Re: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread tamara stickler
Debbie, Let me ask you this: if you are planing on keeping all the cats that you currently have, why the rush to test? They've already been exposed, yes? Folks on this list have proven that positive cats can have great lives...and many of them have households where they've mixed both

Re: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread Debbie
I suppose the main reason we would like to know is so we can try to help keep them healthier longer. Also, my aunt has alot of cats and so does my sister, neighbors, - I would hate to somehow transmit this disease. I feel a bit confused because we have had some people say "it is hard to catch",

Re: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread TenHouseCats
about all that i can add is, read the most recent research--it is NOT easy to transmit, and that has actually been known for quite awhile now. i don't think we're just asking you to take our word as folks who haven't asked the same questions you have, but as folks who wouldn't take the automatic,

Re: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread tamara stickler
I love your description of your crew! As for how it is transmitted...if I've learned ANYTHING from caring for animals...its listen to those who actually have them...more so than vetsToo many vets say a felv+ cat should be pts. whereas people who actually take care of them, know that

RE: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread Rosenfeldt, Diane
When you think about it, it's in the vets' best interests for you to test the whole kaboodle, especially since they're not willing to cut you a break for quantity. And because of this, it's in their best interests to want you to think the disease is easily transmissible. Either way, PTS or

RE: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread Debbie
I have also worried about bringing the disease in on our shoes and so forth. My aunt and grandma feed a large number of feral cats. They do the best they can with the limited means they have but most times you end up stepping in something when you walk through the yard. Crazy thing was we always

RE: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread Rosenfeldt, Diane
LOL re the sloppy kisses! (One of my cats will stick her nose right in your mouth if you've had something good-smelling to eat.) But again, it would take something considerably sloppier and more invasive to pass the FeLV bug. Diane R. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread Susan Loesch
AMEN!! I have probably 6-8 feleuk+ cats and kittens at any given time. Mix 'em freely with my vaccinated cats - who are negative. Everyone I have retested who was neg to begin with has been still neg! Even my vet is aware of what I am doing and is fine with it -- but he is pretty

Re: Pregnancy and felv

2007-03-01 Thread wendy
Never heard of anything like this before; have been an active member of this site for a year and a half. Best of luck to you and your pregnancy. :) Wendy --- Jodie Marsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a 1 1/2 year old kitty who has FeLV and is persistently veremic. He is healthy and

Please add Lucy to the CLS

2007-03-01 Thread elizamaggie
I haven't been on the list for several months but I wanted to let you know that I lost Lucy on Tuesday morning. It was quick and she didn't seem to suffer. She was cuddled up in my arms and we were sitting on the sofa. She was only sick for a few days and the no one thought she was close to

Re: Please add Lucy to the CLS

2007-03-01 Thread Sally Davis
hi maggie So sorry to hear about Lucy. Having lost 4 babies last year I can relate. I will be praying for Izzie to stay negative. Sally On 3/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't been on the list for several months but I wanted to let you know that I lost Lucy on

Re: Debbie's multible testing need

2007-03-01 Thread Sally Davis
I don't know where you live, but the clinic that just spayed my Daisy is having a vaccination clinic in April. The cost of the testing is $22.00. I am in Richmond, Va. I wish they did this back in the fall. I am not sure it would have helped me. I too felt I was in an emergency situation having

Re: comfort muzzle for cats--any good or trash?

2007-03-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
good, excellent for cats that bite when giving sub-q fluids or such things. Donate to any vet clinic or animal shelter if you can't use it and it will be put to good use. Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources

Re: Pregnancy and felv

2007-03-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cats either have toxo or they don't, take you cats to the vet and have them tested, if they are negative, no worries, don't feed them raw meat while you are preggo or they could become infected. Likewise, don't HANDLE raw meat either without gloves and don't walk around outside in the yard or

Re: Please add Lucy to the CLS

2007-03-01 Thread Marylyn
Talk to Izzie and explain to her that Lucy has left this world but is still very close to her. She knows this but her heart is breaking and she isn't really thinking. Like you, she wants Lucy's body close to her and she doesn't have it and she feels very lost. Keep talking to her and

Re: Please add Lucy to the CLS

2007-03-01 Thread Kelly L
At 04:03 PM 3/1/2007, you wrote: I am so so sorry that you have lost little Lucy, It is good it was peaceful and no suffering, Just asleep in the arms surrounding her with warmth and love. How we continue to do this , but thank goodness for each other, Kelly I haven't been on the list