Give them positive examples. All of us hav felv pos cats who are living normal, healthy lives and living with negative cats. I have had mine for 4 years and they are just as healthy as the negatives.
---- Marci Greer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > We have a FELv + kitty Maddie who was diagnosed over 3 yrs ago and is doing > wonderfully, We just took another stray kitty named Charles to the vet on > Monday, before they did the combo test my husband said, no matter what the > test comes back we ARE NOT putting him to sleep, the vet came back in and he > did test a weak positive for FELv, if my husband would have not said what he > did I'm sure they would have started with putting him to sleep right then > (the same as they did with Maddie) , they did go ahead and neuter him and we > brought him home and he is doing very well (asymptomatic) and is rooming with > our Maddie. I talked to the vet regarding FELv because I can't understand why > the first option is always putting them to sleep, it makes me crazy thinking > about how many cats are put to sleep and don't deserve to be, The vet said > that FELv + cats will die a slow and painful death, I said ok well what about > the ones that test false positive or the ones that test positive and are able > to throw the virus off, he said he has never heard of that happen, I guess > what I am getting at is there any way to reverse what these vets are taught > in college. I know I'm grasping but I just hate this so much for these cats > that can lead a healthy life and aren't even given the chance! > > Marci, Maddie, & Charles > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
