Sue, thank goodness he is with you now. Sounds like he might have a chance
with a little help. Just keep loving him.
Sharyl
--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Sue Frank Koren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Sue Frank Koren [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Felvtalk] Tweezer update
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
I would feed him really good food. Like maybe even a/d, or at least a good
brand of kitten food. I would also put him on l-lysine for the eyes. Has he
seen the vet yet. I don't think it would hurt to start him on interferon
either. I have a cat that is 10 years old and still looks like a
It never hurts to be overly cautious. But both my positives went through times
that they were very symptomatic, and no one caught the felv from them. Of
course all my other cats were vaccinated and adults. I would not mix a
symptomatic cat with a kitten or unvaccinated cat. Good luck with
Aren't they cute? I go over to their foster mom's house almost every day to
take pics and you wouldn't believe how fast they are growing. They are
walking and even trying to run but still a bit wobbly. Within 2 weeks they
will have the playing thing figured out!
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:08
I hope not. There are some flakes and nuts here that keep trying to
interfere with us adopting out cats. We also found a stray female Tuxedo,
about a year old. The vet thinks she has had a litter (but not recently
enough that we needed to look for kittens). We have been advertising her as
Way to go, Kelley!
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Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was on the set of the Friday Night Lights TV show, where I sometimes
works as an extra. I was hanging around waiting for the shooting to start
when I noticed one of the principals, Taylor
Kitsch,
petting a cat and feeding her ice
Thanks...it is so hard right now because I feel we should be helping with
Hurricane Ike kitties..and we don't have a single foster spot open...so
frustrating..
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:31 AM, catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Way to go, Kelley!
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Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My vet says that a/d can make the diarrhea worse due to the high fat
content. You might try some but go easy and see if it does make the
diarrhea worse?
We have two combo negative boys that are about the size of 6 month old
kittens, and they were feral when we rescued them at 4 weeks. They are
Most of these things can be treated pretty easily. The ear mite/flea
medication is probably Revolution - I believe Frontline has come out with a
similar product called Frontline plus. I keep all my cats on Revolution
monthly, mostly for heartworm prevention, there are other more effective
flea
Sue, here is a good link to more info on liver shunts.
http://www.petplace.com/cats/portosystemic-shunt-hepatic-shunt-in-cats/page1.aspx
If that is the dx it could be caused by the FeLV. Looks like that could be why
he is so small. It is treatable but a low protein diet seems to be important.
Hello Everyone,
I'm a new member to the FelV group, but not new to cat rescue
and TNR, which I've been doing for a long time.
For years I didn't test for FelV, because back in the 1980's I tested
all of my cats for it, and two were positive, so I put had them put
down to protect my other cats.
Hi, Lorrie --
Glad you found this group. You'll get lots of great advice here.
Firstly, don't beat yourself up too much -- it's too bad about the
kitties you put to sleep, but nobody knew much about FeLV back then, it
would have been universally considered to be a death sentence anyway.
Now,
Hi Lorrie,
Don't give up hope! I just posted a couple of days ago about the two kitties
I rescued who were positive just were retested and are now negative!! Of
course I don't know if what I did had anything to do with changing their
status, but if you are interested in the diet I fed them and the
Hi, Diane,
Thanks for replying to my first post on this group. The kittens are 5
1/2 months old now. I've been trying to find homes for them since
they were 8 weeks old, but no luck :-( I had no clue that some of
them had FelV until a friend adopted one, and it became extremely
sick. It was
Sabrina,
Thanks for your feedback on the FelV vaccine. Years ago when the
vaccine first came out I heard it was not too effective, but I hoped
it had improved.
Has anyone else had experience with the vaccine to share with me?
Lorrie
On 09-19, Sabrina wrote:
Hi Lorrie, Don't give up hope! I
The thing about the cat walking in the same space is very farfetched.
FeLV is more easily transmitted than FIV, but this kind of casual
contact won't do it. Many people here will tell you how their FeLV
positive and negative cats have hung out together for years with zero
transmission. If your
My understanding is that the vaccine is 85-90% effective.
We vaccinate all our rescue cats, and I vaccinate all my personal cats. You
will find others on this list who do not vaccinate at all. It is a very
personal decision.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Lorrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I adopted Mandy in July 2007 and found out the next day that she was
leukemia-positive. My vet said that the vaccine is 90+% effective and that
the likelihood of my other six adult, healthy cats getting leukemia was
extremely small. At this time, Mandy is very healthy (just at vet today)
and
I gave Dixie (FeLV+) colostrum in addition to a lot of other
supplements, Primal Raw + organic veggies etc (I know there is a
theory going around that they should not eat raw if they test
positive--Dixie thrived on it and grain free foods). Her first trip,
after testing +, was to a
Interesting, everything I read says the efficacy of at least 3 of the
current vaccines is 85-90%, plus most adult cats are pretty immune
naturally. If the majority of the cases that died had been vaccinated I
would have to wonder if one of several possibilities might be true; they
were
My vet said that the vaccine is 90+% effective and that
the likelihood of my other six adult, healthy cats getting leukemia was
extremely small.
In my opinion, one needs to look at all of the factors before deciding
whether or not to vaccinate.
1) Vaccine efficacy. I have heard anywhere from
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