Re: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV
I've brought in 2 positives over the years. no problems. tonya --- On Fri, 7/3/09, Elizabeth Paz mothernatur...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Elizabeth Paz mothernatur...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:06 PM Dear Sandra, My Kitty (his name) has FELV, we got him when he was 7 months from students.. He was diagnosed with Felv when he was not quite two, he is now 8 1/2 and the felv has been kept at bay with the Prednisone. I also worried about my other cat Simba being exposed to him, because they would played and sleep together and this was long before we knew Kitty had the Felv. It has been 6 1/2 years now and Simba has been tested and no sign of Felv. Both have always been indoor cats. Liz Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 21:37:43 -0400 From: gopila...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV Hi there, I'm new to this... looking for some advice. I took in a stray, she's about 7 months old. She tested positive for FeLV. I didn't know she had FeLV. I took her in as she was hanging out on the patio of a restaurant, near a busy street. The owners of the restaurant were going to take her to the humane society. I already have a cat, who is not FeLV positive. The stray is with me while I try to re-home her, and my cat is with a friend. In an ideal world, I would like to keep the stray (Penny) and have her and my cat. Is this possible? Should I have Penny re-tested with a DNA test to make sure she does have FeLV? My cat (Stella) is an indoor cat, 7 years old. and has had all of her shots every year except for the last year. Is there any way they can live together with Penny being FeLV positive? any insight or links to relevant websites/postings would be greatly appreciated! thank you. s. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660826 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV
Sandra, 1st thank you for taking in Penny. Mixing is such a personal decision. Like other I mix my positives and negatives. My negatives all had their FeLV vaccine and booster one month later before I mixed them. My positives were kittens when I rescued them and never threw off the virus. They were born with it. Older cats do not seem to be as susceptible to the virus or at least seem to have a better chance to throw off the virus. My oldest positives are going on 2 yrs old and the youngest is almost 1. You would never know Rocket was a positive kitty. Sissy, her sister, has always have swollen lymph glands. Mattie, the baby, is blind and a ball of energy. They play and eat with my negative kitties. So far so good. Hugs to Penny and Stella Sharyl --- On Fri, 7/3/09, Sandra Brunner gopila...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sandra Brunner gopila...@gmail.com Subject: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 9:37 PM Hi there, I'm new to this... looking for some advice. I took in a stray, she's about 7 months old. She tested positive for FeLV. I didn't know she had FeLV. I took her in as she was hanging out on the patio of a restaurant, near a busy street. The owners of the restaurant were going to take her to the humane society. I already have a cat, who is not FeLV positive. The stray is with me while I try to re-home her, and my cat is with a friend. In an ideal world, I would like to keep the stray (Penny) and have her and my cat. Is this possible? Should I have Penny re-tested with a DNA test to make sure she does have FeLV? My cat (Stella) is an indoor cat, 7 years old. and has had all of her shots every year except for the last year. Is there any way they can live together with Penny being FeLV positive? any insight or links to relevant websites/postings would be greatly appreciated! thank you. s. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV
I agree, the older cats don't seem as susceptible. Gloria On Jul 4, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Sharyl wrote: Sandra, 1st thank you for taking in Penny. Mixing is such a personal decision. Like other I mix my positives and negatives. My negatives all had their FeLV vaccine and booster one month later before I mixed them. My positives were kittens when I rescued them and never threw off the virus. They were born with it. Older cats do not seem to be as susceptible to the virus or at least seem to have a better chance to throw off the virus. My oldest positives are going on 2 yrs old and the youngest is almost 1. You would never know Rocket was a positive kitty. Sissy, her sister, has always have swollen lymph glands. Mattie, the baby, is blind and a ball of energy. They play and eat with my negative kitties. So far so good. Hugs to Penny and Stella Sharyl --- On Fri, 7/3/09, Sandra Brunner gopila...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sandra Brunner gopila...@gmail.com Subject: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 9:37 PM Hi there, I'm new to this... looking for some advice. I took in a stray, she's about 7 months old. She tested positive for FeLV. I didn't know she had FeLV. I took her in as she was hanging out on the patio of a restaurant, near a busy street. The owners of the restaurant were going to take her to the humane society. I already have a cat, who is not FeLV positive. The stray is with me while I try to re-home her, and my cat is with a friend. In an ideal world, I would like to keep the stray (Penny) and have her and my cat. Is this possible? Should I have Penny re-tested with a DNA test to make sure she does have FeLV? My cat (Stella) is an indoor cat, 7 years old. and has had all of her shots every year except for the last year. Is there any way they can live together with Penny being FeLV positive? any insight or links to relevant websites/postings would be greatly appreciated! thank you. s. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/ felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV
Thanks for all the info. It's been really helpful. I'll keep stella at my friends for a while longer til i've got a good chunk of time to spend at home while I introduce stella and penny to each other. s. On 2009-07-04, at 11:16 AM, Gloria B. Lane gbl...@aristotle.net wrote: I agree, the older cats don't seem as susceptible. Gloria On Jul 4, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Sharyl wrote: Sandra, 1st thank you for taking in Penny. Mixing is such a personal decision. Like other I mix my positives and negatives. My negatives all had their FeLV vaccine and booster one month later before I mixed them. My positives were kittens when I rescued them and never threw off the virus. They were born with it. Older cats do not seem to be as susceptible to the virus or at least seem to have a better chance to throw off the virus. My oldest positives are going on 2 yrs old and the youngest is almost 1. You would never know Rocket was a positive kitty. Sissy, her sister, has always have swollen lymph glands. Mattie, the baby, is blind and a ball of energy. They play and eat with my negative kitties. So far so good. Hugs to Penny and Stella Sharyl --- On Fri, 7/3/09, Sandra Brunner gopila...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sandra Brunner gopila...@gmail.com Subject: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 9:37 PM Hi there, I'm new to this... looking for some advice. I took in a stray, she's about 7 months old. She tested positive for FeLV. I didn't know she had FeLV. I took her in as she was hanging out on the patio of a restaurant, near a busy street. The owners of the restaurant were going to take her to the humane society. I already have a cat, who is not FeLV positive. The stray is with me while I try to re-home her, and my cat is with a friend. In an ideal world, I would like to keep the stray (Penny) and have her and my cat. Is this possible? Should I have Penny re-tested with a DNA test to make sure she does have FeLV? My cat (Stella) is an indoor cat, 7 years old. and has had all of her shots every year except for the last year. Is there any way they can live together with Penny being FeLV positive? any insight or links to relevant websites/postings would be greatly appreciated! thank you. s. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/ felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV
Dear Sandra, My Kitty (his name) has FELV, we got him when he was 7 months from students. He was diagnosed with Felv when he was not quite two, he is now 8 1/2 and the felv has been kept at bay with the Prednisone. I also worried about my other cat Simba being exposed to him, because they would played and sleep together and this was long before we knew Kitty had the Felv. It has been 6 1/2 years now and Simba has been tested and no sign of Felv. Both have always been indoor cats. Liz Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 21:37:43 -0400 From: gopila...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV Hi there, I'm new to this... looking for some advice. I took in a stray, she's about 7 months old. She tested positive for FeLV. I didn't know she had FeLV. I took her in as she was hanging out on the patio of a restaurant, near a busy street. The owners of the restaurant were going to take her to the humane society. I already have a cat, who is not FeLV positive. The stray is with me while I try to re-home her, and my cat is with a friend. In an ideal world, I would like to keep the stray (Penny) and have her and my cat. Is this possible? Should I have Penny re-tested with a DNA test to make sure she does have FeLV? My cat (Stella) is an indoor cat, 7 years old. and has had all of her shots every year except for the last year. Is there any way they can live together with Penny being FeLV positive? any insight or links to relevant websites/postings would be greatly appreciated! thank you. s. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660826 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV
Sandra Welcome to this board==you'll get a whole lot of info here from folks with a whole lot of experience! About testing--there are 2 common tests: The snap Elissa test done right in the vet's office and the IFA where blood is sent to lab. If you only had the Elissa, try to get the IFA as confirmation. It can't hurt. As for mixing, I'm one of those who does mix. I did not find out my Tucson was pos until years after she lived with my other cats (she had tested neg as a young kitten). The other cats never caught felv virus. I had them tested and vaccinated after I found out Tucson was pos. They eat together, sleep together, groom each other, share litter boxes, etc. and have done so since they were kittens. Tucson's only problems have been a few episodes of having a very low white blood count--my vet used a series of immune regulin shots to bring it back up. Sadly, my other pos cat, Romeo, died of lymphoma earlier this year. He was at least 7. You can get Stella tested and vaccinated. I say tested because of my own experience where I had Tucson for a number of years before I even knew she was pos! Basically, I'm one of those who doesn't think twice about mixing but that's a personal decision. Others on the board can give you more of their experiences and expertise. I know that kittens are at the highest risk of contracting all those diseases that FELV + cats can be prone to (URI, anemia, etc). You have to basically focus on giving her the best shot to strengthen her overall health and immune system. Good food, a warm place, etc. There are supplements folks use as well but Tucson is such a temperamental (aka spoiled) cat that I don't push that too much for her. And hurrah to you for taking Penny in Chris -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Brunner Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 9:38 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] kitten with FeLV Hi there, I'm new to this... looking for some advice. I took in a stray, she's about 7 months old. She tested positive for FeLV. I didn't know she had FeLV. I took her in as she was hanging out on the patio of a restaurant, near a busy street. The owners of the restaurant were going to take her to the humane society. I already have a cat, who is not FeLV positive. The stray is with me while I try to re-home her, and my cat is with a friend. In an ideal world, I would like to keep the stray (Penny) and have her and my cat. Is this possible? Should I have Penny re-tested with a DNA test to make sure she does have FeLV? My cat (Stella) is an indoor cat, 7 years old. and has had all of her shots every year except for the last year. Is there any way they can live together with Penny being FeLV positive? any insight or links to relevant websites/postings would be greatly appreciated! thank you. s. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
