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
Hello, Nina and Lance thank you so much for your encouragement, it is a much better day today. The four kittens were all FeLV Neg. They get retested in a month, but so far, so good. Little Alice should get her IFA results back later this week, she is staying with my in laws for now, has
Hi everyone,
Thank you Nina for the link to the yahoo feral group, what a great resource! To the best of my knowledge, our "colony" consists of just wild Mia (now spayed, wormed, vaccinated and flea treated), and a big grey tom that would occasionally stop by to check on her and the kittens.
He
Hi everyone,
The IFA came back positive on Alice today. What a stinking shame. She spent yesterday evening snuggled on my shoulder while I sat out back on the glider reading. I have contacted a local rescue for help in re-homing her. I also posted her (with picture) in the FeLV+ ads at this
Hi Kerry,
My brother had a problem with his big male, Tigger, pooping on one spot of his carpet. He put2 sheets of tinfoil on the spot to discourage him, but they separated and Tiggy went on the one tiny little strip of carpet showing in between the sheets. I then bought him a bag of litter
Hi,has anyone here triedthe"freeze dried" catfood? It's raw all dried out, you reconstitute it with water. Doesn't sound too appetizing, but then again, neither do mice. My kittens for dummies book recommends itinstead of raw, to help avoid the parasite risk. I've never tried it, but am
read with sorrow of the recent struggles and losses on this list (dear Ceasar!), how you folks in rescuehave the strength to go through thisover andover, I don't know. Bless you all, and thank you for all the advice and encouragement.
Peace,
Beth
Peace,
Gary Murphy
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Thank you everyone for your condolences on Alice's passing. How ironic that a horrible experience like this leads to such a kind,wonderful group of people. I hate to ask again so soon, but I need some more advice. My sorrow forAlly is beginning to being eclipsedby panic for the fates of the
Thank you, Kat, Tad, Chris and Hideyofor helping to calm me down. Reading of Patti's car accident also helped me put my little drama into perspective. Prayers to her and her fur babies. You just never know...
Temping everyone yesterday was quite the experience!My husband is dog/house sitting
Praying for good news at Lucy's next exam and for her appetite to return.
Best wishes,
Beth
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as the coronavirus goes. Once they are symptom
free, you can keep giving them 250 mg. per day of the
lysine, or just keep them as stress free as possible.
Keep us posted on these babies. And take care of
yourself while you are grieving for Alice.
:)
Wendy
Gary Murphy
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, so don't lose hope. If you need anything or
have any questions, please email. Keep me posted.
The FeLV online group is the BEST!
:)
Wendy
Gary Murphy
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Hello group,
Our vet called us with good news Friday during vacation! Scooter, Dash, and Moxie all tested negative for everything - FeLV, FIV, and FCOV. (Not that I totally trust this, Will's first test was negative as well). So, as far as we know at this point, we are only dealing with one
Thank you Nina,
I posted our good outcome earlier, am just catching up on the weekend posts. It HAS been a roller coaster here, thank goodness for this group and all the good information and support! Vacation was lovely, we were in Ludington, Michigan, beautiful dunes and incredible nature
Hello group!
I haven't been on much, had my hands full with a couple of things. Will was great the night we got home from vacation. I took the other three in to get their 1st FeLV vaccine. the next day. Everyone, (including Will who'd had nothing done) slept for 24 hours and ate very little.
Hideyo, I am so sorry for what you have been through lately, and especially tonight if dear Naomi is crossing. Please know you are in our thoughts and prayers...
Peace,
Beth
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Hi, I am pretty new to the group as well, just wanted to tell you that my four kittens are
about the same age as yours, also looking a bit lanky at the moment,and they run from
3.75 lbs to 4.5 lbs. The small one is a girl who tests negative, thesingle FeLV+ is just
over 4 lbs.We haveour radar
Hi Helene,
Thank you for the information,I would love to see what othermeds worked
for Sam, you can email me off list if it's not too much trouble.
My vet calledwithsome good news today, our adult kitty, Blue, tested
negative for everything (FCoV, FIv FeLV). Yeeeaaa!!! We are giving her
Hideyo, I am so sorry for your loss. My Ally stared into my eyes like that on her last night. I
think they are trying to tell us how much they love us and want our company while crossing.
You were lucky to have each other, even for such a brief time...
Peace,
Beth
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Sherry,
I am so sorry for your loss of Nya, but glad that she had so many caring people to help her in her time here. So many of them don't. I am hoping that the othersare doingbetter if possible, or have a gentle crossing if not.
