Re: [Felvtalk] seeking home for adult feluk positive

2008-10-30 Thread catatonya
I'm glad you're all right Tad. I've started saying no too. If something were to happen to me, there's no one to take care of all the critters. Take care of yourself. tonya Tad Burnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Susan Every one has orange kitties lately... I just brought home a young

Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive

2008-10-30 Thread Debbie Harrison
Hey MC...send me your phone # offline...I need to ask some important questions about a couple of female kittys I want to have spayed...pretty pleeze!Debbie (COL)I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something.And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to

Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive

2008-10-30 Thread Sharyl
Right or wrong I got the rabies vaccine for the presumed FeLV+ feral I TNR'd.  I am raising her litter of 4.  All tested positive once,  All were de-wormed, received both distemper combo vaccines and their rabies shot.  All four are fat and happy. Sharyl --- On Wed, 10/29/08, SALLY NORDSTROM

Re: [Felvtalk] Buzzy still has hemolytic anemia

2008-10-30 Thread Sharyl
Sue, here is a link for a good overview of IMHA. http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_imha.html Hope it helps explain things. Sharyl On Oct 28, 2008, at 8:02 PM, Sue Frank Koren wrote: Jane, Thank you for your help.  Buzz is not doing too badly, we caught it  when his blood levels were in

Re: [Felvtalk] tests

2008-10-30 Thread MaryChristine
well, the test wasn't FALSE, it was just taken at the wrong TIME. what none of us wants to deal with is that a NEGATIVE test is no more probative than a POSITIVE test is, because it can take as long as 120 days for the antigen to register on the test as it can to work its way out of the cat's

Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive

2008-10-30 Thread MaryChristine
i just reread this--a bone marrow BIOPSY?? and actually, i'd like to see where something has said that an ELISA can tell what stage of FeLV the kitty is in. since all it tests for is ANTIGENS, not even antibodies, an ELISA shouldn't be able to tell anything about whether or not the cat is even

Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive

2008-10-30 Thread Brenda Waterson
Kerry, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!  I appreciate your kind words and input I now feel hopeful! I will try the Vita- Mineral mix recipe. I don't believe Spazzy has cancer although the Vet hasn't done any further testing. That was one of my first questions to the Vet ...isn't this like cancer? And she

Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive

2008-10-30 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Glad you're back MC! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MaryChristine Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:03 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive i respectfully disagree.

Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive

2008-10-30 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
It's a personal decision, Brenda, but ultimately you need to have a vet you trust and have confidence in. From what you've said about this vet, she doesn't meet the standard. Also, run as fast as you can from any vet whose first suggestion on hearing FeLV is euthanization. My vet had only

[Felvtalk] ADMIN: bouncing mail

2008-10-30 Thread James G Wilson
Hey everyone, There have been a number of 'bounced' messages to the list lately. This is because the messages exceed size limits for the list. Please remember to trim your messages to only what is relevant to your responses. There is no need to quote whole messages (and whole threads) when

Re: [Felvtalk] ADMIN: bouncing mail

2008-10-30 Thread Laurieskatz
Not mean. Good reminder. Thanks! Laurie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Stray Kitty I took in tests positive

2008-10-30 Thread dlgegg
when you get info on these courses, let me know, would like to try them myself. only was to arm yourself is to learn what you are up against. dorlis MaryChristine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i just reread this--a bone marrow BIOPSY?? and actually, i'd like to see where something has

[Felvtalk] got some info on what the IFA actually tests for

2008-10-30 Thread MaryChristine
still need more--seems that it DOES indeed test for ANTIGENS as the ELISA does, but for a different sort of antigen. will send the quotation tomorrow when i'm more awake--it's from a 2001 abstract on managing retroviruses. has some really interesting stuff about how accurate or inaccurate ELISA's

Re: [Felvtalk] seeking home for adult feluk positive

2008-10-30 Thread dlgegg
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WORRIES ME. WHAT IF SUDDENLY CANNOT CARE FOR MY CATS OR I DIE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? WORKING ON FINDING SOMEONE NOW SO THEY CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF. DORLIS catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm glad you're all right Tad. I've started saying no too. If something

Re: [Felvtalk] seeking home for adult feluk positive

2008-10-30 Thread Kelley Saveika
This is a good thing to worry about. Our rescue has a program which takes in animals if someone suddenly dies (the Nod Fund), but we can't take them all in. It is far better to make preparations. Check out this link: http://www.2ndchance4pets.org/ On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:17 AM, [EMAIL