[Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Maya D'Alessio
Hello everyone, My cat Merlot, just tested positive for FeLV yesterday afternoon. We had him tested, because my three year old cat Yang (female) started acting ill at the end of June, the next morning I took her in to the vets and we discovered she was anemic, jaundiced and had a high fever.

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Marsha
My condolences on your loss of Yang. You just have to take it one day at a time with Merlot, and savor each day of good health. Survival time seems to be such a roll of the dice with FeLV. I lost FeLV+ Milkdud in May, after 4.5 good years. His buddy Harley is still with me after 3.5 years,

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread dlgegg
GOOD ADVICE! I can only add to watch him, don't drive him crazy with your attention, but be aware and at the first sign of something NOT normal with him, get to the vet. If you catch something when it first starts, your and his chances are better. ABOVE ALL, LOVE HIM and prayer does not

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Katherine K.
Hi Maya, I'm so sorry for your loss of Yang. Is Merlot also 3 years old? Last year I had a litter of 4 kittens who all tested positive at 3 months of age. We lost the first one at 8 months, and the last one died this May at 1 year old. They were all very healthy and active until the last week or

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread dlgegg
IT HURTS TO LOSE ONE AND EVEN MOE WHEN YOU LOOSE 3 CLOSE TOGETHER. YOU TAKE SOLACE FROM THE ONES YOU HAVE REMAINING. THEY SENSE YOUR LOSE AND ARE ALSO GRIEVING SO YOU HELP ONE ANOTHER WILL KEEP YOU ON MY PRAYER LIST. Maya D'Alessio mde...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, My cat

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Katherine K.
Just wanted to add - for the kittens, I didn't give them any boosters or treaments, really. Since everything I've read said kittens usually succumb to the illness before they turn 2, I didn't think it would make much of a difference. And since I had 4 of them, it wasn't economically feasible for

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Maya D'Alessio
Thank you for all of the support everyone. Katherine - Yang was 3, Merlot is just two years old now. I don't know which cat had it and then gave it to the other. I feel terrible, I was not informed on FeLV and didn't test for it before I introduced another cat in to my house, so one of them

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Katherine K.
I have been unable to pinpoint who got it from whom in my house, and could go in circles about it all day if I let myself! Did you get Yang first, and then Merlot? For how long did they live together? On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Maya D'Alessio mde...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for all of

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Maya D'Alessio
I got Yang first, when she was 5 months old. A little over a year later I got Merlot when he was 3 months old. They lived together for over 1.5 years. I think it's more likely that Yang gave it to Merlot, as he was so young when he came in to our house, and I have read that kittens are much

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Marsha
Milkdud was a young feral when I got him, about a year old. He turned into a total cuddlebug. Harley came to us as a kitten no more than 4 months old. He tested positive on both the ELISA and then the IFA test his first year, but will re-test at his next checkup, just in case he has had a

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2014-07-24 Thread Lance
I’m very sorry to hear about Yang’s passing and that Merlot has tested positive. Hopefully, Merlot has a lot more time ahead of him. I used interferon alpha and Liquid DMG fairly regularly for my Ember. She also got Transfer Factor (human formula; not the one for cats), but I wasn’t consistent

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Maya D'Alessio
Wow. That really gives me hope. My guy is only 2, so I hope I get to have him as long as you had your Ember. I am sorry you lost her. On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Lance lini...@fastmail.fm wrote: I’m very sorry to hear about Yang’s passing and that Merlot has tested positive.

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Marsha
Note to Maya on interferon alpha: that is human recombinant interferon, much easier to obtain and less expensive than Virbagen Omega, which is feline recombinant interferon that must be imported. I feel that the feline recombinant is a better choice, and currently can afford it, so I will go

Re: [Felvtalk] Just tested positive

2014-07-24 Thread Maya D'Alessio
I am a microbiologist, so the lack of research really does frustrate me. I was asking the vet if we know if the viral load increases over time like in hiv. He said there was very limited funding for felv research. Very frustrating. ___ Felvtalk mailing

[Felvtalk] Need help moving 2 felv+ kitties

2014-07-24 Thread Kelley
From mobile al to St. Louis mo. Any suggestions welcome. Sent from my iPhone ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

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2014-07-24 Thread Jennifer Lewis
We said goodnight to my heart, my Smoosh about an hour ago. She contracted the virus from her feral mom, and came to us at 8 weeks after being trapped. We loved her dearly for 13 wonderful months until she left with my heart tonight. On Jul 24, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Maya D'Alessio wrote: I am

Re: [Felvtalk] Smoosh

2014-07-24 Thread Marsha
Jennifer, my heartfelt sympathies on your loss of Smoosh. Marsha On 7/24/2014 11:01 PM, Jennifer Lewis wrote: We said goodnight to my heart, my Smoosh about an hour ago. She contracted the virus from her feral mom, and came to us at 8 weeks after being trapped. We loved her dearly for 13