Re: Maizee Grace

2006-03-27 Thread Sherry DeHaan
Thank you so much Patti.The volunteering is great,I just love the babies,but it is so hard when we lose them.I keep telling myself "Are you going to be able to handle this?" I know I have to because those fur kids know me now and I just love them so much.I am doing this in Maizees honor.I just

Malachi

2006-03-27 Thread Sherry DeHaan
Could you add Malachi to the CLS list? He passed away Friday,he was a hurricane Katrina kitty that we only had 2 weeks at the sanctuary.He was the sweetest blach kitty.He had felv.He survived that aweful hurricane then being shuffled around,finally made it to us and felv just took him away.He is

Re: Maizee Grace

2006-03-27 Thread jenmeyer
Oh, Sherry...I'm right there with ya... :( I've had several missing my baby boy cries since Ewok passed. Just when I think I'm doing okay, I'll suddenly miss him like he had just died 2 hours ago. I've never mourned like this before...like someone else said, Time heals all wounds, but I'm not

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread PEC2851
After getting frantic "pleas" for animals In Ingham County, Mi. several years ago, I learned "all about" this policy that many shelters in Michigan have regarding selling animals to research facilities IT MAKES ME SICK!!! They claim they do it for revenue, to keep operating. A

Subject: Add Tad to the CLS

2006-03-27 Thread Carla Shoppe
Gloria Please let your friend know that I am very sorry for your loss of her sweet guy Tad. Carla Message: 6 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:24:38 -0600 From: Gloria Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Add Tad to the CLS To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type:

Re: Subject: Add Tad to the CLS

2006-03-27 Thread gblane
Thanks, Carla - will do. At 09:25 AM 3/27/2006, you wrote: Gloria Please let your friend know that I am very sorry for your loss of her sweet guy Tad. Carla Message: 6 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:24:38 -0600 From: Gloria Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Add Tad to the CLS To:

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread Tad Burnett
Why do people think research is synominus with torture... >From Hollywood science fiction movies... With the scrutiny that research places are under today I guarantee you that most animals in a research place are much happier than those in no kill shelters... Think for a minute about Angel

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread Tad Burnett
PLEASE...Some specific eye witness examples that other can visit and bring attention to the local sheriff will do . What are they testing for What treatment are they doing that is so bad compared to being kept in a small cage with no outside windows for years...(many no kill shelters)

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread TenHouseCats
i do NOT admit to be totally up-to-date on this i have to agree that not ALL research is inherently bad. however, in this case, there's a BUSINESS arrangement between the shelter and one Class B Dealer--as far as i know, the shelter couldn't care less where the animals end up, they just sell

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread Tad Burnett
The fact of the matter is they will get animals some where any way... Now, most of them come from back yard breeders that breed animals for just that market Perhaps if more shelters sold to research the animals that they are going to PTS that would put some of the back yard breeders out of

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread Linda Johnson
When I went to Michigan State I saw some beagles that were kept for research and they were NOT treated well. While they may not have technically been abused they were subjected to cruel experimentation/operations/blood work, et cetera and were kept in small cages in windowless rooms. Even the

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread TenHouseCats
here's the link to the local group working on this issue: http://members.aol.com/Justice4them/ they're the one with the history and the most updated info; the shelter staff can't do anything MC -- MaryChristineAIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCatsMSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ: 289856892

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread PEC2851
Tad~ I have the utmost respect for you, I really do. I also think you are a very caring, compassionate person, and have done so much for Felv's that were facing a certain death HOWEVER, on this issue I must say, IMO, you are NOT very informed on exactly what goes on in research labs

Re: Jackson Co Shelter, MI selling pets for research?

