Thank you all for your advice! I will be receiving her vet records soon and will go from there....
Glad I found this group of cat lovers:) I've always been a cat person, but unfortunately I married a non-cat lover, so it's a challenge trying to get him to respect the kitty's I love. Thanks again all!! Tricia -----Original Message----- From: MaiMaiPG <[email protected]> To: felvtalk <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jan 18, 2013 3:58 pm Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] stray cat I took in has feline leukemia I got my dog to eat slower by putting golf balls in a pie pan with his food. He was forced to pick around the balls to get to the food. On Jan 15, 2013, at 7:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Tricia > My Nitnoy lived a little over 4 years along with Annie who is also > positive and 5 others who are all negative. My vet says that as > long as the negatives have their vaccination for FELV and here are > no fights where a positive bites a negative, there is very little > chance of the negatives getting it. Nitnoy died after a short bout > with impacted glands that became infected. That killed her, not the > FELV which simply lowered her ability to fight off the infection. > Annie is still going strong . Have you thought of changing food. > Several of my guys were allergic to whet, corn and soy which is in > most commercial foods. Casey would hurl right after eating and had > stool problems and I have cleaned up more little puddles than I care > to remember. She simply could not get to the box on time. Just like > people, when it hits you don't have much time to get to a bathroom. > I switched everyone to Blue Buffalo and no moe problems. Casey > still has hairballs if I forget to give her hairball meds. Then > recently I started giving everyone Royal Canine's Extreme Hairball > dry as treats. Everyone loves it and now even hairballs are rare. > I usually give around 10 pieces to each one and then stand guard to > keep Harley from taking everyone else's treats. Also, does your > baby eat too fast? Casey also had a tendency to gulp her food > down. Started watching her eat and when she ate too fast I took it > away from her and gave it back in a few minutes. Ended up sitting > by her when she ate and giving her just a bite at a time. It did > not take too long for her to catch on to th fact that eating slower > kept her from vomintting. Just a few things you might try. Better > than the 2 of you sleeping in the basement. > > > ---- john pollack <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tricia > My Tigger lived 1 month shy of 5 years with FeLV > He had his ups and downs, as we all do > He lived with 6 housemates...NONE are positive!! > > As far as the stool, cats get it like we do. may have eaten > something that disagreed with him > > What test was done. Snap or other?? > With Snap, if he's been exposed, it will be postitve, other (ELSA??) > is more through, and can tell if he actually has it > I wish you the best > FeLV kitties can be the most loving of all, as Tigger was > > > John > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 10:06 PM > Subject: [Felvtalk] stray cat I took in has feline leukemia > > > Hello, > > I'm hoping someone can help me.... > > We live in the country and have about 8 outside cats. A friend > decided to take one home, Pumpkin, and had her all fixed up at the > vet with shots, spay and declaw. She found out she has feline > leukemia. She kept her for about a month, but I guess she was > making a mess as far as using the litter box. I told her I didn't > want her to go to an over crowded humane society, so I took her > back. She is now in the house, as she is front declawed, and she is > not to be around the other cats with her cancer. > > So... I've had her home since just before Christmas, and she's been > fine other than not eating a whole lot. Her stool is quiet soft, > and I did find a few hard turds in two different sleeping places > that she uses. Well now today, she had a ver messy stool on the > wood floor in the hallway!! Really shocked me as she's been so good > using the littler box. > > Is this a sign that she is getting sick, the not using the littler > box? She has a prescription for Tylosin Tartrate, and she said to > give this to her(powder form), when/if she gets sick??? > > She does seems to sleep most of the day, but I know cats do do > that:) She also does purr quite loud!! Must be a good sign. She > will play with a string too. So she's been very happy, but now I > had to resort to putting her back in the basement with her food and > litter. I might end up sleeping down there with her again, as I > did when she first came in thehouse. She has had the run of the > house now for weeks, but I just don't trust her since her accident. > > > I've read where infected cats can live quite long, but yet others do > not. I certainly would not want to put her thru all sorts of > treatments... > > > Thank you for your time:))) > > I appreciate any input for my Pumpkin! > > Tricia > > _______________________________________________ > 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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