Re: OT: To Cherie - Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
Hi, I have been rescuing FeLV+ for 12+ yrs. Some of them have passed on in less then 12 hrs. after (as I refer to it) It has kicked in Those of us whom rescue them are blessed as we get to share our lives with so many cats that we want and love and release with love
Re: OT: To Cherie - Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
Does not make it any easier...Karolyn Lount [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have been rescuing FeLV+ for 12+ yrs. Some of them have passed onin less then 12 hrs. after (as I refer to it) "It has kicked in" Thoseof us whom rescue them are blessed as we get to share our lives with somany cats that we want and love and release with love
Re: OT: To Cherie - Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
Brenda, You can claim to be alot of things my dear, but do not try to pass it off that you are old, I do not know that many 20, 30 or 40 year olds who would go through what you have gone through... What a full and wonderful life you have had, along with myself on all the list members to be loved by such a variety of animalsI myselfhave had a rat, a trantula, snakes of all varieties, heck I had a snakein a pan of water tring to revive it one day Cherie "Brenda K. Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cherie... Yes, I remember Snowball. I know you were devastated and confused at his very fast passing. I try to read every message, but usually don't have the time to answer many. I have been on this list for over 7 years. Snowball was a beautiful boy. My first positive Peridot (Peri for short) is at least 9 years old and has been with me for over 7 years. And now there are Lovey and Merry. :) I know what you mean about the word no. When I was younger I couldn't pass up any stray at all. I had at one time 9 dogs and 7 cats. I also raised a 2 week old fawn with a broken leg left by its mother because he couldn't keep up. Also, raised a fox cub, baby raccoon, a mouse, a chipmunk, a bird (finch), etc. I'm much older now and just can't take as many as I used to take. But, like so many others on this wonderful list I wish I could win the lottery so that I could save many, many more cats and dogssigh. In addition to my cats, I also am loved by two dogs, Otis and Cory. Since I own and operate a Pet Camp (a boarding facility for dogs and cats in my home) I get to care for and love lots of cats and dogs. I also have a husband of 40 years and a 34 year old exceptionally beautiful daughter (inside and out). Hope you get the pictures of my furbabies from Barb. Going nighty night now. I'm beat. Old ladies have to get their sleep you know. lol-- Brenda. http://www.whiskersandwicks.com http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here. Cherie A Gabbert wrote: Actually Snowball, is the reason I found this list, he Died in January of this yearfrom what my vet said was FeLV but I have still yet to find a case as severe as he had, and it took him in a matter of 3 days. After he past I had everyone else tested again, and Amber came up FeLV+, but yes they are all mine and I am adding at least 2 more one from WA and one from KY hopefully this month, weather permitting, then I just got some possible information on yet anotherI guess the word NO is not in my vocabulary. Thanks they are my furrfamily, I do add a dog to the mix and then there is the love of my life (my 5 year old son). Cherie "Brenda K. Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cherie. I emailed Barb privately and asked her to sent the pics of Lovey and Merry. She will probably see your answer about my other cats' pictures and send them too. I don't know if she is still up, but I'm sure she will send them later today if not. She is a very nice lady. :) Are all eight of those gorgeous cats yours? They are all absolutely beautiful. Of course, I have never met a cat that wasn't beautiful and gorgeous to me. :) But, yours really are beautiful. -- Brenda. http://www.whiskersandwicks.com http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here.No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005 No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005
Re: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
Brenda I am so glad you are recovering from your trip. Please keep us updated on Lovey and Merry. I would love to see some pictures. Sheila inline: Clouds.jpg
Re: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
