Re: [Felvtalk] Fletch

[Attachment(s) from Ben Lehrer included below] I've got an FIV+ cat (Pasha) on the cocktail and can answer this. The stomatitis cocktail was developed by the late Dr. Bob Wiggs at his clinic (Dallas Animal Dental) in Dallas. The actual mix of ingredients is proprietary so nobody other than it

Re: [Felvtalk] Fletch

Deb Schaffer. Hope this can help someone!! On 9/7/2011 1:37 PM, Tad Burnett wrote: [Attachment(s) from Ben Lehrer included below] I've got an FIV+ cat (Pasha) on the cocktail and can answer this. The stomatitis cocktail was developed by the late Dr. Bob Wiggs at his clinic (D

Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV+ and Cigarette Smoke

What are your options... Not everybody finds that people willing to adopt FeLV+ kitties are available... A smoker may not be the best choice but I would except a smoker before PTS Tad On 9/21/2011 9:01 PM, ter...@tazzys.org wrote: Hi all, Well here is my 2 cents worth! I'm a smoker have

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list again

Got it . On 4/16/2012 10:43 PM, James G Wilson wrote: Hey all, Let me know if you get this message. I think there are still some problems with the list. Haven't received any mail since the host said they fixed the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience. Best. James G. Wilson - phaed...@c

Re: Loki Advice: fleas, throwing up

Hi Steve  My 1st FeLV+ kitties that I brought home were loaded with fleas to the extent that there hair was falling out and dehydration...They got Advantage treatment before they were even tested... One was about 3 months old and the other was about 12 years and the older one was taking care of

Re: Please Help! Anakin is very sick

Michelle   I also wish you would repost the recipe for liver shake... Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To get him to eat more, try making the liver shake. The recipe is in the archives or I can send it again if you can't find it. They will often eat this when they won't eat anything

Re: Please Help! Anakin is very sick

Thankyou Michelle   YumThat sounds so good I bet my kitties will want some too..LOL   I was loosing my 15 year old siamese about the same time that Simon was fading... She had Hyper Thyroid and was eating well but loosing weight...When we put her on thyroid meds she lost her appetiteI g

Re: Please Help! Anakin is very sick

Hi Anita   Yes...I have a 14 year old FeLV+ that was so bad that the rescue people that I got her from didn't know if she would survive the 300 mile trip home..But she was going to be PTS if I didn't take herShe was loaded with fleas and that was the cause of her anemia... All I did was get

Re: OT:Check out Alliance for Animals: Action Alerts (Cat Hunting in WI.)

Hi Michelle   I suppose it stems from the "Bottom Line"...I had thought that it was 1000 animals per day that were PTS in shelters in the US...That would be just over 1/3 million per year...Last night I read a statement that it was between 12 million and 20 million...Thats like 35 thousand to 5

Re: OT:Check out Alliance for Animals: Action Alerts (Cat Hunting in WI.)

And I would think these hunters would be shooting themselves in the foot, so to speak if they pass this law, becouse a lot of farmers that alow hunting on their property won't want their barn cats shot...I have know serveral farmers with cats that live around the barn but the farmers are fond

Re: OT:Check out Alliance for Animals: Action Alerts (Cat Hunting in WI.)

to finish my thoughtthese farmers will post their property to protect their cats.. Tad BONNIE J KALMBACH wrote: I know some people involved in the Trap, Neuter, and Release progtram here. They are always advertising for homes for these ferals and many of them go to family farms. Bonn

Re: [kittycityrescue] 2 Feline Leuk + cats - looking for long term foster

I think there has been discusion of this...but isn't it posible for the FeLV vaccine which these kitties had, to cause a false pos for some short period of time...Can this be the case here ???   Tad catatonya wrote: Rebecca,   I am forwarding this to a leukemia group where you can get

Re: Non-Wisconsin residents can vote on cat hunting....

And Wisconsin Cheese...NY and VT also make very good cheese...That might be their 2nd big product to not buy...   Tad BONNIE J KALMBACH wrote: ...you have to be at the spring hearings in order to vote on this advisory issues. Anyone can sent in comments (please see below). I would suggest

Loki is with my Baby Kitty

Steve  It is so sad to loose our kittens when they are so young... I lost my Baby Kitty today too..They are together at the Bridgr now..   I got her about 3 months ago with her mother..They were both trapped and brought in to be spayed and released..They were feral kitties... When the tested Fe

Re: Loki is with my Baby Kitty

t you, and she was a cuddler too!  I know how much you wanted her to stay healthy and live a long, long time.  Sweet little angel.  Thank God you were there to fill the time she had with love and safety.  How's her momma doing? Sending you love and sympathy, Nina Tad Burnett wrote:

Re: TeeCee's Prognosis from the specialist

I made a modified liver shake with Hills A/D which has liver and V-8... My kitty that had stopped eating did eat that all by herself... Any thoughts as to how it compares...Its much easier to make...   Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Liver shake does not help anemia unless it is iron deficienc

Re: need help - a negative, later positive - ?

