Re: TN but transport available - URGENT FeLV+ kitten needs foster or home ASAP

2007-03-13 Thread TenHouseCats
as they've been telling me for years, it ain't pretty being easy. On 3/13/07, Gloria Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Easily influenced by MC, of course... Gloria On Mar 12, 2007, at 4:41 PM, TenHouseCats wrote: we've found her a safe place to recuperate--she's doing much better,

Re: New Strain of Calicivirus - Scare talk and vaccine hype

2007-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for that tid-bit, I will add it to my site.. someday. My weekly Sunday update day was all shot to hell this week, as my ISP was offline due to our wonderful government deciding to make daylight savings time change a month early... think Y2K... same type of issue. Now I'm way over a week

Re: Winn Feline Foundation Announces 2007 Grant Recipients

2007-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
some very valid studies in there, I look forward to seeing the results of more than one! Can you quote the URL of the page you copied that from MC? (or was it in an email?) I'll add the link to my site if it's got a webpage. Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat

Re: Hello, I am new to this form of discussion

2007-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hemobartonella is completely curable, even in FELV+ cats. Don't throw in the towel just yet! Keep up with the treatment, and it's likely your baby will be just fine! It is good to know of the FELV status anyways, but I certainly wouldn't assume that the FELV has become symptomatic just because the

BIG TEST QUESTION

2007-03-13 Thread Kelly L
if anyone out there has any reliable statistics on how many cats tested negative for FELV,,and then after living with positive kitties converted i would sure like to know, i just have this gut feeling that it is so very very few. i think frequently one cat may be positive and the others never

Re: Thanks! sub-q fluid help

2007-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.felinecrf.com/managh.htm Giving Subcutaneous (Sub-Q) Fluids http://www.felinecrf.org/giving_sub-qs_giving_set.htm Sub-Q Fluids, More Help http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/clientED/cat_fluids.asp Three Methods of Giving Sub-Q Fluids http://www.fabcats.org/sq_fluid.html Giving Subcutaneous

Re: BIG TEST QUESTION

2007-03-13 Thread Kelly L
At 01:21 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote: i just really wonder how many are just actually born with it or acquire it from their moms and are unable to throw the virus, We have finally come to realize how hard it is to get FIV and now it is time to really get some truthful answers about FELV

Re: BIG TEST QUESTION

2007-03-13 Thread TenHouseCats
the latest stuff i've read--forgive me, those of you who want attribution, i'll find it again one of these days, really!--it may NOT primarily be passed in utero like it was once thought, but through mom's mucous membranes during the birth PROCESS, and during the nursing/cleaning/nurturing days

Re: Winn Feline Foundation Announces 2007 Grant Recipients

2007-03-13 Thread TenHouseCats
that was actually from an email from doc susan, but the official press release is at: http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/Pages/Winn_2007_Grants_Press_Release.pdf On 3/13/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some very valid studies in there, I look forward to seeing the results of more

Re: BIG TEST QUESTION

2007-03-13 Thread Kelly L
At 01:30 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote: Good points ..I know working in OB all the things a mom has that the baby does not get unless going through the birth canal, which is frequently a reason for C- sections,, i just want the TYPHOID MARRY attitude altered if possible,,,and then treat each cat

Re: Hello, I am new to this form of discussion

2007-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My cats all hated the pelleted paper litter. They prefer wood shavings. Non-clumping wood shavings. Cedarific is a good brand of cat litter that is nice small sized and scoopable wood shavings (small enough they sift through a typical litterbox scoop), but I actually save a TON of money by

Re: BIG TEST QUESTION

2007-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are no scientific studies on the topic that I am aware of. Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources

Re: BIG TEST QUESTION

2007-03-13 Thread TenHouseCats
mostly! On 3/13/07, Kelly L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:30 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote: Good points ..I know working in OB all the things a mom has that the baby does not get unless going through the birth canal, which is frequently a reason for C- sections,, i just want the TYPHOID MARRY

Re: Winn Feline Foundation Announces 2007 Grant Recipients

2007-03-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks! Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources

Junior tests

2007-03-13 Thread Sally Davis
I just wanted you to know Junior is having a needle aspiration done this Friday of his lymph nodes which were enlarged at his last appointment. I called his regular vet today because I was not happy that nothing was done last Friday. I want to be proactive not reactive. His lymph nodes are

another vaccinated positive

2007-03-13 Thread TenHouseCats
to whomever is keeping score just asked a friend, who has a 10-year-old positive (living quite happily with her vaccinated negatives, i might add--she wasn't tested at first, and they'd all been exposed by the time she was, but yearly she tests positive, they don't.) if katie had ever

Re: Hello, I am new to this form of discussion

2007-03-13 Thread Lance
Hi Cassandra, I don't think that colostrum and TF are the same thing. All formulas of TF seem to have colostrum in them, but I gather they're more than that, though perhaps not in the case of Transfer Factor Classic. It seems that Transfer Factor Plus Advanced goes far beyond the scope of

Re: Junior tests

2007-03-13 Thread elizabeth trent
Prayers going up for Junior. Please keep us posted. elizabeth On 3/13/07, Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just wanted you to know Junior is having a needle aspiration done this Friday of his lymph nodes which were enlarged at his last appointment. I called his regular vet today

Re: Junior tests

2007-03-13 Thread Kelly L
At 04:57 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote: sally, we are all sending you and junior a lot of good thoughts,,,and remember, if the worse happens and it is lymphoma, it is usually very treatable. Cats also get very swollen lymph nodes from everyhting, please keep us posted, kelly I just wanted you

Re: another vaccinated positive

2007-03-13 Thread Pam Norman
Years ago my daughter adopted a kitten, Juniper, who turned out to be FeLV positive, but by the time she was tested that was found, she had been happily living with Jonas, who at the same time tested negative, for about 6-8 weeks or so. Jonas was vaccinated but I don't think his

Re: another vaccinated positive

2007-03-13 Thread Gloria Lane
Yeow. Maybe that's the trick - to vaccinate them. On Mar 13, 2007, at 7:20 PM, TenHouseCats wrote: to whomever is keeping score just asked a friend, who has a 10-year-old positive (living quite happily with her vaccinated negatives, i might add--she wasn't tested at first, and they'd