Thank you so much for your good thoughts. Several years ago I lost a feral that I fed to FIP. It was the wet form so it was easy to diagnose. It broke my heart then too and he didn't even live with me. But he got so weak that I was able to love on him and when they euthanized him I was holding him. That was my first experience with this stupid disease. I joined an FIP group yesterday but haven't even had time to post or look through the files very much. I might join the group you're in too. These groups are so helpful and I've learned so much. Unfortunately I've learned more than I ever wanted to experience, if you know what I mean. I wish I didn't have a reason to read up on FIP.
“I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 18:23:08 -0400 From: furrygi...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be? I hated to but was just about to reply suggesting that as a possibility as well....I am so sorry that you are dealing with FELV let alone having to consider FIP. We lost the kitty we consider our first real rescue (adopted out to a friend) to FIP, she was the happiest, healthiest seeming kitty you could imagine, it broke our hearts for sure. Thank you for loving this little girl, please keep us posted. There is a FIP group, I am on it, here is a link: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/FIP/ Please know that many thoughts are with you! Heather On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:08 AM, molvey...@hotmail.com <molvey...@hotmail.com> wrote: I hate to say it but I have a feeling it's FIP. I read a lot about it last night and she has a lot of the symptoms of the dry form. I'll give a few more details later. It breaks my heart. Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G on AT&T ----- Reply message ----- From: "Lorrie" <felineres...@frontier.com> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: [Felvtalk] What could it be? Date: Sat, Apr 28, 2012 5:35 pm I've had several FelV positive kittens who have been exactly like this......Less playful than others their age, and finally wobbly in the back legs then complete loss of the use of the back legs. Lorrie On 04-28, molvey...@hotmail.com wrote: > I have a FeLV kitten that I'm fostering. She's six or seven months > old. She's the one I emailed about a couple months ago with uveitis. > The uveitis never has completely cleared up. But now I'm not sure > what's going on. Her back legs are kind of wobbly. It's not bad > enough that my husband has noticed yet, but I can see it. It's like > she's slightly drunk. She's walking okay with the front legs but her > back legs give way a little or something when she's walking. She's > eating and going to the bathroom. She doesn't run around and play as > much as the other cats do, but never really has. She's just a real > mellow and loving kitten and I just thought that must be why she's not > as playful. I'm not sure though. She's not growing a lot too. The > other kitten her age, not related, has grown much faster than she has. > So any ideas? Why do you guys think she's started getting wobbly in > the back legs. She can still jump on things but not as sure-footed as > the others. I don't know if her muscles are getting weak or if she's > anemic or what. A couple months ago her bloodwork at the vet's office > was okay. I assume this is FeLV related but before I go to the vet > I'd like to be prepared and have some ideas of what's going on. > Maureen _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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