I'm thrilled that you guys all made it home safely! and yes, I would love pictures:)"Brenda K. Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kerry. Thanks so much for replying. You are the only one on this list who has replied to my last update on Lovey and Merry. I don't know if my email got bounced off this list or what. Everybody seemed very interested in Lovey and Merry so wanted to be sure everybody heard about getting them home here with us. They are both doing wonderfully well right now. I have pictures if anybody would like to see them in their new home. Also, I am doing just fine. :)-- Brenda. http://www.whiskersandwicks.com http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here. MacKenzie, Kerry N. wrote: I am a week behind and trying to catch up. This is a great story Brenda. Lovey and Merry are 2 very fortunate little kitties. I hope you're all having a chance to enjoy life now after that exhausting and stressful trip! take care, Kerry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brenda K. Smith Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:33 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: JENNIFER RYAN CADIEU; Del; Peggy Dial; Dale Thompson; Reghan Dagley Subject: OT: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG! Hi All.. Peggy, would you please pass this on to Tinley? Thanks. Also, thank you Dan for your leg of the trip. I understand it wasn't so special. :) You are a good man. I left off with going to meet Tom at the Wisconsin Dells. We arrived between 10:00 and 10:30 PM. We had a few words with Tom and thanked him again profusely. When he opened his car door the tom cat smell just about floored us. lol Poor Tom. :( We got the cats transferred to our car and thanked Tom again. He took off for home and we decided to find an out of the way place in the Dells. We were tired and knew the cats would appreciate getting out of the kennels. Also, since we hadn't brought any gas masks I knew we needed to do some cleaning up. lol Just a few blocks from the pick up we found a small place called The Malibu Inn. It is owned and operated by a very nice Turkish family. My daughter went to check to see if they had a quiet room and if they would accept cats. Janine thought she shouldn't say anything in case they wouldn't let us check in. I suggested she play it by ear. I wanted to stay in the car with the cats. Anyway, a little later I saw the man owner take her to a room so that she could check it out. She came over to the car and said she thought it was fine and we could check in with the cats as long as they remained kenneled. We just looked at each other because we knew we weren't going to leave them all night in the kennels, but we let the owner think that. I had brought Ozium spray for odors, a disinfectant to clean the kennels and spray things around the motel room. I've seen too many programs on the supposed cleanliness of motel/hotel rooms. :) We also brought Nature's Miracle in case Lovey sprayed. The man owner kept hanging around trying to be helpful and I just wanted him to leave us alone so that we could get the cats out of the car. We didn't want him to smell the inside of the car or the cats or he surely wouldn't have let us check in. lol We left the car running with the heat on and took everything in but the cats. We also didn't want to take a chance that one of the cats would get out the door while bringing things into the room. We got everything in and about to go get the cats in when he knocked on our door. I forget what he wanted, but he was just trying to be helpful. After we got rid of him, we ran out to the car (parked in front of our room) and got the cats into the room. Within seconds the entire room was permeated with Lovey's tom cat smell. It was intense. I asked my daughter to get a plastic bag out of the car and I let the cats out of the kennels. Lovey had a big blue tow el and a folded sheet which were saturated with urine. I shoved those into the bag, tied it and asked Janine to put it in the trunk until we could find an outside waste container. I then disinfected his kennel, dried it out and put fresh bedding in. We also started spraying the parts of the room that the cats weren't in. They were afraid of the spray so just sprayed away from them. Meanwhile, Lovey and Merry are still eating canned and dry. I actually fed them before I cleaned out his kennel. Merry had a litter box in her kennel and she had gone in it, but there was no smell. When they finished eating they started exploring running over both beds, sniffing everything and just generally feeling free at last. :) We checked them both over and both appeared to be just fine. Lovey had litter stuck in his paws and we pulled out what we could without hurting him. Merry was very lad
Re: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
