[Felvtalk] Multi Cat House Protocol

Hello - For those of you with multi-cat households, I was wondering what your vet has recommended in terms of re-testing for FELV in the negative cat. I have 1 positive and 1 negative that have been living together for over a year now. I have been advised to re-test the negative cat once a year

[Felvtalk] Mycoplasma

I did a little research on the board for mycoplasma and I noticed that it does seem to be prevalent (as far as i can see from the mailing list) in felv+ cats. My vet suggested I have my felv+ kitty tested. For those of you that have experience with Mycoplasma, can you tell me what symptoms your

Re: [Felvtalk] Advice on 9 month old FELV + kitty

My cat had similar issues when we first got him. Get a fecal exam done. Bernie had worms when we found out he was felv+, after he was on meds for that, his diarrhea was better but not totally gone. We did interferon and prescription canned food. That helped. I am now back on dry food, but I

[Felvtalk] Good News - Successful Multi-Cat House!

I recently had Brady re-tested for felv, 3 1/2 months after we brought our felv+ kitten into the same household. Brady tested negative on the snap test! The vet told us as long as we keep up with his boosters, he should be fine. We will not test again for felv. Brady was 1 year 3 months when he

Re: [Felvtalk] Talkative Felv Cats

Maybe dementia is a bad word... I'm pretty sure Felv can cause neurological disorders? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. My felv+ cat is also the most loving and friendly cat that I have had so much personality. ___ Felvtalk mailing list

[Felvtalk] Talkative Felv Cats

So I was just wondering if having a very vocal cat is related at all to feline leukemia. I've never had a cat as talkative as my Felv+ kitty Bernie. Besids when he is sleeping, eating or looking out the window... he is making noises. Maybe this is normal, I don't know. In the back of my mind I

Re: [Felvtalk] Shots for Felv/Re Testing for Non Felv Cat

It makes me a little upset that research for Felv+ cats has been so wishy washy. I realize it probably all comes down to money and business, but I was also thinking, this disease is sadly a way for shelters to try to control over population of cats. I think its pretty automatic to put felv+ cats

Re: [Felvtalk] Shots for Felv/Re Testing for Non Felv Cat

Thank you for all of your opinions and advice. I went ahead with the feline distemper vaccination. Bernie has been totally fine since The vet's plan was to do another shot in 1 month and the final shot a month after that. I think once the kitten series is done, I may stop. Bernie is an

[Felvtalk] Shots for Felv/Re Testing for Non Felv Cat

Hi everyone My kitten Bernie was diagnosed with Felv about 2 months after we got him home from the shelter. He was on interferon for 45 days, retested, and is still positive. When we got him from the shelter he did not have his second set of vaccinations yet. He is now 8 months old. I am

[Felvtalk] Survey Responses

AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? Bernie was 5 months old when he was adopted. The shelter told us he was negative for FeLV. He was sick the day we got him, be we didnt figure out it was FeLV until about 2 months later. WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE DOING? Interferon, once a day.