Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer!

2005-04-30 Thread Del Daniels
have no idea if the two females were related.    Del  - Original Message - From: catatonya To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:54 PM Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer! It IS strange, isn't it, how cool the f

Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer!

2005-03-29 Thread TenHouseCats
part of the problem is that we don't know anything about these guys' history BEFORE they come to us--even with young cats, we don't know what diseases/illnesses they've had before, what genetic problems they are carrying around etc. so it's hard to know which is their past and which is the virus...

Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer!

2005-03-29 Thread Lernermichelle
My cat Snowball, who was 8 and FIV+ when I adopted him, had constantly infected eyes, nose, and ears. I don't know if it was herpes-- it was before I knew these things and before I knew about Lysine. But he was sick with URI's a lot, and it did seem to be a result of the FIV.  He had been rescued o

Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer!

2005-03-29 Thread Lernermichelle
We had one, a feral we adopted to keep a male feral FIV+ company. But I think they are usually male, because it is spread through biting and the toms bite each other when they fight. Charlie, the FIV+ I care for at the shelter, is huge and laid back too. Michelle In a message dated 3/29/2005 7:

Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer!

2005-03-29 Thread catatonya
It IS strange, isn't it, how cool the fiv cats are!  My fiv cat was just as you described.  The MOST laid back, friendly, neat cat I've ever had.  HUGE!  Especially when I first rescued him and he wasn't neutered yet.  (I don't know his age, but he was old and died of hepatic liver disease. We didn

RE: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer!

2005-03-29 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
005 12:05 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer! oh, heavens, yes, chris--not only that, but to a great degree, all FIV really seems to do is make cats big, lazy and couch-potatoes... seriously--from the experiences at the FIV/FeLV sanctuary, the HEALTHIEST popula

Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer!

2005-03-29 Thread TenHouseCats
oh, heavens, yes, chris--not only that, but to a great degree, all FIV really seems to do is make cats big, lazy and couch-potatoes... seriously--from the experiences at the FIV/FeLV sanctuary, the HEALTHIEST population--including the owner-surrenders, strays and ferals, were the FIVs. three years