Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-31 Thread Marissa Johnson
a great job in using your own instinct to guide you--Slinky is a lucky little kit to have found you. take care, Kerry- Original Message - From: Marissa Johnson To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 11:21 AM Subject: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!

Re: To Marissa (MJ) Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-31 Thread Marissa Johnson
Hi Wendy. Thanks!! I would LOVE to see your sick cat manual!!! Thanks!Yes, Evo does seem to be just about the best thing out there. The pet food store owner said that with FeLV, raw diet could compromise his immune system, so I decided to go with the Evo. As I said in my last post, he does

Re: To Marissa (MJ) Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-31 Thread wendy
--- Marissa Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Marissa, I'm glad that Slinky is doing so well! I agree with you that it's a good idea to get him used to the car now. When my husband and I retire in 30 years or so, we're going to train a kitten or two to ride in a Winnebago so we can see the

RE: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-31 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message Hiagain Marissa WhenI discovered in December 2003 that 5 of thecolony of 6 kitties I took in wereFeLVpositive,I had to go on a crash course, so to speak, in dealing with FeLV cats. My most precious references became this wonderful group and Anitra Frazier's The Natural

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-31 Thread TenHouseCats
the only thing i've heard about mixing positives with possibly positives is that, if a cat is in the process of throwing the virus off, exposure to other positive cats (who might have a different strain of the virus) MAY make it more difficult for them to do so. other than that, definite positives

To Marissa (MJ) Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-30 Thread wendy
Hi Marissa, My name is Wendy. I've been on this list since last October and probably will never leave. The people here got me through one of the hardest times in my life when my baby Cricket was sick with anemia from the FeLV, and died after three weeks of trying to get him to turn around.

Re: To Marissa (MJ) Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-30 Thread kandbz_ mom
Wendy,I'm not the person you were talking to, but would you mind sending me this info for Angel? Thanks, Karenwendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Marissa,My name is Wendy. I've been on this list since lastOctober and probably will never leave. The peoplehere got me through one of the

New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread Marissa Johnson
Hi all. So I'm new to all of this! I recently took in a stray that was living under my boyfriend's house (his mom gave birth there and we found homes for all the kittens...one being mine. Mom still lives there and he feeds her).My family had cats when I was in high school but they were

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread kandbz_ mom
Welcome! You have definitely found the right place to ask questions! I am new myself, I started posting about a week and a half ago. Unlike your vet who seemed optimistic, my vet wanted me to have Angel euthanized. I was devastated, until I found this email group. KarenMarissa Johnson [EMAIL

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread Marissa Johnson
Thanks! Yes, it did seem that at least the vet was fairly positive. Told me to try not to worry about it too much. He said about 25% of the time, they "grow out of it", about 25% of the time, they have it all their lives with no affects, about 25% of the time they have it for several years before

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread Kelley Saveika
Hi Marissa, I'm really glad you found this list. Everyone here is great. I joined when I had a kitten test positive, and she did test negative later. I just stayed because everyone is so very nice here. Others will chime in with more advice, but I wanted to say welcome.-- Vist the Austin

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread Marissa Johnson
Aw! Thanks!! I was so glad to find the list! My boyfriend's sister used to be a vet tech, and she's been a huge help. But it's hard to find anyone who's really well versed in FeLV and/or nutrition, medicine, etc!!! Thanks for the welcome! Glad your kitten tested negative!MJKelley Saveika

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread kandbz_ mom
Many of the people here will be able to answer your questions. This isa great board. After the vet walked up to me and told me that Angel tested positive, he said I may want to think about euthanizing her. I said, "Can't we wait and give her the second test?" He said "there probably isn't much

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread TatorBunz
Hello Marissa, Welcome to the group! You will find valuable information here and advice as well. I'm sorry you had to find us but glad your here. I have been on the list since 2001 I think. I don't have any positive kitties right now but that can change at any given time. I continue to stay

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread TenHouseCats
good time to remind everyone to post their vet's names/contact info for newbies needing to find medical care that goes beyond, euthanize!. www.adopt.bemikitties.com and everyone, add yourself to our frappr map, too!: http://www.frappr.com/felvtalk/ (i'm gonna make someone a great secretary

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread Belinda
Yep :) (i'm gonna make someone a great secretary someday) -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candlelight Service http://bemikitties.com/cls

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread elizamaggie
Welcome! I have two 8 month old kittens who are positive. I free feed them on Innova dry (different from evo) and for wet food they eat Wellness, when they were younger I fed them Nutra Kitten. If he won't eat a new food try mixing a little of the new food in with the old and then slowly start

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread kandbz_ mom
I know it's a long shot, but if anyone knows ofa good, felv friendly vet in Arizona, please let me know! I'm gonna start calling them out of the phone book!! TenHouseCats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:good time to remind everyone to post their vet's names/contact info for newbies needing to find

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread TenHouseCats
http://www.aafponline.org/find_results.php?name=city=Anystate=AZcountry=Anyzipcode=Submit=Submit that's from the American Assn of Feline Practitioners, and while there's no guarantee they're gonna be FeLV-friendly, there's probably a better chance than working with non-cat-specialists! On

Re: New to the List, Cats, and FeLV!!

2006-07-28 Thread kandbz_ mom
Thank you for the link!!! There is one on the list that is not too far from me!! I am going to call them and go from there! Thanks again!KarenTenHouseCats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:http://www.aafponline.org/find_results.php?name=city=Anystate=AZcountry=Anyzipcode=Submit=Submit that's