Re: Please add Spencer to the CLS
Kerry, I am so sorry to hear that you lost one of your babies. Yvonne In a message dated 10/13/2006 8:31:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am so sorry to hear about Spencer..I haven't been on here in about a month as I have lost another myself, 9/27.
Re: Katarina Please add to the CLS
Oh Sherry, I am so, so sorry about little Katarina. Thank Heaven you were there for her. She sounds like a very beautiful girl I have no doubt that she Maizee are having a wonderful time at the Bridge. Take care. Yvonne In a message dated 10/13/2006 9:15:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This has not been a very good couple of weeks emotionally,with all the losses here on the felvtalk or here at our shelter.Our beautiful Katarina left us today,I loved her as much as I could last night,I had the feeling that it would be the last,she looked up at me with the most beautiful Louisiana soulful eyes and just sang me the most beautiful purr song.I made sure she had a full tummy and fed her on her special little glass dish that I bought her so her nose wouldn't hit the food.She was a beautiful Dilute Calico.Maizee will have fun with her.Hugs to you all.THanks for being her for me to help me through all these hard times. Sherry
Re: Our Friends Family Who Have Crossed
Evan Dee, I am so sorry that you lost your Ginger. What a great idea for keeping her memory alive! She is abeautiful girl. Yvonne In a message dated 10/13/2006 7:25:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It breaks my heart to see the loss of so many cherished souls and I wish I could offer words that would ease the pain, but they've all been said, and said well (this is a very nurturing group). We lost our beloved 15 year old (canine) daughter earlier this year and it was a devastating loss that we still mourn. One of the many things that we decided to do to help keep her spirit in our home was to create a digital photo montage and take it to Staples and have it blown up into a 2x4 poster for our dining room (the size allows for larger, more life size images). I know it's not much, but I would gladly create a similar montage image for anyone that wishes to do something similar for their loved one. The advantage of creating it digitally is that you can insert several images into one digital "photo" (as well as a poem, verse, tribute...) and that image can be directly transferred (on a much larger, but crisp) scale onto the poster. We also did the same for a single photo, which hangs by our bed. I put a scaled down copy of the poster we had made at the site below. Please feel free to contact me if you would like me to try and do something similar for you. There would be no charge for creating the image - it's just a chance to give a little something back to a group that has given so much. You can have it blown up and placed on a poster board for between $30.00 and $50.00, depending on size you want. It may be even cheaper if there's a Kinkos in your area.~ Evanhttp://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g133/iamlazarus/GingerPoster.jpg
Belinda
Hi Belinda,I know you have been busy with so many losses and adding them to the CLS, we had 3 other babies pass over the last week too Dante' Oct. 5,George Oct6, Carissa Oct 10.All very sweet babies,also you left an a out of Katarina,I know I'm being nit picky,but Katarina is much more beautiful. :) Is it too late for me to put pics next to all the passed kitties?I am not sure how to do it.I have pics of just about every one of our shelter kids.Once again,THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!! Sherry How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates.
Re: Our Friends Family Who Have Crossed -- Evan and Dee
Gina WN wrote: How many pictures do you need to make a screensaver? I would love one of my Buddy set to music. You don't happen to have any Beatles music do you? :) Gina Evan Dee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Belinda wrote: Evan Dee, What a lovely way to remember your special little girl and what a nice offer to the group. I do similar things with my furangels on a smaller scale and all of my walls are covered in photos of all the furkids past and present. Love those digital cameras!! Is Ginger a dachshund? Yes - she was my wife's best friend and confidant. Absolutely have to love digital cameras - we make screensavers, DVDs etc... as well. Now that I think about it - If someone had a good deal of pics and some music in mind, I'd be happy to assemble a tribute screensaver as well. Visit my Tigger Tales site! See my cats' gallery at Zazzle Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. I have loads of Beatles music. You can create a screensaver with as few or as many images as you like - I generally try to have a minimum of six and prefer twice that for my own tastes. Not everybody is fortunate enough to have a lot of pics but you can also add other meaningful imagery such as the Rainbow Bridge images, pet's playmates, cartoon charachters that remind you of your pet's spirit, or others that have passed on. What Beatles songg did you have in mind?
