Sending peaceful and healing vibes out
to Gus and Evander. What do they look like? It helps me to visualize the vibes
in their direction.
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Urine soaks into the grout BETWEEN the
tiles, that's why you're having so many problems. Try drenching the entire floor
with vinegar, and letting it sit for a good long time before mopping it
up.
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ANY vet that gives advice (and charges) via email is suspicious to me.
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LMAO! Heck no! I wouldn't give her the time of day, much less a single penny of
my
hard earned money! You can RESEARCH which homoeopathics to give for which
symptoms
yourself, if you choose that route, you don't need some crazy lady with an
itchy hand
for that! Personally, I don't think you can
Kelly, I suffered for years with migraines. And like you I was on Imitrex. I
went in
for CAT scans, MRI's etc, they never found a cause. I was about fed up with not
being
able to function. I went to an OLD doctor, the oldest one at the clinic I
usually go
to (I'd always seen a young and
Oh, yeah, I take mine religiously and RIGHT before bed. If I skip a single
night I
feel airy the next day, like you feel right before a migraine.
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Sweets cravings? I had those BEFORE the
Amitriptylin, so it would be hard for me to say! As for dry mouth.. well,
sometimes I get terribly thirsty, but I never connected it to the medicine... I
take that at night, right before I go to sleep... I do keep a water bottle on my
nightstand
It really has given me my life back, so
I know exactly how you feel.
I was at the point of almost going to
buy a gun to kill myself, the pain was so bad and nothing helped it. I would lay
curled up in a ball on the bathroom floor, alternating between shivering so bad
my teeth would
Poor Evander, I hope my thoughts of
peace made it through to him, and sped his journey.
How is Gus doing? I was able to
visualize him more clearly.
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You may want to fix my typos when you
pass it on, LOL.
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BTW, MC, I did NOT pass that along to
the FIVCATS2 list, I figured they already knew there... if you haven't seen it
there (you stay on mail for that list, right?), please do pass it on to
them.
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Maybe Bandy is just sad because Inky is
sick sympathy. I hope that's the case, and Inky gets better, and Bandy's
back to himself in no time. Bandy's my little list hero, he's inspired me
several times now through the years here. Inky, of course, is just the "Old Man"
of the group, and a
I'm so sorry to hear this about Scooter. I was hoping for the best, but I guess
it
just wasn't going to be. The important thing, at this point, is just to make
sure
he's comfortable, and surrounded by love as much as you can provide. Treasure
every
second you have, and lock it into your memory
For the flip side, my 2 cats WERE NOT
vaccinated (not until Moogie got symptomatic and I finally got a FELV diagnosis
after she was about 12-14 months old), and spentMoogie's entire
lifewith her until she died of the FELV at 18 months of age. All still
test negative. :)
Phaewryn
Please
How soon after the vaccinations do you plan to make the move with the cats? I
would
not stress them with a cross country move directly after being vaccinated.
That's
asking for trouble. Try to do it at least 3 months in advance if you can. (and
of
course, make sure your vet gives the FELV
Speaking of healthy adult cats is UC
Davis in CA still adopting their research cats out to the public after they
complete their studies? They used to have an adoption webpage, and now it's
gone... anyone have any idea? It would be really sad if they discontinued that
adoption program,
Good, I'm glad you have a vet that acknowledges that cats can be in pain and is
willing to prescribe medication. It's sad that some vets don't seem to care or
understand that pain happens in animals.
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Sending "firm poopie" vibes to Gus
then!
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Sending thoughts of healing and peace
for Haley.
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Do they have a website for their
adoption program, MC?
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Yes, you're thinking of FIP. The combo
test you're referring to is a combo FIV/FELV ELISA pop test (and it's generally
considered unreliable due to the large number of false positives and false
negatives it registers)
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NM, I found it:
http://cvm.msu.edu/research/cfhw/Adoption.htm
That's wonderful! I wish more vet
schools would do this... most of the research animals end up just euth'ed after
they are done with them.
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Snap, pop... minor differential
technicalities in my auditory senses, IMO. LMAO! Think Rice
Crispies
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UC Davis used to do it too (they still
may and just the webpage builder graduated or something)... I'm going to write
EVERY vet school in the USA, and ask them about it. Then, I'm making a link to
all the ones that do from my website... look at it so far, on my
domesticcatlinks.html page
Whoops, didn't realize that was to the
entire list, meant to take that on off list. OR to the OT list... hint hint
MC!
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Are you on the OT group yet Terrie? If
not, you should join... I've just moved this conversation over there. I'll send
you an invite... ignore it if you're already over there..
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Test for both, using the combo ELISA
"snap" test (the one most vet offices do right while you wait in the exam room).
If it shows double neg, retest again with same test in 1 month to confirm
negative prior to adoption as neg cat, if the cat being absolutely negative is
that important to
Oh and missed the what would I do part
of that.
