Right on! And good "life lesson", Edna.
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From: "Edna Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New
You're welcome Joslin. I told someone recently that even with the
"healthy" cats, we have no guarantees. As with people, their life
expectancy is unknown to us. I have seen people drop dead of a heart
attack at 35 years old and others live to well into their 90s.
Shtinky was one of our first rescued kitties and last December, at 14
years old and with no warning and no prior illness, he had a stroke and we
had to let him go the next day. Another example was Domino, he was a
kitten we adopted right before we adopted Shtinky and at 3 years old he
knocked over a pot of liquid cinnamon potpourri, got it on his fur, licked
it off and then had second degree chemical burns in his mouth, throat and
lungs. He lived for another year and then died on my birthday the next
year. So, I guess what I am saying is, cherish the time you have
together, don't worry about what will happen tomorrow because they are in
our lives for such a short time but in our hearts forever.
Edna
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:11:07 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New
Thank you for that Edna, I really do hope that my cat can live a long &
healthy
life like your cat, so many people are negative nellies about being that
optimistic, but I'm glad to here it does! He sounds like he had the best
of his
days on the lake, we let ours go out by the pool and lay around... he
loves
chashing frogs lately! For the first time he seems to have that spunk
back...
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From: Edna Taylor <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, October 14, 2010 10:26:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New
My first Feluk kitty (well, only one that was actually MY cat) lived to
be 16
years old and we never gave him anything special in the way of food
and/or
vitamins. We fed him Purina dry and some canned food (this was 20 years
ago so
we didn't know a lot about Feluk at the time) and he was a happy, healthy
kitty
up until he passed away. We found him when he was 10 and he tested
positive.
We kept him inside for the most part until we moved to the lake and
because we
were right on the water, we would let him go in the backyard while we
were
outside.
I am sure others here have MUCH more knowledge than I do and I bow to
their
wisdom.
Edna
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:14:46 -0500
> Subject: [Felvtalk] New
>
>
> Hello there,
>
> I am new to this group. My cat Bodie was diagnosed with FELV on Monday,
> he is
>nine months old. I don't have much knowledge about this disease and hope
>that
>maybe some of you can help to inform me. My first question is how long
>do cats
>with Felv live? Some websites said a couple of years and some said they
>can live
>a full life. How long have your cats lived? To my knowledge there are no
>meds
>out there, right?? As far as vitamins or food, would you have any
>suggestions. I
>know that it is important to keep his immune system up. Right now Bodies
>is
>healthy and very energetic. He has an eye infection that is clearing up,
>other
>than that you would have no idea that he is sick. I feel a very
>overwhelmed and
>scared. I would love to hear some tips and info for a newbie. Thank you
>all so
>much.
>
> Kristin
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