RE: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-10-06 Thread kris
t; > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Behnke > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 8:10 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: RE: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat > > Sometimes it is hard to

RE: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-10-06 Thread catatonya
hink about, is that if you switch vets now, the new vet will want to run all the same tests over again. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Behnke Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 8:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject:

Re: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-10-06 Thread catatonya
I'm sorry you're going through this with Whisper. If it were me I would take Whisper to another vet for a second opinion before I made a decision. tonya Vila Ash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I sent this by my other email. I got a message back saying its pending due to my email address not

Re: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-10-01 Thread Belinda
You should be able to get copies of the tests to take to any new vet or have the old vet transfer them, my guess is the old vet will want to charge a fee to do this, which is acceptable as long as it isn't ridiculous. Another thing to think about, is that if you switch vets now, the new vet wi

Re: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-10-01 Thread Belinda
Gina, Take a breath and then seriously consider taking Whisper to another vet, this vet doesn't seem to have a clue. Do you have Whispers blood work results, if so can you post his HCT, RBC, HGB? Has his teeth been checked, drooling can mean bad teeth, stomach upset among other things?

Re: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-09-30 Thread Marylyn
IL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:30 PM Subject: Re: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat Hi Gina, I am sorry that Whisper is going through what he is, poor baby. But you have found a good place for info. and encouragement. I have a few questions for you: is Whisper e

Re: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-09-30 Thread wendy
gt; To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:24:14 PM Subject: RE: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat Another thing to think about, is that if you switch vets now, the new vet will want to run all the same tests over again. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PR

Re: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-09-30 Thread wendy
Hi Gina, I am sorry that Whisper is going through what he is, poor baby. But you have found a good place for info. and encouragement. I have a few questions for you: is Whisper eating at all? If not, you have to get him to eat, even if you have to syringe feed him chicken baby food (without

RE: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-09-30 Thread Chris Behnke
@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat Sometimes it is hard to completely diagnose what is going on with a cat with leukemia. There are so many factors to consider. Not to mention, sometimes the symptoms may point to too many things instead of narrowing it down. I recently

RE: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-09-30 Thread Chris Behnke
Sometimes it is hard to completely diagnose what is going on with a cat with leukemia. There are so many factors to consider. Not to mention, sometimes the symptoms may point to too many things instead of narrowing it down. I recently lost one of my cats to a tumor in the eye and nasal cavity.

Re: FeLV Help for a 5 year old male cat

2007-09-30 Thread Pat Kachur
It sounds to me as if you should try a different vet--since this one laughed at you (totally unacceptable) and now is not able to explain Whisper's condition to you--just wants to run more tests (more $). Some vets, unfortunately, care more about money than animals. (I had the misfortune to