Brenda, Yes, it was on felvtalk and my personal e-mail. Del - Original Message - From: Brenda K. Smith To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:10 PM Subject: Re: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG! Del. Not a problem not responding. I just think that it got bounced by felvtalk so wasn't sure anybody saw it. Did you see the 3rd and last update I sent to the list here? I sent it to the list on March 3. I just wanted to make sure that those who were part of their lives during the trip, etc. got to hear that they got home in good shape. I'm wondering if I should send it to the List again??-- Brenda. http://www.whiskersandwicks.com http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here. Del Daniels wrote: Brenda ... I am one who has not replied after your note ... I am definitely interested and due to life's mess the past couple of weeks I have not finished reading it :(. My Effie died (you know already) and two friends passed away all within two weeks plus some other messylife stuff. Del No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005
Re: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
I got it and replied. Maybe you're not getting all your emails? I just thought you must be busy with your new furrballs! I hope they're still doing well. I can imagine that Lovey is going to get huge now that he's neutered and being taken care of. tDel Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brenda, Yes, it was on felvtalk and my personal e-mail. Del - Original Message - From: Brenda K. Smith To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:10 PM Subject: Re: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG! Del. Not a problem not responding. I just think that it got bounced by felvtalk so wasn't sure anybody saw it. Did you see the 3rd and last update I sent to the list here? I sent it to the list on March 3. I just wanted to make sure that those who were part of their lives during the trip, etc. got to hear that they got home in good shape. I'm wondering if I should send it to the List again??-- Brenda. http://www.whiskersandwicks.com http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here. Del Daniels wrote: Brenda ... I am one who has not replied after your note ... I am definitely interested and due to life's mess the past couple of weeks I have not finished reading it :(. My Effie died (you know already) and two friends passed away all within two weeks plus some other messylife stuff. Del No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005
OT: To Tonya - Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
Tonya No, I didn't get your reply. Before today I had only two replies from off list, Jenny and one of the drivers on the transport. As I replied to Del I just wanted to make sure all the people who helped with Lovey and Merry and were interested in their welfare would get the "rest of the story" as Paul Harvey always said on his program. :) I am watching Lovey and Merry's diet closely. They are on Wellness dry mostly. Lovey is almost free of his tom cat smell. Merry continues to drink large amounts of water. Maybe it is normal for her, but I have never seen a cat drink so much. Soon I am going to check her blood sugar and if that is normal I will talk to my vet. Merry is awfully young for kidney problems like CRF, but I suppose it could happen. I sure hope not. She is getting sweeter every single day. She is a master of silent meows when she wants something. :) Do you want to see pictures of Lovey and Merry at home? -- Brenda. http://www.whiskersandwicks.com http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here. catatonya wrote: I got it and replied. Maybe you're not getting all your emails? I just thought you must be busy with your new furrballs! I hope they're still doing well. I can imagine that Lovey is going to get huge now that he's neutered and being taken care of. t No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005
Re: OT: To Tonya - Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
YES!! I'd love pictures. t"Brenda K. Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tonya No, I didn't get your reply. Before today I had only two replies from off list, Jenny and one of the drivers on the transport. As I replied to Del I just wanted to make sure all the people who helped with Lovey and Merry and were interested in their welfare would get the "rest of the story" as Paul Harvey always said on his program. :) I am watching Lovey and Merry's diet closely. They are on Wellness dry mostly. Lovey is almost free of his tom cat smell. Merry continues to drink large amounts of water. Maybe it is normal for her, but I have never seen a cat drink so much. Soon I am going to check her blood sugar and if that is normal I will talk to my vet. Merry is awfully young for kidney problems like CRF, but I suppose it could happen. I sure hope not. She is getting sweeter every single day. She is a master of silent meows when she wants something. :) Do you want to see pictures of Lovey and Merry at home? -- Brenda. http://www.whiskersandwicks.com http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here. catatonya wrote: I got it and replied. Maybe you're not getting all your emails? I just thought you must be busy with your new furrballs! I hope they're still doing well. I can imagine that Lovey is going to get huge now that he's neutered and being taken care of. t No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005