Peace,
Beth
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Hi Phaewyrn,
Ohhh, I know all about those ding-dong compounders!!! I had to medicate my African Grey Parrot for a couple of months. The emergency clinic broke open human liquid gel caps into a bottle, I only had to squirt a drop into her mouth each day. Plus, they charged me a reasonable
Oh Sherry, grey kitties are my special favorites,Dempsey sounds like he was beautiful. I am so sorry for your loss.
Peace,
Beth
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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 18:40:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sherry DeHaan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Dempsey Please add to CLS
To: Felvtalk
Hi everyone,
I know there has been some recent discussion here on the possible benefits of slippery elm (to control nausea was it?), so I found this article interesting, in a bummer sort of way. Apparently demand is such that people are poaching the bark and killing otherwise healthy trees. I
Hi everyone, I'm up early as I have to work all weekend and I just have to tell someone how darling my kittens are. I worked late yesterday, got in dead tired at 10:30 and went into the bedroom to set the alarm. The 4 newly unsequesteredkittens came racing in and lined up in a row on the edge
OK, so at 3:30 AM today I am sound asleep. Suddenly I am awakened by a strange noise, "harrgghhh, harrrggghhh..." Too late, I realize it is the sound of a kitten puking, IN MY LAP. Luckily, I was wearing pajamas. We had to get up and strip the bed, layed back down, and they all decided it was
Hi everyone, I didn't know kitty barf would be such a hot topic! I really think Dash just stuffs himself silly, no hairballs yet, just a huge pile of half-digested cat food. I'll switch him back to his old food and see how he does. I had a long-haired kitty many years ago, I still remember
Nina,
Prayers going out for Spencer, I hope he is shifting it a bit on his own and feeling better.
Best wishes,
Beth
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:41:56 -0700
From: Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bad news about Spencer
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org, Darla [EMAIL
Hi Michelle,
Good wishes going out for Lucy and you. I don't know about leukeran, but if she is probably going to be on it eventually anyway, andif your vet won't refill the Pred., maybe he will allow you to switch toleuk. now without thescope and see how that works?Hopefully she'll adjust to
Nina,
What nice news to wake up to! I'm so glad he's back, and I hope the internest can help.
Good luck,
Beth
Sherry,
Prayers going out for Kruncher that it's not FIP, I just hate that virus even more than Felv, if that's possible.
Best wishes,
Beth
Leslie,
I have been away from the list and am just getting caught up reading. I just wanted to chime in and say that my little Felk+ kitten, Alice (Ally), who I lost to wet FIP at 12 weeksWAS a soft grey and tan tabby. I've never heard of a color connection to the disease suggested before, that
Nina,
I think that you and Spencer have made a good choice. Peace and strength and joy to you in enjoying your time together.
Beth
Oh my, Ihave a pet that talks to me all the time, Max, my African Grey parrot.Let's see, if I try to sleep in on the weekend she starts the day by hollering up to me from downstairs "HE-LLLOWW-OHH" over and over. I book on down to the kitchen, and startgetting the kittys fed while Maxhollers
Hi Leslie,
I am sure you have had lots of replies to this already, as I have been offline with kitty problems for the past week and a half and am just getting caught up on reading the posts.
I am not sure what the strength is of my 6 month old kitten's interferon A, but it only costs me $7.00
Yvonne,
I hope Peanut is doing better sincestaying at the vet. Please let us knowif there is any change.
Best wishes,
Beth
Sending thoughts of strength and light to dear Dharma.
Take care,
Beth
So sorry for your loss of Pete. Peace to you and Charlie Brown and Dooley. And hopes that little sick kitty finds his way back to you. Perhaps it is not what you fear, but that another kind soul found him and is helping.
Best wishes,
Beth
Oh Sherry,
I am so sorry for your recent loses, especially for sweet old Dodger. I am glad that you were there to show him what love and friendship were all about, and that he was able to accept that and return it. You made his (and our) world a better place.
Peace,
Beth
Hi everyone,
I have been away from the list for 1-1/2 weeks, had two of our boy kittens neutered and thought we were done with big vet bills for a bit, and then their sister Moxy fell awkwardly off of a chair and broke off the head of her femur. She had to have a "femoral head osteotomy", which
Hi Nina,
Glad to have you back online, you were missed! Haven't had enough caffeine today, what is a "GSD"? Glad to here he did well, I think Moxy will too, she's a little tuffie and absolutely lives up to her name. I've been sleeping with her on the floor every few nights when my old
Sherry, what a roller coaster few days you've had! So sorry for Dante's passing, and praying hardfor George's recovery. But WWHOOO! on Tristan's negative test! That is wonderful!!! Best wishes for a peaceful integration into his furever home!