I say "The Bottom Line" is what I just read on another listEvery 9 seconds an animal is put tp sleep becouse there is no one to care for it...And most of those are FeLV neg   The bottom line is that we should encourage anyone to care for an animal however they are comfortable doing...If

Re: TOM

Barbara   It would help a lot if you would give us a little more information about Tom... Where did he come from...How did you discover he is FeLV+... How old is he...Does he get along with other cats..Is he people friendly...   There isn't a great line of people waiting to take FeLV+ kitties..

Re: TOM

Much of the time kittend arn't tested until they become sick and normal antibiotics don't work as expected...At this point the death rate is high...but many cats are positive but becouse they arn't tested they don't get put into the statistics...Thus keeping an FeLV+ cat really isn't as bad as

Re: Hello everyone, long time since I've been here

Hi Jenn   I live near Rutland VT and it fairly easy to get to Albany NY fron here if a transport coming uo I87 (NewYork Thruway) would be any easier to do I just brought home an FeLV+ from NJ a month agomakes 7...   Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kitties are located in Tabern

My Baby Kitten DIED

 Yes...My little feral FeLV+ kitten died on March 30th...The same day as Steves kitty... Her name was "Baby Kitten"I did post on here and I think 2 people replyed... She didn't make the CLS thoughMaybe I didn't come on here and cry about it enough...But I..Like Steve still think of her

Re: my two newest rescues

Perhaps this is a good time to ask a question that I have... People on this group have recomended the Liver Shake... Basicaly equal volume of liver and V8 tomato juice I gave it to Baby Kitten the last couple weeks of her life in the form of A/D and V8...1/4 juice and 3/4 A/D It seems t

Re: Please read this response!! URGENT:DO NOT USE-KittyKind -CAT RESCUE-in Orange, NJ]

I am going to agree with Mia...If you believe in "Its the thought that counts" I believe the woman wanted to save the cats...However "You can't save them all"...Some people have a hard time understanding thisAnd most people don't have any idea how many cats are PTS every day becouse there i

Re: [Felvtalk] needing support

Hi Julie You have come to the right place... We all have a similar story to tell... Your story is exactly like mine.. Two black and white tux kittens.. Boy was pos and girl was neg... I didn't have room to separate them and the vet advised that she surely she had been exposed and she might be

Re: [Felvtalk] needing support

n finding that a lot of info online tends to be pretty negative. Thanks again, I feel truly grateful. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Tad Burnett wrote: Hi Julie You have come to the right place... We all have a similar story to tell... Your story is exactly like mine.. Two black and white t

Re: [Felvtalk] needing support

s. Heather On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Tad Burnett wrote: There is a disease that pregnant women can get from the litter box cleaning... It is very rare and I think you have to stick your fingers in your mouth after handling litter in order to get it... I don't think it has

Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest

There is a pill/med that will cause the body to absorb some of the fluid... It may help give a few days of good life. Tad Stacy Zacher wrote: Hi: I am crossposting this message also. I urgently need advice on my kitty, Spanky (FELV+, early Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). I noticed over th

Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky Fluid in chest

... Tad Stacy Zacher wrote: Thank you Tad for your reply. Are you referring to lasix or Spironolactone or something else? Stacy and Spanky Tad Burnett Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:34:12 -0800 There

Re: [Felvtalk] Questiions

My vet always thought that they never were actually born with it but were infected moments after birth... And the mother who was very sick would pass soon after giving birth... The kittens would be in poor health because of poor nutrition from the sick mother... One of my first rescues was a litt

Re: Please read this response!! URGENT:DO NOT USE-KittyKind -CAT RESCUE-in Orange, NJ]

sure this doesn't happen with anyone else. Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am going to agree with Mia...If you believe in "Its the thought that counts" I believe the woman wanted to save the cats...However "You can't save them all"...Some peo

Re: Please read this response!! URGENT-KittyKind -CAT RESCUE-in Orange, NJ]

Have you watched the news latelyEvery day there is a new story of some terable thing that has happened to kids by their parents or foster parents... Tad Cherie A Gabbert wrote: I would love to, the only problem is, one voice does not amount to a hill of beans. As you can see from this

Re: Please read this response!! URGENT:DO NOT USE-KittyKind -CAT RESCUE-in Orange, NJ]

know it before we can pass judgment... Tad Cherie A Gabbert wrote: How about 200 decaying kids in the back yard, would you say help that person out also? Cherie Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Mia   She has a problem no doubt..to keep 200 decaying bodies outside where its

Re: emergency advice on starved cat needed: UPDATE

Hi Jenn   To get her to drink try different types of bowls...Becouse there is no smell for her to recognize she may be used to drinking out of a different container...She maybe used to drinking out of a colored plastic bowl which isn't the best but that's what a lot of people would use...or in

Re: average lifespan

A couple things to think about.Many many cats are POS but never tested and many of these will never be tested because they don't get sick...and these cats don't get put into the data base that we use to figure life expectance...So in reality the life span average may be longer than we think

Re: Tad's Sammy

Thank you all for the kind words about Sammy... Sammy did have a full life and an interesting story... He originally came to me as SD named after the Suffuc Downs horse race track near Boston MA. where he came from...When feeding the ferals there there was one cat that came up to be patted and pic

