Re: [Felvtalk] Positive cat

2013-09-02 Thread dlgegg
I had 2 FELV positive cats, one who was feral, stressed out before she came to my house (coon bit off her tail) passd after almost 2 years. ?The FELV weakened her immune system in addition to all her other problems and she passed after 2 weeks of care. Annie is still going strong after more th

Re: [Felvtalk] Positive cat

2013-09-02 Thread trustinhim13
I have a FelV+ cat who is 6 1/2. He has lived in a household with 13 other cats for over 4 years. He has not had any symptoms of disease in all those years except this summer. He was fighting off something, on antibiotics and acupuncture, and I isolated him. All my rescues were not tested for F

Re: [Felvtalk] FelV Positive cat

2013-09-02 Thread Lorrie
THANKS FOR THIS POST, LEE Too many people panic and kill cats who test positive for FelV. Some even kill FIV cats and there is no reason for this, as I believe FIV is only transmitted by deep bite wounds. Lorrie On 09-01, Lee Evans wrote: >First of all, the vets blow way out of proporti

Re: [Felvtalk] ringworm

2013-09-02 Thread gcruser
I use the Equate (walmart) brand of antifungal footcreme, not messy, doesn’t smell bad, cheap, and best of all it works. Gary From: Westninthst Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 12:07 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] ringworm PROGRAM IS A PILL FOR FLEAS. BUT RIGHT IT