Hello, everyone...
This is my first post to the list -- I just joined a few minutes ago. I'm
writing in regards to my cat, Dexter. Dexter was diagnosed with FeLV and
FIV this past October when he suffered a severe bout of life-threatening
anemia. By the time we found a vet who had any idea
Thank you all for your replies regarding treatment for fleas. I was
concerned that mainstream flea applications could be harmful due to his
FeLV+ status. We were able to get a hold of his vet yesterday and they
recommended Frontline, so we picked some up and applied it last night.
Hopefully,
Our cat was put on LTCI, Interferon, and Prednisolone. The Pred keeps his
hematocrit normal.
Christy Stetler
On Jun 21, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Ben Williams drsiebl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, everyone...
This is my first post to the list -- I just joined a few minutes ago. I'm
writing in
For you house, I recommend diluting Dawn dishwashing liquid soap (supposedly
only the Blue Dawn works) and spraying it all over and under your furniture,
walls floors - I couldn't get rid of my house fleas until I tried that last
home remedy - and I think I've tried them all. The Dawn soap one
I am new the site and I am just crushed. I have never had cats before and I
adopted a shelter kitten from Petco in Plano, Texas. She had Ringworm to start
with and she was tiny, but she was playful and is as sweet as can be. We live
in Downtown Dallas so she sits in the window of our
a 2nd opinion wouldn't be a bad thing. ALL living creatures die, regardless of
any specific viral status.
1. Did they use the 3-way [felv fiv heartworm] elisa test? This test has a
history of large numbers of false positives.
2. is Sasha vaccinated for FeLV? what's her approx age? If she's an
Hi Cathy,
I feel your pain - when my Missy was diagnosed with severe congenital heart
disease, I thought I would die. But they all die of something,
unfortunately, and I think the special health kitties are the most special
in other ways.
We have a wonderful lady on this list who volunteers in
I agree, I would get a different vet and not put my kitty to sleep on the off
chance that she might get sick and die earlier than we thought she would.
Animals, like people live for different lengths of time. I had a FeLuk
positive kitty that lived to be 16 years old but had a FeLuk negative
They told me to do the same with Tigger!!! All the other cats here got
vaccinated, and Tigger is a happy HEALTHY FeLV+ 4 1/2 years old now!!! FeLV
cats
CAN live good lives!!! Try to get Cali feeling better, and Vaccinate Sasha!!!
Tigger has been around my other cats his whole life. They all
Thanks Kelley,
When we adopted Sasha, she had been tested and vaccinated when we adopted her.
We had her tested again yesterday and she was still negative.
I live in a two bedroom apartment, so it's really hard to keep them separated
unless we adopt out Sasha. I don't really want to do
Warning about DE - never inhale it! I would be extremely cautiouswhen
applying to a act's fur - it can fly into the air and cat can inhale - very
damaging to lungs, whether food grade or not!
-Original Message-
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
That is ridiculous - the healthy cat has already been exposed to the sick
cat - to immediately killing the sick one is radical and, I would add,
stupid and ignorant of the vet to even suggest! Which test was used, do you
know?
I am sure that you will get great advice from this group - I am not
Cathy - I forgot to mention that good veterinarians also believe in vitamin
supplements. Our vet always gives any of our sick cats injectable vitamin
supplements to help them get better, Vitamin B12, C etc. - ask your vet or
future vet - it helps a lot!
Natalie
-Original Message-
at this point, there is no purpose or advantage to separating Cali and Sasha -
if Sasha was vaccinated for FeLV prior to you adopting her, then she's fine.
Please talk to the vet at the clinic I found on www.catvets.com.
Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito
My cat the clown: paying
Cathy I came to this site in the same manner. My kitten was 9 months when he
died and my vet said to put my others down immediately. I was shocked! My
Russian Blue had become positive despite being vaccinated. I refused. Basil
was with me 2 more years very happy and healthy. He then began to show
I have to agree - we give all of our kitties a supplement called kittievite -
it's a malt paste with a good daily multivitamin included... They never want to
just eat the stuff, so we smear a little on their haunches, and they go about
cleaning themselves and getting their vitamins. Works like
Hi Kathy!
I live in north Dallas area. I fostered a 3 mos old kitten, then adopted it
later after I had him neutered. I got him from the local Humane Society. He
was fine one day and was gone the next. He was very, very sick but his FeLV
snap test (ELISA) came back a faint positive. My other
Thanks Dana - and everyone else too!
My vet also had Capstar, so we used it with the Frontline. I'll definitely
try the Dawn for cleaning. Thankfully, I have no carpeting, so it should be
fairly easy. And he's kept in the basement, with a concrete floor that can
withstand most anything. I'll
Cathy, you have already gotten some good advise. I've rescued several FeLV
kittens and treasured the time I had with them. They enjoyed 1 to 4+ years of
being pampered and loved. I mixed my positives and negatives but my negatives
were all adult cats and current on their FeLV vaccine.
You
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