Re: Our Friends Family Who Have Crossed
Belinda wrote: Evan, What program do you use? I bought Screen Saver Factory 3 pro, it's pretty nice has all the built in software for anyone that wants to make and market them. Have also got Calendar Creator and make my own calendar every year, made a few for my lhasa rescue to raffle off at nationals next week. They are in Washington this year and I'll get to meet a few of them. Been doing their website for about 8 or 9 years now. I love doing things like that!! That's the same program I use for the screensavers. I use ProShow Gold for creating DVD slideshows - lots of nice transition effects and is easy to add music and effects. It also allows for creation of screensaver. I use a variety of programs for the montages - Serif Photo Plus, Polyview, Photo Explosion and Adobe Photo Deluxe - depending on what I'm trying to accomplish. I also found a great little freeware program called ShrinkPic that automatically shrinks the image size of a pic before attaching to email or uploading to website. The poster pic I put up was originally 433K and it went up as 76K (doesn't change the original) without my having to fuss with it at all. I put the link for it below ~ Evan http://www.onthegosoft.com/shrink_pic.htm
Re: Our Friends Family Who Have Crossed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Evan Dee, I am so sorry that you lost your Ginger. What a great idea for keeping her memory alive! She is abeautiful girl. Yvonne In a message dated 10/13/2006 7:25:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It breaks my heart to see the loss of so many cherished souls and I wish I could offer words that would ease the pain, but they've all been said, and said well (this is a very nurturing group). We lost our beloved 15 year old (canine) daughter earlier this year and it was a devastating loss that we still mourn. One of the many things that we decided to do to help keep her spirit in our home was to create a digital photo montage and take it to Staples and have it blown up into a 2x4 poster for our dining room (the size allows for larger, more life size images). I know it's not much, but I would gladly create a similar montage image for anyone that wishes to do something similar for their loved one. The advantage of creating it digitally is that you can insert several images into one digital "photo" (as well as a poem, verse, tribute...) and that image can be directly transferred (on a much larger, but crisp) scale onto the poster. We also did the same for a single photo, which hangs by our bed. I put a scaled down copy of the poster we had made at the site below. Please feel free to contact me if you would like me to try and do something similar for you. There would be no charge for creating the image - it's just a chance to give a little something back to a group that has given so much. You can have it blown up and placed on a poster board for between $30.00 and $50.00, depending on size you want. It may be even cheaper if there's a Kinkos in your area.~ Evan http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g133/iamlazarus/GingerPoster.jpg Thank you - it really took us by surprise - my wife had lovingly nursed her through several operations and ailments and she had been doing pretty well. She came home one evening and found her passed on her favorite pillow - we believe she may have had a stroke. She was a very loved little girl and a wonderful soulmate for my wife.
Re: To Sally
Gina, Thanks for the information about URI. If my brain was working right now I probably would have figured that out. As it turns out all the cats that had the Upper respiratory infection have tested positive. I guess their immune systems were fighting too much. Lily had a sneeze or two but never a full blown cold. I just read the abstract regarding using low dose interferon for treatment of FIV and possibly FeLV. I know this was a small study group. Does anyone here have experience with this sort of treatment? More importantly Should all the cats get this drug? The other cats may be already fighting off the virus. I am very limited in funds. And have not yet figured out how I am going to handle the expense of treating and vaccinating the cats. I am still surprised the kitten is testing negative she is probably the most exposed cat to Lionel . They were best buddies. Although he is the only cat testing positive for FIV he may not have been the source of the FeLV. Tiny was the first with the URI. I know I will never know where it originated. OK next question. I could not get appointments for the cats until late November. I will probably be able to get them into the vet as a walk-in sooner. With 9 cats I can't take them all . Should I take the FeLV cats first or get the negative cats to get vaccinated? The cats are separated. For the most part the others are staying outside. Tiny and junior are in my bed room. Mainly to keep Tiny from darting outside which he already did yesterday. I managed to catch him right away, but he will get smart about that and I may not be so lucky the next time. The only medicine I have