Re: Brenda, Lovey, and Merry, and Cherie

2005-02-22 Thread Nina
Cherie, I'm relieved to hear Sprinkles is home where she belongs.  Did you tell that woman she jumped to the wrong conclusions?  Hopefully next time, she won't be so quick to pump babies full of meds they don't need!  Well meaning humans can be such a trial sometimes.  I'm sure what ever is goi

Re: Tip is Gone

2005-02-22 Thread Nina
Sheila, I'm so sorry about Tipper.  I know you're devastated.  It's so hard to lose them, no matter how it happens, and he was so young!  My heart breaks for you, finding him in the rain.  I'm so sorry he left the yard that way.  When I first moved here, I lost my sweet Trouble to a car in fron

Re: Brenda, Lovey, and Merry, and Cherie

2005-02-22 Thread Cherie A Gabbert
Tonya, Thanks for asking, I did get Sprinkles today...it was a long boring ride to Wisconsin, but we made it through. I had my vet check her out and he said it looks like an injury not ringworm. I am not sure if I can explain it, she is a silver Persian and on her tummy by her left leg is brownish

Re: Tip is Gone

2005-02-22 Thread Cherie A Gabbert
Sheila, I am sorry to hear about Tip I have sent a prayer up to him, I have found of few of mine hit by cars, never a easy thing to do, again I am so sorry to hear about Tip. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Cherie[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm so sorry to hear about Tip.  I lost too many cats

Re: Still looking for adoptive home for Chili and Salsa

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
Can you send more info. about them?  Male/female, color, age, etc?   t[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel like a broken record. I am still looking for an adoptive home for Chili and Salsa.   Here is the deal guys:   They are beautiful. They are soft. They are sweet and funny and playful. But they

Re: Still looking for adoptive home for Chili and Salsa

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
Melissa,   I didn't realize you still had the 2 to adopt.  I'll post this on some other lists for you.   tonya[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel like a broken record. I am still looking for an adoptive home for Chili and Salsa.   Here is the deal guys:   They are beautiful. They are soft. They are s

Re: Tip is Gone

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
Oh Sheila, I am so very, very sorry.  I know you're heartbroken. Sometimes these things just happen.  I had one get out once as well, and I know how scary it is.  I was hoping things would turn out for the best for Tip.  : (   tonya[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't sleep tonight so I got a flash

Re: Brenda, Lovey, and Merry, and Cherie

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
Thanks Del, I couldn't sleep so thought I'd double check.  I hope Lovey is behaving!   tDel Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have not heard anything fm Brenda yet but didn't expect to until tomorrow.  She had a long drive back home and then to get her furbabies settled ... I am really anxio

Re: Felv+ but white blood cell count normal

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
Kathy,   I don't really know the answer to that one, but I don't think so.  My positive always has good bloodwork.  I think even with good bloodwork a positive is just more susceptible to disease.  I'm glad Killian's feeling better though!   tonyaKathy Koutsis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The vet le

Re: when FelV is contagious

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
Hi Susan,   I've never heard of throwing up after shots as being common with that. I would think if the vaccination were harmful because the cat was already positive the symptoms would be different than vomiting.  I had a cat that had a reaction to her shots once and it was much different, but I do

Still looking for adoptive home for Chili and Salsa

2005-02-22 Thread Meligar
I feel like a broken record. I am still looking for an adoptive home for Chili and Salsa.   Here is the deal guys:   They are beautiful. They are soft. They are sweet and funny and playful. But they can't stay here forever. I live in a two bedroom apartment that is carpeted. My dog was just d

Re: Tip is Gone

2005-02-22 Thread Wheezercat42
I'm so sorry to hear about Tip.  I lost too many cats and kittens this way when I was a kid.  I remember how hard it was to lose them that way.  You have my deepest sympathies.   Where there's Life, there's HopeKathy"If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible war

Re: Tip is Gone

2005-02-22 Thread Gloria B. Lane
Shelia, Nothing I can say sounds right. I know you're devastated. I'm so sad for you and sorry you've lost your beloved baby. Thoughts and prayers are with you - Gloria At 10:37 PM 2/22/2005, you wrote: I couldn't sleep tonight so I got a flash light and look again in the wooded area behind

Tip is Gone

2005-02-22 Thread Sheila208
I couldn't sleep tonight so I got a flash light and look again in the wooded area behind my house. I found my baby he has been dead for a couple days. His body was wet from rain we had over the weekend. I don't know how he died but it looks like maybe dogs or a car hit him. I am so overwhelmed with

