Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
You can also buy in pill form and crush it yourself. This is the least expensive way. Mine also like Viralys which is a flavored powder and about 3 times as expensive as the pills. Laurie -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of gary Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:00 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Heard of it, and it is WAAAY too expensive. You can buy a pound of powder lysine for about $15, it is made by NOW and sold in many online places.. That would give you about 1644 250mg doses. It has no taste and mixed with wet food just about any cat will just eat it. It is really sort of granulated and some of mine don't like the feel so I dissolve it in a tiny bit of water. Gary -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of dlg...@windstream.net Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 8:42 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: Jane Lyons Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. on the L-Lysine, my vet ordered an oral paste for me. no one is sick right now, but i give it as a preventative. name is Enisyl-F, made by Vetoquinol in Canada. each ml contains 250mgof L Lysine HCL in a bse of purified water, sorbitol, cod liver oil, zanthan gum, tuna flavor, soy lecithin, silica aerogel, carmel color, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate. they reccomend 1 - 2 ml a day for adults and 1ml for kittens. anyone heard of this before? got any comments? dorlis Jane Lyons wrote: > Hi Sidney > The General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted. > Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? I was able to get rid of a > really > bad upper respiratory with it. I buy it in capsule form and mix the > powder > into cats food and my cat, who could be a forensic pathologist when > it comes to > detecting supplements, does not know it is there. I make sure she > gets 500mg > daily and although it takes time, it usually works. > > I also use interferon, but give it on and off each day, rather than > weeks. I wonder > if that would make a difference. > > There is a study underway (Dr. Jean Dodds ..Rabies Challenge) to > prove that we over vaccinate > our animals and that one rabies shot should protect an animal for its > lifetime. You can Google > the 'rabies challenge' and read about the study and the vets who are > involved. A rabies shot > can be stressful for a healthy animal. I would think twice about > vaccinating an Felv kittie. > > Hope your General continues to thrive. > > Jane > > > > On Feb 7, 2009, at 9:17 AM, souther...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID > > YOU DO/ARE > > DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, > > E.G; INDOOR, > > OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE > > ANY OTHER > > ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT > > NOW? OR WHEN > > THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? > > > > My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned > > a cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when > > this big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not > > happy. I tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He > > was like a bag of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and > > got him a bowl of milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have > > milk any more than dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him > > another, which he drank down. The next day he was still out > > there. So I brought him dog food out (it's all I had) and he ate > > the entire bowl. So the next day, when he was still there, I > > bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the grocery. He ate > > it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided that if he was > > gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I took him to > > the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat is FeLV > > +. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die > > anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed > > vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went > > from living outside to living in the garage to now living in the > > house and sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him > > and my husband and me. He has some rea
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
Heard of it, and it is WAAAY too expensive. You can buy a pound of powder lysine for about $15, it is made by NOW and sold in many online places.. That would give you about 1644 250mg doses. It has no taste and mixed with wet food just about any cat will just eat it. It is really sort of granulated and some of mine don't like the feel so I dissolve it in a tiny bit of water. Gary -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of dlg...@windstream.net Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 8:42 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: Jane Lyons Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. on the L-Lysine, my vet ordered an oral paste for me. no one is sick right now, but i give it as a preventative. name is Enisyl-F, made by Vetoquinol in Canada. each ml contains 250mgof L Lysine HCL in a bse of purified water, sorbitol, cod liver oil, zanthan gum, tuna flavor, soy lecithin, silica aerogel, carmel color, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate. they reccomend 1 - 2 ml a day for adults and 1ml for kittens. anyone heard of this before? got any comments? dorlis Jane Lyons wrote: > Hi Sidney > The General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted. > Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? I was able to get rid of a > really > bad upper respiratory with it. I buy it in capsule form and mix the > powder > into cats food and my cat, who could be a forensic pathologist when > it comes to > detecting supplements, does not know it is there. I make sure she > gets 500mg > daily and although it takes time, it usually works. > > I also use interferon, but give it on and off each day, rather than > weeks. I wonder > if that would make a difference. > > There is a study underway (Dr. Jean Dodds ..Rabies Challenge) to > prove that we over vaccinate > our animals and that one rabies shot should protect an animal for its > lifetime. You can Google > the 'rabies challenge' and read about the study and the vets who are > involved. A rabies shot > can be stressful for a healthy animal. I would think twice about > vaccinating an Felv kittie. > > Hope your General continues to thrive. > > Jane > > > > On Feb 7, 2009, at 9:17 AM, souther...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID > > YOU DO/ARE > > DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, > > E.G; INDOOR, > > OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE > > ANY OTHER > > ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT > > NOW? OR WHEN > > THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? > > > > My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned > > a cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when > > this big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not > > happy. I tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He > > was like a bag of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and > > got him a bowl of milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have > > milk any more than dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him > > another, which he drank down. The next day he was still out > > there. So I brought him dog food out (it's all I had) and he ate > > the entire bowl. So the next day, when he was still there, I > > bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the grocery. He ate > > it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided that if he was > > gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I took him to > > the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat is FeLV > > +. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die > > anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed > > vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went > > from living outside to living in the garage to now living in the > > house and sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him > > and my husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits > > these days. He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him > > on grain free canned but he's not willing to eat that right now. > > He is now eating Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days > > and then he won't eat it and I'll change. The only problem I have > > is that I can no longer get him to take his supplements. He's on > > an immune system supple
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
