Good luck BrendaI be thinking about ya ;-))
Cherie"Brenda K. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All. Just wanted to let everybody know that my daughter and I will be leaving tomorrow late morning for Minneapolis. I have to have an angiogram Thursday morning related to being a heart tr
I mix mine, before I knew Amber was positive, my cats were co-existing, for a year or more, then I had a sudden death, and tested all, and 1 came up positive, but I still have everyone together.
There has been much discussion on how long the virus is alive outside the body, and my vet still holds
Terrie.
:) I knew I had to send it on. It is so true. I know most of us
on this list have dealt with stupid people trying to rid of their dogs
or cats for the same reasons. I especially like the ones I hear or
read about that can't take their dog/cat to another state where they
are
Thank you, Terrie. I'm sure you all will get sick of hearing about
Lovey and Merrie. :)
--
Brenda.
http://www.whiskersandwicks.com
http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith
"The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette
Don't Take
Thanks, Gloria. :)
--
Brenda.
http://www.whiskersandwicks.com
http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith
"The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette
Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here.
Gloria B. Lane wrote:
Than
I LOVE IT! LMAO That was what I needed to cheer me up for the day!
Thanks for sending it!
Terrie MohrCheck site for available Siameses for adoption!More will be posted soon.http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescuehttp://hometown.aol.c
Julie,
Your husband is in my thoughts and prayers. I'm sending a bunch of good vibes your way from all my kitties with headbutts and all.
Terrie MohrCheck site for available Siameses for adoption!More will be posted soon.http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/http://groups.yahoo.
Brenda,
I wish you the best of luck and hope everything goes as planned for you. Have a safe drive there as well.
Look forward to hearing about Lovey's stories from you.
We will hear from you when you get back! :)
Terrie MohrCheck site for available Siameses for adoption!More will be po
Thanks Brenda, we'll be thinking of you - Gloria
At 09:07 PM 2/15/2005, you wrote:
Hi All.
Just wanted to let everybody know that my daughter and I will be
leaving tomorrow late morning for Minneapolis. I have to have an
angiogram Thursday morning related to being a heart transplant
pat
Hi All.
Just wanted to let everybody know that my daughter and I will be
leaving tomorrow late morning for Minneapolis. I have to have an
angiogram Thursday morning related to being a heart transplant
patient. I know I don't write much, but with all this going on with
the transport o
Thanks a lot. I am still in shock and trying to understand what just happened. I only learned about FelV a week ago today and haven't had time to question everything. As I get back into a routine and over this sadness I need to learn more about this disease!
I am staying hopeful about Rookie. He
>>>Any thoughts on how to help ease his
grief?
I guess lots and lots of love and attention (which he is doubtless getting
already) and when the time is right a new compatible companion to cuddle up
with.
By the way, do you know about the Candlelight Service that Belinda
(Sauro) (thank yo
Hi All.
A rescuer sent me this. Thought all you rescuers would get it. :)
Anyone involved in rescue should be able to see the humor in this
RESCUE HELP NEEDED ASAP:
Please help After two long years of being on a waiting
list for an agility dog, we have been notified by the
bre
Hi and welcome!
I'm so sorry you lost your dear little friend Scully--I can
well imagine the shock you must be in. I hope the memories you have of her--she
sounds like a truly wonderful little soul--bring you comfort at this sad time.
As Julie (I believe) said, we're sorry for the reason you
Dear Julie
Your husband's surgeon sounds fabulous--as you say, just the
sort of doc we want for our kitties!
I'm so glad things are progressing in a hopeful
way for Steve--I do hope the medication works and makes the surgery
unnecessary.
Sending lots of positive vibes your way.
take care, Ker
Cherie A Gabbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So I ask you was Rookie, previous vaccinated against FeLV and if he was then he could very well be positive, now. The same would go for Scully, Scully might had had the virus and been vaccinated before testing for the virus therefore would come up ne
Thanks again. It is great to have so much support. Please bear with me as I learn how to navigate through this newsgroup. I hope that my replies reach people!
Had Scully been tested before and been negative?
No, she had not been tested. There didn't seem to be a reason to.
I hope your ot
Thanks so much.
did your vet suggest testing Rookie again in 4-6 months?
regards
She said that he would probably be fine. I could test him, but it is not necessary. I'm having a hard time accepting that. I would love to bring a new playmate in for Rookie - however I don't want to put anyone
Thanks for your kind thoughts. It really helps with the sadness.What exactly did your vet do for Scully when she presented her symptoms?