Beth
Hi Kayte,
Max seems to be an awfully popular pet name right now! I didn't name mine that, she came to us already named at age 8. We thought she was a boy for her first 5 years here,told her she was agood boy all the time, told the two(now departed) dogs theywere good girls. THEN, we had a blood
Hi Kelley,
Thank you (and all the others!)for your well wishes on Moxy, she is doingmuch better.Ihaven't had much time on line recently, as she'snot allowed to climbyet and the computer is upstairs, butI would love the link to the heart list if you have it handy.I think I may move the computer
Yvonne,
I am so sorry for Peanut's recent passing. Hugs to you and yours.
Beth
Leslie,
Glad to hear your kitty introductions are going well! Our Blue is still a work in progress, one kitten has decided her crazy chasing is fun and is chasing (and slapping)her back, two are undecided, and one hates her. She is able to be calm sometimes and just watch them now. She has also
Money really does seem to be inversely related to compassion a lot of the time. I work in many well-to-do homes, get so sick of seeingBIG dogs confined almost 24/7 to laundry rooms because the owner doesn't want them messing up the nice new house. New moms also irk the heck out of me. I know
Dear Nina,
I am so sorry about Spencer. You did good, both in finding him again so that he could spend his last days with love and comfort, and in helping him go on when the time was right. It is so sad, but so wonderful that he spentthe last of his time here sitting on the porch next to his
Hi,
My positive, Will Feral, is doing great (thanks to all the great advice from this list), no problems since his two fevers last summer. He is 6 months old now, gets l-lysine and clavamox everyday, and alpha interferon every other week. He is the healthiest looking one of the litter, never has
Oh NO!!! Leslie, that is just horrible. Not sure what area you are in, but maybe you can get a local news station interested in the story so the whole area can be on the lookout for Satch and Beatrix. Do you have a couple of picturesfor them to show?Localtv news would be good, (ours use animal
Here is a link to an online network with good advice:
http://www.missingpet.net/advice/index.html
Tough to follow some of the advice such as "knock on doors" when they left on wheels. That's why TV would be best. It can't hurt to make a call and try to get them to pick it up. Maybe tell their
Hi Gina,
Happyto hear that Pippin is doing well! I am kind of learning as I go, so others might have better advice on spaying. I'm going to write Nina next to ask her advice myself. I think the most important thing is to make sure and have the pre-op blood work done. And to make sure they use a
Hi Nina,
Thank you for the link to the indyferal group, what a great site! I have some of the supplies to make a shelteralready, would only have to buy the insulation, I'll try to get something together this weekend. The real trick is going to be sneaking it into their yard and hiding it
Kelly,
If you talk to Leslie tonight please ask her if I may begin postingher informationto some"lost pet" lists online. If so, Missing Pet Network asks for an alternate phone #, email address, and nearest intersection to where they were lost. If she is comfortable having this information
So far, I've got them on Petfinder.com, missingpet.net, and AnimalPlanet. I've also written to the Humane Societyfor Southwest Wahington and an animal welfare group in Vancouver called JAWS to notify them and ask for help. I'll update the online listings with photos as soon as you can send them
Thanks, but his site is Florida only as far as I can tell...
Original Message:
What about PETS911.org?? This is a PETsMART site that
is similiar to Petfinder.
Precious Pets
Hi Nina,
Thank you for your advice. Yup, my MIL is absolutely maddening! I've just spent the last week doing work for them, gritting my teeth the entire time. She's76,never learned to drive, can't bear any change, hoards junk, andthinksmy husband has nothing better to do than maintain her
LESLIE JUST CALLED, SATCHMO IS BACK!
Hi you wonderful group you,
Leslie will post more tomorrow, I was so excited I'm not sure if I've got the details right, but here's a rough version of how she got him back:
He was hanging out near an electronics? store a little north of where he was stolen. They were feeding him, a girl (from
BEATRIX IS FOUND Microchip company called Leslie because chip was listed as stolen, young girl has her, said Bea came right up to her, friendly, so that's good, not traumatized.
Beth
Oh, forgot to say that Leslie is on her way to pick her up right now (then she has to study for biology test, what a thing to have happen in the middle of midterms!)