In the case of FIV positive, I advertise
the cat for adoption as FIV+ and provide educational links and brochures for
people so they can learn about FIV and know that it's OK to have a FIV+ cat with
other negative cats. These usually take
MC, why do the western blot at all? The
DNA test is a sure thing the way I see it, the DNA test has made the western
blot obsolete.
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No, my logic behind the 1 month is, it's
better than one week, and usually as long as most rescues are willing to wait to
put a healthy "negative" cat up for adoption. If I'd said 120 days like you did
(for a retest to assure a neg result) she probably would have been like "120
Days? I have
I'm also saving the cat another blood
draw at a later date by retesting for the FIV and the FELV at the same time.
(which translates into saving the rescue $ too)
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One of the vet sites does specifically
mention that "Young cats and kittens under one year of age, and cats with
compromised immune systems are more susceptible to FELV."
FIV is "immunodefiency syndrome" thus
plopping them right directly into that "compromised immune system" category
True. But then there's you and me woman,
we must educate the world!
(say the educate the world part in
cartoon super-hero voice, while pumping fist into the air andsticking out
chest)
I wish I wasn't broke and out of ink in
my printer. I would print off that webpage about the DNA
Oh, so very true, and that had not
occurred to me! They even say on one of the FIP webpages that FIP has absolutely
nothing to do withinfection of the peritonealtissue, that the name
came from the first stages of research when they were unsure of it's exact
pathology.
So, yeah, it's
As a child that spent most of her
childhood in and out of hospitals, you can be sure Iknew whatimmune
compromised meant before I could read. :)
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Peggy, I'm so sorry Scooter passed on. I
think you've really pulled all the good out of the situation, from reading your
post, you sound like you've really learned a lot that will help other cats in
the future from Scooter's experience.
Your vet is right, you should keep the
memory of
I'm going to post this reply in 3
logical parts. Part one explains why ANY test could result in a false result,
due to the nature of the viruses. Part two explains the operator error aspect of
the procedure. Part three actually talks about the studied nature of false
testing results on
Point out when the other people smell
bad? Go to the boss and whine every time someone farts in the office? Humm...
try the Gain with Febreeze (the purple cap one), the Downy liquid with the
Febreeze (purple caps again), and the Bouce sheets with Febreeze (the lavender
box). Those both have
Did the dress sit in the washer
overnight? If so, you may have smelled moldy, not like cat pee It's possible
the cat peed on the washer, and the pee ran in on top of the clean wash, right?
You have a top-loading washer?
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I'm sorry for your loss Brenda.
As far as I'm concerned, FIV posts are
welcome here, we would have been happy to discuss his case with you (or just
provide support along the way), please don't feel you can't post here for
support just because your cat isn't FELV+! I haven't had a FELV+
You didn't mention your vet upping his
pain meds... I do hope he's getting enough pain meds! MY vet wouldn't even let
Tang leave the hospital until his butt inflammation went down to almost normal,
due to wanting tobe really consistentwith the pain meds.
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PCR is unreliable and a waste of
money.
You must wait 120 days tobe sure
of ANY test result by ANY means, due to the nature of the virus:
Cats will test positive around 30 days post-exposure on the ELISA test. The
pathogenesis of FeLV can take one of three paths. Cats can be transiently
The skin of the aloe is toxic, the gel
"juice" from INSIDE the plant is not. :)
It was discussed here about 3 years
ago... I have good memory. There was/is an aloe-basedproduct (Acemanann)
that's used to treat FELV it's carefully extracted from the gel (the inner
parts of the leaves),
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Hello,
Bazil is doing wonderful! He is four years old now which is amazing! He
still has all the same health problems which he will have for life but I've also
gained a lot
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Depends on the lab and you never know WHAT lab your vet is going to send
it to.
Let me put it this way, a very valid study was done on the PCR test for FIV
(which, granted is different from FELV), and they tested several cats, some
who were positive, some were negative, and they threw in some
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I'm going to forward everyone's posts to her... unless she joins herself.
Thank you guys! Renee is the person that brought all the feral cats up from
New Jersey where they were being killed by animal control because the
cemetery they lived in was being renovated. I inherited my feral colony
from
Wow Sherry, that was a whole year ago? It seems like just a few months!
We're glad you decided to stick around!
The first anniversary is always SO hard, my thoughts go out to you and your
sweet Maizee Grace, may this upcoming year bring you only happy memories of
her! She will never be forgotten
Yeah, if he's back to his old self, I wouldn't worry too much about the
pain. I'm glad he's bounced back so quickly!
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Are you SURE that there are no fleas in the house? Fleas are the most common
cause of anemia. Did you test them for Hemobartonella (several times,
several different cats)? What brand of food do you feed (what's the first
ingredient)?