tween 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped > > because he has such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) > > lapcat. He loves to be petted. He loves to be around people. He > > follows me every step I take, if the dog will let him. His only > > stress is the Mini Schnauzer who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She > > hates him. He just tries to stay out of her way. (She sleeps on > > the bed at the foot and he sleeps up at the head, by my head!) > > Every time he sneezes I worry. But he's hanging in there so far, > > and as far as I can tell he is prospering. He has had rabies > > vaccine and calici virus in the past but I don't know if we'll do > > rabies this year since he isn't outside now. I'll have to talk to > > my vet about that and the calici too. > > > > Sidney and the General > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: amanda > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am > > Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal > > one to better undertsand FeLV. > > > > > > > > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and > > or past FeLV > > kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness > > and how > > everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could > > participate! > > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID > > YOU DO/ARE > > DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, > > E.G; INDOOR, > > OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE > > ANY OTHER > > ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT > > NOW? OR WHEN > > THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in > > answering would be > > really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and > > your fur > > babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. > > ___ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > ___ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
Hi, have you tried mackeral? it is so smelly that you might fool him. General like my Bob, never met a person he did not like. likes to sleep draped over my neck. dorlis souther...@aol.com wrote: > > > > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU > DO/ARE > DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, > E.G; INDOOR, > OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY > OTHER > ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? > OR WHEN > THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? > > My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned a > cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when this > big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not happy. I > tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He was like a bag > of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and got him a bowl of > milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have milk any more than > dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him another, which he drank down. > The next day he was still out there. So I brought him dog food out > (it's all I had) and he ate the entire bowl. So the next day, when he > was still there, I bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the > grocery. He ate it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided > that if he was gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I > took him to the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat > is FeLV+. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die > anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed > vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went from > living outside to living in the garage to now living in the house and > sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him and my > husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits these days. > He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him on grain free > canned but he's not willing to eat that right now. He is now eating > Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days and then he won't eat > it and I'll change. The only problem I have is that I can no longer > get him to take his supplements. He's on an immune system supplement > that is a tablet I used to mix with the wet food. Now he won't eat it > if I do. I've tried even mixing it in tuna and he won't eat it. So > I'm in a little bit of a state over this. he is also on interferon 7 > days on and 7 days off. I've also had some problems with this lately > as he seems to throw up on the days that I give him interferon. He's > had a kidney infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that > he's overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory > infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came to me > when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped because he has > such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) lapcat. He loves to be > petted. He loves to be around people. He follows me every step I > take, if the dog will let him. His only stress is the Mini Schnauzer > who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She hates him. He just tries to stay > out of her way. (She sleeps on the bed at the foot and he sleeps up at > the head, by my head!) Every time he sneezes I worry. But he's > hanging in there so far, and as far as I can tell he is prospering. He > has had rabies vaccine and calici virus in the past but I don't know if > we'll do rabies this year since he isn't outside now. I'll have to > talk to my vet about that and the calici too. > > Sidney and the General > > > -Original Message- > From: amanda > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am > Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one > to better undertsand FeLV. > > > > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or > past FeLV > kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and > how > everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could > participate! > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU > DO/ARE > DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, > E.G; INDOOR, > OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY > OTHER > ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? > OR WHEN > THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering
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last time, promise. have you tried mackeral, all of my cats past and present love it. it is stinkier than salmon. we like stinky food. dorlis nancy denison wrote: > I have seven cats, the youngest being Taz was diagnosed with FeLv when she > started getting sick after about 1 month with my other negative kitties all > of which are vacinated. I took Taz in to get her looked at and to get her > shots. That's when they tested her for FeLv and she came back positive. I > feed her stinky salmon and white tuna, some Fancy Feast kitten food and some > baby food, whatever I can get her to eat. She hates the Science Diet the vet > recommended. I'va also boiled chicken for her for the broth and meat. I've > had her on Imulan and have seen some mixed results but she is gaining weight, > happy and bouncy so I'm continuing with the expensive treatments. She also > get Pet Tinic everyday and DMG. I've seperated her from my other cats, which > I hate because she was buddies with my three legged tuxedo kitty, but this > was recommended by the vet. She said that vacinations are not a guarantee > against the disease if the cats are exposed to it enough. All of my kitties > are indoor kitties except one does get outdoor roaming priviledges because it > gives him a better attitude. The rest of the cats get there outdoor stuff on > a large screened in porch basically built just for them. > It's hard having a FeLv kitty because I travel so much for work which means I > board her at the vets while I'm gone which of course stresses her some. The > people love her at the vet but I think it directly affects her wellness with > regard to the blood work-up and down. > Sorry for the long diatribe. > > Nancy > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
