Re: Brooklyn's vet visit

[Dudes]

No problem, Patti, no offense taken.  I totally respect your history of being a cat mom and also your views.  I understand your concern with vets that don't know about FeLV, and it's a shame that we feel like we have to second guess them.  But we do, and I feel very comfortable with the advice given on this list. I feel like all of your advice is more from personal experience and more heartfelt.    I do feel like Cotton's vets are good ones, and what's great about them is that they both have multi-cat households, one has 6 and the other has 5!  I asked!  That they have experience and more importantly intimate relationships with cats is important to me.    I hope that we can all continue to share what we feel, because I have learned and grown much from the kindness of this list.  I have been on other lists before with wildlife issues, and while I realize there are many personalities, I'm happy to see that this list doesn't eat it's young.  There's another thing that I can be thankful for.  Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 5:26 PM Subject: Re: Brooklyn's vet visit Sandy, I probably did misunderstand what you posted initially, sorry for that. I do understand about treating Felv cats more aggressively. And I know about concern for dehydration, and such resulting from diarrhea. I understand, and agree with what you did concerning Cotton's crisis.  I was just stating my personal opinion about Brooklyn's current GI ailment.  I just believe that until all common (for lack of a better word) things are ruled out, I wouldn't be overtly concerned that it was due to his Felv status. Believe me, I am no expert when it comes to Felv, I learn new things every day here. I also was just expressing my opinions, and I'm sorry if my posts came off as argumentative, that was not my intention.... Just throwing my thoughts out and I am very sorry if I misunderstood anything you wrote, or offended you in any way. That was NOT my intention. Patti