Hemobartonella: How is Diagnosis Confirmed? Confirmation of
I'd recheck that with the manufacturer before giving it Sub-Q, it seems I
recall it being said it is NOT meant to be given sub-q, and MUST be IV. I'd
hate for her to have her skin start to slough off or something else horrible
due to using I-R off label!!!
http://www.neogen.com/immunoregulin.htm
Welcome back Beth, and congrats on your new baby! I've learned that having a
half bald cat isn't so bad, so long as he's not itchy and miserable, I
wouldn't worry about it too much, hair is cosmetic!
Phaewryn
(you'll remember me as Jenn most likely, I've changed my name, my FELV
baby's name was
LOL, Utah isn't really on my list of places to live either! Well, there are
other professions where you work with animals that isn't as sad as the vet
offices are, and there are lots of other shelters besides Best Friends (the
ASPCA in NY is always hiring it seems), but you're right, so long as
Poor Bandy! I wish you could get his ringworm under control, he's been
suffering with it for SO long now, poor baby. Is it possible that his immune
system is causing the ringworm reoccurrences? Could it be a low immune
system, making his body more susceptible, or the other way, could his immune
Do you have ANY houseplants Hideyo, any plants inside at all, or where the
cats can access them?
Do you have any peeling paint on anything (walls, windowsills, tables,
cabinets)?
Is there any stuffing or fibers that the cats can touch hanging out of any
of your furniture or beds?
Can the cats
I'm glad to hear Tsunade is doing better, and your vet is confident in her
health! Maybe her body just doesn't like the food you are feeding?
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I just don't know Hideyo it sounds like you're doing everything good to
me. You should know that organic doesn't necessarily mean safe when it comes
to cats. Some of the organic things they use as cleaners can be twice as
toxic to cats as plain old chemical cleaners. Read the ingredients
Cats will chew up some odd things. I'm glad Tiger is recovering now, I hope
he is feeling better very soon!
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I would definitely post flyers around the neighborhood, warning the
neighborhood that a person in the neighborhood is putting out rat poison
with the intent to kill stray cats that enter his yard. I wouldn't mention
his name, just tell people to PLEASE keep their cats indoors.
There's really
LOL! Tigger also likes to jump up and stand on my shoulders, and he always
turns around and looks back behind me, which means all you see as I walk
towards you is Tigger butt, tail straight up in the air wagging. I go up to
my boyfriend and say See me one-eyed parrot? Rraark! Tiggy want a cracker?
That applies to ALL cats, not just FELV+ ones. CATS in general (and dogs
too, for that matter), can carry things immuno-compromised humans may be
more apt to catch, like worms, protozoan infections, toxoplasmosis, and just
germs in general. The FELV has no effect on that matter. Yes, cornell has
I've heard horror stories about wood laminate, the cat/dog pee eats through
the finish and destroys it.
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Same back to you Wendy! And to everyone else too! I am truly thankful to have
such a
wonderful group of people to keep me company!
I've made my cranberry/apple sauce, the fudge is cooling now, the sweet potato
pies
are in the oven (3 of them, I promised 2 as gifts), and all my veggie prep work
I'd HIGHLY suspect herpes-virus. Herpes can cause all of the same symptoms
as an URI can, plus it's MORE apt to cause eyes to seal shut and to cause
cornea damage. It IS treatable though, I have a regimen suggested a year or
so ago from this list:
One treatment for Feline Herpes recommended to me
If I ever build my own home (like yeah, never), I would put in stained
concrete floors. Stained concrete looks REALLY nice, almost marble if it's
done right (at a fraction of the cost).
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Hi Dianne, sorry you had to find us, but I am glad you did!
Yes, you do need to find a more sympathetic vet! First off, JUST doing a
FELV test is NOT really good enough to make such a drastic decision on. Your
vet needs to pull a CBC (that's a full blood testing panel), or at least
check her
Some members here use both Transfer Factor AND Rescue Remedy, both of which
are flower essence derived products, I believe. I know many here use
L-Lysine, Vitamin C, Co-enzyme-Q-10, and Pet-tinic or another
vitamin/mineral supplement. I personally swear by Nutri-Cal gel, Lixo-Tinic
(the HORSE
I think you're pretty much out of luck on this one Kelley. I'd call it a
learning experience, and let her come take the cats, and then NEVER deal
with that group again. If the cats are costing you more and more every day,
it only makes sense to let the rescue come pick them up if you are not
hemothorax could be:
Pneumothorax refers to air accumulation in the chest cavity. As odd as this
sounds, the chest cavity must have a vacuum (no air) to work properly. There
should be no air pressure outside the lungs. This enables them to inflate
when the muscle of the chest are relaxed and it
I saw the question the first time, but I don't know the answer, thus my lack
of a response. I thought Baytril was a pill, not an injection. Are you sure
he went downhill BECAUSE of the steroid injection, or maybe it was just an
odd coincidence? Someone here should be able to tell you more about
Anyone else getting two copies of every email sent to the list tonight?
