Hi! It has been about 2 years since I had my last FeLV kitty - his name was
Stamp - now I have been blessed with a new kitty named Miss Laces, who was
found behind an abandoned house. I am also hopefully getting a foster FeLV
kitty from the rescue I work with. His name is Sir Piglet. He was
I've been a member here for a while, although I don't post much. I lost a 20
month old cat (Cinder) to FeLV a year ago. We found out her status post-mortem
and through subsequent testing of my other three cats found one of them (Onyx)
to be FeLV+ as well (Elisa and IFA). The other two (Horus
I've never heard about 5 years being a time marker for FELV cats. I've heard
that kittens born with it will tend to have more
trouble living long lives than cats/kittens that acquire it after birth. All
just stuff I've heard, of course, no proof.
I have had several FELV cats die at around
I just saw an article at Bestfriends.org which I was surprised and disappointed
about:
http://www.bestfriends.org/theanimals/pdfs/cats/catfelv.pdf
The author includes What happens to a cat who has contracted the virus?
and says The virus adversely affects the cat’s bone marrow and immune
How ridiculous!!! I have seen MANY felv+ thrive and live a pretty good life.I
am so glad that Dr. Jen gives them ALL a chance no matter what. :)
Sherry
We who choose to surround ourselves with lives more temporary
than our own,
Live within a fragile circle,easily and often breached.
Unable to
I wonder if the author of the article has ever actually gone to their FeLV
unit and looked at the cats? I certainly hope they don't look like the
article says they look, mine don't look like that and they don't all get
anemia and don't all get jaundiced. The ones who do get anemia may be
Hi Avia
I've heard about the five year mark and I've also heard the three
year obstacle and I've learned from my cat that
there are no guarantees for any of us.
When I got my cat she was highly symptomatic (URI, swollen glands,
stomatitis, diarrhea...you name it). I have had her for three
Please throw away the calendar and enjoy the time you have together.
Dixie was full grown and then some when she came into my life.
Someone had spayed her. She had wonderful manners. She was thrown
away for reasons unknown and showed up at my Mom's. Eventually I
decided she should be
That's pretty sad isn't itI'm disappointed in BestFriends.
On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Gary wrote:
I wonder if the author of the article has ever actually gone to
their FeLV unit and looked at the cats? I certainly hope they don't
look like the article says they look, mine don't look
We should send testimonials.
-Original Message-
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Gloria B. Lane
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:41 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Article at Bestfriends
That's
Here is what I wrote to this address: edi...@bestfriends.org
Dear Editor:
The article about Feline Leukemia Virus by Virginia Clemans is inconsistent
with my experience and, I believe, does a great injustice to cats diagnosed
with this virus. Certainly not all cats diagnosed with FeLV have the
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