Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Lorrie
On 09-08, MaiMaiPG wrote: I have a close friend who is as much an animal lover as I am who will handle it. It would be a great comfort to have a friend like that. Lucky you! ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Lorrie
On 09-08, dlg...@windstream.net wrote: I WOULD NOT GO TO HUMANE SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY IF ANY OF MY CATS ARE FELV OR FIV POSITIVE. THEY WOULD PUT THEM TO SLEEP WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO FIND A HOME WILLING TO TAKE THEM. None of my cats are FelV or FIV, but our humane society here sucks. Pardon the

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Lorrie
On 09-08, Bonnie Hogue wrote: For most of us, it is not just finding a trustworthy care giver, it's having enough money to provide for them and the cats. If you have property (and other wealth) this could make all the difference for your feline family. I don't know about you, but I always

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread molveywda
Lorrie - I'll pack my bags and be right up. Living on a lake taking care of cats sounds awesome. I'm 45 so hopefully will be around until all your cats die! Give me driving directions!!! I'm a CPA so can work to keep your cats in the lifestyle they're accustomed to living. Ok, just

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread molveywda
Not all humane societies are that bad and some will take in less than perfect cats but you really have to look and get to know the people in the humane society. See how they've handled situations before and if they take in older or FeLV or FIV cats when they run across them. There are several

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Lynda Wilson
Lorrie, I like the way Maureen thinks! I can help Maureen take care of all of your cats, I love her idea even though she's kidding. It would be a great place to retire and between the two of us, we can take care of all the furry babies! Afterall, I will be 47 next month :0) L -

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Maureen Olvey
See Lorrie - now everything has been worked out! So tell your three kids if they don't get off their butts and offer to take your babies in that you're going to have two strange women (well, I'm strange anyway) living in your house taking care of your animals. And we're not going to let them

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Maureen Olvey
Lynda - a house on the lake in a resort type atomsphere - I say leave the husbands behind and enjoy ourselves. With two of us we'd have time to take care of the cats and still have fun! Man - just sitting outside on the lake watching the cats play in the enclosures sounds so relaxing. I'm

[Felvtalk] Vaccination for FeLV+ kitten

2011-09-09 Thread nckittenbird
Hi everyone, I was wondering what the general concensus was on giving a positive kitten the FVRCP vaccination. Long story short, my recently adopted 12- week kitten (Macey) was spayed and 1st FVRCP vaccine given, as well as Rabies, before she was FeLV tested. 2 days later, she came down

Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccinating for FIV

2011-09-09 Thread katskat1
Thanks! On 9/8/11, Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Do NOT vaccinate against FIV - no reason. Healthy cats and FIV+ cats can live together and NOT get infected, unless they fight and exchange blood/saliva! They can live for a very long time, too - but you have to make sure that they get

Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccination for FeLV+ kitten

2011-09-09 Thread Natalie
Last August, a furry little kitten was saved by a woman who was gardening; she saw a fox chase the kitten, and took him inside. She brought it to our vet, and of course, I ended up with Jonathan, who was adopted in February. However, this cat will never be vaccinated again (directions from our

Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccinating for FIV

2011-09-09 Thread Natalie
Many vaccines may be carcinogenic, be cancer-causing whereas others may cause growths at the injection site. Always check for lumps and remember where any vaccines were injected. I believe that most vets have a system like Rabies on right side, Leukemia on left side, etc. -Original

[Felvtalk] Vaccination for FeLV kitten

2011-09-09 Thread nckittenbird
I neglected to mention that I have many other negative cats who live in the majority of the house, and I have the kitten, Macey, confined to my office right now. When she had the URI, I tried my best to not transfer it outside the room, but, of course, several of my other cats got it,

Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccination for FeLV kitten

2011-09-09 Thread Natalie
It's a wonderful place..I haven't been there, but have organized and participated a walkathon for them in our area.. I am vegetarian, almost vegan, except when going to a restaurants - easy now, but wasn't when I went cold-turkey in 1985.. From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Lorrie
Hey, I love you two!!! I wish you really could move here when the time comes. I am in fairly good health for 78, so I don't plan on checkin' out anytime soon, but I worry about my cats a lot because it could happen. . For the record my three kids are older than you two girls. My son is 56,

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Natalie
We don't have to be older to check out, we could be hit by a bus any dayyoung or old - therefore all of us should have a serious contingency plan for emergencies! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread MaiMaiPG
Amen On Sep 9, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Natalie wrote: We don't have to be older to check out, we could be hit by a bus any dayyoung or old - therefore all of us should have a serious contingency plan for emergencies! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread dlgegg
As much as I love my family, I would not trust them with my cats. They or ther spouces are not cat lovers and I would never feel easy leaving my babies with them. Like you say, they could take the money and dump the cats. That is why I would rather trust strangers who have already committed

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread longhornfans
Hi Lorrie, Thanks, Lorrie...your place sounds so nice that it's very tempting!! I wish you had a bed and breakfast, I would come often for visits! Let's see, 15 kittiesdivided by 3 = 5, that's 5 babiesa piece for your kids. Since you are not planning on going anywhere the next 15 yrs, I bet

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread MaiMaiPG
I can hear all the justifications...she wouldn't want...they aren't happy...we just can't...we are allergic (suddenly)...they are shredding the furnitureshe wouldn't want the farm to go to wastewe just can't..the hopes/plans are that my friend will be able to hire and supervise

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread dlgegg
I could sell my place and move there. I only have 7 cats and if they dn't get alog well with yours, I could build them an outdoor day time house. At night they could sleep in my bedroom like they do now. I wouldn't mind takin on a few more cats. Or waht about this guy in Oregon who bought

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread dlgegg
That is what really worries me. I am in pretty god shape, but accidents do happen. That is why we have to have everything worked out now, including the woever gets my cat(s) to let them know about thir prsonality, food, etc. MaiMaiPG maima...@gmail.com wrote: Amen On Sep 9, 2011, at

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Natalie
Isn't that in Florida? All little houses; but how does one keep track of them out there, and so many, how can he know who's sick? Don't they get out? Is it all fenced in? I had so many questions when I saw the video Man builds cat-sized village for homeless cats:

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Natalie
I started a hard file (we have it on the computer, but nobody would know how to get it): Pictures of individual cats, medical history, descriptions of personality, likes/dislikes, etc. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Maureen Olvey
I have so many foster failures that I have more cats than most people so mine could never stay together (a lot of them wouldn't care). So here's my plan - my husband would keep several but he couldn't handle keeping all of them by himself, and even if he did once he remarried I doubt a new

Re: [Felvtalk] Living forever :-)

2011-09-09 Thread Maureen Olvey
Seems like I read the woman in CA does have her property fenced in. She doesn't actually have as much acreage as this other guy. She has a staff of like 25 people. I never heard that about the other guy so who knows if his property is fenced in. But it seems like he takes in ferals and