JoAnn I understand about the vet bills, we had no work last year and a bunch of empty rentals with mortgages on them. It's been tough. When I found out Fletch had Felv, I was panicked, thinking all of my cats were going to get it, especially since I had not vacd for it. I saw no reason to since all my cats are inside and never ever go out plus I'm not a very big vaccine fan except the core vaccines, and that is only every 3 years. I bought Fletch in to bottle feed him and decided to keep him because he was blind in one eye and very little sight in the other. Felv didn't cross my mind. He appeared very healthy until he was neutered, and the stress of that set it all off. I had everyone tested and vaccinated just in the last couple months. That what credit cards are for, right?? (-: Good luck to you, it's impossible not to get attached.
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:30 PM, JoAnn Fredo <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks I will do more research. My Cleo and Rusty were both vaccinated. > My husband and I are becoming very attached to him. I still hesitate to mix > him until he has another test. I am over-reacting because of my last 3 cats. > To be honest, my husband has retired and we cannot afford the vet bills, > like we could in the past. Our little Molly cost us thousands, I don't > regret it, we loved her so, and she gave so much love back to us. I am just > afraid that if little Lucky gets sick or if my 2 negatives (Cleo & Rusty) > develop Felv I won't be able to be as aggressive in treating them. Jo Ann > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Marcia <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, October 10, 2011 10:25 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten > > My little guy Fletch, just passed about a month ago from Felv. The vets > figured he had it from the day he was born. My 3 others ranging from 2 to 5 > have lived with him, groomed him, ate and drank with him, etc. None of them > were ever vaccinated for felv and they all tested negative. Dr mike Richards > has some good articles on felv on the net, if u r interested. And I must say > that I do feel very lucky that everyone tested neg. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 10, 2011, at 1:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have 7 cats rangig in age from 18 months to 12 years. All are > healthy. 2, Annie (5years) and Nitnoy (around 2 years) are positive. They > have been together for 4 years and my vet told me that as long as I keep the > negatives vaccinated there should be no problem. They all continue o be > healthy with sleek, shiny coats, clear eyes, noses and ears. They are all > full of energy. In short, no problems. If your other cats are at least 2 > years and are up to date on their shots, I don't see any problems. Only > Tiger may have one as h is a kitten, but if you feed good quality food, give > him medical care when needed and give him lots of love, I wuld keep him . > If you have hd him for 2 days minimum, he has already got you and yu wont be > able to let him go. > > ---- katskat1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have 2 positives, one of them over 12 years old, the other about 2 > >> or 3. Both of them have been intermingling with my negatives > >> (currently 8 of them) for years. I keep the negatives up to date on > >> vaccinations and haven't yet had one turn positive although I kept the > >> very young cats away from them until they were older and thru the full > >> series of vaccinations. > >> > >> > >> On 10/8/11, john pollack <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> My cat, Tigger is almost 5. he was born with FeLV. he lives with my > other 5 > >>> cats, ranging in age from 1 to 15. none of the others have teste=d > positive, > >>> and they are checked yearly > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> From: JoAnn Fredo <[email protected]> > >>> To: "[email protected]" > >>> <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:19 PM > >>> Subject: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten > >>> > >>> > >>> Message body > >>> I was apart of this list 09/2000 when my husband and I adopted 3 > kittens, > >>> and all tested positive. We lost little Vinnie at 8 months due to > lymphoma, > >>> Molly developed lymphoma and we treated it. She lived 4 years, the > lymphoma > >>> never came back, the feline leukemia took her life. Toots lived 9 > years, no > >>> problems until the last month of his life he developed bone cancer. All > 3 of > >>> my babies received interferon and dimethylglycine every night. Two > years ago > >>> we adopted 2 more kittens, they were negative. This past Friday my > >>> neighbor's daughter found a cute orange tabby kitten and asked us if we > > > >>> wanted him. He tested positive, but it is not in his bone marrow. I > have > >>> everyone separated, and am looking for a home. I know may people mix > >>> positive with negative cats, can you please tell if there are success > >>> stories out there or if negative cats became positive. 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