I've rescued 6 dumpster positive kittens and had all of them spayed/neutered successfully. In addition I spayed and released one adult positive dumpster cat with no problems. There is always a concern using anesthetic but typically any cat is better off health-wise being spayed. Sharyl
--- On Fri, 3/6/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 8, Issue 7 > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Marci Greer" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 11:09 PM > retest her. my vet and i agree that since Annie has a > secure home now and is over the trauma of loosing her person > that she might not be pos after all. since she was not pos > before all this, it could just be that the trauma lowered > her defences temporarily and now she is in a stable > atmosphere, she is okay now. that is what we hope. > otherwise we can't figure how she became pos. she was > always an indoor only cat. dorlis > ---- Marci Greer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a FELV+ kitty, Maddie 3 yrs old who came as a > stray to us in October 2008, she is strictly indoors now, > she is on interferon, and she is eating well, gaining > weight, playing, lovable, etc. She has not been spayed, My > vet who wanted to put her to sleep in October just because > she was positive, which of course I did not do, told me not > to have her spayed it could stress her and she would die, > another vet told me to have her spayed. I don't know > what to do, looking at her you would never even know that > she was sick. Any advice? I love her so much and I don't > want to do anything that may harm her. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Windows Liveā¢: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to > connect. > > > http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Faster_022009 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

