Dear Hideyo,
I'm so sorry you lost little Lizzie. From your posts I can tell that
you care so much about your babies. Know that we are thinking of you
and saying prayers for Lizzie.
Peggy
Dear Anne,
I am so sorry for your loss. Having recently lost my little Scooter, I
can say I know how it feels, though he wasn't with us as long as your
Jimmy. What a sweet poem. The words are so true - in time the pain
lessens and the thought of him will bring a soft smile rather than
tears.
Hi Ashley! I'm glad you found this site. Your vet is wrong - though
it's true that there is no cure for FeLV, it's certainly not a waste of
money to keep an otherwise healthy, happy kitty alive and well. So I'm
glad you didn't take his recommendation to put Mr. Kitten to sleep.
True, it gets exp
Candace,
I'm so sorry to hear about Pepper. It's hard to lose a friend. I'm
sure you gave him your love, warmth, a good home and friendship.
-Peggy, Montana, Karma, and Cassie
Dianne,
I'm sorry you had to find the list in this way, but I guess that's how
we all came here. Is Asia drinking enough? My Scooter (11 months old)
was dehydrated when I took him to the vet, and he wasn't eating and was
also lethargic. His blood work looked good but he had a tissue mass
behin
I bought these for Scooter but never got a chance to put them on him.
If anyone is worried about a small cat scratching up their furniture and
would like to try these, please e-mail me and I'll mail them to you.
They are size small, colored black.
-Peggy
Sherry,
I’m so sorry. I
saw this message and said a prayer for you and your Evander.
Brenda,
I’m so sad for you. I know how it feels. As much as we try, sometimes all we can
do is love them and let them go when it’s time. But keep Schumacher in your heart –
I’m sure he was a wonderful kitty.
Our little baby wasn’t strong enough to hold on over the
weekend. The vet called yesterday
to say that his condition had worsened. He was no longer responding to their
petting or holding him, and didn’t even stand up during the examination,
and seemed to be in much more pain.
She had giv
Thanks everyone for your responses. Scooter’s blood work from Monday
was good, says the vet (I asked for a copy of the results but I can’t
interpret any of the numbers). I took him back to the vet this morning for his
dental work. They did an x-ray of
his mouth and found a soft tissue mas
We had a rough night.
I gave Scooter some more liver shake by an eyedropper – he didn’t
seem to mind that I was gently opening his mouth and squirting it in. Then he slept at the foot of my
bed. Sometime during the night he peed the bed, which is worrisome as he’s always been
so good abo
Thanks for all your advice and input. The vet tech didn’t seem to think
the oral rinse would be helpful at this point – they immediately told me
about extraction for the extreme cases.
Last night I made the liver shake from a recipe I found in the archive,
and thankfully, he ate it up – f
Hi All,
This is my first medical problem with Scooter, my first FeLV cat, who has been lethargic for about a week. Sunday I noticed he had very bad breath,
and though I didn’t see anything wrong with his gums he was acting like
he was uncomfortable or even in pain so I took him to the
Dear Hideyo,
I am so, so sorry for all the pain you are going thorough
with your recent losses. You know
rationally that you have done everything you could to give your kitties a few
months or perhaps years of a happy and secure and loved life, so please don’t
let yourself feel guilty
Maybe I’m just paranoid, but this is my first
experience with FeLV so any little thing out of the
ordinary makes me wonder if something is wrong. Scooter is about 11 months old, and we’ve
had him for about one month. He had
an initial trip to the vet and was neutered and had his first set
What a great picture!
Who could deny that cats have their own personalities from looking at
this! I wonder what that handsome boy
was thinking?
We’re having similar problems with Montana and
Scooter. Scooter is our new adopted
FeLV+ kitty, and before Scooter came to us, Montana pretty much
slept on our bed at night, hung out with me while I was working, and generally
was the boss of the place. Years
ago, when I adopted Karma, the
Oh Sherry,
This must be so hard for the two of you. I’m so sorry.
-Peggy
Hi to Prince from Montana, Karma and
Scooter!
We were in the same place as you a few weeks ago. My husband and I took in a stray
(Scooter) and the day I brought him to the vet, I got
a call at work with the bad news. Like you, I never considered FELV to be a
possibility, so we were fl
I apologize for this unappetizing post so early in the day,
but I have a question about Scooter, my FeLV+ kitten
(10 months old) and I hope the experts out there can help. This is my first experience with a FeLV+ cat, though I do have two neg
cats. Montana somewhat
regularly gets stomach
Sherry,
I’m so sorry – we all know the pain of losing a
loving companion. Be glad that you
were able to give Dante your love. Our
prayers are with you.
-Peggy, Montana, Karma and Scooter
I’m so sorry about Peanut too. What really strikes me is that you wondered
if you had done the right thing. Please
know that there is no “right” decision to be made – you have
to look into your heart and do what it tells you. It sounds like that’s exactly what you’ve
done. You gave Pean
I have the same problem when taking the cats to the vet. I’ve found that each cat is
different. Montana (an older
cat) hates the car but prefers to be allowed to sit on the passenger side
floor. (But before you try this for
the whole trip, I recommend driving around the neighborhood or a
To answer Susan’s questions:
We have 3 cats: 2 negatives and one pos. The pos just came to us last week so we’re
still novices and learning. But as
far as integration goes, we didn’t really do anything special. We really didn’t have to since we
aren’t worried about stressing our heal
HI –
I’ve been reading lots of posts mentioning all sorts
of medications for FeLV cats. I know that I need to feed Scooter high
quality food, and was advised to supplement it with non-ethylene glycol l-lysene and vitamin C. Do I get this from a pet place or a
natural foods store? Sho
I have a wonderful husband as far as being a softie for
animals. He was the one who
suggested that we keep our little stray, Scooter, rather than let the vet put
him to sleep. Scooter was in quarantine
at the vet and we couldn’t find a home for him, so it looked like we
would have to do t
Hi All,
I too am a new subscriber looking for advice. I’ve learned
much about this virus in the past 12 hours because the stray cat (Scooter) that
my husband and I are in the process of adopting (well, he’s adopted us
really) is FeLV+. The vet called me today after I dropped
him off f
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