:-) :o) :O) :-D :oD :OD
Ooops, I did havethem onthere, but I think I got to it through an Animal Planet link. Took them back off again today. It is crazy how many different lost lists there are and how uncoordinated they are with each other. I remember hearing this was a problem after Hurricane Katrina, but had no idea
. Anybody know if such a thing exists? I thought someone was trying to get this all straightened out after the hurricane...
Take care,
Beth
Original message:
Correction it is Pets911.com. Here is the link:
http://www.pets911.com/index.php
Precious Pets
Gary Murphy
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Hello group,
Kerry N. directed me to a lost pet siteat www.LostAndPound.com On the right side of the main page you can sign up to receive free email alerts anytime a pet from your area is listed as lost.Please consider signing up, it's a nice way to continue the good vibes of this whole
That's terrible!!! It was confusing enough just trying to get two pets listed, I can't imagine what you volunteers went through trying to find multiple pets... Idid like the"MissingPetsNetwork", they have some sort of tie to the USDA, nicely organized by state and easy to use. Too bad someone
Great!!!
Original mesage:
Thanks...I have signed up my rescue!
In a message dated 10/18/2006 11:05:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello group,
Kerry N. directed me to a lost pet siteat www.LostAndPound.com On the right side of the main page you can sign up to
Hi Terrie,
So sorry to hear that Dukee and Vinnie are struggling. FIP is scary, but it is so hard to diagnose that even if his FCoV titre comes back high, you can't know for sure thatit has mutated into FIP. A blood panel whichincludes an albumin/globulin ratio canhelp to diagnose, buta
Hi Terrie,
I am so sorry for all that you and Dukee are going through. I searched "vaccine" in the archives of theyahoo FIP list, below are someexcerpts that may help youin your decision on vaccinating the others.It has been a little while ago for us, socan't recall all of our reasoning on it at
Terrie, I am so, so sororry for your loss. Big hugs to you, Vinnie, and family.
Beth
Hi Kelley,
Sorry to hear about the giardia, bummer. My brother actually had it, kept getting bad cramps and diarrhea that would clear up on it's own and then return. His first doctor diagnosed him with Chrone's sp? disease, which is a debilitatingconditionwhichcan result in the removal of parts
Just to be devil's advocate here, I have read of at least one list member who had 3 of 6 healthy, adult, unvaccinated cats contract Felv after they had long term exposure to a false negative cat. One made it, two didn't. This does not seem to be the experience of most of the members on this
Thank you, Lance, for taking the time to explain your vet's thoughts on this.
I will keep this in mind should we decide to try IR in the future.
I hope Ember is feeling better,
Beth
Last Spring, when Ember first tested positive for FeLV, I started
looking into treatment options. ImmunoRegulin
Hideyo, I am so sorry that little dharma has passed. Big hugs to you and Simba.
Beth
Terrie,
I am so sorry to hear about Jake. I can't imagine losing three in one month, that would be so hard. Seventeen and a halfis a very good life, he was lucky to have you.
Hugs to you and yours,
Beth
Hideyo,
I am so very sorry for your loss of Olive. I can not imagine losing four in such a short period of time. I know you did everything in your power to treat their symptoms, but I do agree with Belinda about the need for a necropsy on one of these cats. I understand that it is upsetting to
Hi Elizabeth,
I don't have any experience with cats and UTI's. I just wanted to write and say good luck with him at his appointment, and good job jumping on it quickly, whatever it is. Let us know how it goes.
Best wishes,
Beth
Hi Elizabeth,
I don't have any experience with cats and UTI's. I just wanted to write and say good luck with him at his appointment, and good job jumping on it quickly, whatever it is. Let us know how it goes.
Best wishes,
Beth
Yay, Antonio!!! Glad to hear it was something simple!
Best wishes,
Beth
Shoot, I'm in Macomb Township! If I had received this post back in August, I might have been able to help them out. That is when I found out that my Will Feral is positive. He has no manners, throws himself at my dinner plate, tucks his fur mice under my body at 3:00 in the morning and fishes
He is a good, good boy! I've gotta figure out how to do awebsite about him and the others sometime so I can just go on and on aboutthem to my heart's content!
