Well you're over the riskiest time-kittenhood. There are folks who use Interferon prophylactilly-I never did with my Tucson and she's 16 going on 17. She's always been a very good eater so I know that if she's turning up her nose at food, something's going on. When she was younger, she had a couple of episodes of real low white blood count and my vet gave her a series of immune regulin shots and it seems to have worked. She's now got some crummy teeth (only a few left) and I watch for any sign of trouble. BTW, I have a mixed hh of pos n non- pos cats. Just sort of happened that way. I had another guy, Romeo, who I brought in as a stray n then found out he was pos. He was 4 or 5 when I brought him in, lived for a number of years but then developed lymphoma -that's a real toughie and felv cats seem to be more prone to that.
From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kristi Stringer Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Adopting She is six. And i meant she is not systematic On Nov 26, 2013 7:27 PM, "Christiane Biagi" <[email protected]> wrote: Good for you! You won't regret it! How old is she? Best thing you can do for her is give her decent food, keep her inside safe and sound, and just watch for those little things that in an felv cat can turn bad pretty quickly-URI, UTI, teeth and gum problems, etc. You know already that these nasty little retroviruses are opportunistic-they lurk quietly until the kitty needs a good immune system to fight off even a minor infection. From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kristi Stringer Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] Adopting I just found out that the cat i am adopting has Felv but have decided to give her a loving home anyway Working with retrovirises is part of my job {in humans } so i feel like i could provide her with the love and care she needs. Any advice asbo begin this journey? Currently she is symptomatic _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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