Re: Transport help needed on east coast (MA to TN)

2005-02-22 Thread TatorBunz
Peggy Dial [EMAIL PROTECTED]   In a message dated 2/22/2005 5:52:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Get Peggy Dial's email from Brenda. She's the one who got the transport together for her cats from GA to Wisconsin.  Maybe she can help!   I hope so   tonya[EMAIL PRO

Re: Felv+ but white blood cell count normal

2005-02-22 Thread Lernermichelle
No, I don't think so. I do not think FeLV immune suppression means white blood cell suppression.  In fact, when positive cats have infections, their WBC count is usually high, just like other cats.  There are all sorts of different kinds of immune cells-- B cell, T cells, etc. FeLV suppresse

Felv+ but white blood cell count normal

2005-02-22 Thread Kathy Koutsis
The vet left us a message to let us know that Killian's bloodwork came back normal.  Her white blood cell count is normal.  Now, does this mean that she can fight infection just as effectively as a felv negative cat?  Kathy

Re: Brenda, Lovey, and Merry, and Cherie

2005-02-22 Thread Del Daniels
I have not heard anything fm Brenda yet but didn't expect to until tomorrow.  She had a long drive back home and then to get her furbabies settled ... I am really anxious to hear from her, too.    Del - Original Message - From: catatonya To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org

Brenda, Lovey, and Merry, and Cherie

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
I have to go to bed.  Has anyone heard if Brenda made it home with the kitties?   Did Cherie go get her new kitten?   tonya "Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Michelle - I'm a vegetarian, was a vegan, I certainly feed my cats different from myself. Weird, first time I went out to by li

Re: Fwd: Transport help needed on east coast (MA to TN)

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
Get Peggy Dial's email from Brenda. She's the one who got the transport together for her cats from GA to Wisconsin.  Maybe she can help!   I hope so   tonya[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sent to the old address by accident... here is the message I meant to send:> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc82

RE: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread catatonya
Good vibes for Tip and for Ginger!   tonyaHideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will definitely pray for you – are you sure that he can’t climb up the fence?  Have you put flyers out to your neighbors?  Every time, there is a missing kitty, I put a flyer out with a photo to every sin

Re: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread TatorBunz
Sheila,     Tipper is in my thoughts and prayers for a safe recovery back home.   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.com/tatorbunz/ind

Re: Ginger & Vitamin B 12-folic acid injections/Michelle

2005-02-22 Thread Gloria B. Lane
Hey Michelle - I'm a vegetarian, was a vegan, I certainly feed my cats different from myself. Weird, first time I went out to by liver. Gloria At 06:01 PM 2/22/2005, you wrote: Oh, I know, but to tell the truth I never would have thought of cooking a steak. I'm a vegan and although I have boil

when FelV is contagious

2005-02-22 Thread S D
Hello,   I talked with my vet tonight about when FelV is contagious (I went because I needed to pick up Scully's ashes - quite an emotional experience. It's good to have her home though.) She said that from what she is aware of, cats that are + are always contagious, whether or not they are showin

Fwd: Transport help needed on east coast (MA to TN)

2005-02-22 Thread Lernermichelle
Sent to the old address by accident... here is the message I meant to send: --- Begin Message --- Katherine (I think she is on this list? I am on so many now I can't remember) in TN has offered to take Charlie, the FIV+ cat at the local shelter with terrible skin allergies. I am not sure a

Re: Ginger & Vitamin B 12-folic acid injections

2005-02-22 Thread Cherie A Gabbert
My goodness Hideyo, where do you find the time to cook let alone the money ;-)) You can come cat sit for me any day Cherie[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hideyo, your cats have it good! Michelle   In a message dated 2/22/05 6:47:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: She eats definitely

Re: Ginger & Vitamin B 12-folic acid injections

2005-02-22 Thread Lernermichelle
Oh, I know, but to tell the truth I never would have thought of cooking a steak. I'm a vegan and although I have boiled and broiled chicken and liver for sick cats, steak never occurred to me. Now it will. Michelle   In a message dated 2/22/05 6:59:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: Ginger & Vitamin B 12-folic acid injections

2005-02-22 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
You know how we are – we feed better to our loving cats that we feed ourselves, right? Anything she would eat, I would give if you know what I mean…   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 22,

