well, I don't know whether it makes me sexier but I do have a really cute
boyfriend who has four cats. When I met him he told me he was a cat person and
not too crazy about dogs. That certainly got my attention since most men have
felt threatened by my 4-legged family members. I would say it de
s a keeper!
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Someone actually surrendered a dog to the shelter where I used to work because
they got new furniture, and the dog no longer matched.
As for myself - I've given up. The sofa is covered with plaid furniture
protectors with a waterproof vinyl backing that I got from Bass Pro Shops. I
also use in
We are going to start Bridget on LTCI. Many thanks to all the members of this
group - I would not have known about this drug without you.
She's doing great. Very active and lively and not acting "sick" at all. She's a
little unhappy because I've moved her into the garage with the other positive
As some of you may have read in my post from last week, my vet and I had
planned to start Bridget on LTCI. Unfortunately, when my vet tried to order it,
there was a problem. For some reason, the GA state vet isn't allowing the drug
into the state at this time, for anybody - some legal issue. So.
I know, that's why I'm so shocked myself. I haven't spoken with my vet; he left
me a voice mail yesterday while I was at work and I didn't have time to call
him back, since we were swamped with folks desperate to surrender their pets
before Christmas ("I need presents for my kids, so I can't aff
My vet spoke with several people at whatever state department deals with drugs
and so on, and apparently nobody can get LTCI, even the clinics who'd been
previously using it. It is so, so frustrating (especially since I just
refinanced and so - for once - I actually have some money!). Since I'm
My vet was finally able to get LTCI. Bridget had her first injection today!
They are all very excited about it since they haven't used this treatment
before.
She still looks great - no symptoms - and she's gained a pound and a half since
November.
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Bridget is about ten months old. Sadly, her brother Chutney passed a few months
ago and so he never got the chance that this treatment - hopefully - will
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More sad news to add to the rest of the sad news out there.
Frosty Paws and I have an appointment for 4:30 tomorrow at our vet's. I think
it is time to let him go, and I refuse to let him suffer needlessly. We all
know how our FeLV kids can suffer at the end. So I believe I'm doing the right
thi
Well, I just got off the phone with the woman who rescued him, and she told me
some things I hadn't known about. First of all, she said he'd frequently been
sick: lethargic, lifeless, with labored breathing. She didn't know he was
positive at the time. And I thought she'd had him for just a lit
I had Frosty Paws PTS this afternoon. I sat with him all day and several times
thought he was nearly dead, but he stayed alive long enough to make it to the
vet. My vet agreed that euthanasia was the best option. I had thought I felt a
lump, and my vet said it was lymphosarcomaso I'm at peac
I just wish I had known his history...it probably would have been too late
anyway, but maybe we could have started him on something, anything, that would
have given him a little more time.
He was probably suffering for months - he was never taken to a vet until late
last year, when he was neuter
I'm so sorry, Sherry. But you did all you could for him, and he knows that.
--- On Sat, 2/27/10, Sherry DeHaan wrote:
From: Sherry DeHaan
Subject: [Felvtalk] Pennywise Please add to the CLS :(
To: "Felvtalk"
Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 10:10 PM
Pennywise lost his fight today to this
Oh crap.
I remember how I felt a few months back when I found out that Bridget was
positive - her brother Chutney suddenly crashed and died (he, too, was anemic)
not even 5 weeks after testing negative on the snap test. I had both with my
cats, and while I suspect they had contracted the virus
Baby Girl died tonight around 7:30. It feels so strange to write that; I've had
her for two years, she's been symptom-free for two yearsand then it
happened. She declined quickly. I knew she was not going to make it, so we had
a vet appointment for tomorrow morning for her to be PTS. Even a
Bridget is going back to the vet today for her 6th LTCI injection. My vet
thought we could stop injections at a certain point and then retest, but when
would be the best time? She is doing so well and has energy she's never had
before.
