Re: fleas, Frontline and FeLV

[gwork]

I was always told the flea dirt was flea excrement/waste.  You can see 
those flecks or droppings anywhere the animal has been as they drop off the 
body.  At any rate, I agree that if someone is seeing them without having to 
look very hard, there is an infestation that needs attention ASAP.


Kris
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Subject: Re: fleas, Frontline and FeLV


I would treat them all if they have been exposed to the dog which is known 
to have
fleas. Frontline is a good choice. I would NOT use Revolution in a immune 
compromised
cat. I assume by black nits you mean the black flecks you see in/on the 
coat, also
sometimes called flea dirt. It's actually dried BLOOD from the flea 
bites. If it's
enough for you to SEE it without digging through the coat, the dog is 
indeed INFESTED

BADLY and being EATEN ALIVE by this point.

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Re: fleas, Frontline and FeLV

[Ashleigh Smith]

Yes, flea dirt is excrement. If you put a bit on a wet paper towel, you will see it turn red (because of the blood in it.) That's how you can tell it isn't real dirt, but flea excrement. I use Frontline every 3 months as a preventative measure, and Bella has never had fleas.~Ashleighgwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  I was always told the "flea dirt" was flea excrement/waste. You can see those flecks or droppings anywhere the animal has been as they drop off the body. At any rate, I agree that if someone is seeing them without having to look very hard, there is an infestation that needs attention ASAP.Krishttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To:
 Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 12:45 AMSubject: Re: fleas, Frontline and FeLVI would treat them all if they have been exposed to the dog which is known to have fleas. Frontline is a good choice. I would NOT use Revolution in a immune  compromised cat. I assume by black nits you mean the black flecks you see in/on the  coat, also sometimes called "flea dirt". It's actually dried BLOOD from the flea  bites. If it's enough for you to SEE it without digging through the coat, the dog is  indeed INFESTED BADLY and being EATEN ALIVE by this point. Phaewryn (was Jenn, changed name) http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah (UCAT) Cat Rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html PLEASE DONATE TO THE TANGLE FUND: Tangle is a cat in Greece that was severely
 injured when someone wrapped  wire around his neck to strangle him, Little Cheetah Cat Rescue is raising funds to bring Tangle to Vermont to  find him a good home! http://ucat.us/tangle-fund.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital  camera (for pictures), and more towels! --  No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/354 - Release Date: 6/1/2006  __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 

Re: fleas, Frontline and FeLV

[gwork]

Exactly - good, glad to know I wasn't 
mistaken all these years :)

Krishttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Ashleigh 
  Smith 
  To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
  
  Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 4:55 PM
  Subject: Re: fleas, Frontline and 
  FeLV
  
  Yes, flea dirt is excrement. If you put a bit on a wet paper towel, 
  you will see it turn red (because of the blood in it.) That's how you 
  can tell it isn't real dirt, but flea excrement. 
  
  I use Frontline every 3 months as a preventative measure, and Bella has 
  never had fleas.
  
  ~Ashleighgwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  wrote:
  I 
was always told the "flea dirt" was flea excrement/waste. You can see 
those flecks or droppings anywhere the animal has been as they drop off 
the body. At any rate, I agree that if someone is seeing them without 
having to look very hard, there is an infestation that needs attention 
ASAP.Krishttp://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com- Original 
Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: 
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 12:45 
AMSubject: Re: fleas, Frontline and FeLVI would treat 
them all if they have been exposed to the dog which is known to 
have fleas. Frontline is a good choice. I would NOT use Revolution 
in a immune  compromised cat. I assume by black nits you 
mean the black flecks you see in/on the  coat, also 
sometimes called "flea dirt". It's actually dried BLOOD from the flea 
 bites. If it's enough for you to SEE it without digging 
through the coat, the dog is  indeed INFESTED BADLY and 
being EATEN ALIVE by this point. Phaewryn (was Jenn, changed 
name) http://ucat.us 
http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah 
(UCAT) Cat Rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html PLEASE DONATE 
TO THE TANGLE FUND: Tangle is a cat in Greece that was severely 
injured when someone wrapped  wire around his neck to 
strangle him, Little Cheetah Cat Rescue is raising funds to bring 
Tangle to Vermont to  find him a good home! 
http://ucat.us/tangle-fund.html DONATE: We could really use a power 
saw (for construction), a digital  camera (for pictures), 
and more towels! --  No virus found 
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Ember

