Re: [Felvtalk] Whimsy - check up results

2010-12-25 Thread Natalie
Can you try giving something to calm him down, like Bach Flower Rescue Remedy or other available things such as PetCalm, etc? I bet some Feliway would help him too! Good luck - Natalie -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Whimsy - check up results

2010-12-25 Thread Emeraldkittee
hi Natalie and everyone!   thanks for all the food suggestions!!   Good news! The Whimzer has resume eating - apparently, he was just very angry and disturbed that we changed his routine.  Good to know for the future. It was quite a fright though.   He started eating normally this morning.  Now

Re: [Felvtalk] Whimsy - check up results

2010-12-25 Thread Diane Rosenfeldt
Excellent news! You must be so relieved. It's so scary when they Just. Won't. Eat. and you don't know what their issue is. Season's Greetings to Whimsy and all of you. Diane R. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On

[Felvtalk] Good news

2010-12-25 Thread Kerry MacKenzie
Dear all It's been a few years since I last posted. Background: I found this amazing, wonderful, kind, supportive, and knowledgeable group--it remains my best Internet experience--after discovering that 5 members of a feral colony of 4 kittens and 2 adults that I took in in 2003 had tested

Re: [Felvtalk] Good news

2010-12-25 Thread Gloria B. Lane
Hi Kerry, I remember you from way back. So glad to see you out there and hear your story. I think I took in my first FELV cats in 2001 - Mr. Black Kitty and Calawalla Banana Booboo. Mr. Black Kitty was a double positive, and lived about a year. He was SOO skinny, but an energetic,

Re: [Felvtalk] strains?

2010-12-25 Thread Emeraldkittee
 I sometimes wonder what subgroup/strain they were, and what my present FELV's are.  I've got a great picture of them on a bed with my non-FELV, Shakespeare, just chillin and looking great     Hi Gloria,   Do you know if there is a way to test for the strain? I never heard of it at a regular

Re: [Felvtalk] strains?

2010-12-25 Thread Gloria Lane
I've never heard of a test for subgroups but they just have it.. Hey from my baby Shakespeare! He's a sweetie ! Gloria Sent from my iPhone On Dec 25, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Emeraldkittee emeraldkit...@yahoo.com wrote: I sometimes wonder what subgroup/strain they were, and what my present

Re: [Felvtalk] Whimsy - check up results

2010-12-25 Thread dlgegg
Great news, just in time for Christmas! I wonder sometimes who suffers the most for their illness, them or us. If someone is really sick, I don't sleep well and won't eat much myself. I am always listening for sounds of distress. It is always to see them back on their feet and behaving

Re: [Felvtalk] Finding homes for cats upon death

2010-12-25 Thread dlgegg
i WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE CAN DO SUCH A THING. I know I am a bit of a pushover when it comes to animals and children who are nt able to defend themselves from people's cruelty, but I would rather starve myself than to let my babies do without food or care. Maybe we should start a

Re: [Felvtalk] Finding homes for cats upon death

2010-12-25 Thread dlgegg
RE: parrots. People should not be allowed ot adopt them unless they uflly understand how long they live and how to properly care for them. My boss had an Amazon conyure name of Baltezar and after 6 years, it became a problem of what to do with him when he was out of town, sometimes for a

Re: [Felvtalk] Cats not getting along

2010-12-25 Thread dlgegg
You said it, your attention. I have left and then when they all thought I was gone snuck around to a window and everyone was just a peaceful as could be. They all follow me around the house and want to be close. That is when the hissing, screaming and slapping starts. Not everyone fits on

Re: [Felvtalk] Cats not getting along

2010-12-25 Thread dlgegg
Thank God we only have hissing, slapping type fights. So far. Lorrie felineres...@kvinet.com wrote: Laura, I feel for you I had one like that! He tore up all my other cats, and it got so bad I had to keep him in one section of our house. He was about two when we rescued him and

Re: [Felvtalk] Finding homes for cats upon death

2010-12-25 Thread Kelley Saveika
Hi Lorrie, If you have enough money to provide for them, may I suggest The Stevenson Center at Texas AM? http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/petcare/ http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/petcare/It is not cheap but is a safe place for pets to go and live in a home like environment, has vet students who live there, each

Re: [Felvtalk] Cats not getting along

2010-12-25 Thread LauraM
Yes, it's very difficult to deal with, for me and for the other cats. Funny though, Blizzard sometimes seems afraid of other cats. For example, yesterday several of the cats were clustered around the food bowl with 3 or 4 others close by. Bliz wanted to get into the living room, but these cats