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Bridget is dead. I had her spayed today and apparently she died very quickly
under anesthesia. She was my baby. I would have done anything for her and now
she's dead. It has been a miserable few weeks with Frosty Paws and then Baby
Girl but this has broken my heart. She was doing so well. Could
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Subject: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead
Bridget is dead. I had her spayed today and apparently she died very quickly
under anesthesia. She was my baby. I would have
This really bothers me. For the past week I've had an awful premonition that I
shouldn't spay her, that she would die during surgery. I had a bad, bad
feeling. No reason behind it, the thought just kept intruding. I ignored it and
figured I was just worrying too much. It reminds me of something
Remember the cat who I had PTS a little over a month ago, Frosty Paws? That cat
had been neutered by the same vet, who'd wanted to euthanize him & very
reluctantly did the surgery.
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I don't think she's fine, at all. When I went into my garage, where I keep my
positives and my turtles, the air was so thick in there I couldn't stand it. I
started hyperventilating and I felt sick. As you all know, I've lost a few cats
to FeLV and this hasn't happened before. I'm telling you, t
I never got to say goodbye. I handed her over and left her with strangers and
left her to die without me. I don't know how long she'd been dead before the
vet bothered calling - I left as soon as I got word & it only takes 15 minutes
to get there, and she was stone cold and stiff as a board. Thi
You might be right about that. I know a woman who's a medium, and when we spoke
last night she said that Bridget was sent to me to give me two lessons: one,
to learn to let go; and two, to trust my instincts more. Well, that's great,
but if I'd trusted my instincts she'd still be alive! She als
This woman uses an animal communicator herself, so I'm going to look into doing
that. I'm afraid I'll never reach closure on this one unless I make an extra
effort. It's horrible when any of them die - but with Frosty Paws & Baby Girl,
at least I understood WHY. Frosty had a lymphosarcoma and Ba
First, thank you everyone for all your kindness and support over Bridget's
passing. I appreciate it so much. But she's sent me another FeLV+ friend to
help! On the evening of 3/17, the day she died, I checked the adoptable
positives section of the website. Lo and behold, someone in GA had posted
And this will freak you out. I met someone on Saturday who has a friend who's a
full-time psychic. I emailed him about Bridget and his response to me was this:
"Bridget said she left to make room for someone else to come into your life -
perhaps even a new child." I always referred to her as my
Crystal, I have lost 3 in a month, so I know how much you're hurting. Bridget's
death a week ago was sort of the final straw for me. I don't know if I'll ever
feel better but I'm trying.
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I think I mentioned a few days ago that I would be speaking with an animal
communicator about Bridget. That happened tonight. I do feel better. I'd been
so upset about my decision to have her spayed in spite of my apprehension, but
he said he felt she had a weak immune system, perhaps liver prob
For anyone who is interested, his name is Tim Link & his website is
www.wagging-tales.com. He's located in Cumming, GA.
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Sharyl - I lost Speckles to dry FIP today. She'd been losing weight
gradually and suddenly had wobbly rear legs. Last night she had two seizures
and at the vet's today the decision was made to euthanize. She was eating and
drinking today and even purring at the vet. Now I know she has a buddy to
Last night I had the most horrible dream - I suppose because I knew what would
happen today. In my dream I reached out to touch a big purple glass ball - then
it turned around and it was a grinning human skull on a dog's body. I just knew
it was there to take all my cats so I threw a big candle
Beth,
It's bad enough when your cat's death is expected, but when it comes out of the
blue, it's even worse. I am so sorry for Roxane's loss. At least Percy had a
month of loving care. So many never even get that.
Laura
--- On Thu, 4/1/10, Beth wrote:
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Subject: [Felvtalk] Please ad
Maybe, some day, one of us will be able to post with some great news. Maybe
someday there will be a cure for this terrible disease. I'm so sorry to hear
about Holmes, Sherry.
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Shelters don't kill cats. The public does. I work for a county shelter and yes,
we do euthanize. As few animals as possible, but we do euthanize. It isn't the
shelters' fault. They get incredible numbers of animals dumped on them every
day. Most of our cats are friendly cats picked up as strays.
