I AGREE, GOOD FOOD, SHELTER, LACK OF STRESS AND ALL THE LOVE YOU CAN GIVE.
---- Karen Harshbarger <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathrine, I am by no means an authority on feline leukemia, because the > group I have now is the first group I have had testing positive. I am here > to continue to learn also. But my suggestion would be to be extremely > aggressive in treatment---any sniffle sneeze runny eyes or anything, get them > to the vet for treatment, feed them the best food you can afford and feed > them more often, keep them inside in controlled temperatures, and give them > all the time and love you can find time for (you have to really get to know > these little kittens so you notice anything wrong immediately). I did that > and we got a little lucky. One of the kittens was too far along with > sicknesses and I had zero knowledge so unfortunately we lost him. But the > other 4 (3 of his brothers and 1 senior cat) tested negative on their second > test and have been growing, eating better, and seem to be more healthy now. > We are crossing our fingers/paws/toes,/etc and > praying that the third test in about a week will be negative also and mean > they were able to fight this horrible illness off (and the first test showed > only a false positive or exposure, not infection with). I will pray you get > lucky too, since they have not been sick and mom tested positive that is a > plus for them (but being so young makes for a weaker system to fight, > so....). Please keep me posted. Hopefully it will work for them too and > then they have a better chance of finding a home. Karen _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

