I am so relieved to hear that you did not kill your boy, Basil -- I used the
word kill - because if he was put him down, it's so far away from being
euthanized -- there is no reason for him to be killed - and he is lucky to
have you, and have your wisdom on his side as apparently your vet is
I'm so sad for you. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Gentle passings
Monkee.
Gina
Caroline Kaufmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My beloved cat Monkee passed last night in my arms while I held him
with my Mom standing next to my side. At about 2:30 a.m.
We were going
I'm very sorry about Keisha. Gentle Bridge vibes to her.
Gina
Rosenfeldt, Diane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Laurie --
I am so sorry about Keisha, how terrible and sudden. I know you must be
feeling devastated and traumatized. Take comfort in knowing she knew how loved
she
I am sorry, for your loss of Celia.
I am sure she is looking down @ you from kitty heaven, thanking you for the
time you had together.
Susan J. DuBose ^..^
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
As Cleopatra lay in state,
Hi Malone!
Hideyo is quite right, leaving the cats together is the best thing due to their
quality of life (they love each other) and it's quite possible that the girl
kitty will not ever get the virus.
And I would definately find another vet ASAP.
To recommend euthanizing a cat (pet) that
I'm sorry Sherry. It seems like before Celia you had a down time for losses.
I hope everyone at Sids does well for a long time to come.
tonya
Sherry DeHaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We lost another one of our Sids kids today.Sweet Celia was a beautiful
calico who was very laid back and
Basil has an excellent chance of throwing off the virus IF he picked it up from
your kitten. The problem is that if you only tested him once as a kitten he
could have been positive all along. Either way, the fact that he's 4 years old
means that he has a good chance of living a long life even
Our deepest sympathies. Safe travels, little one, to the life where kitties
have no pain.Sherry, my beloved Keisha died unexpectely on Saturday, The only
way I could find some comfort was to start writing down happy memories. Grief
comes in waves.
Laurie
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From:
Malone,
I'm overjoyed to hear you didn't listen to the vet. I agree-change vets! I
had the same thing happen to me. I rescued a beautiful boy, and the vet
suggested since he was FeLV + to put him down. He was so healthy, happy, and
energetic; I just couldn't imagine doing that. How horrible.
Thank you for the advice. I know he got it from the kitten. He had two tests
both negative when he came in the home. He was tested when I picked him up
from the humane society and then he was retested when Teaser was retested.
They both had two tests before 1 year of age and that was when I
I personally have not --but my vets had told me that it happened to her clients
often -
Is there any chance that the vaccine caused it to be positive and he is really
not positive - I know that FIV vaccines does it to cats, and I have not heard
that it happens with Felk vaccines -- but how
I would wait 3 months and retest. I find it hard to believe that he would have
'caught' felv from a kitten at 4 years old.
tonya
Malone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you for the advice. I know he got it from the kitten. He
had two tests both negative when he came in
Dear Malone,
Bless you for protecting your kitties from your vet's recommendation to
euthanize.
Yes, the virus can be thrown off.
In 2003 I took in a colony of 5 kittens and 1 young adult, who all
continued to live together in my 2nd bedroom pending testing. The 5
kittens tested postive twice.
Couple of questions. When you sai that Basil Teaser were vaccinated had
boosters-do you mean that they had Feline Leukemia vaccines? Also, if Basil
had pos on the Elissa Snap test in the office, wait a couple of months and
have them run an Elissa (blood work sent to lab).
As for mixing,
How horrible that he would tell you it would only be a matter of weeks!
That's appalling. My Cassidy is happy and doing fine at his sanctuary
without symptoms (that I know of), and he tested positive in April. The vet
I went to mostly dealt with livestock, and pets weren't as important
(they're
It is believed that Basil contracted the virus when he and Baby Boy Sox got
into a pretty horrid cat fight. Apparently the tom cat in them both broke
out. When I got home my baby boy had a gash on his head-nice teeth prints as
well. Have never seen Basil raise a whisker in violent behavior but
I think the best thing to do is wait and see. Retest with an IFA in 3
months-at least that's my opinion, and I'm certainly not an expert-but
that's just what I've picked up from reading the posts here. I would assume
that throwing the virus is rare, but who's to say that miracles can't
happen!
