My pride doesn't like them. Maybe if I left them out and open, they would come to think of them as bags and boxes. I have boxes all over the house. When I get a new one, I cannot let it lay for 5 seconds. If I do, it becomes a bed or hiding place for them. ---- Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > Our cats love carriers - when I try to take any cat to the vet, others jump > right in before I have a chance to place the cat into it....They love > carriers as much as they love boxes and paper bags(handles cut apart or > removed).! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 7:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Question re positives & negatives > > On that note, Copper and Thomas go into their carriers when they want > to be alone or are pissed off. They even close (not latch) the > doors. They eat on a bench they started eating on as tiny kittens. > Carriers are wonderful if they are safe places. My boys traveled from > the day they came out of the pine thicket and, until they got grown, I > took them on rides and visited people with them. Carriers are sources > of adventure and fun. I have served the boys for almost 3 years and > they travel with me to Louisville, to various other places with no > trouble....no fighting to get them in their carriers or searching for > them for hours. They have a dog carriage (big baby carriage with > screens and very big all-terrain wheels) to ride around > outside....they love that too. The crate idea is wonderful. Same > principle as crate training a dog. Bob came crate trained....he goes > there to rest from the cats, to eat or tell me it is meal time, when > he is wet etc. > > > On Apr 15, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Pam Norman wrote: > > > You all have been so helpful on my questions about Poppy I can't > > believe it! Maybe I can return the favor a bit & help here. Most > > of my 10 cats eat in their crates. I have them stacked in the > > kitchen & each cat knows which one is his & they go into them at > > meal times. Otherwise I too would run out of rooms. I have one who > > also eats in the bathroom & one who eats in my pc room, but the > > others all eat in their crates in the kitchen. Sometimes they nap or > > sleep in them too since they have good connotations. > > > > Pam > > > > On 4/15/2011 5:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> How do you keep feeding bowls seperate? I have 7 and don't have > >> enough rooms to keep them out of each other's bowls. Besides, each > >> one thinks that he other's food is diffeent and better than theirs > >> so the first few minutes of feeding is spent trading bowls just t > >> make sure I get the best food. > >> > >> > >> ---- Sharon Catalan<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hello Pam, > >>> > >>> My 3 cats have been living together for 10 years now until my boy- > >>> cat was > >>> just recently diagnosed with FeLV. He may have contracted it 2 > >>> years ago > >>> when he ran outside and got into a fight with another cat. We had > >>> the 2 > >>> other girl-cats tested and they're both negative. We had the 2 > >>> other > >>> girl-cats vaccinated and currently, they are separated. Doctor > >>> said that > >>> they can be together 30days after the 2 other cats receive their > >>> 2nd shot of > >>> FeLV vaccination. Also, according to our doctor, it should be > >>> okay for them > >>> to be together again as long as they don't bite/scratch each other > >>> or share > >>> bodily fluids. Just keep their feeding stuff completely > >>> separate. My cats > >>> never fight with each other although occasionally, the other cat > >>> will eat > >>> someone's leftover and I think that is the reason that the 2 > >>> others cats > >>> never contracted it considering that the other one had FeLV for > >>> quite some > >>> time now. > >>> > >>> Sharon > >>> > >>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Pam > >>> Norman<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I am trying to determine what to do with Poppy both now& when > >>>> the IFA test > >>>> results come in. I've been reading& reading& from what I can > >>>> gather, the > >>>> old dictums about NEVER havinig positive& negative cats even in > >>>> the same > >>>> house has been abandoned. From what I have read, the general > >>>> sense is that > >>>> it's fine for positives& negatives to be in the same home, but > >>>> should be > >>>> separate so there is no chance of exchanging fluids such as with > >>>> a bite, but > >>>> more importantly with mutual grooming. But I know also that > >>>> some of you > >>>> have both positives& negatives really living together, not > >>>> separate. Right? > >>>> > >>>> What about if I put Poppy in her condo in the spare bedroom& let > >>>> me cats > >>>> visit, so at least she SEES other cats. What is she hisses& > >>>> spits? Would > >>>> that have a chance of infecting any of mine who were nosing > >>>> around her > >>>> condo? My feeling is that it would. > >>>> > >>>> Also how effective is the vaccine these days? I know that some > >>>> years ago > >>>> the figure was about 30% so I never had any of my cats > >>>> vaccinated. Has it > >>>> been improved? > >>>> > >>>> Right now we are still waiting for the IFA test for Poppy. And I > >>>> guess she > >>>> needs retesting on that in at least a month. I do NOT want to > >>>> keep her alone > >>>> until then. We have a sanctuary for her if she tests IFA > >>>> positive cause > >>>> then we know that she is really positive. But the person who runs > >>>> it tells > >>>> me that regardless of how she tests on the IFA, she HAS > >>>> leukemia. Period. > >>>> And would go in with the positive cats. But my understanding is > >>>> that if > >>>> she is IFA negative, she has a chance of fighting it off& > >>>> putting her in > >>>> with the positives is giving up. I think she should only go in > >>>> with the > >>>> positives if she tests IFA positive. > >>>> > >>>> Can anyone help me sort this out? > >>>> > >>>> Pam > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Felvtalk mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Sharon F Catalan > >>> Cell: (408) 398-5647 > >>> Home: (408) 229-2298 > >>> Carpe Diem! > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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