Re: [Felvtalk] FIV/FELV teen awaiting retest, in heat--Do we spay?

2010-08-28 Thread Gloria B. Lane
Thanks, agreed here. We've always had such a great, supportive and informative list here on FELVtalk. And although there are some disagreements, this particular topic has been helpful. Gloria On Aug 27, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Barb Moermond wrote: I think that in order to keep this a civil

Re: [Felvtalk] FIV/FELV teen awaiting retest, in heat--Do we spay?

2010-08-28 Thread dlgegg
since she is in heat, can you keep her seperate from males? give her lots of love and attention and use Felway to keep the stress level down. i spayed both of my positive girls. the vet said to keep them seperate for a week so she could heal. i have had no problems with either girl. Annie

[Felvtalk] EVO and high calcium levels

2010-08-28 Thread Amy
Has anybody had a problem with high calcium levels after feeding EVO? I changed my household to it over a year ago when Wolfie was losing weight. At one of his last visits, his calcium tested just slightly elevated. Now I've taken my FIV+ cat in and she is also testing high for calcium. She

Re: [Felvtalk] EVO and high calcium levels

2010-08-28 Thread Sharyl
Amy, I'm guessing you have only checked the serum calcium levels. You need to check the ionized calcium levels to know if there is a problem. If the iCa is high then you would want to look into the cause. The iCa test is expensive but the only way I know of to verify if there is a problem.

Re: [Felvtalk] FIV/FELV teen awaiting retest, in heat--Do we spay?

2010-08-28 Thread Sharyl
Heather, I have spayed 6 FeLV girls and neutered 2 FeLV boys - all rescues. None of the girls were in heat. If you can, it would be better until this heat cycle is over to spay her. That would also give you a chance to feed her a good diet for a couple of weeks to build up her system.