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Good for you for taking in these little guys! And for TNR as many of the others as you can. I have 1 pos & 3 neg who have all lived together for years w. no problem. I've also taken in two kittens just before our big snow storm & luckily, they are neg. Neg cats are vaccinated & I've never had come pos. My Tucson is 13 years old, 17 lbs & doing fine. But I did lose Romeo, a 10+former stray from lymphoma last year. Folks on this board have had a whole lot more experience than me but it seems the critical time is kittenhood & early adolescence. How is Mr. Kitty doing? The pos are soooo susceptible to any sort of infection, URI, UTI, etc. & I tend to take Tucson in to the vet if she's looking a little pt eaked (usually, for her, means she won't eat!). Some folks give Interferon as prev but I never have. Tucson is a big cuddler but can be difficult to medicate & my Romeo would freak out if you ever had to hold him down. I feed them Wellness canned & Blue Buffalo lite dry (and various treats-LOL). How are Hello & Mr. Kitty enjoying indoor life! Bet they're thrilled to be in from the cold.... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles J Driscoll Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] New Member I am not sure how this board works, but this is my story. Can I answer on the board or do I have to send a e-mail each time. Over last summer, there was an abandoned foreclosure house next door to me. Well, in the hole of the fence, these 2 little faces kept popping their heads threw the hole. Turns out they were kittens born in March 2010 from a feral mother cat. I feed them over the summer and finally made friends with the kittens. I bought a small dog house they could eat without getting soaked in the rain, snow etc. I finally TRN them in Sept. One is a healthy Gray Tiger one which I call "Hello". The other is a small black and white which I call "Hello Kitty". they were both males. The black and white seemed to eat alot less, very skiddish, not as friendly. The tiger one is a big mouth meow, meow, hey here I am. They are so bonded, so close. The tiger one seems to mother the Hello Kitty on all terms, watching out for him, washing him. Well, over this bad snow, cold winter the black and white came down sick, I grabbed him FAST and set up a cage in the house. Took him to the vet, he was on antibodics. Turns out he is Positive with FeLV. Since I never took care of ferals in my life, this is all new to me and a bit overwhelming. So we now have the black and white kitten (11 months old now) in the house since Feb 14th and on: Prednisolone (1 pill a day) Chinese Herbs Immune enhancer (2 caps a day) EFA vitamin and mineral supplement (1/4 teaspoon mixed with food) Fellovite II (1/4 teaspoon or lick right from finger, which he does) I also have the tiger one in the house and he was vaccinated from the FeLV. so hopefully it works, cause I can not separate them at all. I am also feeding other ferals outside. (The cats must look for house........LOL) Steroid: Big male black and white, he looks like his ear is tipped Bobcat: pure black one shows up in the dark, in and out. Has a bunny rabbit tail V: gray male tiger, who's been missing since Long Island snow storm this Feb Red: Male just showed up the past 2 weeks, Friendly, but not neurterd The Mama CAT: caught her in Oct and TNR. She is doing well, and healthy and lives and eats by a women down the block. Any suggestion would be so helpful!! thank you reneeny _______________________________________________ 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
