I have three positives and four negatives. They have all been together since April. I will have them re-tested before I vaccinate for Feline Leukemia again in March, but to my knowledge they are all still negative. I lost my sweet Tucker in May but my vet assured me he was still negative and the problems he had did not have anything to do with feline leukemia. Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:22 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] New to group > Hello, > I have to say this is a very enlightening forum. I have learned so much > from you all! I found a stray 2 months ago at work who was in terrible > condition, > near death, starving, fleas, worms, etc. She had a 'tipped' ear and I > found out > later she was an Indy Feral cat who was in the TNR program. Don't know > whether > she was actually 'feral' though, but I doubt it because she has become > quite lovable. > Had her tested at a low cost clinic and was +. The vet there said her > teeth didn't > look so good and that was typical in feral cats. > When I took her to my regular vet, he somehow neglected to even look in > her > mouth and he said as a + she'd live a couple months to a year, giving a > very grim > diagnosis. I tried not to prod at her too much at first since she was in > such a > delicate condition, but about a week after the vet appt, I noticed she was > missing > all of her tiny teeth on the top and all but one of the little ones on the > bottom. I was > horrified and it was then realized that my vet hadn't even looked in her > mouth. > After nursing her back to health, she has become very healthy except for > some > sneezing spells every now and then. This does worry me because sometimes > mucus comes out. She had extreme uncontrollable diarrhea > when I first got her, which after using fortiflora for a month helped a > lot, but did > not cure it completely. For the last week I have been feeding her a raw > chicken > diet (I have been feeding my other 3 cats this diet since February with > amazing results) > and her diarrhea is completely gone. > So she's been in my bathroom isolated from my other cats this entire > time, and she > really does seem to be happy there but I hate to keep them separated. I > am getting > ready to take her to the vet again to have her teeth checked out because > her breath > is really terrible (seeing a different vet there though). I am worried > about stressing her > out by taking her to the vet and I know they will recommend a cleaning > which will > probably stress her even more, but having an unhealthy mouth would be > worse on > her than the experience of a cleaning. Right? > I have 3 other (negative) cats, 2 are adults and one is about 1 year > and 5 months > (I guess you'd call her an adult, she did just have her 2nd dose of the > felv vax) These > 2 vets say they would absolutely NOT mix. > My question to all of you who mix is: Have any of your negatives become + > ?? Any advice > would be greatly appreciated. > > Tracey > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