now is amoxycillin which is being used to treat whatever infection caused Junior's temperature to go so high. I also have Pumpkin's Baytril, so I am giving that to Tiny for his bite wound. I know it is overkill, but many years ago I lost a cat from a bite wound. The vet advised my dad when he was euthanized he had FeLV. He was 12 yrs old and I remember even after antibiotics his wound never healed. He stayed with me until the end. I am sure he had renal failure. I may have more questions. I need to check out the archives as well. Thanks for the help. Sally At 07:23 PM 10/13/2006 -0700, you wrote: Sally, A URI is an upper respitory infection. I wonder too if Pumpkin might have had FeLV; maybe a more experienced list member might have an idea? I'm very sorry that he left you so suddenly. It sounds as if there was no time for you to say goodbye. My heart goes out to you with all that you are dealing. Blessings, Gina Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:42 AM 10/13/2006 -0700, you wrote: I am so sorry you lost your two babies and so close together. You must be reeling from the grief and dealing with the other kitties coming up positive. How are the rest of your group doing after the URI? Not sure what the URI stands for. Right now I came home to find one of my cats, Grey and White, up a tree. I guess someone's dog got loose. -- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/474 - Release Date: 10/13/2006
Re: Prayers for my Tsubomi
At 05:38 AM 10/14/2006, you wrote: In case you did not see an earlier post, sadly Tsuboni crossed overSo very sad. Kelly I just wanted to add here that sometimes valium can have the opposite effect. I had a cat who would get hyped up on valium. t [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used valium this way too and have found it makes a big difference in how peacefully they go. I am so sorry. Michelle In a message dated 10/9/2006 6:50:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh Hideyo, I'm so sorry! Do you have any Valium in the house? When my feral friend Simon was transitioning, I gave him a little bit and it seemed to help him relax enough to let go of the physical. I can only imagine what you are going through. My thoughts and prayers are with you and Tsubomi. If it helps any, I think you have made the right decision about not putting her through another transfusion. Much love, Nina No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/474 - Release Date: 10/13/2006
Re: Katarina Please add to the CLS
Sherry, My heart goes all out to you for what you do. I'm so sorry to hear about Katarina. I have a personal kitty that is a Torti she is my baby. I can't imagine at this time on how I would feel if I lost her. She is a rescue herself. I got her when she was barely 4-5 weeks old. She is now 4 yrs old. Myself, being a rescue sure I deal with a lot of cats but not the load of having Felv/Fiv kitties. God it's gotta be tough to be so close to all the kitties that you deal with on a regular basics. I tip my hat to you for what you do. Bless you for being there for the kitties. There is a special place in heaven waiting for you when the time comes. All the furangels will come flying to you with happiness and love. Terrie Mohr-ForkerTAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTSSIAMESE COLLIE RESCUEDonations accepted at:https://www.paypal.com/http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescuehttp://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.htmlhttp://www.felineleukemia.org/http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.htmlhttp://www.petloss.com/
Re: Katarina Please add to the CLS
Thank you Terri,I love what you said about All the fur angels that will come flying to me with happiness and love. (made me cry) That will be the best thing ever that and seeing my mom again.THank you all for the wonderful support.I can't thank you enough.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sherry, My heart goes all out to you for what you do. I'm so sorry to hear about Katarina. I have a personal kitty that is a Torti she is my baby. I can't imagine at this time on how I would feel if I lost her. She is a rescue herself. I got her when she was barely 4-5 weeks old. She is now 4 yrs old. Myself, being a rescue sure I deal with a lot of cats but not the load of having Felv/Fiv kitties. God it's gotta be tough to be so close to all the kitties that you deal with on a regular basics. I tip my hat to you for what you do. Bless you for being there for the kitties. There is a special place in heaven waiting for you when the time comes. All the furangels will come flying to you with happiness and love. Terrie Mohr-ForkerTAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTSSIAMESE COLLIE RESCUEDonations accepted at:https://www.paypal.com/http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescuehttp://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.htmlhttp://www.felineleukemia.org/http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.htmlhttp://www.petloss.com/ All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.