don't be sorry, you are caring for her and she knows that and the vet and techs care for her. she may not like to be seperated from you, but she is still better off than she would be otherwise. dorlis nancy denison wrote: > I have seven cats, the youngest being Taz was diagnosed with FeLv when she > started getting sick after about 1 month with my other negative kitties all > of which are vacinated. I took Taz in to get her looked at and to get her > shots. That's when they tested her for FeLv and she came back positive. I > feed her stinky salmon and white tuna, some Fancy Feast kitten food and some > baby food, whatever I can get her to eat. She hates the Science Diet the vet > recommended. I'va also boiled chicken for her for the broth and meat. I've > had her on Imulan and have seen some mixed results but she is gaining weight, > happy and bouncy so I'm continuing with the expensive treatments. She also > get Pet Tinic everyday and DMG. I've seperated her from my other cats, which > I hate because she was buddies with my three legged tuxedo kitty, but this > was recommended by the vet. She said that vacinations are not a guarantee > against the disease if the cats are exposed to it enough. All of my kitties > are indoor kitties except one does get outdoor roaming priviledges because it > gives him a better attitude. The rest of the cats get there outdoor stuff on > a large screened in porch basically built just for them. > It's hard having a FeLv kitty because I travel so much for work which means I > board her at the vets while I'm gone which of course stresses her some. The > people love her at the vet but I think it directly affects her wellness with > regard to the blood work-up and down. > Sorry for the long diatribe. > > Nancy > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
missed one of your questions - i feed Hills science diet, a mix of adult hairball and the new one feeline natural best ocean fish. is use revolution for fleas and ticks because it also takes out heartworm which is a growing problem around here, probably because we have had a flood here at least once a year. dorlis amanda wrote: > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past > FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and > how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could > participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS > DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS > LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT > HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS > YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your > time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good > health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
sorry to be late with this, been a while since i logged in. my Annie was diagnosed felv + at age 4 when i got her. her owner was dying with liver cancer and could not keep her. if the right home could not be found, she wanted put to sleep. she spent 21 days locked in her owners trailer alone with only contact when owner's sister came to feed her and clean box. when i got her, she was pretty stressed out and since she had never been around other cats, not happy with 2 i already had being there. she seems to be an alpha female and bullied my other female Homey who was a stray. she had been spayed by previous owner who used same vet i use. since then, i have taken in 3 more babies, 2 whom no one wanted because they were 10 years old and 1, a stray whom a lady had been feeding. he had been hit by a car and needed 2 pins in his leg. she could not afford it so opted to put to sleep. he was so sweet, vet opted to fix his leg and find a home for him. this is same vet who found me for Annie. he knows a soft touch when he sees one. with each new cat, Annie has been agressive, but met her match with Casey who is also alpha female. still have a problem with Lil Bit and Annie. she is reclusive, 10 years old and when she does come into the room with others, she hisses and screams just like Annie. Lil Bit is also very skittish, the least sound or motion and she runs out of the room. i am going to test Annie again, since she had never been positive before all the upheavel in her life and we are thinking maybe she was exposed as a baby, developed and immunity and was okayuntil all the trauma. she is better than she was with the others and has settled down some so now we think would be a good time to retest. Annie, Casey, Homey and Bob all are in/out cats depending on the weather. i live in the middle of the woods so it is fairly safe and they usually spend most of their time on the deck and about half way down the bluff. have very little contact with wild animals. seem to sense it is smarter to sty away from them than try to fight them. all the others have been vaccinated for felv along with rabies and the other shots. since they do have a chance of contacting rabies carrying animals, fell shots are necessary. i do nt try to seperate Annie from others, seems cruel to do so, plus she can open doors. so far, she has shown no signs of illness, is fat and sassy, eats good, drinks plenty of waterand is in general a healthy cat. keep my fingers crossed. of course at first sign of a problem, will rush her to vet. dorlis amanda wrote: > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past > FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and > how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could > participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS > DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS > LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT > HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS > YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your > time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good > health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
L-lysine is not a general immune booster, it is primarily effective against herpes virus (which sometimes causes URI like symptoms and runny eyes) by suppressing the L-arginine that herpes virus needs in order to replicate. I'm not saying it doesn't do anything else, I just haven't seen anything that shows that it does. But, since it won't do any harm, I suppose giving it couldn't hurt. I would suggest buying the 1 lb. jar of powdered lysine made by NOW, a lot easier to use and less expensive than capsules. The jar contains 822 500mg doses. Gary -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of souther...@aol.com Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:46 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. he General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted. Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? Thanks, he is a really special guy. He's won all of us non-cat people in the family over (except the dog, and she still hate him). I know of Dr. Dodds from having an epileptic dog :-) I didn't realize that she was involved with cats as well. I'm going to talk to my vet this year about the vaccinations. I don't have my dog vaccinated any longer, and since General is now an inside cat, I don't really see the need for him to be vaccinated. Sidney ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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he General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted. Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? Thanks, he is a really special guy. He's won all of us non-cat people in the family over (except the dog, and she still hate him). I know of Dr. Dodds from having an epileptic dog :-) I didn't realize that she was involved with cats as well. I'm going to talk to my vet this year about the vaccinations. I don't have my dog vaccinated any longer, and since General is now an inside cat, I don't really see the need for him to be vaccinated. Sidney -Original Message- From: Jane Lyons To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 8:59 am Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Hi Sidney The General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted. Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? I was able to get rid of a really bad upper respiratory with it. I buy it in capsule form and mix the powder into cats food and my cat, who could be a forensic pathologist when it comes to detecting supplements, does not know it is there. I make sure she gets 500mg daily and although it takes time, it usually works. I also use interferon, but give it on and off each day, rather than weeks. I wonder if that would make a difference. There is a study underway (Dr. Jean Dodds ..Rabies Challenge) to prove that we over vaccinate our animals and that one rabies shot should protect an animal for its lifetime. You can Google the 'rabies challenge' and read about the study and the vets who are involved. A rabies shot can be stressful for a healthy animal. I would think twice about vaccinating an Felv kittie. Hope your General continues to thrive. Jane On Feb 7, 2009, at 9:17 AM, souther...@aol.com wrote: AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID > YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, > E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE > ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT > NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned > a cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when > this big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not > happy. I tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He > was like a bag of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and > got him a bowl of milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have > milk any more than dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him > another, which he drank down. The next day he was still out > there. So I brought him dog food out (it's all I had) and he ate > the entire bowl. So the next day, when he was still there, I > bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the grocery. He ate > it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided that if he was > gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I took him to > the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat is FeLV> +. