I raised three little foundlings--The 3 Orange Boyz--and they tested
FeLV-. Then at nine months one of them, Sammy, tested not only FeLV+
but with mediastinal lymphoma. He is now in the Wisconsin/Madison
chemotherapy protocol and is doing just wonderfully and after four
treatments he is in "apparent remission." Amazing!
So little negatives can switch to positive. The shelter was not
pulling your leg when they said she was negative.
And the reason your vets are being so supportive is because times
have changed. FeLV positive cats are no longer routinely marked for
death the way they were years ago because many of them live a long
time. My beloved Mamie lived for nine years after her diagnosis when
she was a wee one (she was found on a golf course in Michigan in
really pitiful shape: fleas, URI, tapeworm, other parasites, just a
wreck--and she persevered through all--and when she was well I
brought her home where she had a fabulous life until I got divorced
and she lost her idyllic life when I moved to an apartment. The
change really affected her negatively (and me, too) and caused her
immune system to really go downhill.
The most important thing is to keep little MeMe healthy and give her
all the opportunities a little cat can have. Mamie was leash-trained
and also, thank God, had a very safe neighborhood in which to roam
and a kitty-door that was always available. (She always was inside
at night.) I think the fact that she was out in the sun and the rain
and was able to have fun spying on the birds and "rescuing" mice,
voles and chipmunks.
You can have your little darling girl for along time!
Taylor Scobie Humphrey
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On May 27, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Kelly L wrote:
At 10:24 AM 5/27/2007, you wrote:
Welcome..and THANK YOU
No it is not a death sentence as you will see here. i just returned
from Best friends where I met Many old,,,15-22 year old cats ..
Unfortunately when kittens get it they seem to have a shorter life
span, My guy is a year and a half,
Best Friends give their leukemia cats 1/4 cc immuno regulin I.M
each month,,I use that and alferon natural interferon,,, a good
diet and lots of love!!! and have other cats also and do not worry
about it spreading to my adult vaccinated cats, But Max my FELV cat
live primarily away form the others with his own friends,,, I do
not want him catching anything else.
Kelly
www.kellyscats.zoomshare.com
Hello everyone
I just joined this group as I have just had two FeLV
positive test results on my year old kitten.
I adopted her from a cat shelter two months ago
with many health issues (upper respiratory, diarrhea
giardia, stomatits). I was told that she was FeLV negative
and figured I could deal with all of the above because they were
not life threatening and once I got her out of the shelter 'colony'
and to our vets, that she would get well. She didn't.
On Friday I took her to my homeopathic vet who insisted that
she be tested "again" for FeLV, and the test came back positive
and the second test result which I got on Saturday was also positive.
Needless to say I am devastated. Both of the vets that I use are
being
supportive and hopeful. When I adopted a positive kitten 20 years ago
I was told that she had to be put down because she would infect my
other cat.
This is not the case now. We have two Scotties and had recently
lost a 19 year old
cat, and a 21 year old the year before.
This cat, MeMe, is an absolute love. My homeopath put her on a
probiotic that
she is excited about "FortiFlora", and liquid DMG as well as help
in weaning her
to Archetype food as she is addicted to Fancy Feast which my vet
calls 'kitty crack'.
I have been overwhelmed with the amount of information I am
finding on the Web.
Some of it seems very optimistic, some, bordering on fantasy. I
joined this group hoping to
share information with real people who are living and coping with
this disease. I keep
re-reading the Home page on this site which states that Feline
Leukemia is not a death
sentence. I would appreciate any information which could be
helpful to MeMe.
Thank you
Jane
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