Prince says hi :)
I'm so happy that I found this website. I took in a stray cat 2 months ago and he was diagnosed with FeLV (both ELISA and IFA positive). I have 3 other cats in the apartment, and I need to get them all tested to see ifthey areinfected. :( (This is really my fault. I only know that I need to de-flea and de-worm a new cat, but I didn't know about FeLV and the fact that it's transmitted by saliva.) It's been a week since I heard the bad news about the stray cat. At first it really freaked me out and I cried for 2 whole days, but now I'm feeling much better. I decided not to worry too much about the other 3 cats before their test result is out. I already isolated them, BTW.Anyway, here is something about the stray cat. It's a boy, about 1.5 years old. I named him Prince. Prince weighs 11 pounds now, compared to 8.5 pounds 2 months ago. He's very pretty, extremely sweet and purrs all the time. He also has an amazing appetite. I had him neutered on Tuesday.Here are some videos that I want to share with you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKMj-DHscTQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLT9jGhVdA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6nS0Qhe27o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf2KALzDDjs Yes, he's very very active. I can hardly believe that he is sick. Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.
OT: Photo contest (Siamese Kitties) Please Vote For Them! Close Race!
Please vote for Tazzy, Ling, Vinnie, and Sam They are the Siamese sitting on the their couch...LOL Thanks...these guys would be grateful...plus they get earned treats! This is a hard contest to get into. I was grateful they made it with all the youngsters! http://www.thecatconnection.com/contest/contestants.shtml If you have problems with the voting send an email to them and let them know. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Terrie Mohr-ForkerTAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTSSIAMESE COLLIE RESCUEDonations accepted at:https://www.paypal.com/http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescuehttp://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.htmlhttp://www.felineleukemia.org/http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.htmlhttp://www.petloss.com/
Dodger is still alive!!
Hi Everyone, people with Felv cats who arereaching out for help in waters they are new toand maybenever even knew existed shouldn't be met with judgment of being w/o voice, ignorant, without concern, and undeserving of sympathy. If the above were true then they wouldn't be looking for help. I'm the person who wrote to someone at a facility about my stray, Dodger.. "I need a fiv felv home today or Dodger will die. Please HELP!!" I had no idea that myletter would be forwarded here. Just found it by chance the othernight as I continue to learn about these diseases. I read the following responses to my forwarded email, along with a few more: "Please pass on my dismay at waiting until it was too late...and our dismay at the ignorance and seeming lack of concern on this persons end. It is always hard when we seemed to be faced with a "Take this cat or it will die ultimatum" I feel so sad for the poor cat, but I do not have any sympathy for the owner. It also saddens me that some women are at the mercy of their husbands last word. Have they no voice? " My response to this attitude is that I am also saddened when people seem to forget what it's like to not haveexperience dealing with the sudden bad news and prognoses from the trusted neighborhood vet that "your cat should be put down...and we're open until 6" Iwas a mess when the vet called withour bad news, ...IDID think I had only hours to come up with an alternative! Hence the ugly "ultimatum"... but it was the truth as far as I could tell at the time. I didn't realize I was doing the ultimatum thingand while I'm ashamed of it, Idobelieve people should beslower to judge. While you may hear the "or my cat will die" story often, these people are in the pit of despair and don't know what to do much less realize that you hear it so often to have become calloused from it. They arejust telling what they believe to be the truth and really are experiencing something that is turning their lives upside down -thebleaknessmakes itdifficult to see, think, function, properly. To say I waited too long for poor Dodger is an inaccurateassumption... Dodger was a I have a stray we call Dodger, who was probably already infected the day we met... my daughter andI convinced my husband to let us bring him in as part of the family. Believe me, I knew I'd win, but it's best to have hubby on board. We called the vet right away and made Dodger's appointment toget vaccinated and neutered... Do you have a hubby and children? As a stay @ home mom, (youngest just started kindergarten) it's generally assumed that the bread winner has the final say on many things I could be argumentative and insistent, but, I generallytry the persuasive route first. When my husband heard the news and advice from the vet - as far as he was concerned, that was that. But I wasn't willing to put such an outwardly healthy animal to sleep and went straight home to research, and email and phone anyone I thought could help. As far as I knew I was racing the clock. By days end I was informed enough toargue Dodgers case with hubby and won. My hubby is not easy to reason with, but we got Dodger back from the vet and now heremains safe in the garage with his own blankets, litter boxetc. until I find a home for himandcontinue to educate hubby as I educate myself on these diseases. How scary it is that people tend to take what veterinarians say, however wrong,at face value. That could've been me! I won't give up. Finding Dodger a home is top priority. So my question to you is, might you or anyone you know of have room for a really cool, affectionate felv/fivcat from mid-michigan? I'm at989-600-5906 (it's right this time!) Christine :) Express yourself - download free Windows Live Messenger themes!