It can happen.
(Catching felv. from a kitten @ 4 yrs. old).
Ursula came from a hoarder / breeder, along w/ Serenity Lola.
Lola Serenity came to me from the pound after being seized by AC, they were
both a hot pos.
Ursula came form the same house, but tested neg / neg.
Ursula was a breeder,
They can contract the disease other ways, too.
Mostly through saliva or litterbox.
Preening, water food bowls are how it usually spreads.
FIV is spread predominantly spread through fighting, w/ deep bite wounds.
If you have a cat that is FIV+, it can live w/ other non fiv cats as long as it
Lend Me A Kitten
I will lend to you for a while a kitten, God said.
For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he's dead.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three.
But will you, 'till I call him back, take care of him for me?
He'll bring his charms to gladden you and
That was wonderful, Hideyo... :)...
Thanks so much for sharing.
I will share it now too, for I know some kitten parents in need of this.
Susan J. DuBose ^..^
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
As Cleopatra lay in state,
Hi Malone,
I hope you are getting lots of good info. to help you make your decisions for
your furbaby. Here is a good link that talks about seroconverting (throwing
the virus).
http://www.alleycat.org/pdf/test.pdf
There are others out there that will give similar info on FeLV, but the
Susan, This site is an eye-opener for me...Besides
that, some of you people have to be angels...I cannot
even comprehend the nightmare some of these kitties
have experienced. What a lovely group of people have
gathered here, hoping to help these kitties ...Bless
every one of you guys! I just felt
Hi Caroline,
I just read your post about Monkee. I am so, so sorry. It's just horrible, I
know.
What is important, even knowing how Monkee died, is that you were there for him
and did everything in your power to help him get better, including fighting for
his life when his vets didn't want
Thank you. This means more to me than you will ever know.
-Caroline
From: "HIDEYO YAMAMOTO" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: OT: A poem to those who lost your precious soulDate: Tue, 17 Jul 2007
Glenda,
You have a way with words. What beautiful, comforting words to say to
Caroline...and so true.
:)
Wendy
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the
world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has! ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~
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Laurie,
I am so sorry about your sweet Keisha. What a wonderful caregiver you were to
her. I'm sorry it was so sudden; that must be hard for you. Just know she
loved you as you loved her.
:)
Wendy
P.S. If you feel like it, please post the results from the necropsy. You
never know
The emails I have received in the wake of Monkee's passinghave really comforted me and I wanted you all to know that. I have forwarded them to my mother and she said they are "treasures" that need to be printed and kept forever. I plan to make a big photo collage of Monkee pictures to frame- he
Dear Caroline,
I am so glad that you found comforts being in the group. I know that I was not
the only one who cried reading your email regarding Monkee's passing -- we felt
your pain as it felt we lost our own. You are never alone, because we all have
been there, and it's so easy to
Thanks Wendy. I absolutely will share results.
The vet expects them Thursday.
My best
Laurie
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From: wendy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:36 PM
Subject: To Laurie
Laurie,
I am so sorry about your sweet Keisha.
this is wonderful. Thank-you.
Laurie
- Original Message -
From: Caroline Kaufmann
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: OT: A poem to those who lost your precious soul
Thank you. This means more to me than you will ever know.
Thanks Hideyo ...
On Jul 17, 2007, at 6:43 PM, HIDEYO YAMAMOTO wrote:
Lend Me A Kitten
I will lend to you for a while a kitten, God said.
For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he's dead.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three.
But will you, 'till I call him back,
Basil has never tested positive for FIV. He has only tested positive 1 out
of 3 times for FeLV. I don't know anything about FIV.
Several weeks ago, after I got the Felv diagnosis, I had to stop
letting MeMe
go out. She was miserable and I was sure that the stress of screaming
at the
door handle was going to do the both of us in.
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