Re: just a nice story

2004-07-22 Thread Joan Doljan
What a nice story and a lucky dog! Take care, Joanmaca cats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi friends, i donĀ“t write much any more, but had to share this with you.I rescued an old dog (12 years estimated) from the streets a month ago.he has no teeth, was extremely thin, only 48 pounds, being a very

Why do FELV kittens die

2004-07-22 Thread Gloria B. Lane
Hey everyone - I was just wondering if anyone has any insight as to why FELV+ kittens die? With adult cats, I know that they get Lymphoma, or Leukemia, in generall, and can die from that process. With kittens are the symptoms just more subtle, or is it something else? I just heard of a kitten

Re: just a nice story

2004-07-22 Thread carlas
Marcarena Lucky pooch to have found you. Carla Date sent: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:48:27 -0400 From: maca cats [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:just a nice story Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] hi

Re: Why do FELV kittens die

2004-07-22 Thread carlas
Gloria, My guess is that the immune systems of kittens are weak. That's why we give them shots to build up and fight against diseases. I think when they are young they have enough problems building up the immune systems against normal things like distemper. When infected with felv it's like a

Re: Why do FELV kittens die/more

2004-07-22 Thread carlas
Opps the word I was thinking was antibodies. Kittens that are infected usually don't live due that they have not had time to build up antibodies in their system to fight off felv. Carla