Scully was treated for upper respiratory illness (antibiotics). When I first took her to the vet she only had a slightly runny eye and was beginning to sneeze m
Hi Hideyo,
I'm glad you made it to the list.
My advice, for what it's worth, would be to vaccinate all my cats for felv. If your cats are mostly rescues, strays, it's likely that some of them are latent carriers of felv and you don't know it. Meanwhile they could be infecting others.
I agre
Congratulations on all your great news, Jill!Jill Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gary is actually looking almost completely back tonormal. Her nose is not getting much paler. We havetapered down her appetite stimulants to almost nothingbecause they make her so tired. She is still eating alot (babyf
Hi,
I'm sorry to hear about Scully. I've been on the list for years, and yes, leukemia kitties often get sick and go downhill very fast. It happened with the first one I lost. I basically lost her from upper respiratory. But she was so sick and was part feral that I couldn't medicate her wel
Sorry everyone for sending two messages. I thought I had canceled and
stopped the first email, but apparently not. :(
--
Brenda.
http://www.whiskersandwicks.com
http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith
"The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." -
Hi All.
Please cross post widely!! My new adopted wonderful kitties are
almost home. :) There will be one more cat on this transport I think.
A lady in Indianapolis adopting a cat from Atlanta, GA.
This is the last half of a long
transport for these sweet kitties. The first ha
Hi All.
We cross post widely!! My new adopted wonderful kitties are almost
home. :) There will be one more cat on this transport I think. A lady
in Indianapolis adopting a cat from Atlanta, GA.
This is the last half of a long
transport for these sweet kitties. The first half i
If you search the FeLV archives, you will find good descriptions of onset symptoms of both the wet and dry forms of FIP - dry being much harder to detect, much more subtle. I don't think that I would worry about it unless they started showing signs of the wet form. What kind of supplements do you
Good for you for rescuing and keeping:)
I really wouldn't be worried about kitties having a positive corona virus titer - most do actually as there are so many corona viruses, but vaccinating can be a complicated decision. Do you have a table or closet or shelf or something right outside G
Yep. I know – there are going to be
some risks to everyone unfortunately – especially when you have so many
cats already like I do – I have in the past 3 to 4 years spent worrying
about my cats getting FIP every time they run a high fever and sneeze –
unlike FeLV, there is no definite diag
Actually, right now I am not planning on
vaccinating them at all, especially FeLV vaccinations – I know this is always a controversial
issue for most of us – it’s a tricky situation for me, as all of my
corona virus positive kitties, which is 90 % of mine are going to have a
greater risk o
My red stemmed needles have 20 x 5/8 written on them. I also have
needles with pink stems they have 25 x 3/4 on them, I didn't look at
the blue stemmed ones, but they are definitely bigger.
Nina
Hideyo Yamamoto wrote:
Do you know
the size of the needles you
use?
I would think that until they are all vaccinated (if you're planning on doing that) your bleach and clothes changing would do the trick. If you are tired of doing laundry, use Lysol on the clothes, because Lysol will kill the virus. Depending on what your set-up is, you could have a changing room
That was my concern with Hideyo's other cats, if I read her post
correctly, her other cats are not vaccinated. I mix my pos and neg,
everyone has access to each other. But my negs are all vaccinated. I
don't think there's great cause for concern either, but it worries me
that your FelV- have
Do you know the size of the needles you
use? I usually use 20 or 18 gauze
needles for fluid (one is pink cap and the other is light blue cap), but the
one vet gave with vitamin shots are so much larger – and I was not
comfortable with it.
Ginger is tortoiseshell – I wonder
if it has a
Hideyo,
I use the tiny needles for everything, including the Vita B
injections. I don't know why you wouldn't be able to use them. I have
different vets for different cats/purposes and Gypsy's vet did send me
home with the larger needles, I'm just not using them and have had no
problem. I do
Sorry – correction!! I meant – “even with the fact
that most of my cats are NOT vaccinated for FeLV ?
-Original
Message-
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto
Sent: Tuesday, February
15, 2005 4:03 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
S
With given the fact that most of my cats
are vaccinated for FeLV ?
When I took Ginger in – I knew there
is going to be a risk – but I wanted to make sure I do everything I can
given benefits/risk of all the factors.
