Do you have any idea of the average lifespan of the 60 you have known? Have
many died in the 3-4 years range? Someone I met who has had a number of
positive cats was surprised when my Jo died of lymphoma at 3 and said that in
her
experience if they make it to 3 they will live longer. Simon
Bless you. I would not be able to do it. The deaths kill me.
Michelle
In a message dated 2/9/05 10:56:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In the last
13yrs I have had aprox. 60 cats pass thru my home. When someone asks me
how I can do it my answer is I have been blessed with the number of cats
My Mittens made it to 2 and a half, died of Mediastinal Lymphoma.
Calawalla died at about 3 yrs, same diagnosis with some variations.
Mr. Black Kitty was FELV/FIV+, and seemed a good bit older when he
died. He was not a kitten when I took him in. Died suddenly,
unexpectedly.
Gloria
Do you
I don't think it shows up in blood work, other than to possibly create
elevated liver values from the liver having to break down the destroyed blood
cells.
Michelle
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They have been tested for hemobart and we even did
antibiotics
Cherie,
I have several vets that I use. Of the three I use the most, one is a
sort of "GP"; another practice has 2 very expensive, but knowledgeable,
internists; and I just found this wonderful East/West vet that is
helping me with some alternative options. If you think there is a
problem, and
They have been tested for hemobart and we even did
antibiotics just in case we missed something. they
are also on prednisone, a steroid. they take
interferon but obviously not the feline one. I'll
look into the auto immune reaction. I think that
would show up in the chem panel/bloodwork that I
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Nina,
Thank you, I think that sounds wise, her breathing is just loud, she is not in pain or uncomfortable. She also has a hernia that seems to be getting a little bigger, but it does not seem to be
Cherie,
Once you find a vet you can trust, you'll have a better idea about
whether it's necessary to take the chance on stressing her with an
operation. My babies were spayed before we knew they had FeLV, and
they fared just fine. I don't know if you believe in AC, but if it
were me, I'd talk
Hi, I have been rescuing FeLV+ cats for 13yrs. I have lost some as young
as 3 mos. and others to pass on due to problems associated with old age.
I have a wonderful Vet that works with me to do the best we can do for
the positives. I know many on this list do many kinds of treatments to
purlong
If it is not too hard, could people let me know the ages of their positives
now, and the ages of positives who have passed? I keep being told that I was
being unrealistic in my hope that Simon, and my others, would live longer than
they did. I had heard of positives living as long as 14. My Jo
don't think anyone could have done any more than you did for
Simon-
Chris
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Subject: life spans of positives
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Subject: Re: life spans of
positives
Michelle,I'm so sorry to hear about Simon. He
sounds like aspecial little guy. Take comfort in the fact that
yougave him so much love care in his short life.I had 4
positives, all from the same litter. Two ofthem
My cat Lucky was 18 and positive when he died. My cat Tiger who looks like Simon is 15 and My cat Bubba 16 are still with me though they seem to be showing signs of deteriorating health both are pos. My Charlie Brown is 15 and healthy. The Vet wanted me to put him down 2 years ago said he had full
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I hope that they are wrong, my girl Amber tested positive, and I could not bear loosing her, she is my angel, she came to me sick and weak wanting tons of lovin' and she tested negative at that time, I
Lenny almost made it to her first birthday--but she was always a very thin
undersized cat. I rescued her along with Jelly roll and his two sisters from
a local pound where they were very sick. Jelly Roll died last Nov at 2 1/2.
(other sister died suddenly at 3 months from ?). Princess who is
Life spans can vary so much...
But in regard to the shelter Felv+ cats, we have had some that
have lived long healthy lives. Which, in itself is amazing since studies
show that "shelter" animals have shorter life spans than owned
pets.
We had one who was diagnosed as a kitten. All her
spans of positives
If it is not too hard, could people let me know the ages of their positives
now, and the ages of positives who have passed? I keep being told that I was
being unrealistic in my hope that Simon, and my others, would live longer
than
they did. I had heard of positives living as long
Puff came to me at about 2 years old and tested positive for both feline leukemia and aids. It was a while ago, and the only medicine available for her was Baypamum (which I had sent via a traveller from Germany) and DMG. When she became anemic (all of a sudden) she went to see Dr. Goldstein who
Michelle.
My positive, Peridot, is at least 9 years old. I have had him for
over 7 years. He was positive on the Elisa and IFA (Dr. Hardy said it
was replicating in his bone marrow). He has never had any symptoms of
illness except he plugged a couple of years ago (struvite crystals) and
I wonder if it depends on the strain. Some of you have had all your positives
live past 5, some of you have had them all die young. One person had 4 from
the same litter with one living to 5, one to 6, and the others are still ok at
9 (knock on wood). Of Leeloo's litter, the longest-lived so
Cherie,
I always watch and listen to my kitties very closely. Instigator, (6
year old neg), sometimes has audible breathing and he down right snores
when he sleeps. Whenever I hear one of my positives snoring, I think of
Insty and it calms me down. That being said, positives need extra care
Actually, he was living at a shelter that keeps positives. I adopted him only
a little over 2.5 years ago. I am sure he preferred living here, but it is
not true that he would not have had any time if I had not adopted him.
Michelle
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Steve,
I feel for you, but 4 years, 4 months, 4 days, it is all hard and they are all with us for entirely too short of a time span.
Cherie
Terrie MohrCheck site for available Siameses for adoption!More
, February 8, 2005 7:59 am
Subject: life spans of positives
If it is not too hard, could people let me know the ages of their
positives
now, and the ages of positives who have passed? I keep being told
that I was
being unrealistic in my hope that Simon, and my others, would live
longer than
My positives all came from the same litter rescued at 2/12 weeks. We're
pretty sure they were born with it, or were exposed in the short time
before they were rescued. Flash died suddenly at 8 mos., his sister
Molly, about 2 months later, they were both placed in the same home to
very
Michelle,
My first positive lived until she was 6 or 7. My current positive is about 6 or 7 (we think). However, my negatives that have died of various diseases, kidney, hyper-t, fatty liver, stroke, etc...were only 10-12. Not that much older really.
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If it is not too
Michelle,
I have a positive named Killian who is 11 years old and still asymptomatic. I know that we are very lucky and pray to God that she will continue to stay healthy. We really don't know when she got leukemia but just found out that she is positive last June. It was devastating and shocking.
I hope this goes through...
Michelle,
Not many other people that would have adopted him would have gone to the lenghts you did, so your love and the love of Gray, made his life that much fuller and happier no one could have cared or loved him more.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, he was
Michelle,
I had one family - mom and 3 kittens. mom is going on
4 years old but doesn't have much time left. she is
no longer producing red blood cells and her hematocrit
is falling. her son hannibal is 3 years. he has had
it since birth and his hematocrit is 10. he probably
has only days
Have they been tested for hemobartanella, a bacterial infection that causes
anemia and needs antibiotics? and have you tried steroids-- someone on this
list has a positive who became anemic from destroyign her own red blood cells
with an auto-immune reaction (which the oncologist thinks simon
Akira is about 2.5 yrs old..and as far as I can tell she was not born
with it...but contracted it VEY early...first 6 monthsprobally sooner than
thatI say she contracted it b/c when I had found her...something had
obviously attacked her..I am assumming it was a larger cat...who
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Nina,
I have had major problems with the FeLV list, but Terrie is helping me god bless her. My vet has looked at her lungs and say that there is no upper respitory infection it is just an effect of the
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I hope this goes through...
Michelle,
Not many other people that would have adopted him would have gone to the lenghts you did, so your love and the love of Gray, made his life that much fuller and
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