Re: Dodger is still alive!!
Christine, I'm very glad you were able to talk hubby into a different solution with education. I hope Dodger is able to find his forever home and just wanted to let you know there is a place where you can also post him to try and help him find a home, it is here: Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com Thanks for caring enough to find him a home. He sounds like a real sweetie. PS. When I first found Bailey, my positive, I had 3 negatives and had him in his own room, telling hubby all along I was trying to find him a home, I knew in my heart I was going to do my best to keep him, he was such a sweetie and I fell in love with him the moment I picked him up. It took five months for me to get hubby to fall in love with him and then we brought him out and he was with us healthy and happy for 11 years and none of my negatives ever got it from him. When he passed this May we had 6 furkids including him and the remaining are all still negative. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candlelight Service http://bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting web design] http://HostDesign4U.com BMK Designs [non-profit animals websites] http://bmk.bemikitties.com
Re: Update on Dharma, Lucy, and others?
Lucy's doing great, knock on wood. Thanks for asking. I am very slowly tapering her pred for her ibd, and she is down to 8.75 mg/day. Still a lot, but a lot less than 15 mg/day, which she was on for a while. My big thing now is trying to get my vet to order prednisolone versus prednisone. Someone sent me a bottle of prednisolone, and I think she does better on it than prednisone, but I can't exactly tell my vet that I got some through the mail and tried it, so am trying to convince him based on what I have read. But her weight is stable at around 8.5 pounds, solid stool once per day, very hungry, no vomiting, very active, etc. Knock on wood again. I am always worried about jinxing her. Thanks again, Michelle
Re: Update on Dharma, Lucy, and others?
At 02:28 PM 10/14/2006, you wrote: If you have trouble convincing your vet ,,,go here and you cam get the prednisolone ,,, http://www.1drugstore-online.com/showprice.asp?name=prednisolonebysearch=okGo.x=11Go.y=7 Kelly Lane Lucy's doing great, knock on wood. Thanks for asking. I am very slowly tapering her pred for her ibd, and she is down to 8.75 mg/day. Still a lot, but a lot less than 15 mg/day, which she was on for a while. My big thing now is trying to get my vet to order prednisolone versus prednisone. Someone sent me a bottle of prednisolone, and I think she does better on it than prednisone, but I can't exactly tell my vet that I got some through the mail and tried it, so am trying to convince him based on what I have read. But her weight is stable at around 8.5 pounds, solid stool once per day, very hungry, no vomiting, very active, etc. Knock on wood again. I am always worried about jinxing her. Thanks again, Michelle No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: 10/13/2006
Re: Our Friends Family Who Have Crossed
Thanks Evan, I just downloaded it. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candlelight Service http://bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting web design] http://HostDesign4U.com BMK Designs [non-profit animals websites] http://bmk.bemikitties.com
Re: Prince says hi :)
At 11:03 AM 10/14/2006, you wrote: Welcome I have both FIV and FELV cats...I mix the FIV and the FLEV is away from the others except for one friend who is older very healthy and immunized against FLEV..great people here and thank for loving these cats Kelly www.kellyscats.zoomshare.com I'm so happy that I found this website. I took in a stray cat 2 months ago and he was diagnosed with FeLV (both ELISA and IFA positive). I have 3 other cats in the apartment, and I need to get them all tested to see if they are infected. :( (This is really my fault. I only know that I need to de-flea and de-worm a new cat, but I didn't know about FeLV and the fact that it's transmitted by saliva.) It's been a week since I heard the bad news about the stray cat. At first it really freaked me out and I cried for 2 whole days, but now I'm feeling much better. I decided not to worry too much about the other 3 cats before their test result is out. I already isolated them, BTW. Anyway, here is something about the stray cat. It's a boy, about 1.5 years old. I named him Prince. Prince weighs 11 pounds now, compared to 8.5 pounds 2 months ago. He's very pretty, extremely sweet and purrs all the time. He also has an amazing appetite. I had him neutered on Tuesday. Here are some videos that I want to share with you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKMj-DHscTQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLT9jGhVdA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6nS0Qhe27o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf2KALzDDjs Yes, he's very very active. I can hardly believe that he is sick. Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: 10/13/2006
