Bleinda,
Yes, I saw your ad about the typo. I have been going to my vet for 40 years now. Yes, I knew that stress was a big factor. Tom was VERY stressed when he showed up, but is now happy & content. Sounds like you have a very good vet. Mine is a good vet and goes to all the conferences but I believe that he is getting up there in years. His wife is with animal rescue and they both are very big on this.
Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Barbara,
Did you see my post about my typo, Bailey is 10, not 20. But he has
been positive since atleast 5 months of age when I found him, at the
time I wasin Missouri and took him to three different vet, all 3 said
"You might as well euthanize him, he will be dead in three months. I
had some experience with FeLV and already knew this wasn't true, but
can you imagine how many healthy cats die because people take thier vets
word as absolute and blindly do as they are advised??
Any cat that is positive and asymptomatic for as long as Bailey is
classified as a carrier and the virus is most likely in the bone
marrow. I don't fool myself I know sat anytime he could become
symptomatic and get sick. One of the most important things is keeping
the stress down, stress is a well known trigger of setting the virus off.
Another thing and I can't speak about your vet, but it ahs been my
experience the vets that have been practicing for a longer time are less
experienced in the virus because they do not go to continuing education
conferences to learn the newest updates about all diseases. My now vet
is very young and has been practicing for only about 6 or 7 years.
About 3 times a year she goes for a week or so at a time to conferences
about the newest findings on many different diseases and she also goes
to conferences to learn new treatment options. She is learning
acupunture and holistic medicine as well as traditional medicine. She
will someday be a very well rounded vet, and on top of all that to help
keep my kitties stress down, she comes to the house for anything that
doesn't absolutely need to be done at the office on her day off!! They
get their vaccines at home and blood draws for blood tests at home. And
yes if I find something on the internet I think has merit I tell her
about and she will research it for me. She allows me to bring them in
right before any procedures instead of dropping them off in the morning
and leaving them there all day, this is very stressful for cats
especially. And I wait and take them home as soon after the procedure
as it is safe. She is a gem and if she ever moves, I'll have to pull up
stakes and follow her :))
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Belinda
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