[Natalie Kaminsky]

Lance,  I'm glad Ember is doing better but I had another possible explanation. Fur-balls can cause quite a little bit of havoc on the GI tract. Not only will cats become nauseous but it can also cause diarrhea. And just because they've thrown up the 'ball' doesn't mean there isn't still more down there that is trying tocontinue its waythrough the GI instead of back up it. It is much more preferable for thefur to come back up than go through if it is enough to cause problems. It has been suggested that 1 reason cats eat grass isso that they can give thefur something to wrap around so that it can be more easily expelled back up. My older cats, 1 in particular,tend to have week long bouts of fur ball induced illness or occasionally longer. I don't always see fur'balls' when they puke but I knowthe difference b/n that and some other cause for the puke. I also have
 spent a lot of time sifting through the litter box and examining the concentration offurin the stool which can give you some clues as to how well they are passing fur through but you have to break it apart, not a way many of you want to spend your Sat., I'm sure, lol. I would suggest trying to brush Ember once a day if you don't already. It may help if this all was just fur related and it's not a bad idea anyway. Whatever the problem was I hope it is cleared up now.  Hth,  Natalie K., Kippy, angel Ajax, and the rest of the gang __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 

New member, :-(

[Gary Murphy]

Hi everyone,
Happy to have found this list, but I so wish I didn't need to. Here's my story...
A feral cat had 5 kittens in my in laws brush pile, she moved themafter I found them at 3 weeks old. I waited a few weeks and went looking for them again, figuring they could be weaned but were still small enough to catch. After a lot of work moving the wrong neighbor's huge, gigantic brush pile, I found them in the next yard over in a little, tiny brush pile in the woods. Called my husband to bring the cat carrier and we caught 3 relatively easily. The other two ducked into a rabbit? or woodchuck? hole, too deep to see them, and wouldn't come out. We set the live trap, caught the mom and one very sick little runt (Alice), then reset the trap. It took 2 more days to catch the last bugger, Dash. We put everyone but the sick one in a dog crate in a shady spot at my in laws,took the runt in to the vet, got her wormed, eye drops, antibiotics. She was only 14 oz, less than 1/2 the weight she should have been, and too sick and little to do a blood draw on. We made an appointment to have the Elisa test done in a week, and kept her in a crate in my in laws spare room. My mother-in-law hates cats, she is elderly andset in her ways, it was causing a lot of stress in the family, then we gotthree 94 degree days in a row and she wouldn't let me bring them in her house, so we brought the crate to my back yard (mistake #1)and set it up with a fan blowing on one sideuntil herappointment to get spayed (the humane society clinic had a 10 daybacklog for this). She had the surgery Wednesday, Elisa was negative, it was still stinking hot, so I brought her crate inside of our house (mistake #2), sequestered in a spare bedroom away from our resident FeLV neg. furbaby, Blue. I figured ifmom was neg., thekittens were probably negative (mistake #3), so I put them in a borrowed crate in our bedroom, but soon felt sorry for them and let them out to run around and play. Couldn't afford to take them in to the vetas well, figured we'd find homes for them and ask the adopters for a deposit to help get them started on vet care. Theyare twice the size of the runt,few sneezesonce in a while,butno discharge and they run around like crazy. Iwashed up and disinfectedafter caring for any cat and kept everyone separate, except for letting my cat peek in the kitten's door once (nobody came near her, she stayed outside and watched, but what an idiot I am.)Alice the runt was still atmy in-law's,we decidedto keep her,took herto veton Friday,gained 8oz. in a week, got her first vaccination while we waited for the test results. They were very busy, but she was so darling that the vet didn't want to leave her.Then we got her very positive results. I sobbed, the vet techand receptionistwere crying. I should get her IFA results back in a few days, but don't have much hope. The others get tested tomorrow,not sure what we will do, a rescue might find homes for1 or 2, but what if all 5 are positive?If I didn't already have a cat I would keepsome, but I'm hyper-ventilating just thinking aboutthe danger I've put her in already. In the mean time, we've spent close to $700.00 on this whole thing so far, I haven't made the house payment yet and our only car with less than 100,000 miles on it blew it's engine the night before we got the bad news on Alice.Mom cat hates my guts, can't be touched, her only hope to live is to be re-released as a feral,is it ethical to do thiswith just the negative Elisa? I can't afford to keep testing everyone, have to get them out of my house and away from mycat,any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Beth



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