Re: Sharing food

[Barbara Lowe]

wait wait don't get stressed reading what I wrote. remember I am no doctor. have no medical training. I oly have the books and the wonderful people on this list and the internet to guide me. my cats all share litter boxes and i have 2 postiives and 5 negatives-and the little monsters run to each other's plates--I just to keep them from sharing. And i also just remembered that Clancy who is one of my postives gave Dopey a very nasty puncture wound 2 0r 3 years ago that I came home from a weekaway taking care of my mom to find Dopey with a huge -oh what the heck is it called?-a big squishy abscess on her back. she still is negative. I now have Dopey separated as she fights with Clancy who is usually a big baby --more so for just peace of mind in the household here. lysine is a supplement and I sound like an idiot to say I dont' know what it is exactly but even my non-holistic vet recommended it. I can't look it up in one of my books right now as I have to run to post office. if no one else explains by time I get back this evening I will look it up. adn I'm sorry. I forget what exactly is your situation with your pets-how many and which are +/-? barbara oops remind me i have to get more gingko while i'm downtown.... ----- Original Message ----- From: Cherie A Gabbert To: felvtalk@vlists.net Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Sharing food All, 5 share boxes and they all share food, now I am worried. What is Lysine? What does it do for Princess? Barbara Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i do not let mine share food dishes because the little buggers lick their plates and to me, that's "sharing saliva"(tho they do try claiming they're starving!!) ...however nothing i can do about litter boxes sharing in a mixed household. Jelly roll tested negative at 8 wks old then was positive a year later even tho he'd had vacs and was on vit c and other supplements. he came from a litter of 3 and his biggest sister died at 12 weeks and i never had an autopsy done. his other sister, Princess who is negative(knock on wood), does have feline herpes-and red that runs from her eyes and sneezes if I dont' keep her on lysine 2x day 500 mg. barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Cherie A Gabbert To: felvtalk@vlists.net Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:13 AM Subject: Sharing food Hi, I am curious since all of this has happened with Snowball and now Amber, I have read numerous things, it is said that if cats share foods, the uninfected cat can be infected, but I have also read and heard from this group that the FeLV virus pretty much dies as soon as it hits air. When I asked my vet she said prolonged nose to nose contact and a bite from the infected cat, I am confused, can someone give my some correct information. Thank you Cherie