Thanks,
Beth
Original Message:
LOL! What a good boy :0) Give Will Ferala head butt from me.
elizabeth
In a message dated 11/6/2006
LOL!!! At least she didn't call you slow! I worked many years ago at an art supply store with my mom. We didn't advertise that we were related, so many people didn't know. I eventually movedinto outside sales ofengineering supplies for the company. My mom was still working in the store. A
Hi Kayte,
I'll try to give a quick run down on FIP as I understand it. It begins with something called Feline Corona Virus (FCoV). This is a very contagious but normally harmless virus that many cats have. It is estimated that 85% or more of shelter cats and cattery cats have it. It lives in the
Hi Elizabeth, glad it was helpful. One thing I forgot to mention is that FCoV is a longer-lived virus. Unlike FeLV, it can remain alive outside of a cat's body for at least many weeks. I've read that a new kitten/cat should not be aquired for about 7 weeks after an FIP death, just in case it is
I don't know if they can still be shedding FCoV while in the throes of FIP or not. . .
I do think that I've read that titre tests measurethe antibodies present, not the virus itself, soa veryimmune compromised cat may haveexhausted their ability to produce antibodies and test negativeeven
r the FCoV is actually even still present in an FIP cat--since there are lots of cases where cats presumed to have FIP show no abnormal titre levels. so even tho FCoV may be a longer-lived virus, i'm not sure that's the issue
On 11/8/06, Gary Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Eliza
Yup, my understanding as well. Pretty darn useless test. Dangerous even. Somebody wrote in today to the FIP list that theshelter theyworkat has almost 100 cats and has decided to euthanize any with a titre of 1:1600 or above.Shedoesn't know much about the disease, but sounds like she wants
Thanks for writing back, I'm so sorry about Mishka, I love black white kitties.Wishwe had the resources here to set up a searchable database onthe list kitties. Ibelong to a fertility tempingsite (fertilityfriend.com) thatallows you to put your temperature chartsanonymously into a big file with
Thanks Hideyo, I am glad your greys are healthy, I have a solid grey and a partially tabbied grey that are still healthy, just kind of always wondered about a color link since someone posted that question at the FIP list. My littlegrey and white MoxieISa bit of a worry to me, she eats well,
OK, ya wanna know what embarrassing is? Try going out to a nice dinner, wait staff reaching over your shoulder constantly to serve the food, fill the water glasses, clear the plates, and only notice when you are leaving that your parrot had pooped on your shoulder. Sadly, this has happened to
Hooray Pippin! Congratulations on the negative test!
Beth
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Pippin tested negative on her IFA test for FeLV and FIV. We waited 22 weeks between the first test (ELISA) test and the IFA. The vet says shefeels confident in the resultsforseveral reasons: becausePippin was 7 weeks
Hoping that Lucy is feeling better again soon...
Best wishes,
Beth
Thank you, Hideyo, I will do that. She is beautiful and spunky, everybody smiles at the sight of her...
BethOriginal Message from Hideyo:Sorry, what I meant to say is that being a shy kitty at my house means that they do not take stress form other kitties very well.. as they get intimated by
Sending healing thoughts out for Scooter...
Best wishes,
Beth
Healingvibes going out to Gus and Evander, and strength to you.
Take care,
Beth
You would think they would research it themselves, but for some reason she came to the list first asking for help. Isent some basicstuff and suggested some other links for more info, but was shocked to see that I was the only one that responded. Over here on the FeLV list, there would have been
Many years ago I had adobe that hid under the bed during storms and who let somebody break-in and rob our house. The meter reader came once when I was out in the yard with her and asked me to please put her inside since his little computer tablet said "BAD DOG" for our address. As he stared at
Hi, sounds like feline acne. Your vet can give you an ointment that will help clear it up. Also, never use plastic food or water bowls, they get tiny scratches which harbor germs even when disinfected. Use clean ceramic, glass, or stainless bowls daily. My Blue had this, I was changing her water
Many years ago I had adobe that hid under the bed during storms and who let somebody break-in and rob our house. The meter reader came once when I was out in the yard with her and asked me to please put her inside since his little computer tablet said "BAD DOG" for our address. As he stared at
Oh, I understand about that "cool stare". People would cross the street to avoid us when I was out walking her. She was still scary looking even with her uncropped ears, big belly, and genetically caused near baldness. I would never approach a strange dobe with that focused stare...
Missing
I would love that, but am maxed out at 11 dear souls in 1250 square feet... (5 cats, 1 african grey parrot, 2 lovebirds, my mom, my husband, and myself.) If I ever move to a bigger place, a new dobe is a definite!
Thanks,
Beth
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Just say the word Beth and I am sure we can get
If there were no documented cases of a vaccinated felv- contracting it from a positive, then wouldn't the vaccine be marketed as 100% effective, instead of 85% or so? I agree that many of the apparent vaccine failures could be due to "false negative" tests, but IMHO, untilthe testing gets more
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