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die > anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed > vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went > from living outside to living in the garage to now living in the > house and sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him > and my husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits > these days. He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him > on grain free canned but he's not willing to eat that right now. > He is now eating Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days > and then he won't eat it and I'll change. The only problem I have > is that I can no longer get him to take his supplements. He's on > an immune system supplement that is a tablet I used to mix with the > wet food. Now he won't eat it if I do. I've tried even mixing it > in tuna and he won't eat it. So I'm in a little bit of a state > over this. he is also on interferon 7 days on and 7 days off. > I've also had some problems with this lately as he seems to throw > up on the days that I give him interferon. He's had a kidney > infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that he's > overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory > infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came > to me when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped > because he has such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) > lapcat. He loves to be pet
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Hi Tonya Maggie's symptoms sound identical to the ones we were dealing with two years ago. We used so many supplements and remedies that I am not sure what did what, but two years later we have a kittie who seems happy and healthy with the exception of her mouth, which somedays seems irritated and somedays, not. Here are the things we used: l-lycine for the viral symptoms (upper respiratory). You can get it at a health food store. I used 500mg capsules which I opened and sprinkled into her wet food twice a day. DMG Liquid which is a formula designed to boost her immune system. We gave her a dose daily. Forti-Flora is a probiotic that helped her get rid of diarrhea and supposedly is an overall boost for her immunity. We also tried to find the best quality cat food that she would tolerate. We wound up feeding her Petguard which is available at Whole Foods. Since we were able to get rid of her symptoms we are now giving her interferon every other day, hoping to keep her immunity up and enable her to fight off secondary infections. As we've all learned, there isn't a magic pill and every kittie reacts differently. I hope Maggie is able to get rid of her symptoms and continue to enjoy the love and care you've given to her. Jane On Feb 8, 2009, at 11:01 AM, TANYA NOE wrote: We adopted our cat Maggie when she was 8 weeks or so old. She was a happy healthy kitten until about 6-7 weeks later. She had gingivitis and diarrhea and her lymph nodes were the size of large grapes. We had he tested ( she was tested before we brought her home and she was negative) she tested positive this time on the ELISA test. We immediately tested our 12 year old cat Sasha and she was negative. 12 weeks later we tested her again and she was still positive so we had an IFA test done to see if it had progressed into her bone marrow. Sad to say it has, it was a very strong positive. We feed her soft food by pro plan and hard purina kitten chow. Our cats are strictly indoors. She lives with Sasha still who thank God is still negative. Maggie's main symptoms are diarrhea (lots of diarrhea), sneezing, vomiting, swollen lymph nodes, painful gums/teeth. She seems happy and as long as that is the case she will continue to have a home here with us no matter how many messes I have to clean up a week. She takes Tylan powder for her diarrhea which seems to help alot. Her vet is not that experienced at dealing with FELV positive cats so I have been getting alot of ideas from everyone's emails. Hope this helps Tanya --- On Fri, 2/6/09, amanda wrote: From: amanda Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 6:01 AM Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/ felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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Tommy tested positive at 3 1/2 months old. He is seeing a holistic vet, who gave him Vetri-DMG (an immune system booster) and a homeopathic mixture of antivirals. The homeopathic meds are Galium and Engystol. His holistic vet recommended that I get him vaccinated one more time (which I did) for FVRCPC, and then NO MORE vaccines. Definitely not rabies, as it is a live virus. He is eating Solid Gold Indigo Moon, a grain-free holistic food. He also gets canned food twice a day. Tommy is an indoor kitty, and lives with my two negative cats. I decided not to separate them after talking with the wonderful people on this list because the exposure had already taken place, and separation would have been too stressful for all of them and me! He has not shown any signs of illness, other than he has had loose, smelly stools. I am trying a new supplement for that. He was neutered on 1/29 which I was afraid would be a stress to him, but he did really well! He is a happy, healthy, 6 month old kitten. :) In fact, I plan to have him retested in about a month. --- On Fri, 2/6/09, amanda wrote: > From: amanda > Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org [3] > Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 6:01 AM > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your > present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey > to better understand the illness and how everything effects > it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT > TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? > WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH > ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY > OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE > IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So > sorry, but your time in answering would be really > appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and > your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org [4] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org [5] ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org [6] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org [7] Links: -- [1] mailto:white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp [2] mailto:white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp [3] mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org [4] mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org [5] https://webmail2.agoc.com/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Ffelineleukemia.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Ffelvtalk_felineleukemia.org [6] mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org [7] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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We adopted our cat Maggie when she was 8 weeks or so old. She was a happy healthy kitten until about 6-7 weeks later. She had gingivitis and diarrhea and her lymph nodes were the size of large grapes. We had he tested ( she was tested before we brought her home and she was negative) she tested positive this time on the ELISA test. We immediately tested our 12 year old cat Sasha and she was negative. 