[Felvtalk] Survey and Thankyou....
Hi Everyone! Wow Thankyou so much for the time you all took to answer my questions! I will get back to you all soon, some I'd like to write an extra message to! soon!! I have also learned that maybe it also depends if the cat is symptomatic or a carrier and at what stage ect, I think my cat had it all the time, I just thought he had thrown it, but thats for anorther message! hugs and purrs to you all and I can really see that you all tried your best and are continueing to do your best for your precious FeLV kitties! Amanda and Tora and Angel Silver chan. ___ 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.
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 white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp wrote: From: amanda white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp 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.
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
Re: [Felvtalk] FELV Survey Answers and a question
I know that sometimes with dogs, thyroid issues can cause aggression, I don't know if it is the same with cats, maybe ask your vet about it. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... http://bemikitties.com http://BelindaSauro.com ___ 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 understand FeLV
Hi Carmen, May I ask what the name of the sanctuary is? -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... http://bemikitties.com http://BelindaSauro.com ___ 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 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 white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp wrote: From: amanda white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp 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
[Felvtalk] Survey
AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? Kitty (that's his name) was 2 years old. WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ I groom him and show him love, (I was told this helps to relax him)changed his diet used oxygen 7 in his water, and 1 5mg of prednisone each day for 1 year..we now give him 1/2 (250mg) every other day..he is now 8 yrs old. he eats wellness and Fancy Feast. WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, I keep all my cats indoors. ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? Yes, I have a 13 year old Simba HAS YOUR CAT HAD/ Kitty broke his ankle when he was about 1 and a half years old..I still believe in my heart this is when he picked up the Felv from the Vet...but hey told me. Never. IS YOUR CAT NOW? Both are still alive ..and Kitty is as healthy as a horse.o 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. ___ _ How fun is this? IMing with Windows Live Messenger just got better. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? CC was positive as a kitten. she was found in a parking lot, so I have no idea. DD was positive when I got her at about 2 years of age. WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ CC got very sick at about 8 months and almost died. We used interferon, immunoregulin, she eye herpes and medicines for that and saw a homeopath.DD has never been sick but once and was put on antibiotics. I give her no special treatments. WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, all indoors ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? Yes, up to 10 at a time. there has been no contamination of my negatives. CC lived until about 8 years old, and died of herpes. CC is still fine at around 10 years old.t__ _ How fun is this? IMing with Windows Live Messenger just got better. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx ___ 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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AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? We have 3 FeLV+ kitties. All tested positive as kittens. We're taking Darcy, our baby, back to the vet soon for another test to confirm. WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? We are giving interferon, a week on and a week off. I'm giving L-lysine in their food. WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? We tried the more expensive, 'healthier' foods, but our cats just wouldn't make the adjustment. Now I'm feeding the Fancy Feasts that are higher in protein. With 8 cats and one dog, we just can't afford the more expensive foods, especially when our Felv babies are so picky about eating it. They all live indoors exclusively. We do have our Felv+ cats with our negatives. They all get along really well - no fights or scratching - and they were so unhappy being kept isolated from the others, and from us, that we decided to go ahead and mix. So far, so good...of course, we keep the negatives up to date on all shots. HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? Only Bo, our four year old positive, has had any problems at all, and those have been limited to a couple of mouth sores. When treated, they went away quickly. We do our best to keep their lives as stress-free as possible. WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? Bo is almost four. Seven is nearly two. Darcy is still under a year old. All are staying healthy and happy thus far. Hooray Jody -- This old world we're living in is mighty hard to beat...you get a thorn with every rose, but ain't the roses sweet? ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