I would also like to add that the "picking and choosing" primarily occurs with
dog rescues, not cat rescues. We've had cat rescues take FeLV+ cats from us,
cats with one eye, cats with real problems, very senior cats. It's not all of
them, by any means, but quite a few of the dog rescues who tak
I have actually had rescues ask me - or our shelter's volunteers - to pay (out
of our own pockets) to alter and combo-test cats before they take them. Do they
reimburse us? Of course not. We finally told one rescue that we were not
wealthy people and we just couldn't do it. They will not pull fr
Just checked my email - there is a senior rescue in Vermont who may be
interested!
--- On Sat, 4/10/10, MaryChristine wrote:
From: MaryChristine
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] on shelters and rescues
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 11:40 PM
the info on the little di
them before they go to AC. We
also try to help people as best we can to keep the cat they are trying to
surrender if it is through no fault of their own.
Beth
Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
--- On Sat, 4/10/10, LauraM wrote:
From: LauraM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] on shelters a
You can be certain he wouldn't have said he hated dogs. But it's OK &
acceptable to hate cats. It's funny, when people come to the shelter I usually
ask them whether they're looking for a cat or a dog. I can't tell you how many
times someone has responded, "Dogs. I hate cats." But I've never hea
Beth, I am so sorry. I've had some of my FeLV positive cats for only a few
months before they've passed, and others I've had for several years. Only one
of my original group is still alive. We never know how much time we can give
them, but the point is, we give them time. At least Dante didn't
I was bitten by one last November. My wound didn't become necrotic - but the
swollen area was about 10" in diameter, it was tremendously painful and I have
a discolored & noticeable concavity in my leg at the bite site which will
probably be permanent. Since that time I have suffered from consta
We had two cats test positive for FeLV at our shelter yesterday. Today we found
out that the new snap tests (the ones that test for heartworm also) have been
associated with a higher number of false positives. I'm wondering how many of
you have had experience with this, since one of these cats i
Tiger didn't have FeLV, but he passed away last night, much too soon. He was
thirteen. I'd had him for three years. He was always a gentleman & a loving,
sweet boy. Three weeks ago we went to the vet. Something was wrong; he was
sluggish and not eating well. It turns out he had a large abcess i
OK, this doesn't have anything to do with FeLV, so I apologize.but a few
incidents happened at the shelter today that really made me angry, and really
made me sick of the way animals are treated in our society - as disposable
property, with no feelings, no thoughts, no value. An inconvenienc
especially after all I've been through in the past several weeks with Tiger. I
don't have any money, either. But I could never imagine leaving my good friend
at a kill shelter.
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Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 9:12 AM
Laura, give me her contact information and I'll tell her what you couldn't. I
have a vocabulary that would make a sailor blush!
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Sen
Tiger (non FeLV) also had an abcess on his throat. It was drained but came back
so fast. And his white blood cell count dropped so dramatically in two weeks
that my vet thought he had leukemia, also. They had never seen anything like
it. I also kept asking myself if there was anything I could ha
Oh, Kim, I have been through this so many times and so many times I've said "I
killed my cat/tortoise/lizard/snake/whatever." You did not kill her. You did
the best you could at the time with the information you had, and I am so sorry
that you feel this way. It's normal to blame oneself but hind
I am so sorry about Chloe, Laura. I lost Celery 2 weeks ago. He went from
healthy to dead in a week. I had made an appointment to have him euthanized on
a Wednesday morning. Our appointment was at 3 PM. He went downhill in just
those few hours. I put him in the car, got him to the vet's ten minu
I can handle a few spats. I can no longer handle the aggression displayed by
one of my cats towards several of the others. It's so bad that I'm seriously
considering rehoming him into a single-cat household. Blizzard will literally
try to kill Jet, Percy, Charlie and Tiger. They have to be kept
Thank you, Dana, I will try this. I'm desperate and Blizzard is a good cat, I
just can't understand why he is the way he is.