RE: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
This might sound totally unusual – but just to explore all the options where he could be - I rescued a cat who was stuck in a sewer underground – thank god that the cat was vocal otherwise you would not know that he was there – it ended up that the city had to tear up the street for the ca

Re: Ginger & Vitamin B 12-folic acid injections

2005-02-22 Thread Lernermichelle
Hideyo, your cats have it good! Michelle   In a message dated 2/22/05 6:47:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: She eats definitely still â but she doesnât pig out â like yesterday, she ate about  of a really thick stakes in two separate meals â where as she would also

RE: Ginger & Vitamin B 12-folic acid injections

2005-02-22 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
She eats definitely still – but she doesn’t pig out – like yesterday, she ate about ½ of a really thick stakes in two separate meals – where as she would also eat two full plates of turkey and chicken additionally -   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

Re: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread Barbara Lowe
the theory is cats usually don't go very far-not more than a block or so. (theory, mind you).  do you have neighbors who might have had their garages, basement doors open at any time. cats can sneak in very quickly. i had my garage door open for less than a minute in dec. and my neighbor's i

Re: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread Lernermichelle
I am sending energy to try to get Tipper back to you.  I don't really know how to do that, so I am imagining him returning to you.  You are in my thoughts.  If it is any consolation, I think that many of us have had cats disappear for that long and then appear again. Michelle

Re: Ginger & Vitamin B 12-folic acid injections

2005-02-22 Thread Lernermichelle
Sending healing vibes for Ginger.  If she stops eating again, I would take her in and try to get a diagnosis.  Have you given her catnip? If she'll eat it, it's an appetite stimulant that you don't have to force on them. Michelle

RE: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
I wonder if you would be interested in animal psychic to find out where he is out – you might find it silly, but I will definitely try anything – I think Nina might have the contact information!   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [

RE: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
I will definitely pray for you – are you sure that he can’t climb up the fence?  Have you put flyers out to your neighbors?  Every time, there is a missing kitty, I put a flyer out with a photo to every single door in the neighborhood, which has a pretty success rate – more eyes are defini

Re: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread Terri Brown
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RE: Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message Dear Sheila Sending lots of positive vibes for Tip's safe return. (My Tiger went missing for 4 days so I know how you feel.) Praying that Tip walks through your door very soon. Kerry -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EM

Off Topic - Tipper

2005-02-22 Thread Sheila208
Please pray for the safe return of my Tip. He has been missing for four nights and I'm so worried I can't think straight. He is two yrs old and he goes out some but he doesn't leave the yard. My yard is completely fenced in and he weighs 20 lb. so I thought he couldn't climb over. I have searched d

RE: Ginger & Vitamin B 12-folic acid injections

2005-02-22 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Title: Message Do you know where I can get folic acid and B-12 injections?  I asked my vet to order from their suppliers, but it’s taking way too long and want to get it sooner for Ginger as she did not eat as much yesterday – and I am a bit paranoid that she is going to stop eating again

pairing HIV FIV/FeLV

2005-02-22 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message Yes, I had thought the same thing, Nina, when I first got/heard of my felv kitties (pairing them with Aids sufferers). But then I wondered if/worried the kitties might not get the care and attention they need--special diet, vet visits when necessary.? Anyone else have any

RE: good vets for FeLV...

2005-02-22 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: RE: good vets for FeLV... Illinois had none listed, so I added 2 vets I use for my feral felv pos kitties---these vets have given me no reason to believe they're particularly knowledgeable about felv, but they were more than happy to treat them. (I still find it amazing that not all ve

RE: Gary's anemia treatment

2005-02-22 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: RE: Gary's anemia treatment Hideyo I'm so sorry to hear about your tragic loss of Suzi last summer. You did what you thought (and what every one of us has done) was the right thing. You had no way of knowing it would go so badly wrong  (none of my cats ever want to go to the vet--I al

RE: Gary - Immunoregulin

2005-02-22 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
another thing is to look for house-call vets--there are FOUR of them in my town, and it makes a tremendous difference in the stress level involved in vet visits. my cats generally stay calm, it's just the vet who needs to be tranquilized Hi all, sorry I've been out of the loop for a

Re: My Lucky is gone

2005-02-22 Thread Julie Johnson
Thank you for your kind words, Kathy.  I surely hope Lindsey will beat the odds!   Sending best wishes your way.   Julie   Julie,   I'm so sorry to hear about Lucky.  My Lindsey had surgery for mammary cancer last month also - they had to remove the front and back chains on her left side, and two