Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting

2013-11-27 Thread Beth
Critter! www.Furkids.org   From: Kristi Stringer kristi.stringer@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting She is six. And i meant she is not systematic On Nov 26, 2013 7:27 PM

Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting

2013-11-27 Thread Lorrie
Thank you for adoptiing this FelV pos. cat. I have several and they are all ages from 2 years to 6 years old. So far they have not been sick, even tho they were unknowingly exposed to a cat who died from FelV. Kittens seem to be the most susceptable to this virus and most die before they are a

[Felvtalk] Adopting

2013-11-26 Thread Kristi Stringer
I just found out that the cat i am adopting has Felv but have decided to give her a loving home anyway Working with retrovirises is part of my job {in humans } so i feel like i could provide her with the love and care she needs. Any advice asbo begin this journey? Currently she is symptomatic

Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting

2013-11-26 Thread Bonnie Hogue
Good for you for keeping her. You'll have a friend for life! Bonnie Sent from my iPhone On Nov 26, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Kristi Stringer kristi.stringer@gmail.com wrote: I just found out that the cat i am adopting has Felv but have decided to give her a loving home anyway Working with

Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting

2013-11-26 Thread Christiane Biagi
@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Adopting I just found out that the cat i am adopting has Felv but have decided to give her a loving home anyway Working with retrovirises is part of my job {in humans } so i feel like i could provide her with the love and care she needs. Any advice asbo begin

Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting

2013-11-26 Thread Kristi Stringer
-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf Of *Kristi Stringer *Sent:* Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:56 PM *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org *Subject:* [Felvtalk] Adopting I just found out that the cat i am adopting has Felv but have decided to give her a loving home anyway Working

Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting

2013-11-26 Thread Christiane Biagi
...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kristi Stringer Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:34 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting She is six. And i meant she is not systematic On Nov 26, 2013 7:27 PM, Christiane Biagi ti...@mindspring.com wrote: Good for you! You won't regret

Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting neg kitten to family with positive cat

2009-09-30 Thread Lorrie
Last year I adopted a FelV positive kitten to a couple who had two neg. cats. They knew the kitten they wanted was positive, but they fell in love with him and took him anyway. I kept him until their other two cats were vaccinated against Felv and had time to build up immunity. I'm still in

Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting neg kitten to family with positive cat

2009-09-30 Thread Chris
-Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:04 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting neg kitten to family with positive cat Last year I adopted a FelV

Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting neg kitten to family with positive cat

2009-09-30 Thread Gloria B. Lane
I've done that too - a friend of mine adopted 2 kittens quite a few years ago - 1 kitten from our group, and 1 from another. The other kitten at some point tested positive. She keeps the FELV+ kitten on low dose interferon, and the other kitten vacccinated. They must be 6 or 7 years