12 weeks later we tested her again and she was still positive so we had an IFA test done to see if it had progressed into her bone marrow. Sad to say it has, it was a very strong positive. We feed her soft food by pro plan and hard purina kitten chow. Our cats are strictly indoors. She lives with Sasha still who thank God is still negative. Maggie's main symptoms are diarrhea (lots of diarrhea), sneezing, vomiting, swollen lymph nodes, painful gums/teeth. She seems happy and as long as that is the case she will continue to have a home here with us no matter how many messes I have to clean up a week. She takes Tylan powder for her diarrhea which seems to help alot. Her vet is not that experienced at dealing with FELV positive cats so I have been getting alot of ideas from everyone's emails. Hope this helps Tanya --- On Fri, 2/6/09, amanda wrote: > From: amanda > Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to > better undertsand FeLV. > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 6:01 AM > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your > present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey > to better understand the illness and how everything effects > it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT > TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? > WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH > ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY > OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE > IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So > sorry, but your time in answering would be really > appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and > your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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Amanda, Abbey was found outside a factory, starving and very sick. Took her directly to get felv test and was positive at approx. 9 months old and was 4 lbs. She had extreme diahhrea (w/ blood in it), yeast in ears, fleas, worms, and terrible breath (she has none of her incisors). She may have been living in a feral colony, her ear is tipped. I nursed her back to health, tried fortiflora for her diahhrea, which did not work. Was put on antibiotics for it. She was sneezing quite often with lots of discharge. She has been eating homemade raw chicken/bones diet for 4 months and diarhhea no longer exists. She has a luxurious coat. She's been taking l-lysine and Transfer Factor (colostrum) for 3 months now, and sneezing is very minimal now. She used to cough when she purrs deeply, but doesn't do that very often anymore. I also give her Petzlife Oral gel twice a week for her teeth. She seems to be the picture of health except for being a little fat from overfeeding when I first got her, since I tried to give her all the food she wanted so she could put on weight. She lives in a spacious bathroom, and seems extremely happy and content there. Lately I've beeen allowing my 3 other cats to visit her and she really likes them (although they are still unsure of her). I don't allow any prolonged contact between them. I really want to mix, but am still unsure. Her stress is very low. I am beginning to let her come into the hall and maybe will let her gradually come out to the rest of the house when my other cats go outside. She is approximately 1 yr 3 months now. Tracey - Original Message - From: "amanda" To: Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:01 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part,just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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Hi Sidney The General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted. Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? I was able to get rid of a really bad upper respiratory with it. I buy it in capsule form and mix the powder into cats food and my cat, who could be a forensic pathologist when it comes to detecting supplements, does not know it is there. I make sure she gets 500mg daily and although it takes time, it usually works. I also use interferon, but give it on and off each day, rather than weeks. I wonder if that would make a difference. There is a study underway (Dr. Jean Dodds ..Rabies Challenge) to prove that we over vaccinate our animals and that one rabies shot should protect an animal for its lifetime. You can Google the 'rabies challenge' and read about the study and the vets who are involved. A rabies shot can be stressful for a healthy animal. I would think twice about vaccinating an Felv kittie. Hope your General continues to thrive. Jane On Feb 7, 2009, at 9:17 AM, souther...@aol.com wrote: AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned a cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when this big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not happy. I tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He was like a bag of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and got him a bowl of milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have milk any more than dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him another, which he drank down. The next day he was still out there. So I brought him dog food out (it's all I had) and he ate the entire bowl. So the next day, when he was still there, I bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the grocery. He ate it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided that if he was gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I took him to the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat is FeLV +. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went from living outside to living in the garage to now living in the house and sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him and my husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits these days. He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him on grain free canned but he's not willing to eat that right now. He is now eating Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days and then he won't eat it and I'll change. The only problem I have is that I can no longer get him to take his supplements. He's on an immune system supplement that is a tablet I used to mix with the wet food. Now he won't eat it if I do. I've tried even mixing it in tuna and he won't eat it. So I'm in a little bit of a state over this. he is also on interferon 7 days on and 7 days off. I've also had some problems with this lately as he seems to throw up on the days that I give him interferon. He's had a kidney infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that he's overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came to me when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped because he has such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) lapcat. He loves to be petted. He loves to be around people. He follows me every step I take, if the dog will let him. His only stress is the Mini Schnauzer who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She hates him. He just tries to stay out of her way. (She sleeps on the bed at the foot and he sleeps up at the head, by my head!) Every time he sneezes I worry. But he's hanging in there so far, and as far as I can tell he is prospering. He has had rabies vaccine and calici virus in the past but I don't know if we'll do rabies this year since he isn't outside now. I'll have to talk to my vet about that and the calici too. Sidney and the General -----Original Message- From: amanda To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better unders
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AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned a cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when this big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not happy. I tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He was like a bag of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and got him a bowl of milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have milk any more than dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him another, which he drank down. The next day he was still out there. So I brought him dog food out (it's all I had) and he ate the entire bowl. So the next day, when he was still there, I bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the grocery. He ate it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided that if he was gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I took him to the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat is FeLV+. