My Annie is positive, age 8 and she gets regular check ups because she is positive. I have not checked for FELV since her first year with me (4) because she lost her person due to cancer, was locked up in a small trailer for 3 weeks, shoved into a box for the trip to the vet and then in a carrier smelling of other cats for the trip to my house where she had to get used to NOT being an only cat and getting used to new humans. I think that flipped into FELV since she had not tested positive before that. The only other positive I had was a feral, had her tail bit off by a raccoon, that I think may have thrown her into positive.
---- Amani Oakley <[email protected]> wrote: > Kelley > > My sadness is profound for your loss. My Zander – he of the wondrous response > to Winstrol – also finally succumbed at age 7 to a very bad heart. The vet > said she had never seen anything so bad, and yet there were no indications of > any heart problem for the whole time. My first thought – like you – was that > I must have missed something and I even blamed the Winstrol for the dilated > cardiomyopathy. I went on line and searched and searched but couldn’t find a > link. I suspect now that the virus distorted his heart as part of its > pathology. When I read about your Merlin, that seemed to fit with the theory > that the virus does this to them. > > Don’t beat yourself up. I couldn’t have been closer to my Zander and my > husband and I were doting parents and were constantly with him, but we saw > nothing. > > Whenever I lose one of my darling babies, I have to constantly remind myself > that if not for me, they would have been out on the street or put down at an > early age. If not for me, they wouldn’t have had days of sunshine and > happiness and love and nourishment. You know that too. > > Still, it doesn’t ease the pain much, I know. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Kelley S > Sent: September-27-15 3:08 PM > To: felvtalk > Subject: [Felvtalk] Merlin has gone to the bridge > > They say his heart gave out. > > Kelley _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