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I worry about that too. I also have turtles and tortoises that could easily
live 50 years or more. I'm 43 so hopefully I have a few good years left, but
what will happen when I'm 80 and can't lift a 60 pound tortoise? What if I die
in a car accident on the way to Petsmart tonight? We sometimes g
> than fight!
>
> Lorrie
>
> > On 12-19, LauraM wrote:
> > I can handle a few spats. I can no longer handle the aggression
> > displayed by one of my cats towards several of the others. It's so
> > bad that I'm seriously considering? rehoming him i
Sherry, Stacy and everyone elseI am so saddened by your losses. I've lost 2
in the past 2 months, Celery and Seymour. Now there are only 3 left, and I hate
wondering when the next one will go. I've lost five positives in 2010 - let's
hope 2011 will be a slightly happier year.
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I've tried using those statistics on people who refuse to contain their cats,
thinking they MIGHT care about wildlife even though they clearly aren't
concerned with their cats' own safety. Hasn't worked. There are also people out
there who want irresponsible owners of bird-killing cats to be hel
Yes, the number one cause of bird extinction is habitat loss, but cats are #2.
There's a well-known study that was conducted on a couple of adjacent beaches
in California, one with a feral cat population and one without. The beach that
is home to feral cats has no birds - remember that most shore
is
> not
> going to happen in my lifetime.
>
> SomeWhere Sam
>
>
>
>
>
> From: LauraM
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 6:42:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Keep Cats Indoors
>
> I've tried using those statisti
I am so sorry, I have lost Mimi, Holly and Roosevelt within the past month. I
am at the point where I really don't want to take in any more positives, I have
told people not to ask me anymore, I can't do it.
--- On Mon, 6/27/11, Sherry DeHaan wrote:
From: Sherry DeHaan
Subject: [Felvtalk]
I am so sorry, Sherry. I just wish all this dying would stop. I lost Patrick
(non-FeLV) Friday night. He was a 14 year old shelter dump ("we're moving and
can't take our 14 year old cat") who I only had for a couple of months. He
seemed to be adjusting really well at my house -- but he'd been a
I want to vent, too! I've had a bad, bad day!
I work at a county shelter and we have just about had it with people. A woman
called today and told me that she was getting ready to call Channel 2 news
about us, because we were so very rude. Why was she ticked off? Because she
surrendered her dog 2
I have 2 FIV who I keep with 2 FeLV+. Of course the FIVs are vaccinated for
FeLV. They are the sweetest cats. I have always heard that transmission is
through deep bites, so I've never been worried about the others catching it.
They live in the garage away from my other cats, which some people th
I have two that have tested positive but are asymptomatic. They are both around
3-4 years old. Both big and fat. HoweverI have been through this before and
know it could change at any time. I'm not doing anything special, just keeping
them on a good diet and keeping a close eye on them.
So s
When Charlotte began to decline, one of my first clues that something was
amiss was her heavy breathing. My vet said that this was a result of severe
anemia. Even though she had a blood transfusion and seemed to become more alert
and comfortable during her last month, the heavy breathing remaine
My Bridget - about 7 months old - has tested positive for FeLV. Someone a while
back had mentioned a treatment she'd been using on a litter of positive kittens
with good results. My vet, bless him, is willing to try new treatments - he
sees a lot of FeLV in his practice - so I'd love to know wha
Thanks Jenny. A few questions:
Bridget is currently asymptomatic. Could - should - these treatments be used on
asymptomatic cats? Would they be detrimental or would they simply have no
benefit?
And could any of them be used simultaneously with each other?
I found some info online on LTCI and immu
Crystal, I'm so sorry about Nibbler. I lost Duncan last summer, Charlotte in
April and Chutney a few weeks ago. Chutney's passing was a shock because we
didn't know he was positive. He had tested negative just 6 weeks before he
died, but then his sister Bridget tested positive, so I know that's
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