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went from living outside to living in the garage to now living in the house and sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him and my husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits these days. He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him on grain free canned but he's not willing to eat that right now. He is now eating Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days and then he won't eat it and I'll change. The only problem I have is that I can no longer get him to take his supplements. He's on an immune system supplement that is a tablet I used to mix with the wet food. Now he won't eat it if I do. I've tried even mixing it in tuna and he won't eat it. So I'm in a little bit of a state over this. he is also on interferon 7 days on and 7 days off. I've also had some problems with this lately as he seems to throw up on the days that I give him interferon. He's had a kidney infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that he's overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came to me when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped because he has such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) lapcat. He loves to be petted. He loves to be around people. He follows me every step I take, if the dog will let him. His only stress is the Mini Schnauzer who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She hates him. He just tries to stay out of her way. (She sleeps on the bed at the foot and he sleeps up at the head, by my head!) Every time he sneezes I worry. But he's hanging in there so far, and as far as I can tell he is prospering. He has had rabies vaccine and calici virus in the past but I don't know if we'll do rabies this year since he isn't outside now. I'll have to talk to my vet about that and the calici too. Sidney and the General -Original Message----- From: amanda To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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I agree, they do enlarge our ability to give. If I hadn't run home and googled FeLV and found this group Boo may have been euthanized the very day we got the call asking us if we wanted to put him down. If nothing else, that little guy helped educate us about this miserable disease. When we took Snowy into the vet last week, her vet talked to us about our experience with Boo and was very pleased that we did what we did for him. Turns out he had a positive cat and did all he could do for him as well. He also mentioned that there are new develpments with treating the disease but they're not yet available, at least over here. Lynne - Original Message - From: "Cougar Clan" To: Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part,just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Lynne, You gave him a home, love and care. It was not your fault that he had these problems when he came to you any more than it was mine that Dixie was positive. They come to us for a reason and for whatever time we are blessed with, no matter what the cost to our hearts. There is a reason. Maybe it is to enlarge our ability to give. I don't know but I do know that they are a blessing even if it is painful. Know that you did everything right for him. On Feb 6, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Lynne wrote: We don't know when our positive contracted the disease. We purchased him at 4 years, being told he was perfectly healthy. He died in less than two months after we got him. When we took him to the vet we were told he was positive but for his well being should have him neutered anyway. I will forever wish we had not put him through that stress. He was infected with earmites and fleas and we had him groomed and treated. Probably more stress for him. Over a period of 4 weeks, he went from just being fatigued to having to go in to have fluid aspirated from his lungs on a weekly basis just so he could breath. In the beginning he was started on Docycyclin and another antibiotic, then interferon. He was scheduled to have a blood transfusion on a Tuesday but on the Sunday he was having difficulty breathing, having just had his lungs aspirated on the Friday so we took him to the emergency clinic where we were told we had to let him go. He died of leukemia/FIV and peritonitis. I understand FIV cannot be diagnosed without an autopsy but all the clinical signs were there. We had gone as far as humanly possible in trying to save him and it was time to let him rest. I still choke up just writing about this. We've adopted 2 needy girls since but they aren't positive. I honestly do not think I could go through the pain of another positive cat, although, if I had one, I probably would do most of the same things all over again. Our cat was too sick and the disease too far advanced to save him. Had we got him in its earlier stages and given him proper care right from the start, I like to think he'd still be with us. Lynne - Original Message - From: "Cougar Clan" To: Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part,just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org Marylyn, Copper & Thomas ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/ felvtalk_felineleukemia.org __ NOD32 3831 (20090205) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org Marylyn, Copper & Thomas ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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Lynne, You gave him a home, love and care. It was not your fault that he had these problems when he came to you any more than it was mine that Dixie was positive. They come to us for a reason and for whatever time we are blessed with, no matter what the cost to our hearts. There is a reason. Maybe it is to enlarge our ability to give. I don't know but I do know that they are a blessing even if it is painful. Know that you did everything right for him. On Feb 6, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Lynne wrote: We don't know when our positive contracted the disease. We purchased him at 4 years, being told he was perfectly healthy. He died in less than two months after we got him. When we took him to the vet we were told he was positive but for his well being should have him neutered anyway. I will forever wish we had not put him through that stress. He was infected with earmites and fleas and we had him groomed and treated. Probably more stress for him. Over a period of 4 weeks, he went from just being fatigued to having to go in to have fluid aspirated from his lungs on a weekly basis just so he could breath. In the beginning he was started on Docycyclin and another antibiotic, then interferon. He was scheduled to have a blood transfusion on a Tuesday but on the Sunday he was having difficulty breathing, having just had his lungs aspirated on the Friday so we took him to the emergency clinic where we were told we had to let him go. He died of leukemia/FIV and peritonitis. I understand FIV cannot be diagnosed without an autopsy but all the clinical signs were there. We had gone as far as humanly possible in trying to save him and it was time to let him rest. I still choke up just writing about this. We've adopted 2 needy girls since but they aren't positive. I honestly do not think I could go through the pain of another positive cat, although, if I had one, I probably would do most of the same things all over again. Our cat was too sick and the disease too far advanced to save him. Had we got him in its earlier stages and given him proper care right from the start, I like to think he'd still be with us. Lynne - Original Message - From: "Cougar Clan" > To: Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part,just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org Marylyn, Copper & Thomas ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/ felvtalk_felineleukemia.org __ NOD32 3831 (20090205) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org Marylyn, Copper & Thomas ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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We don't know when our positive contracted the disease. We purchased him at 4 years, being told he was perfectly healthy. He died in less than two months after we got him. When we took him to the vet we were told he was positive but for his well being should have him neutered anyway. I will forever wish we had not put him through that stress. He was infected with earmites and fleas and we had him groomed and treated. Probably more stress for him. Over a period of 4 weeks, he went from just being fatigued to having to go in to have fluid aspirated from his lungs on a weekly basis just so he could breath. In the beginning he was started on Docycyclin and another antibiotic, then interferon. He was scheduled to have a blood transfusion on a Tuesday but on the Sunday he was having difficulty breathing, having just had his lungs aspirated on the Friday so we took him to the emergency clinic where we were told we had to let him go. He died of leukemia/FIV and peritonitis. I understand FIV cannot be diagnosed without an autopsy but all the clinical signs were there. We had gone as far as humanly possible in trying to save him and it was time to let him rest. I still choke up just writing about this. We've adopted 2 needy girls since but they aren't positive. I honestly do not think I could go through the pain of another positive cat, although, if I had one, I probably would do most of the same things all over again. Our cat was too sick and the disease too far advanced to save him. Had we got him in its earlier stages and given him proper care right from the start, I like to think he'd still be with us. Lynne - Original Message - From: "Cougar Clan" To: Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part,just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org Marylyn, Copper & Thomas ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org __ NOD32 3831 (20090205) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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I just re-read your questions. Dixie Louise was an indoor cat