Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 23, Issue 15
RE: food Go for a grain free food. My pride was having problems with upchucking after eating. Turned out several were allergic to wheat, corn and soy. We are now on Blue Buffalo and no more problems. I think it is really cheaper because I don't have to clean it up every time someone upchucks and throw it in the trash. Lance lini...@fastmail.fm wrote: The 2008 retrovirus document can be downloaded here: http://catvets.com/professionals/guidelines/publications/?Id=323 As for breaking the tie, your vet could run a confirmatory ELISA using a different kit and plasma or serum rather than whole blood. But really, if 45 days is what they want, that works. The FeLV testing protocol suggested on felineleukemia.org is: For healthy cats: http://www.felineleukemia.org/felvhlth.html For sick cats: http://www.felineleukemia.org/felvsick.html On Jun 13, 2013, at 1:52 AM, Karen Harshbarger harshbargerka...@yahoo.com wrote: All the younger ones are 13 months oldare from the same litter and there is one senior. The female never did test positive (and she lived with them at the start of her life). I think the first one didn't make it because we did not realize what we were dealing with and were not aggressive enough. They had all been sick with upper respiratory and couldn't seem to get rid of it and it just kept passing it around. If we had only known just how serious it was and that they had been exposed to leukemia somewhere along the line (not sure exactly how) we would have moved them into the garage sooner and been much more aggressive (and then Tig would have made it maybe---that is what I keep kicking myself about). Once we realized what we were dealing with we got major aggressive on everything--one sneeze or one little running of the eye, or sleeping too much, or not cleaning their food dish, etc and off to the vet we went. It scares me to think how much of our retirement savings we have spent---but I tried and tried to find financial assistance and just could not, so what do you do---couldn't let any more of these babies just waste away like Tig did if I could possibly do anything about it---so we just kept trying and are still treating aggressively even after the negative test. We also changed their diet from the cheapest we were using cause we had so many cats to a better more expensive food. But we are not out of the woods yet. The way my vet and some of the reading I have done explains that you need to get two tests that say the same thing because sometimes the test is wrong. Since 4 of them had a positive test and then a negative test, we need the third test to break the tie so to speakhopefully the 3rd test will be negative and then my vet said we can rest assured that they are truly negative. The little female tested negative twice, so we keep her separate and figure she is pretty much in the clear---at least hope. (the two little ones that the no kill rescue took for us are about 10 months old by now and as I said one tested positive and one tested negative---we don't know how they came out on the second test but were told a few months back that they were both doing good). I would be interested in that research paper that you speak of. We all need to do as much as we can to fight and learn about this horrible illness. thanks Karen ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Healing thoughts for Bubba
How is Bubba doing now? JC microscopicwin...@yahoo.com wrote: He's in my thoughts and prayers, as are you.. --- On Wed, 6/12/13, Lance lini...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Lance lini...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Healing thoughts for Bubba To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 12:59 PM Poor Bubba! I'm sorry he's having such a rough time, and a rude bite on the tail to top it off. Hopefully he can clear the Hemobart and move on. I'll add him to the purrayers list. Best wishes to you and Bubba, Lance On Jun 12, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Beth create_me_...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey guys need some positive energy for one of my FeLV fosters - Bubba. He had been battling a URI. Tried a couple different antibiotics, and finally, after a week the URI cleared he started eating on his own last Sunday. Well as soon as I took him off the Doxy he started going down again. We went to the shelter this afternoon thankfully they had a wonderful vet volunteering who has experience in FeLV kitties. We're wondering now if he has Hemobart since he starting going down after withdrawing the Doxy. His gums were pink, though. I've had a constant battle with fleas. Advantage was no longer working so I switched Frontline, but that doesn't seem to be working well either. He got fluids, more Doxy, Prenisone, Cyproheptadine, Capstar AD. On top of that it looks like he has a cat bite o his tail. Poor baby. Going to go home tonight spend some one-on-one time with him. Just being able to talk to you guys about these babies really helps. At least I feel like someone understands how helpless I feel sometimes. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ 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