-Original
Message-
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT
With those precautions, I think you're completely safe. The concensus is that it takes prolonged intimate contact to transfer the virus and that the virus is extremely fragile and short-lived outside the host. There are many people on this list who mix their positives and negatives knowingly for
I am not sure which doctor studied it, but
I will do some research and try to find out.
Do you think there is a great risk of my
other cats to get FeLV? I do worry –I
wash my hands with bleach (1-bleach & 8 water) all
the time, before and after visiting Ginger, and change my clothes a
Jill, could you send a list of every treatment Gary has gotten/is getting for
the anemia? I know you did before, but I can not find it and want to save it.
My memory tells me she got a transfusion, a dex shot, and is on Epogen.
Anything else? And her HCT was down to 10, right?
Thanks,
Michelle
That is absolutely amazing about gary and I hope to god it continues. I
really wonder what is happening with her, as I lost Simon to a sudden plunge in
HCT, and while he had lymphoma they did not think the anemia directly caused by
it at the end. Maybe if he had withstood the catheterization a
Dear Julie,
Thank you so much for your response. It actually helps me a lot and I am so
glad that you understand how I feel (that’s a price less reward) – I think,
I will wait – I can always take her, but right now, there is no reason to
stress her. And I think and hope that Ginger will
do a google search for "Feline VAS" and there's lots and lots of
stuff--as usual, you'll have to judge the value of the data yourself.
i know that what i've been told is that it was an ingredient in the
injection, the adjuvant(?), that was the problem, and that most vaccine
makers have changed
Hi All.
Received this from Jenny just now. Please crosspost widely!
Thanks.
JENNIFER RYAN CADIEU wrote:
Permission to crosspost
Subject:
[SIBERNET] Do not adopt to this person
From:
Peg Moore <[EMA
I have had him nearly 10 years. I got him as a 5 week old kitten. He was
feral but he has tamed considerably. He and I are very close. He just isn't
a people cat--except family. He is quite attached to me. My mother too. He
likes to sleep inside the house. I am trying to mentally communicat
needle size might be a factor for the injection site sarcomas - combined with the substance being injected.
Hideyo,
if possible, could a vet come to the house and do a blood draw there? Getting a good set of baseline values is important and that way, stress would be minimized.Julie Johnson <[EMA
Hideyo,
>and what they found out
is that cancers/tumors are not caused by
vaccine itself, but rather by “injections” – they did testing
with a control group with saline solutions and they still found
cancers/tumors
from the group
I hadn't heard this before, and it is of great concern to
Hi Hideyo,
It can be really hard to decide on a trip to the vet when kitty is doing well; especially if the kitty is feral.
I think bloodwork can be so important, though; it can alert us to very slight changes over time that produce no symptoms. It's really a tough call; maybe plan to take her
After going back and forth, I decided not to take Ginger to her
appointment yesterday after all. She
has been doing well, and I wanted to minimize any chances of stressing her if I
could avoid it. She is a feral cat,
and she is extremely skittish and I guess, since she has been doing so w
We've all been there. Big hugs to you.
Goodnight, sweet Scully...
=^..^= Terri, Salome', Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, and 5
furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth and Alec =^..^=
Furkid Photos! http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7sgqa/My
FeLV Site: http://pages.
If he's feral, would he go back to wherever it was that you found him?
Maybe you could start putting food out there. I'm glad he's just been
to the vet, at least he's had a recent check up. Maybe if/when Patricia
makes contact, she can convince him to come home. I'd bargain with him,
tell h
We don't have a shelter. We are really rural. No one gets all hot and
bothered about a loose animal unless they are attacking livestock. Which
these stupid dogs are. Simba is feral and won't approach any human but my
mother and myself. the few neighbors I have are good people and wouldn't
Thank you Nina. I tried the whistle it did not work. I live in a rural area
with neighbors fairly far apart. I did put food out but it has not been
touched. I did call the AC you recommended and set up an appointment for
tonight after work.
The good thing is that the dogs have not been back
Ditto---praying for Simba's safe return, Faye. Kerry PS I want to come
back as a cat in Nina's house.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:20 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT-Simba is mis
That's SUCH great news about Gary and Melange, Jill!
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jill Poe
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:15 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Gary and Melange
Gary is actually looking almost completely ba
I'm so happy for your good news, Jill! You tell those silly kitties to keep up the good work!Jill Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gary is actually looking almost completely back tonormal. Her nose is not getting much paler. We havetapered down her appetite stimulants to almost nothingbecause they m
Hooray! I'm thrilled to hear that Gary is doing so well. Prayers and
good thoughts coming that she keeps this up. It's also great that you
have a diagnosis about Melange and a plan to help his UTI!