from the day she tested positive except for a few unauthorized walk abouts. When I moved out of my Mom's (I was building a house) and into a trailer to provide her a warm winter home Dixie lived with Kitty Katt. Again, Kitty was terminally ill and I was not concerned about transmitting the disease to her. Dixie proved very good for Kitty by the way. While I did everything I could to keep stress down, Dixie's life was far from stress free. I was building a house; we moved into the house from the trailer while it was still being worked on (I won't go into it but email me before you deal with any log home company); Kitty was terminally ill and that was stressful for everyone; the trailer was difficult for her; the garage life was difficult for us; she loved to travel though so going to our house in Louisville was good for both of us. On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Cougar Clan wrote: This is Dixie's story: For reasons unknown, a little grey full grown female came to my Mom's and began eating with the ferals she feeds and staying in a rubbermaid box I had outfitted as a shelter. I decided she should be a farm cat at my farm when I got the house built. I took her to Louisville to my long time vets at Middletown Animal Clinic to be spayed. They tested her for FeLV and, when they called to break the news, we decided to board her there until I could figure things out. She could not be released into the colony. Her teeth were the only symptom that showed and they were not bad. I made arrangements for her to stay in the garage at my Mom's and eventually took her and the Royal Princess Kitty Katt (who was terminally ill with cancer) to a trailer where we lived for a while. After I decided that Dixie could not be killed (I had no experience with FeLV+ and was lucky to find this group), I took her to Dr. Betty Boswell, DMV, a holistic vet who had treated several of my four legged friends--the doctors at MAC had originally sent me to her with a beagle and knew I was taking Dixie). Betty put Dixie on lots of supplements and we fed her the best foods available. After the Chinese pet food scar she ate no food that had grains in it. She ate Taste of the Wild, Wellness and Primal Raw. I realize that some think FeLV+ cats should not eat raw diets. It was the right thing for Dixie. She flourished for three wonderful years in which she had everything I could give her. She had wonderful Christmas trees, every toy a cat could want and more, blankets, beds, and, eventually two houses, one with a wonderful 400 sq. foot sunroom equipped with lots of windows to watch deer, turkey etc through. She suddenly had an abscess on her neck and died within a week or so. My wonderful little lady was on colostrum, lots of veggies chopped into her food (high in Vitamin C), various Standard Process supplements, and other things I got from Betty or Dr. Susan Maier, another holistic vet. She was not vaccinated for anything after the test came back. I do not know how ld she was when she came into my life but I suspect around 3-4 years. I don't know why she was on her own. She had been spayed and had wonderful manners so she may have been dumped. I don't know but I will always be grateful for the time we had together. A month after she left this world, she sent me Copper and two weeks later she sent Thomas. Both of these little guys are FeLV- to the delight of my vets at MAC who were high fiving all over the place when the tests came back. Both of the kittens came from the pine thicket that Dixie and the Royal Princess Kitty Katt came from so we were all concerned. They were extremely small (Copper ran through the links of a chain link fence without even sucking his gut in and he was about 8 weeks old) and, while their mothers gave them the best care, their mothers didn't have the food and care they would have had under ideal conditions. The story of the kittens is wonderful but has nothing to do with your questions. I urge you to find a holistic vet and consult that vet along with your regular vets. Some will consult by phone if you cannot locate one. I do not regret one minute with Dixie Louise. She was a perfectly wonderful little lady who was very protective of me and very attentive. Needless to say, I miss my little lady very much. My heart broke into a thousand pieces or more when she died laying right beside me in the Jeep that took her on many wonderful adventures. I am grateful for my time with her and grateful that she was able to leave this world after leaving the vets and without assistance in a place she always felt safe. She taught me, as did the Royal Princess Kitty Katt, to appreciate the time we have and not look at what may come. Everyone dies and everyone dies from something. The goa
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This is Dixie's story: For reasons unknown, a little grey full grown female came to my Mom's and began eating with the ferals she feeds and staying in a rubbermaid box I had outfitted as a shelter. I decided she should be a farm cat at my farm when I got the house built. I took her to Louisville to my long time vets at Middletown Animal Clinic to be spayed. They tested her for FeLV and, when they called to break the news, we decided to board her there until I could figure things out. She could not be released into the colony. Her teeth were the only symptom that showed and they were not bad. I made arrangements for her to stay in the garage at my Mom's and eventually took her and the Royal Princess Kitty Katt (who was terminally ill with cancer) to a trailer where we lived for a while. After I decided that Dixie could not be killed (I had no experience with FeLV+ and was lucky to find this group), I took her to Dr. Betty Boswell, DMV, a holistic vet who had treated several of my four legged friends--the doctors at MAC had originally sent me to her with a beagle and knew I was taking Dixie). Betty put Dixie on lots of supplements and we fed her the best foods available. After the Chinese pet food scar she ate no food that had grains in it. She ate Taste of the Wild, Wellness and Primal Raw. I realize that some think FeLV+ cats should not eat raw diets. It was the right thing for Dixie. She flourished for three wonderful years in which she had everything I could give her. She had wonderful Christmas trees, every toy a cat could want and more, blankets, beds, and, eventually two houses, one with a wonderful 400 sq. foot sunroom equipped with lots of windows to watch deer, turkey etc through. She suddenly had an abscess on her neck and died within a week or so. My wonderful little lady was on colostrum, lots of veggies chopped into her food (high in Vitamin C), various Standard Process supplements, and other things I got from Betty or Dr. Susan Maier, another holistic vet. She was not vaccinated for anything after the test came back. I do not know how ld she was when she came into my life but I suspect around 3-4 years. I don't know why she was on her own. She had been spayed and had wonderful manners so she may have been dumped. I don't know but I will always be grateful for the time we had together. A month after she left this world, she sent me Copper and two weeks later she sent Thomas. Both of these little guys are FeLV- to the delight of my vets at MAC who were high fiving all over the place when the tests came back. Both of the kittens came from the pine thicket that Dixie and the Royal Princess Kitty Katt came from so we were all concerned. They were extremely small (Copper ran through the links of a chain link fence without even sucking his gut in and he was about 8 weeks old) and, while their mothers gave them the best care, their mothers didn't have the food and care they would have had under ideal conditions. The story of the kittens is wonderful but has nothing to do with your questions. I urge you to find a holistic vet and consult that vet along with your regular vets. Some will consult by phone if you cannot locate one. I do not regret one minute with Dixie Louise. She was a perfectly wonderful little lady who was very protective of me and very attentive. Needless to say, I miss my little lady very much. My heart broke into a thousand pieces or more when she died laying right beside me in the Jeep that took her on many wonderful adventures. I am grateful for my time with her and grateful that she was able to leave this world after leaving the vets and without assistance in a place she always felt safe. She taught me, as did the Royal Princess Kitty Katt, to appreciate the time we have and not look at what may come. Everyone dies and everyone dies from something. The goal is to live well and be happy. Each one has to decide what that means for himself. Blessings to you and your little friends. On Feb 6, 2009, at 5:01 AM, amanda wrote: Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. _
