[Felvtalk] Spanky - first IV chemo today

2010-12-06 Thread Stacy Zacher
Hi: PLease send some healing thoughts and purrayers for Spanky today - he has his first chemo - vincristine.  Paws crossed everything goes well. He's FELV+, age 13, mediastinal cranial mass - lymphoblastic large cell lymphoma dx'ed recently with the mass.  I am worried about all the odds, side

[Felvtalk] Introductions Questions

2010-12-06 Thread brenda_osbourne
Hi Everyone, I hope I'm doing this right. I've not belonged to a group like this before so I'm hoping this message is going to the right place. My husband and I have some experience with FeLV kitties as we took in a feral cat several years ago who tested positive. We were very lucky with

[Felvtalk] Microchip - part 1

2010-12-06 Thread Natalie
What are the dogs telling Doctor Blake about the safest way to provide ID for them in case they get lost? At the bottom of this page you can find the safest way to protect you against identity theft and provides 24/7 phone service to get your pet back to you safely as fast as it takes to make a

Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - first IV chemo today

2010-12-06 Thread Bonnie Hogue
Hey Stacy Spanky Here's some love and healing energy coming your way! Keep your heart and head held high. Best of everything, Bonnie - Original Message - From: Stacy Zacher stacy_zac...@yahoo.com To: FELVTalk felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 5:53 AM Subject:

Re: [Felvtalk] Introductions Questions

2010-12-06 Thread Bonnie Hogue
Hi Brenda I'm not a good person to give you advice, but I read your post and wanted to thank you for taking care of Eden. You and your husband are clearly very compassionate people. You will certainly get some wonderful inputs from the very experienced, knowledgeable and caring people on

Re: [Felvtalk] Introductions Questions

2010-12-06 Thread Sally Davis
Brenda, My experience was 4 years ago but I remember like it was yesterday. Junior ran on and off high fevers. As high as 106.5. It was actually probably early stage for him. I decided to do the immunoregulin protocol. It kicked the fevers and his anemia which was treated with antibiotics never

[Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Stephanie (Merkel) Sherry
Hi Everyone, I am new to this site and new to the world of FELV.  My husband and I recently took in a stray kitten, Magic, who had been coming into our yard and on our porch.  We've had her inside and separated from our FELV negative cats for six weeks now and love her dearly. At her first

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Gloria Lane
I'm writing this on my phone so limited on what I can write. But everyone of course follows their own heart on this. I've been mixing mine for a few years As others do with no problem. I think they hype up the contagion something terrible. I just don't think it that contagious. Gloria Sent

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread brenda_osbourne
Hi Stephanie, I've just joined this group today so I'm not sure if I should be responding to this and I'm sure others may have varying opinions on this topic but for me and for my own cats, we allow our FeLV +ve kitty to interact with our other cats. She is not isolated at all nor did we

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread CATHERINE DIDONNA
Hi, my experience is  that very young kittens don't live long. But, other than that my cats are vaccinated, I have a few postive cats. I have water drinking fountains, and they are all together.Your kitten is strong, I think you should   let her/him out with your other cats.Cathy  --- On Mon,

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Belinda Sauro
I had Bailey+ intergrated with my other as many as 7 negatives and none of them ever became positive. He was 5 months old when I found him and I had him separated but while I was at work come to find out my Joey was sneaking under the door of Bailey's room and playing with him and exposing

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Sander, Sue
It's so wonderful to know that Bailey lived for over 10 years. Does anyone else know of FEL+ who have lived a long life? If so, please tell me. I want to have hope. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - first IV chemo today

2010-12-06 Thread Melinda Kerr
Exactly the first drug that was used on Fuji! I hope it works as well for Spanky:) Melinda and Fuji On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Stacy Zacher wrote: Hi: PLease send some healing thoughts and purrayers for Spanky today - he has his first chemo - vincristine. Paws crossed everything goes

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Bonnie Hogue
happiness is being owned by cats ... Amen! - Original Message - From: Sander, Sue sue.san...@ssa.gov To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats It's so wonderful to know that

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Melinda Kerr
I brought a very young stray kitten into my home at about 6 weeks. His initial test was negative and he was vaccinated even though he was a bit too young for it. I am in Japan and they have very different beliefs. (Their first vaccine is a 5 in one and includes it.) Anyway, I kept the

[Felvtalk] Helping kitty with extreme congestion

2010-12-06 Thread Melinda Kerr
As I wrote in my previous post on mixing, my little kitty is extremely congested. The vet has given him antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicine, but since he isn't too interested in eating, I am having trouble getting them into him. I have very limited access to medications or natural

Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - first IV chemo today

2010-12-06 Thread Melinda Kerr
Also, I forgot to add that Fuji had her first follow-up appointment from her second round of chemo. The vet believes the second mass has been shrunk! Besides a sneeze or two, probably inherited from her baby brother, she is in excellent condition. We will do blood work later this week and