2006-03-27 Thread BONNIE J KALMBACH
Jen, You're a person after my own heart. If the human species were judged on how they treated the environment - not to mention other humans, we wouldn't rank so high in the scheme of things. I fell and broke my collarbone a couple of years ago. They gave me a pain-killer which I immediately

feLV treatment

2006-03-27 Thread sharon MISTIC
Help! My cat, 11 years old was diagnosed with Feline leukemia over 1 year ago, the vet did nothing, so I went to another vet. What is the best treatement, interferon or acemannan, or both. She has just started to regurgitate her food, and seems to have trouble eating, right after she eats

Re feLV treatment

2006-03-27 Thread Lance
Sharon, I'm really sorry to hear that you also have a loved one who is FeLV positive. As for your question about which of the two mentioned treatments is best, most anyone here can provide lots of information. From what I know, it doesn't necessarily hurt to do both treatments. My cat,

Re: Ember

2006-03-27 Thread Lance
Sherry, Thank you for sharing, though it's a sad story. I hope you are doing better today. Thank you, also, for your prayers and thoughts for Ember and I. Lance -- Pictures of Ember: http://homepage.mac.com/linimon

Re: Ember

2006-03-27 Thread BONNIE J KALMBACH
Lance, Ember is really beautiful She looks like she has a dark brown undercoat. Bonnie - Original Message - From: Lance [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, March 27, 2006 4:55 pm Subject: Re: Ember To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sherry, Thank you for sharing, though it's a sad story.

RE: a new place for my ginger and tsubomi

2006-03-27 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Hi, everyone, I just wanted to share about a new place for my two felk babies as some of may recall, they are in the very small area due to the space constraint in my house and every time, I see them, I feel so badly and guilty and not being able to give them a bigger place so I thought

Re: a new place for my ginger and tsubomi

2006-03-27 Thread Lernermichelle
That's great, Hideyo. Did you ever get your permit? Michelle

Re: a little help with litter training the new cat

2006-03-27 Thread Lewis Faye
My kitties that had recurrent litter box problems had recurrent tapeworm problems. To this day, they will miss the boxwhen they get tapes. Fortunately, they haven't hadtapes in quite a while.A tablespoon of pumpkin (canned raw pumpkin, not pie filler which has sugar and spices that you don't

RE: a new place for my ginger and Tsubomi

2006-03-27 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Not yet They have not contacted me so right now, I am staying low. Merry was quietly checking into if there is anyway to get a permit without me starting from the beginning the city mentioned that I need to go through this permit process from all over again From: [EMAIL

Re: Add Tad to the CLS

2006-03-27 Thread catatonya
That is so sad Gloria. Please give my condolences to your friend. I came home today to an 'accident'. No. It's not pleasant. But people have babies and children who have accidents all the time and they don't give them away or put them outside. People just make me so mad. tNina [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Ember

2006-03-27 Thread Sherry DeHaan
Lance,Ember is a beautiful cat!! SherryBONNIE J KALMBACH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lance,Ember is really beautiful She looks like she has a dark brown undercoat.Bonnie- Original Message -From: Lance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Monday, March 27, 2006 4:55 pmSubject: Re: EmberTo:

Prayers needed Walter and Demetri

2006-03-27 Thread Sherry DeHaan
Hi all,just need a few prayers for a couple of our Sanctuary kitties.Walter is an older guy with failing kidneys but no other diseases.And my sweet Demetri is a felv+ boy,who I have become attached to,his lymphnodes are huge.I am hoping just an infection,but Jen took him to the clinic today before

Re: Add Tad to the CLS

2006-03-27 Thread gblane
Thank you, Tonya, you're so right. Gloria At 07:46 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote: That is so sad Gloria. Please give my condolences to your friend. I came home today to an 'accident'. No. It's not pleasant. But people have babies and children who have accidents all the time and they don't

Re: Prayers needed Walter and Demetri

2006-03-27 Thread gblane
Sherry, I'm sending out prayers for Walter and Demetri. I know how you feel. Gloria At 10:02 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote: Hi all,just need a few prayers for a couple of our Sanctuary kitties.Walter is an older guy with failing kidneys but no other diseases.And my sweet Demetri is a felv+

Re: Prayers needed Walter and Demetri

2006-03-27 Thread Nina
Sherry, Prayers and good wishes for you, Demetri and Walter. What you are doing at the rescue is so tough, I really applaud you. It's obvious that each one of these babies touches you deeply, if I can tell, you can be sure they can too. Your Maizee Grace must be so proud of you for all you do

Re: Ember

2006-03-27 Thread Nina
Lance wrote: Three weeks ago, my mom took her 2 year old cat, Sadie, to the vet. Sadie had not been eating as well as usual, was getting noticeably thinner, and was listless. This had only been going on for a week or so. She obviously didn't feel good. Sadie tested positive for feline