cats/kittens here and finding homes is almost impossible.
I have always had house cats who were feral at one time and consider them the
smartest of cats but they are all very independent...even those that came in
when they were very little kittens. Unfortunately, most people want cats who
are lap cats or less independent or whatever and don't want to spend the time
necessary with ferals.
On Aug 28, 2012, at 3:21 PM, dot winkler wrote:
Hi I was reading your mail. What did you mean about "that is the price of
free food?" Do you receive food free for feeding the cats? I do not TNR. I
don't belong to any program. Just my lone self feeding the 7 cats. (they are
all neutered except 2 by someone else) I have spent so much money on them each
week. Money I don't have. It is getting to be a bad situation for me.
>
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> From: MaiMaiPG <maima...@gmail.com>
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 4:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] outdoor cats plight
>
>
>Dozens of years re feeding. We trap, s/n and release. That is the price of
>free food. I would not feel right about abandoning my wild friends. When I
>moved to care for my mother, I got neighbors to take care of the one feral at
>that house. I visited when I could and furnished the food. We have fed
>ferals at Mom's for as long as I can remember. And calling a shelter will
>probably result in the death of most of the cats you have been caring for.
>
>On Aug 27, 2012, at 3:02 PM, dot winkler wrote:
>
>Hi. I threw this out there a few weeks ago but don't i know if it went thru -
>I didn't see any replies.
>>I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with outdoor (stray) cat
>>feeding. I have been feeding 7 for a year and a half now.
>>I am going to have arm surgery and will not be able to drive for 6 weeks and
>>will have a very difficult postop recovery. I have no-one else to feed the
>>cats. I am thinking of calling some shelters and maybe simultaneously the
>>newspaper to expose their plight. Perhaps some can be adopted, if a facility
>>would take them in and if they got the proper exposure from the newspaper. I
>>also could try to help in the adoption process. ALSO, my other question is,
>>how long have people been feeding their outdoor cats? I am thinking this
>>cannot go on forever. Where do I find people to help me out with it, if I
>>can't find adoptions? Any input on this, would be great. Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>________________________________
>> From: Marta Gasper <marta.gas...@yahoo.com>
>>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>>Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 6:12 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV & Ascites?
>>
>>
>>I wouldn't know..besides of FIP it could be heart trouble and other
>>conditions. Sorry I can't reasure you. The vet can draw fluid and analyze it
>>for protein content, high protein is FIP. Last year and earlier this year we
>>lost two kittens to FIP almost a month apart. When they extracted fluid from
>>the first one it was clear but the analysis confirmed the high protein
>>content. So dx was FIP, later on vet found a large mass growing so concluded
>>that he had pancreatic cancer thus the fluid_at that point was greenish_his
>>sister also got a FIP dx, high prt fluid but more typical; yellow viscous
>>fluid, no cancer.
>>I'm wishing all the best to you and your kitten
>>
>>http://homelessnomore.webs.com/
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>>________________________________
>> From: Forgotten Felines <toledoc...@gmail.com>
>>To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>>Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 5:00 PM
>>Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV & Ascites?
>>
>>
>>My FeLV+ kitten developed ascites and I'm worried the vet is going to tell me
>>it's FIP. Does anyone know if ascites is ever related to FeLV?
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