Nina
Jill Poe wrote:
Gary is actually looking almost completely back to
normal. Her nose is n
Faye,
What's going on with Simba? Have you seen him at all? Did you call an
AC? Did you try the whistle? Are you putting food out for him? When
my Ursula went missing I drove my entire neighborhood crazy until she
showed back up. My mom made cards with her picture on them and all the
pert
Gary is actually looking almost completely back to
normal. Her nose is not getting much paler. We have
tapered down her appetite stimulants to almost nothing
because they make her so tired. She is still eating a
lot (babyfood only with lots of vitamins) and looks
more alert now. She is followin
SD,
I'm so sorry you lost your sweet Scully. What a terrible shock to your
family. I'm glad you found us though. It is quite possible that
Rookie is indeed negative. There are many, many negative cats that
live and love with positives that remain negative. Please try not to
stress yourself
>A lot of vets do not like to send home drawn injections, though.
If you have a vet that doesn't want to give you med injections to
administer at home, appeal to them, argue with them and if they still
don't want to trust you to do it, find another vet. It makes a world of
difference in reducin
If she will give you the shots, you can give them subcutaneously at home
without having to stress her by bringing her in. I did that. A lot
of vets do not like to send home drawn injections, though.
Michelle
Hello and welcome to the group. Sorry you lost your
Scully so unexpectedly.
I have two siblings and only one was positive.
Jelly Roll passed away last Nov at 2 1/2 yrs old. His sister is negative-just
tested her again-and doing fine. they played together, groomed each other all
their lives.
Hi and welcome. I'm so very sorry to hear about Scully; my heart goes out to you.
Had Scully been tested before and been negative? I had a cat, Encore, who had repeatedly tested negative, became rather suddenly ill (thin and anemic), and tested positive for FeLV at about 4 years of age. The on
Thank you so much; you're right, her spirit will always be with me.TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i'm sorry, too, julie. something that someone told me once that sort of helped (since words really can't do that much) is that the pain we feel when they leave comes from their clawing their p
Thank you so much, Tonya, and thank you for keeping Steve and me in your thoughts.
We met with another vascular surgeon last week and we both really liked him; he has a great reputation and was very good at explaining (without being condescending) and showing us treatment options. There is a medi
Thank you, Barbara. You're right; the time together is never long enough.
JulieBarbara Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Julie,
I am so so sorry for the loss of Lucky. Poor baby. I am glad you all had the holidays and some quality loving time together after her surgery. How rotten to lose
Well according to an article I have recently read at http://www.pressenter.com/~dvmvis/ringworm.htm the hair shaft may be brocken with no other symptoms, so we are opting to wait a week before she comes home with me.
Cherie
Dear Hideyo,
Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts.
I am so happy to meet you, but sorry you needed to find us; like Kerry, I didn't see your original post about Ginger. You've already learned that this is the most wonderful and knowledgable group of folks you'll ever be fortunate
I had a chance to read the article and put a call into my vet to ask her about it.
Cherie[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am just wondering if anyone on the list has used Immuno-regulin, and why we never talk about it as a potential remedy for anemia that is not diagnosable? The article on the felinele
Thanks I will check that out
Cherie"Doljan, Joan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I saw that you can get Immunoregulan without a prescription from RevivalAnimal Health.-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 4:03 PMTo: felvtalk@felinele
First of all I am very sorry to hear of your loss. I am sure Scully had a very full life with you.
I would also like to say Hi and Welcome, We have had tons of list problems recently, but we are getting through them, I had to pull your email off of archives because it did not post on my system.
Thank you, Jill. The shock of the unexpected really compounds the pain, as you know.
Sending all best wishes and healing energy to your kids.
Love, Julie
Jill Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Julie, I'm so sorry about your little Lucky. I knowwhat it feels like to go to the vet and get a shock
I saw that you can get Immunoregulan without a prescription from Revival
Animal Health.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 4:03 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Immuno-Regulin
I have used it for Anemia with
Hi,
I am new to this list and had some trouble signing up last week. However, I will post the update first and then the original email I had tried to send. On Sat. Feb 12, I put my little friend Scully to rest. She was really beginning to suffer the effects of FelV and I couldn't bear to watch h
74 matches
Mail list logo
