Re: re spaying my kitten
I would spay. I think your vet would tell you if there were any problem and would persuade you not to spay. Spaying dramatically increases your cat's risk of cancer. The stress of going into heat is also bad for a positive cat. I have had both my positive cats spayed. tonya Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recommended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
Re: re spaying my kitten
Many members keep their positive cats on interferon. tonya Kathy Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us to bring her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss having her sapyed. I believe they said they would do blood work at that time. After she tested positive for feline leukemis I think their protocol is to just keep her on interferon all the time. Do you think that is a bad idea? Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8 months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has been in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STYLE Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. kathy - Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost. kathy - Special deal for Yahoo! users friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now
Re: re spaying my kitten
I think Tonya meant to say that spaying decreases the risk of cancer. I'm about to have my 2 FeLV+ females spayed per the vets recommendation. One has already gone into heat. Her appetite was affected and she seemed pretty stressed out. There is a risk to any surgery. You just have to make the best decision you can with your vet's help. Sharyl Sissy and Rocket catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would spay. I think your vet would tell you if there were any problem and would persuade you not to spay. Spaying dramatically increases your cat's risk of cancer. The stress of going into heat is also bad for a positive cat. I have had both my positive cats spayed. tonya Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recommended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. - You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.
Re: re spaying my kitten
Hopefully I'm not repeating something here, but we've had 2 young females (both approx 8 mos) in 2 different feral colonies recently with pyometra. One was obviously ill and close to death. The other was just dumb luck - trapped her expecting a routine spay and was very surprised to find out. Both cats survived. But that's another reason to tip the spay or not scale. Janine --- Sharyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Tonya meant to say that spaying decreases the risk of cancer. I'm about to have my 2 FeLV+ females spayed per the vets recommendation. One has already gone into heat. Her appetite was affected and she seemed pretty stressed out. There is a risk to any surgery. You just have to make the best decision you can with your vet's help. Sharyl Sissy and Rocket catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would spay. I think your vet would tell you if there were any problem and would persuade you not to spay. Spaying dramatically increases your cat's risk of cancer. The stress of going into heat is also bad for a positive cat. I have had both my positive cats spayed. tonya Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recommended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. - You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.
Re: re spaying my kitten
Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recommended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy -- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
Re: re spaying my kitten
She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has been in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recommended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. kathy - Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost.
Re: re spaying my kitten
Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8 months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has been in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STYLE Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy -- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. kathy -- Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost.
Re: re spaying my kitten
The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us to bring her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss having her sapyed. I believe they said they would do blood work at that time. After she tested positive for feline leukemis I think their protocol is to just keep her on interferon all the time. Do you think that is a bad idea? Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8 months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has been in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STYLE Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. kathy - Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost. kathy - Special deal for Yahoo! users friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now
Re: re spaying my kitten
I've usually have mine spayed/neutered. Never seems to have a negative effect. I have Calawalla Banana spayed at about 6 months - one of my first FELV kitties - she was perky and healthy, came thru it like a champ. Vet said it would avoid the stress of going into heat, etc. That was a few years ago. I couldn't believe that she'd be dead at 3 yrs, or Mediastinal Lymphoma. I do think the interferon does help, I wasn't using it at that time. Gloria At 06:33 PM 3/29/2008, you wrote: The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us to bring her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss having her sapyed. I believe they said they would do blood work at that time. After she tested positive for feline leukemis I think their protocol is to just keep her on interferon all the time. Do you think that is a bad idea? Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8 months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days. Lynne - Original Message - From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Kathy Dillard To: mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgfelvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has been in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STYLE Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Kathy Dillard To: mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgfelvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy [] Never miss a thing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hsMake Yahoo your homepage. kathy [] Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47522/*http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text4.comBlockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost. kathy [] Special deal for Yahoo! users friends - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47521/*http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.comNo Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now
Re: re spaying my kitten
No, I wish I had known my cat was positive a year ago and I would have put him on interferon then. By the time we did, it was way too late. Actually I gave the Interferon to the Clinic and it was going to be used for a healthy positive cat. I'm sure this will be of great benefit to your little girl. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:33 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us to bring her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss having her sapyed. I believe they said they would do blood work at that time. After she tested positive for feline leukemis I think their protocol is to just keep her on interferon all the time. Do you think that is a bad idea? Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8 months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has be en in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STYLE Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat onl y and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy -- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. kathy -- Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost. kathy -- Special deal for Yahoo! users friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now
Re: re spaying my kitten
Isabella gets interferon 7 days on/7 days off. - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten No, I wish I had known my cat was positive a year ago and I would have put him on interferon then. By the time we did, it was way too late. Actually I gave the Interferon to the Clinic and it was going to be used for a healthy positive cat. I'm sure this will be of great benefit to your little girl. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:33 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us to bring her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss having her sapyed. I believe they said they would do blood work at that time. After she tested positive for feline leukemis I think their protocol is to just keep her on interferon all the time. Do you think that is a bad idea? Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8 months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has be en in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STYLE Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat onl y and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. kathy Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost. kathy Special deal for Yahoo! users friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now
Re: re spaying my kitten
That was our plan too but he only had 2 shots and had to be put down because of complications with FIP and his leukemia. - Original Message - From: laurieskatz To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:59 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten Isabella gets interferon 7 days on/7 days off. - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten No, I wish I had known my cat was positive a year ago and I would have put him on interferon then. By the time we did, it was way too late. Actually I gave the Interferon to the Clinic and it was going to be used for a healthy positive cat. I'm sure this will be of great benefit to your little girl. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:33 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us to bring her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss having her sapyed. I believe they said they would do blood work at that time. After she tested positive for feline leukemis I think their protocol is to just keep her on interferon all the time. Do you think that is a bad idea? Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8 months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has be en in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STYLE Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat onl y and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy -- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. kathy -- Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost. kathy -- Special deal for Yahoo! users friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now
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I think there is one kind of interferon (cat rather than human) that is given daily and much more expensive. others may know more about that particular interferon. L - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:15 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten That was our plan too but he only had 2 shots and had to be put down because of complications with FIP and his leukemia. - Original Message - From: laurieskatz To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:59 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten Isabella gets interferon 7 days on/7 days off. - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten No, I wish I had known my cat was positive a year ago and I would have put him on interferon then. By the time we did, it was way too late. Actually I gave the Interferon to the Clinic and it was going to be used for a healthy positive cat. I'm sure this will be of great benefit to your little girl. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:33 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us to bring her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss having her sapyed. I believe they said they would do blood work at that time. After she tested positive for feline leukemis I think their protocol is to just keep her on interferon all the time. Do you think that is a bad idea? Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8 months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs) and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has be en in heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats less during that time Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STYLE Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know, spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going to be an indoor cat onl y and you are willing to go through heats I would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress free etc before I'll even consider it. Lynne - Original Message - From: Kathy Dillard To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: re spaying my kitten My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy. kathy Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. kathy