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Hi Pat This is our story. We adopted MeMe as a one year old from a pretty horrible hoarding situation. She was pretty sick at the time ...very bad URI, diarrhea, swollen glands, stomatitis etc. Although the 'shelter' told us she was negative for Felv, our vet suspected she was positive as she was unable to recover from her symptoms. She tested positive on both tests and when I recovered from the shock of this dreaded disease I joined this list and with the help of some really wonderful people began to search for a way to help her. My homeopathic vet came up with a remedy that was being used to treat HIV/Aids victims in Africa with some success (thullium met). Along with the homeopathic remedy we began supplements and weaned her off commercial cat food to a better quality and sometimes raw food. It took a while, but over a period of time she recovered with the exception of her mouth which is sometimes sore. She is now three years old and seems very happy and 'healthy'. We now give her selected supplements and interferon every other day. She is a wonderful, loving and very 'gifted' cat. Every day that she is with us is a gift. If you have any questions, please ask Jane Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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I have seven cats, the youngest being Taz was diagnosed with FeLv when she started getting sick after about 1 month with my other negative kitties all of which are vacinated. I took Taz in to get her looked at and to get her shots. That's when they tested her for FeLv and she came back positive. I feed her stinky salmon and white tuna, some Fancy Feast kitten food and some baby food, whatever I can get her to eat. She hates the Science Diet the vet recommended. I'va also boiled chicken for her for the broth and meat. I've had her on Imulan and have seen some mixed results but she is gaining weight, happy and bouncy so I'm continuing with the expensive treatments. She also get Pet Tinic everyday and DMG. I've seperated her from my other cats, which I hate because she was buddies with my three legged tuxedo kitty, but this was recommended by the vet. She said that vacinations are not a guarantee against the disease if the cats are exposed to it enough. All of my kitties are indoor kitties except one does get outdoor roaming priviledges because it gives him a better attitude. The rest of the cats get there outdoor stuff on a large screened in porch basically built just for them. It's hard having a FeLv kitty because I travel so much for work which means I board her at the vets while I'm gone which of course stresses her some. The people love her at the vet but I think it directly affects her wellness with regard to the blood work-up and down. Sorry for the long diatribe. Nancy ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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Amanda, I feed a dumpster colony of cats. I have spayed/neutered 8 of the these cats and kept 7. Of the 7 six have tested FeLV+ more than once using the ELISHA test. These 6 were kittens ranging in age from 4 weeks to 12 weeks of age when I rescued them. I lost Bright Eyes at 7 months from FeLV. Three are now 8 months old and the other 2 are 14 months old. The babies get kitten canned and dry. The older 2 now eat Fancy Feast. They refused to eat any of the 'higher' quality canned. All received DMG, Lactoferrin, B12. B-Complex, L-Lysine, and folic acid. The babies still get the supplements. The older 2 refuse to eat canned food with the supplements added. Who would of thought dumpster kitties would get picky about their food. All are strictly indoor kitties. My negative kitties have been vaccinated and show no ill affects from mixing. All my cats have been neutered/spayed. I doubt you will find a trend. I think you will find the results of what we do for these babies is really based on a low stress environment, good nutrition, love and luck. Otherwise why would 5 be thriving while Bright Eyes died. By the way I have 3 calico kittens I just rescued this week waiting to be spayed this week end. They had a different Mom from my other rescues so I am optimistic they will be negative. Sharyl Sissy Rocket Mattie CJ Houdini and Angel Bright Eyes --- On Fri, 2/6/09, amanda wrote: > From: amanda > Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to > better undertsand FeLV. > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 6:01 AM > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your > present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey > to better understand the illness and how everything effects > it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT > TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? > WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH > ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY > OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE > IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So > sorry, but your time in answering would be really > appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and > your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. > ___ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
Amanda, My FeLV+ kittys: Buzzy - My first positive, he was adopted in January of '08 at about one year old. He had tested negative for feline leukemia in November of '07, but tested positive shortly after he was adopted. From the time I had him he was fed Wellness. He had been abused when he lived on the streets before my sister in law found him, and he was a very nervous kitty. I will always believe that if he had a more laid-back temperment he would have lived longer. Buzz was diagnosed with anemia in July of '08. He was brought out of it with Doxycycline and Prednesolone, but it came back in October and and the meds were no longer working. I lost him the week before Thanksgiving. Orlando - I adopted him in July of '08 at 10 years old. He had been living in a barn with about 20 other cats that a woman owned. When she passed away a local no-kill shelter took him in along with all the others. About half of those cats tested positive at that time. He lived in the FeLV/FIV room of that sanctuary from January of '08 until I adopted him. He also eats Wellness mixed with extra water and Lysine. He gets a Cosequin tablet mixed in his food morning and evening. He is a very sweet laid-back no stress kind of cat. He once had a broken leg that did not heal right, so he has a crooked leg. Other then that he seems to be in excellent health. Maybe too fat. (Definitely too fat.) Tweezer - A local rescue group was keeping him in a cage when they found out that I have positive and negative cats mixed and free to roam the house. They asked me if I would take him, and when I found out he had been living in a cage for months, I adopted him. He is now approx. 2 1/2" years old. I brought him home on Sept.17th of '08. He weighed 3 1/2 lbs and felt like a skeleton. He had an upper resperatory infection, weepy eyes, ear mites, a tapeworm and was so weak he couldn't climb up one stair. I still can't believe the director of that group allowed him to be in such horrible shape. Anyway, he was put on Wellness mixed with water and Lysine and began to gain weight very quickly. He was on several runs of Doxycycline and other antibiotics and has continued to improve. Today he weights approx. 8 1/2 lbs. He has one mildly cloudy eye that the vet says is a cataract due to being malnourished as a kitten. His URI comes back now and then and gets so bad that he sneezes blood. He is once again on a round of Doxycycline. The great thing about this cat is his amazing love of life. He is the happiest little guy I have ever seen. He is so very happy to be out of a cage and feeling good. My two positives live with five negative cats who are all vaccinated against feline leukemia. All are indoor cats. I would like to put my positives on some kind of immunity boosting/vitamin supplement, but with so many making claims out there I am unsure what to trust. I know this was long, but I hope it helps. Sue ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
I do not know what age Mandy became leukemia-positive. I adopted her at age 6 and she was positive at that time. She has no symptoms so I am doing no treatments at this time. My 7 cats are all strictly indoor--the other 6 are vaccinated and interact with Mandy. In two years, no one has gotten sick. Mandy also has had a UTI so is strictly fed Prescription CD or ID, both wet and dry. She is a very small cat but eats like one twice her size. Mandy is 7 right now. From looking at her, you would not know she is ill. - Original Message - From: "amanda" To: Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:01 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part,just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV. Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org