I just joined the group and got some good news this past Friday. Lola, the 6 month old feral kitten we resued tested positive on the ELISA test at 9 weeks, 11 weeks,
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 19, 2008, at 10:17 AM, catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been mixing *except kittens* for nearly 15 years now. I've > never had it transferred. Your cats should not have a problem. > Good luck! > tonya > > Tracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 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
