Re: [Felvtalk] Sids kid??
For months I've been wondering what a Sids kid was. I knew they were FelV cats, but did not know what SIDS meant. I'm glad someone else asked first.. I thought I should know :-) Lorrie On 11-03, Marcia Baronda wrote: That's what I was wondering(-: On Nov 3, 2011, at 7:40 PM, kat parker [1]korruptaki...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I am so sorry to hear this! You go through this so much. Please, may I ask you, what is a Sids kid, besides the obvious of being one of your FeLV+ kitties? ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Sids kid??
I don't know what it is either! =^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Travis, Dori and 6 furangels: Ruthie, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec, Salome and Sammi =^..^= - Original Message - From: Lorriemailto:felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgmailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Sids kid?? For months I've been wondering what a Sids kid was. I knew they were FelV cats, but did not know what SIDS meant. I'm glad someone else asked first.. I thought I should know :-) Lorrie On 11-03, Marcia Baronda wrote: That's what I was wondering(-: On Nov 3, 2011, at 7:40 PM, kat parker [1]korruptaki...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I am so sorry to hear this! You go through this so much. Please, may I ask you, what is a Sids kid, besides the obvious of being one of your FeLV+ kitties? ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgmailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.orghttp://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Sids kid??
Here's their link: http://crashslanding.org/index.html Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Sids kid?? For months I've been wondering what a Sids kid was. I knew they were FelV cats, but did not know what SIDS meant. I'm glad someone else asked first.. I thought I should know :-) Lorrie On 11-03, Marcia Baronda wrote: That's what I was wondering(-: On Nov 3, 2011, at 7:40 PM, kat parker [1]korruptaki...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I am so sorry to hear this! You go through this so much. Please, may I ask you, what is a Sids kid, besides the obvious of being one of your FeLV+ kitties? ___ 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 Testing flowchart
Dear Gloria and all, Here is a link that was sent to me a couple of years ago that I found very helpful. It shows a flowchart with the testing protocols. It doesn't specify much in the way of time frames though. If the kittens tests a weak positive on the SNAP Elisa, there is a very good chance that a later retest will be negaive. I was told to wait about a month for a retest, but have had one older kitten test negative on retest in 10 days! I had him retested sooner since he had been in foster care for over a month and his brother tested negative even through they had been very close - mutual grooming, play biting, sharing food dishes/litterboxes, etc. The SNAP tests are VERY sensitive and can sometimes produce light or weak positives if the kitten has been lightly exposed to URI but appears healthy. http://www.felineleukemia.org/felvhlth.html Here is the link to the info. I have quite a bit of other info I have accumulated in case anyone is interested. G Today's Topics: 1. retesting kittens (Gloria B. Lane) 2. Re: retesting kittens (Marta Gasper) 3. Re: Sir Rouncewell Please add to the CLS :*( (Marcia) 4. Re: Sir Rouncewell Please add to the CLS :*( (Marcia) 5. Re: Sir Rouncewell Please add to the CLS :*( (Val Green) 6. Re: Sir Rouncewell Please add to the CLS :*( (kat parker) 7. Re: Sir Rouncewell Please add to the CLS :*( (Marcia Baronda) 8. Re: Sids kid?? (Lorrie) 9. Re: Sids kid?? (Terri Brown) 10. Re: Sids kid?? (Beth) ___ 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] Hi, new member here
Give your rowdy little boy a chance. He sounds like my Harley, if there is trouble to get into, he does it. I have 2 positives, Annie 4 years and Nitnoy we are not sure, maybe 3. They are healthy, happy and loving cats. Would not gie them up for anything. Harley likes to help me on the computer. He sas help, I say different. Give him years of happiness and he will give you so much more back. Anne Myles anne.my...