AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU
DO/ARE
DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD,
E.G; INDOOR,
OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY
OTHER
ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW?
OR WHEN
THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF?
My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned a
cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when this
big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not happy. I
tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He was like a bag
of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and got him a bowl of
milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have milk any more than
dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him another, which he drank down.
The next day he was still out there. So I brought him dog food out
(it's all I had) and he ate the entire bowl. So the next day, when he
was still there, I bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the
grocery. He ate it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided
that if he was gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I
took him to the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat
is FeLV+. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die
anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed
vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went from
living outside to living in the garage to now living in the house and
sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him and my
husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits these days.
He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him on grain free
canned but he's not willing to eat that right now. He is now eating
Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days and then he won't eat
it and I'll change. The only problem I have is that I can no longer
get him to take his supplements. He's on an immune system supplement
that is a tablet I used to mix with the wet food. Now he won't eat it
if I do. I've tried even mixing it in tuna and he won't eat it. So
I'm in a little bit of a state over this. he is also on interferon 7
days on and 7 days off. I've also had some problems with this lately
as he seems to throw up on the days that I give him interferon. He's
had a kidney infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that
he's overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory
infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came to me
when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped because he has
such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) lapcat. He loves to be
petted. He loves to be around people. He follows me every step I
take, if the dog will let him. His only stress is the Mini Schnauzer
who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She hates him. He just tries to stay
out of her way. (She sleeps on the bed at the foot and he sleeps up at
the head, by my head!) Every time he sneezes I worry. But he's
hanging in there so far, and as far as I can tell he is prospering. He
has had rabies vaccine and calici virus in the past but I don't know if
we'll do rabies this year since he isn't outside now. I'll have to
talk to my vet about that and the calici too.
Sidney and the General
-----Original Message-----
From: amanda <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am
Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one
to better undertsand FeLV.
Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or
past FeLV
kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and
how
everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could
participate!
AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU
DO/ARE
DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD,
E.G; INDOOR,
OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY
OTHER
ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW?
OR WHEN
THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering
would be
really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and
your fur
babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan.
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