Lance, Callie is definitely in my thoughts and prayers and is Ember and you. Hopefully, her immune system will step up and kick some FeLV butt. Adult cats have such an easier time kicking that nasty virus. I've read tons of stories through this forum and have experience with positives mixing with negatives. It seems more often than not that it ends up okay. Polli lives with an older cat, Alfred. For six months they played, groomed one another, shared water and litter boxes and even gave each other a few scratches. Alfred was tested when I first got him but Polli was a random kitten we found in our backyard who we didn't intend to keep. I also had a naive notion that since I've already had one FeLV kitty chances are I wouldn't have another (WRONG). I was worried sick that I exposed him to FeLV through Polli and beat myself up over it for a while. However, despite all the time they spent together and all the things they shared, Alfred is still negative. I have to test him again in a few months but I honestly feel he'll be okay.
Hang in there, Lance, and try not to beat yourself up over it so much, though I know it's hard not to. You can't change what happened and can only focus on what each day brings you (something I also need to learn)! Best, -Amanda On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Lee Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Loose stools are really not a sign of a cat going FeLv+. It could be just > about anything - from eating something different to stress to an unrelated > "bug" that you brought in with you from outside. Really Lance, you can't > keep a cat in a sterile bubble. I'm not saying that a bite from a positive > cat is not serious but most cats who are well cared for, have enough > immunity to ward off anything serious from a bite. In addition, Ember is > not active for leukemia. She has tested positive. Yes, she could spread it > through fighting and biting but it's more likely that she didn't. > > > > Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty > neighbors too! > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Marcia <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 25, 2013 11:26 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Callie > > Me too. I'm not trying to downplay your feelings at all. I just hate to > see you be so hard on yourself over this. I tend to do the same and I just > need someone to point it out. Give positive vibes, it will help her more > than you being stressed(-: > Take care > > Sent from my absolutely outstanding iphone(: > > > On Jun 24, 2013, at 7:12 PM, Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, everyone. Please keep our tabby girl (Callie) in your thoughts > and prayers. A bite is very serious, and I suspect that the loose stools > mean she's dealing with the infection. Hoping she ends up as a negative. > > > > Lance > > > > On Jun 24, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Marcia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Lance > >> We don't have control over everything. C'mon, yours on this list, that > means you love your cat! And as far as I'm concerned, anybody that loves > cats the way all of us do, is a damn good human being. -: > >> > >> Sent from my absolutely outstanding iphone(: > >> > >> > >> On Jun 24, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> > >>> Please pray for my mom's cat, Callie. I mentioned her here a few weeks > >>> ago, after my FeLV+ cat, Ember, bit Callie when she accidentally got > >>> into Ember's room. Callie has had soft stools for the last four days, > >>> and there was blood on her stool on Saturday. Since Callie hasn't been > >>> vaccinated since she was a kitten, she probably has no immunity from > >>> that route. She is 7 years old, and I'm hoping that she'll be able to > >>> deal with the virus better having a more mature immune system. People > >>> talk about age resistance with FeLV, but I don't think it can be > >>> "relied" on. > >>> > >>> I'm dealing with an incredible amount of guilt over this. I love Callie > >>> like I love Ember. She's one of my favorite cats ever. It was my fault > >>> that she got into Ember's room, and it's my fault that Ember is still > >>> here with my parents. It's also my fault that we didn't vaccinate > >>> Callie, as I worried about vax site sarcoma for Callie, and the few > >>> run-ins that had happened between the two cats over the last seven > years > >>> were always brief and friendly. I also feel guilty as, if I'd just > >>> gotten in the room (quite literally) a minute or so sooner, this > >>> wouldn't have happened. > >>> > >>> Please pray that Callie can fight the virus so that she isn't > >>> persistently infected, and please pray for me. I'm dealing with a lot. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Lance > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > -- "There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge" Bertrand Russell
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