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I personally think the Innova Evo is a really good food, and have never even
heard of Natural Balance. But you're right, at this point, the important
thing is just to get anything into her, so I'd feed her which-ever she likes
the best!
I'm SO glad you got that second opinion from a better vet!
Sounds good so far, good luck Dianne!
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It depends greatly on the area the studies were done in, so you will se a
lot of variances in the numbers depending on the source. I would suspect
it's no more common in ferals (true, wild, unsocialized cats) than in
free-roaming domestics (strays, owned cats allowed to go outside, escaped
something that all rescues/shelters should know is that idexx, at
least, has a great discount program for 501(c)3s--i'm fuzzy on the
current details, but it used to be that you had to buy in bulk (30
test kits, which during kitten season any group can easily go
through!), with each
I'm so sorry for your loss Candace.
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Humm, ok, maybe it is 3 drops. I swear, I've seen vets do it and they only used
a
drop, but maybe they were not doing it right.
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Check it out, I'm making wiki-how guides:
This one was a requested one:
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Yeah, really, a drop isn't such an accurate form of measurement, the drop
size would vary I should think, depending on the consistency of the blood.
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What kind of litter was he eating? That can be deadly if it's a clay
litter
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I do spend more time online than I should
:-)
If you want me to add things to your wiki, just send me the url, and I'll
see if I can add any valid info.
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It's Korea, so no, there's nothing we can do. They still EAT cats and dogs
there, skinning them alive after plunging them live into a pot of boiling
water. The good news with global warming, most of the Asian countries
that are so backwards in animal welfare will be partially under water as
Yes, sub-q can be done with smaller needles, keep in mind that the smaller the
needle, the LONGER it will take to get the same amount of fluids in, if you go
too
small, you may have to sit there and squeeze the bag the entire time (and it
could
take 30 minutes of longer). There has been some
Maybe try World's Best or sWheat Scoop? Those are both wheat or corn based I
think... should be digestible, at least. I'd definitely try to use something
digestible corn, wheat... something like that.
I'm currently using HORSE stall pine shavings, and it's saved me TONS of
money already. A
Specifically WHICH parasites did your vet test for? How about Giardia,
Coccidia, and Tritrichomonsis?
Have you done food trials to test for food allergies?
The best treatment for diarrhea is to find the cause and to treat the
cause that involves lots of testing.
Phaewryn
Please save
Adult cats do not need FELV vaccines. The only exception to that would be if
you KNEW the cat was going to be living in a household with FELV+ cats, and
even then, it's not required, just recommended. Healthy adult cats develop
natural immunity. Adult cats with unknown histories should get a FVRCP
Perhaps the terminology is more correct, but if you do a search for
Injection Site Sarcoma, you'll probably get far fewer pages about it than if
you search for Vaccine Associated Sarcomas. And... it is the same condition.
So, I'm more apt to use the name that is most common when referring people
I was offline for a week, DSL problems. Fixed now (now that the tech pulled
his head out of you-know-where)
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Or try a Fentanyl patch (often called duragestic patches). That's a patch
that they shave the cat and stick it on them, lasts for 3-4 days. Very
effective pain relief. I'd be very concerned if my vet didn't offer pain
meds, and then when pressed offered aspirin, that should be one of the last
PATTI! It's so good to have you check in, we've all been worried about you
and wishing you well! I hope this font is big enough that you can read it
ok!
I'm SO very sorry to hear that Cornelius passed on. I also send my best
regards for Puma, and I hope his corona NEVER mutates into FIP.
I wish
I was offline for a week, my friend Renee got Emily's diagnosis see
below.
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Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: Emily
No. Saliva tests are not accurate. For that matter, even professionally run
blood tests have false results occasionally. This was discussed in depth not
too long ago, check the archives for anything with ELISA,SNAP, or FELV
testing in the subject.
Phaewryn
Please save Whitey!
The tiny cans of Fancy Feast, one is called fish and shrimp FLAKED feast, blue
label,
never had a cat turn it down yet. Short term food, of course, it's not a good
brand
for long term, not a premium brand.
Phaewryn
Please save Whitey! http://ucat.us/Whitey.html
VT low cost SpayNeuter, and
Welcome to the group Nita, it sounds like you are doing your best, and have
priorities straight to me, spay/neuter always comes first. I'd put the best
quality diet you can afford right behind that.
Phaewryn
Please save Whitey! http://ucat.us/Whitey.html
VT low cost SpayNeuter, and Emergency
You shouldn't feel personally responsible for the fact that YOU didn't know
the eye hurt until after the vet visit. The VET should have been able to
tell that though, it's his/her JOB! Then he/she should have prescribed an
appropriate medication for that pain before you left the office. It's not
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