Should have tied a string to the rabbit and dragged it along the floor. They
chase and eat anything that moves in my house! If flies had enough protein
several of mine could live off them.
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Lisa,
You were lucky because 9 1/2 years is a long time for a FeLV cat, especially if
he had it as a kitten. Most cats that had FeLV as a kitten don't live past 3
years. Many live less than a year. If you were giving him interferon then
maybe that was it. I have heard of some that lived
Also, if female cats continually go into heat but not bred they can develop a
very dangerous condition. It's called pyrometra something or another.
Long time ago since my friend's cat got it so I'm not positive about the name.
But it causes a very serious infection and can kill them
Yep, both candidates are politicians and that already makes them suspect. It
seems time spent in a government leadership position tends to have a negative
effect on all of them. Plus most of what we hear about them and their policies
is spin and the truth never fully comes out. Hard to make
Oh, sorry I haven't been involved with the list and FeLV kitties in a bit.
I've lost several cats this year and haven't felt like dealing with more sad
stories. A couple of those cats I lost were strays that didn't live with me
but it still broke my heart to lose them. The last one I lost
Just make sure to get her nausea taken care of. You hate to stimulate her
appetite but she still won't eat because she's nauseous. Then she's hungry and
nauseated.
You can also try Pepcid. Just regular not Pepcid AC. I think the anti-nausea
meds are better but you can try that until you
I missed most of this thread so I'm sorry if I'm repeating something you guys
know are have already said, but regarding FIV test coming up positive - the
ELISA test looks for the antibodies to FIV, not the virus itself (which I
thought was odd considering the ELISA test does look for small
finally I have a quick minute to give you guys an update.
Yesterday I took the kitten to one of those vets. The kind that looks at
her symptoms and says it all FeLV related without doing any test. He said
she's not going to live long and didn't want to waste the humane society's
money by
I hate to say it but I have a feeling it's FIP. I read a lot about it last
night and she has a lot of the symptoms of the dry form. I'll give a few more
details later. It breaks my heart.
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She took him to the vet. I think it was Friday. He just said it was because
of the FeLV. I don't think he recommended anything but maybe because it's a
cat in our foster system and he didn't think we would want to spend a lot of
money on it. I don't know for sure. The vet did some
That's about as deep as my medical knowledge goes too. My poor vet had a time
explaining it to me. I didn't know white blood cells are made in the bone
marrow. I didn't even realize something could be in your bloodstream but not
in your white blood cells. As much as I get annoyed with vets
LOL - too funny! Thanks for a great laugh. Except for one thing. Instead of
baseball bat to the butt, should be upside his head. There must be blood or he
won't learn his lesson!
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From: Bonnie Hogue ho...@sonic.net
Date: Wed, Sep
You know, sometimes it seems we are progressing because of all the animal
welfare movements and all the laws to protect animals. There are more and more
people learning about abuse and taking a stand against it which is very
encouraging. Yet it seems that in the past it was just plain common
My hero!
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From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com
Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 8:17 am
Subject: [Felvtalk] Hunters
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
When we lived on our 75 acre farm hunters would park on our road and
walk back into the woods.
I haven't read all the literature or watched the videos about his place but I
was under the impression that it is set up to be a sanctuary not a rescue or
shelter type situation. Most of his cats weren't pets but homeless cats that
were living on the streets anyway. So his place is probably
Lorrie - I'll pack my bags and be right up. Living on a lake taking care of
cats sounds awesome. I'm 45 so hopefully will be around until all your cats
die! Give me driving directions!!! I'm a CPA so can work to keep your cats in
the lifestyle they're accustomed to living.
Ok, just
Not all humane societies are that bad and some will take in less than perfect
cats but you really have to look and get to know the people in the humane
society. See how they've handled situations before and if they take in older
or FeLV or FIV cats when they run across them. There are several
There's some group somewhere doing research on the rabies vaccination and they
have found that kittens vaccinated still had immunity in their system four
years later. That's with the normal one year vaccine. They suspect there's
immunity up to seven years later.
I told my vet one time that
Actually, his name is Cotton because he's solid white. I have a house full of
cats. Some are mine and some are fosters. I've only had about five of them
tested so far and thankfully all have tested negative for FeLV. It's kind of
weird but great.
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I think I would definitely get Peaches tested. If all your cats are indoors
only they really don't need to be vaccinated against FeLV. Only if there's a
chance they could get it. But if you're not letting them out and you're not
fostering other cats then there's no risk of exposure to the
Can you afford to re-test them right now? I'm just wondering if one or maybe
both of the tests on the kitties were wrong. I've heard those triple snap test
are a little less reliable.
Are these adults or kittens?
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LOL - I can just see all the poor lizards running around without tails.
Geez, didn't know they could get parasites from moths or crickets. Dang.
Beth, what can they get from moths?
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From: dlgegg dlg...@windstream.net
Date: Sun, Jul
That's just not right to mention ice cream and cat poop in the same sentence!
I was kind of hoping it was the FIV but if not I need to look into it. Thanks
for mentioning the probiotics. Maybe I'll try it.
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From: Natalie
A few years back I had to euthanize a kitty that had FIP. He did have fluid in
his lungs but it did not come out when he was euthanised so if Dexter had fluid
come out it doesn't mean that he for sure had it in his lungs. It's kind of
weird how some release bodily fluids when they die and
My cats will eat bugs after they are done chasing and torturing them. I
assumed it was because their instinct tells them to devour their prey. It's
disgusting. I have to turn away.
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From: dlgegg dlg...@windstream.net
Date: Sat, Jul
Yes. Go get a tetanus shot if you haven't had one in the last ten years. It's
just a safety precaution, but my Doc fussed at me recently for not doing it
after I got bit. Be careful about giving him too much info about the cat.
Tell him it was a friend's cat. Sometimes the Docs will say
Oh, the red and swollen and pain is normal. When I got bit a couple months ago
I didn't think it was that bad at first. But then it hurt like hell for a few
days. Don't panic about it but I'd still go to the doc on Monday.
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Yeah, Revolution for dogs uses the same insecticide as Revolution for cats.
The only thing is that you have to do the math carefully because the
insecticide is more concentrated in the dog formulation. For example, one ml
of the dog Revolution has more of the insecticide than one ml of the
From my reading and limited understanding I will answer your questions. Just
don't take it as the gospel.
If the virus is in the bone marrow but not the blood it's referred to as being
dormant. Your kitty cannot pass it to other kitties as long as it stays
dormant. One book I read did say
I've heard of the ELISA occasionally giving a false negative, but it is rare
and not nearly as likely as getting a false positive. It's more likely that
the first ELISA test was wrong and gave you a false positive and this second
ELISA test showing the negative is correct. But it might mean
Oh, just read this email. Yes, if the IFA is negative she could have the virus
and put it into dormancy, like I mentioned in the other email. And it is
possible that the virus can re-activate. But, who knows. And not to be
negative, but by then your other kitties may have gone on to Heaven
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