Re: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
Kerry. Thanks so much for replying. You are the only one on this list who has replied to my last update on Lovey and Merry. I don't know if my email got bounced off this list or what. Everybody seemed very interested in Lovey and Merry so wanted to be sure everybody heard about getting them home here with us. They are both doing wonderfully well right now. I have pictures if anybody would like to see them in their new home. Also, I am doing just fine. :) -- Brenda. http://www.whiskersandwicks.com http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here. MacKenzie, Kerry N. wrote: Message I am a week behind and trying to catch up. This is a great story Brenda. Lovey and Merry are 2 very fortunate little kitties. I hope you're all having a chance to enjoy life now after that exhausting and stressful trip! take care, Kerry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brenda K. Smith Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:33 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: JENNIFER RYAN CADIEU; Del; Peggy Dial; Dale Thompson; Reghan Dagley Subject: OT: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG! Hi All.. Peggy, would you please pass this on to Tinley? Thanks. Also, thank you Dan for your leg of the trip. I understand it wasn't so special. :) You are a good man. I left off with going to meet Tom at the Wisconsin Dells. We arrived between 10:00 and 10:30 PM. We had a few words with Tom and thanked him again profusely. When he opened his car door the tom cat smell just about floored us. lol Poor Tom. :( We got the cats transferred to our car and thanked Tom again. He took off for home and we decided to find an out of the way place in the Dells. We were tired and knew the cats would appreciate getting out of the kennels. Also, since we hadn't brought any gas masks I knew we needed to do some cleaning up. lol Just a few blocks from the pick up we found a small place called The Malibu Inn. It is owned and operated by a very nice Turkish family. My daughter went to check to see if they had a quiet room and if they would accept cats. Janine thought she shouldn't say anything in case they wouldn't let us check in. I suggested she play it by ear. I wanted to stay in the car with the cats. Anyway, a little later I saw the man owner take her to a room so that she could check it out. She came over to the car and said she thought it was fine and we could check in with the cats as long as they remained kenneled. We just looked at each other because we knew we weren't going to leave them all night in the kennels, but we let the owner think that. I had brought Ozium spray for odors, a disinfectant to clean the kennels and spray things around the motel room. I've seen too many programs on the supposed cleanliness of motel/hotel rooms. :) We also brought Nature's Miracle in case Lovey sprayed. The man owner kept hanging around trying to be helpful and I just wanted him to leave us alone so that we could get the cats out of the car. We didn't want him to smell the inside of the car or the cats or he surely wouldn't have let us check in. lol We left the car running with the heat on and took everything in but the cats. We also didn't want to take a chance that one of the cats would get out the door while bringing things into the room. We got everything in and about to go get the cats in when he knocked on our door. I forget what he wanted, but he was just trying to be helpful. After we got rid of him, we ran out to the car (parked in front of our room) and got the cats into the room. Within seconds the entire room was permeated with Lovey's tom cat smell. It was intense. I asked my daughter to get a plastic bag out of the car and I let the cats out of the kennels. Lovey had a big blue tow el and a folded sheet which were saturated with urine. I shoved those into the bag, tied it and asked Janine to put it in the trunk until we could find an outside waste container. I then disinfected his kennel, dried it out and put fresh bedding in. We also started spraying the parts of the room that the cats weren't in. They were afraid of the spray so just sprayed away from them. Meanwhile, Lovey and Merry are still eating canned and dry. I actually fed them before I cleaned out his kennel. Merry had a litter box in her kennel and she had gone in it, but there was no smell. When they finished eating they started exploring running over both beds, sniffing everything and just generally feeling free at last. :) We checked them both over and both appeared to be just fine. Lovey had litter stuck in his paws and we pulled out what we could without hurting him. Merry was very ladylike. It took about two hours of intermittent spraying of Ozium before we got rid of the tom cat smell. We were going
OT: Lovey and Merry Home! :) - Third Act! LONG!