@uni.edu wrote: Hi, wanted to introduce myself and my cats. I adopted two new adult kitties from a rural no-kill shelter in my area a little over a month ago, after my 15-year-old cat passed away. Little orange Dublin and hunky white and tabby C.J. are both about two years old males -- Dublin more of an estimate since he was found as an adult at a TNR station covered in oil on St. Patrick's Day (C.J. was in rescue since he was about five months old). I adopted them both as being FeLV negative, though I'd found out that Dublin had initially had a positive ELISA, then a negative when he was retested after six weeks in quarantine. The woman who runs the rescue swore to me (as her vet told her) that false negatives are common but false positives are not. Well, so much for that; I know better now. I had them retested after three days at my house, because I learned that Dublin had had ten teeth removed at a dental a few days before he came home and my vet's office said that such bad teeth at a young age was a common sign of FeLV. And yup, Dublin's third ELISA was a strong positive, as was a follow-up IFA. C.J. tested negative, and got his first Purevax vaccination that day, followed by the booster two weeks later. I agonized for a few days about sending Dublin back to the rescue, where he'd go to a FeLV+ cat sanctuary, but he is such a special, amazingly sweet cat (gives hugs and kisses, just amazingly social) and was so thrilled with me and my home and is absolutely crazily besotted with my greyhound! I couldn't break his little heart. So I've kept him, and he and C.J. (also a wonderful, loving boy) mix, since C.J. was already exposed to him at the rescue (along with most of their other cats!!). I am really heartened by what I've read in the archives about how many of you have mixed cats without the negative ones converting. I manage to keep their food separate and change their water and scoop their litter twice a day, but these guys play and wrestle a lot, which is nervous-making. Except for the bad teeth, Dublin seems really healthy. He did have a bad case of chin acne when he came, but it's healed up really well. He eats voraciously and has gained some weight, has a lovely silky coat, and is becoming quite a rowdy little troublemaker too, always pouncing on C.J.'s tail (he never played at the rescue). It's not unreasonable to hope he might have a few good years, is it (though I know there's no way to predict)? I've also seen mention of various supplements you give, and I wish someone could give me a lowdown on what you essentially recommend (that is reasonably affordable) and exactly how you dose it. Lots of pictures of the cats here if you want to see them: http://s511.photobucket.com/albums/s357/PrairieProf/New%20cats/ Anne ___ 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] Sids kid??
Wow, I was all set to go to the wine-do tonight until I realized it's in Michigan! Nice web site, and nice looking cats! Best of luck to you. ~B. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 6:13 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Sids kid?? Here's their link: http://crashslanding.org/index.html Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/21.gif www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Sids kid?? For months I've been wondering what a Sids kid was. I knew they were FelV cats, but did not know what SIDS meant. I'm glad someone else asked first.. I thought I should know :-) Lorrie On 11-03, Marcia Baronda wrote: That's what I was wondering(-: On Nov 3, 2011, at 7:40 PM, kat parker [1]korruptaki...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I am so sorry to hear this! You go through this so much. Please, may I ask you, what is a Sids kid, besides the obvious of being one of your FeLV+ kitties? ___ 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] New needle-less vaccine for FeLV
I asked my vet about it nd he said is much more expensive. We are in a rural area andfinding a vet who does that would mean traveling 50 miles with 2 cats at a time saying nw all the way. Marcia Baronda marciabmar...@gmail.com wrote: I meant to buy it to use ourselves. It sounds like the swine flu vaccine I got in 76?. They did it with a gun like that. Man was I stupid to get that vaccine! Well, young and stupid. I listened to the fear mongers(-: Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, Christmas 2010. On Nov 2, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Anne Myles anne.my...@uni.edu wrote: This is the vaccine my C.J. just got in the past month. It's supposed to be about 99% effective according to the literature and much safer in regard to the chance of vaccine-related sarcoma. My understanding is that it's what vets who keep up with the cutting edge are using now. I don't know what you mean about buy it outright ... it requires a special tool called a VetJet to administer -- kind of shoots it through the skin at high velocity with a big pop. It looks like a cordless drill! ___ 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