Re: [Felvtalk] Helping kitty with extreme congestion

2010-12-06 Thread Susan Hoffman
Little Noses brand salineBut it sounds like you may need a heavier duty antibiotic. What antibiotic was already given? I swear by zithromax but have also seen good results from the Convenia antibiotic injection. --- On Mon, 12/6/10, Melinda Kerr msk...@me.com wrote: From: Melinda Kerr

Re: [Felvtalk] Helping kitty with extreme congestion

2010-12-06 Thread Edna Taylor
You can give cats children's Benadryl (ONLY .10 (one/tenth) of a cc) or if you have access to a nebulizer, those are great too. From: msk...@me.com Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 07:37:33 +0900 To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Helping kitty with extreme congestion As I wrote

Re: [Felvtalk] planning for Whimsy's checkup-what to get

2010-12-06 Thread Emeraldkittee
hi Bonnie,   oh it's canned pumpkin, when he seems a bit blocked up or his stool is hard, I give him some canned pumpkin (warmed with a few freeze dried chicken crumbles - Halo's Liv a littles) - it helps very quickly :)   Shannon --- On Sun, 12/5/10, Bonnie Hogue ho...@sonic.net wrote: From:

Re: [Felvtalk] Helping kitty with extreme congestion

2010-12-06 Thread Melinda Kerr
He was given a shot last week, unfortunately I don't know what.  He was given some powder to add to his food yesterday, but he isn't eating too much. I'm actually thinking it is a viral infection.  Having a bit of trouble asking the vet about that one!  His english isn't the best. I plan to

Re: [Felvtalk] Helping kitty with extreme congestion

2010-12-06 Thread Melinda Kerr
Maybe I can find the Benedryl.  Thanks, On 07 Dec, 2010,at 08:20 AM, Edna Taylor taylore...@msn.com wrote: You can give cats children's Benadryl (ONLY .10 (one/tenth) of a cc) or if you have access to a nebulizer, those are great too. From: msk...@me.com Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 07:37:33 +0900

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Christiane Biagi
My 3 neg cat have lived with Tucson, my pos cat, for most their lives and she is 12 1/2 years old. I also had another pos cat, Romeo, who I brought in 2004 (adult cat) until his death last year, they all lived together. They share dishes, boxes, groom each other, occasionally nip each other,

Re: [Felvtalk] planning for Whimsy's checkup-what to get

2010-12-06 Thread Bonnie Hogue
Awesome! Thanks for the info. ~B. - Original Message - From: Emeraldkittee emeraldkit...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] planning for Whimsy's checkup-what to get hi Bonnie, oh it's canned pumpkin, when he

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Christiane Biagi
Got my Tucson as a 6 week old kitten in 5/98 and she's still here, a chunky 17 lbs! Brought my Romeo in 2/04 (stray I was feeding) he was estimated to be 4-5 at the time. He died from lymphoma last fall was never sick until the last 2 weeks of his life. -Original Message- From:

Re: [Felvtalk] Introductions Questions

2010-12-06 Thread Christiane Biagi
My Tucson had a couple of episodes of very low wbc vet treated her with immune regulin injections. Seemed to have brought her blood count up pretty quickly... -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [Felvtalk] Helping kitty with extreme congestion

2010-12-06 Thread Heather Wienker
If no nebulizer you cam do a humidifier or sit kitty in a carrier/ bathroom with hot steamy shower. Not as good as a nebulizer but it's been suggested to me before. Scent from my wireless handheld litterbox =^..^= On Dec 6, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Melinda Kerr msk...@me.com wrote: As I wrote in

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Belinda Sauro
That is on my checks too! happiness is being owned by cats ... -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... http://BelindaSauro.com http://HostDesign4U.com ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread Sharyl
Stephanie, as others have already said it is a very personal decision. IMO a lot depends on the ages of your negative cats. If they are adults and vaccinated with the one month booster I'd have no issues with mixing. Over the last 4 yrs I have rescued 10 FeLV+ kittens. My negative cats were

Re: [Felvtalk] Question About Inegrating Positive and Negative Cats

2010-12-06 Thread brenda_osbourne
Our kitty Scampi lived to be 13 years old with his FeLV. He was never sick in all the years we took care of him. He only became ill about 2 weeks prior to his passing away but even then he still loved to snooze in the sun whenever he could. There is always hope, sometimes it's just harder to

Re: [Felvtalk] Helping kitty with extreme congestion

2010-12-06 Thread Emeraldkittee
is your kitty on a grain free diet?  one of my babies get terrible eye gunk and sneezy congestion on grains. it might not be the answer, but something to consider.   Shannon --- On Mon, 12/6/10, Melinda Kerr msk...@me.com wrote: From: Melinda Kerr msk...@me.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Helping