Hi All.. Peggy, would you please pass this on to Tinley? Thanks. Also, thank you Dan for your leg of the trip. I understand it wasn't so special. :) You are a good man. I left off with going to meet Tom at the Wisconsin Dells. We arrived between 10:00 and 10:30 PM. We had a few words with Tom and thanked him again profusely. When he opened his car door the tom cat smell just about floored us. lol Poor Tom. :( We got the cats transferred to our car and thanked Tom again. He took off for home and we decided to find an out of the way place in the Dells. We were tired and knew the cats would appreciate getting out of the kennels. Also, since we hadn't brought any gas masks I knew we needed to do some cleaning up. lol Just a few blocks from the pick up we found a small place called The Malibu Inn. It is owned and operated by a very nice Turkish family. My daughter went to check to see if they had a quiet room and if they would accept cats. Janine thought she shouldn't say anything in case they wouldn't let us check in. I suggested she play it by ear. I wanted to stay in the car with the cats. Anyway, a little later I saw the man owner take her to a room so that she could check it out. She came over to the car and said she thought it was fine and we could check in with the cats as long as they remained kenneled. We just looked at each other because we knew we weren't going to leave them all night in the kennels, but we let the owner think that. I had brought Ozium spray for odors, a disinfectant to clean the kennels and spray things around the motel room. I've seen too many programs on the supposed cleanliness of motel/hotel room. :) We also brought Nature's Miracle in case Lovey sprayed. The man owner kept hanging around trying to be helpful and I just wanted him to leave us alone so that we could get the cats out of the car. We didn't want him to smell the inside of the car or the cats or he surely wouldn't have let us check in. lol We left the car running with the heat on and took everything in but the cats. We also didn't want to take a chance that one of the cats would get out the door while bringing things into the room. We got everything in and about to go get the cats in when he knocked on our door. I forget what he wanted, but he was just trying to be helpful. After we got rid of him, we ran out to the car (parked in front of our room) and got the cats into the room. Within seconds the entire room was permeated with Lovey's tom cat smell. It was intense. I asked my daughter to get a plastic bag out of the car and I let the cats out of the kennels. Lovey had a big blue towel and a folded sheet which were saturated with urine. I shoved those into the bag, tied it and asked Janine to put it in the trunk until we could find an outside waste container. I then disinfected his kennel, dried it out and put fresh bedding in. We also started spraying the parts of the room that the cats weren't in. They were afraid of the spray so just sprayed away from them. Meanwhile, Lovey and Merry are still eating canned and dry. I actually fed them before I cleaned out his kennel. Merry had a litter box in her kennel and she had gone in it, but there was no smell. When they finished eating they started exploring running over both beds, sniffing everything and just generally feeling free at last. :) We checked them both over and both appeared to be just fine. Lovey had litter stuck in his paws and we pulled out what we could without hurting him. Merry was very ladylike. It took about two hours of intermittent spraying of Ozium before we got rid of the tom cat smell. We were going to go out for a late dinner, but decided we didn't want to leave the cats alone in a strange room. So, we broke out some cheese (Wisconsiners you know? :) ) and crackers that we had brought along in case we got hungry, poured a glass of wine and laid back to watch some television while the cats explored. We had two double beds so they had a blast walking back and forth across our heads on the pillows like they were looking for the path to Nirvana. lol Lovey made himself at home after a couple of pieces of cheese on the pillow next to my daughter. Merry was also enjoying some cheese with me on my bed and she settled down by my side. When we were ready for bed Lovey actually had his head on Janine's hand on his pillow and she covered him with the blanket. That's how they slept all night. Merry and I slept together all night too. Unfortunately, Janine awoke after only 4 hours of sleep and couldn't get back to sleep. She said I was moaning and groaning in my sleep. Before I fell asleep my top left foot and toes were so swollen and bruised that I couldn't stand for even the sheet to lay on it. Janine said she couldn't believe that I slept through banging doors, vacuuming, etc. I guess I was pretty exhausted after being hurt fairly badly and then driving for hours. We asked for a late check out because by the time we got checked
