Hello everyone,
My name is Steven with a long history of feline stewardship; will not say
owner because who owns who is always in question! :) Sorry for a long post. I
am confused and wanting to make sure I get the most efficient and best
treatment possible for a recent diagnosis:
I
Steven,
Why your vet would assume the others will be positive is distressing. You can
have one positive and never have any other occurrences, ever, ever, amen. As
for separating, if the cats have all been living together up till now, then you
might as well let them continue to co-mingle.
Steven, how long has Sammy lived with all the others?
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 2:03 PM, spertus...@aol.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
My name is Steven with a long history of feline stewardship; will not say
owner because who owns who is always in question! :) Sorry for a long
post. I
am
Steven, I'm not sure why your vet would assume that the others will test
positive. It's certainly possible, but I wouldn't be quite so quick to assume.
There seems to be a lot of debate about just how communicable the FeLV is;
however it's seems widely held that it doesn't really become
Hi Steven,
Sorry to hear one of your babies is FeLV and has a lymphoma. Lymphoma is
one of the things that can be caused by FeLV. I can't personally comment on
the treatment for lymphoma, but I have a friend who had an FeLV kitty that
had it and chemo was successful in that case.
As someone
Plus, the stress of suddenly being seperated from one another could trigger
something. My vet and I are pretty sure that is what happened to Annie. she
was most likely exposed and it had been dormant and the stress of loosing her
person, being isolated for 21 days and then getting used to
who owns who , that is the question. i believe that it is our cats who own us.
as to lymphoma, it can be beaten, i did it and am in remission 6 years as of
this February. don't give up hope. as for treatment, it seems chemo is the
only route as radiation would do far more harm than good.
In a message dated 3/21/2009 3:45:46 PM Central Daylight Time,
dlg...@windstream.net writes:
i believe that it is our cats who own us
I never had a cat until the General came to live with me. I named him for a
cat in the John Wayne movie True Grit. Mattie Ross says to Rooster Cogburn
You
I agree with Gary. When our vet thought Teddy might have something
contagious he told me not to bother to separate him from the other 6 cats
since they'd already been exposed. He felt it would be less stressful for
Teddy to continue living amongst his feline family, too.
Laurie
-Original
Steven,
It is a difficult diagnosis to hear, so first, I am sorry.
Second, Felv+ is not an immediate death sentence for all felines in a
household. I agree with what has already been said, in that separating him may
only cause stress, and this is a huge factor for felv+ cats. It can push
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