I think that the reason this list is different is that it takes a different
sort of person to want to and be willing to care for cats with FeLV. It
takes a lot of compassion, and also a lot of willingness to face hard things,
and also a willingness to have an open mind and do some research. All of this
makes the list self-selecting, I think, to people who are more generally
compassionate and less combative than on other lists. And people withh FeLV
positive cats also have to deal with the fact that most vets are just abysmal
and clueless on this subject, which makes us really need to depend on each other
to learn the information that we all need to take care of our cats. Which,
I think, also makes us nicer and less combative than people on other lists,
because we really NEED to be here for very practical reasons, and we really
need, and recognize that we need, each other's advice and information.
With FeLV we do not have the luxury of alienating each other in order to have a
petty argument. I am not sure that people on other lists feel so dependent
on each other. In fact, on one of the IBD lists a woman really, really
tore into me for questioning something that another member had been told by a
vet. She wrote that it was completely inappropriate for me to do that
because I do not have a veterinary degree. It was one of the reasons I
left that list. I can not imagine anyone on this list writing that. We have all
had such bad experiences with vets, so we don't put them on a pedestal. Which
does make us need each other more.
Just my thoughts. I have spent some time thinking about the subject,
because this list really is so amazing, and so much better than all the
others.
Michelle
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- Re: OT: Why is this list so nice? Lernermichelle
- Re: OT: Why is this list so nice? Nancy Schneider
- RE: OT: Why is this list so nice? Hideyo Yamamoto
- RE: OT: Why is this list so nice? MacKenzie, Kerry N.