Re: Angel Wings Sancuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contact info)

  I would like to point out a couple thingsI and others have heard of the Angel Wings on Long Island NYThis is not the same one that we have the pictures of in Tenn Please don't confuse the 2 as I believe the one on Long Island continues to be a very well run place...   Secondly...T

Re: Angel Wings Sancuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contact info)

Hi Belinda..   Yes ..I did read the story and personally I can't see why anyone would send their pet to a place they couldn't visit before and after it went there...Perhaps the cats that come here are ones like mine...Last chance cats...Nobody wanted them and there lives were saved from the gas

Re: Angel Wings Sancuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contactinfo)

Jenn   Are you offering the safe environment and transportation for these cats You seem quit knowledgable but don't you know that a safe environment in these parts of the country means PTS   I don't know where you got your information that these cats are suffering so much...Please give

Re: Angel Wings Sanctuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contact info)

Jenn   Please don't say I am doing nothingTrue..I am doing nothing on getting someone that may be doing a lot more than you are to save cats from be ing shut down   I asked for the proof that these cats were sufferingThey may have a couple junk piles but that has little to do on how

Re: Angel Wings Sanctuary [Very Bad if True] (all sorts of contact info)

Jenn   You may be right...I don't think these are the same pictures I looked at...I don't remember the inside at all...As somebody else said...Is anybody livibg there or have they been abandoned???   I would think those inside pictures would be enough to show to a local official and with rescue

Re: Angel Wings FELV+ cats

Jenn   I just want to say that now I am very much behind this letter...This is the concern...A pos test is a quick death sentence and even for the negatives that are running free with the pos   Have you any idea what kind of numbers we are talking about ??  Is Peaceful Kingdom a local rescu

Re: Angel Wings FELV+ cats

Hi Jenn   Yes..I am in VT too..Mt.Holly..About 15 miles SE of Rutland on Rt 103... My garage is connected to the house via a screened in breeze way and I keep the 7 FeLV+ cats in the room that connects to the breeze way so its not a big problem to use the garage during warm weatherThat sho

Re: Angel Wings FELV+ cats

Is there any update on status at Angel Wings ??? Tad Four Paws Trail wrote: I would be VERY leary about sending ANY cat to Angel Wings!! At 01:09 PM 6/13/2005, Tad Burnett wrote: Hi Jenn   Yes..I am in VT too..Mt.Holly..About 15 miles SE of Rutland on Rt 103... My

Re: question re clinics' ability to meet emergency needs

The shelters are full of healthy adult cats that are on death row simply because they are adults I bet if you were to save one of their lives they would be more than willing to donate some blood from time to timeCheck with your vet if a blood test for compatibility could be done before

Re: FELV and FIV cats removed from Angel Wings yesterday

Jenn   One of my 1st FeLV cats was also flea infested, bald and anemic... She was dosed with Advantage and made a full recovery... Tad PS..I will be away for the rest of today (Friday) but will be here the rest of the weekend and I still will foster the FeLV+'s for the summer..   Tad [EMAIL PR

Re: Current FELV and FIV cats up for euthansia - could these be yours?

Hi Jenn   Just got home from a big family get to gether supper... And reading your message... Sounds like I would be making a number of trips to my vet...Handeling open woonds isn't my favorit thing to do but my vet is very reasonable Are these woonds from scratching themselves becouse of t

Re: Current FELV and FIV cats up for euthansia - could these be yours?

I suppose the bottom line...Do any of these cats have sponsers that would want to help with expenses should be a consideration and on the other hand its probably just as easy to transport 4 or 6 as it is to transport only 1 Tad Tad Burnett wrote: Hi Jenn   Just got home from a

Re: Current FELV and FIV cats up for euthansia - could these be yours?

shake) is a good way to ask Tad Tad Burnett wrote: I suppose the bottom line...Do any of these cats have sponsers that would want to help with expenses should be a consideration and on the other hand its probably just as easy to transport 4 or 6 as it is to transport only 1 Tad

Re: Current FELV and FIV cats up for euthansia - could these be yours?

Are my posts getting through??? Still waiting to hear anything on the fate of the FeLV+ cats... What do you think about my "will the eat??" test as a go / nogo test for the ones selected to be transported to Vermont???   Tad Tad Burnett wrote: I think it was Mary that sa

Re: Current FELV and FIV cats up for euthansia - could these be yours?

hink these cats have been through so much already that I probably would let them go if they weren't eating.   tonya Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are my posts getting through??? Still waiting to hear anything on the fate of the FeLV+ cats... What do you think about m

Re: Current FELV and FIV cats up for euthansia - could these be yours?

I suspect that's it...Too bad we couldn't have snagged one of them to bring them to anywhere eastern half of NY..I would meet them there...They don't do well sitting in a strange cage   Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tad,     Your posts are coming through...probably most are on holi

AW Cats/ MCMINNVILLE, TN TO RAMSEY, NJ / 1 DOG / SAT 7/9

Hi Jenn   Just saw this on another list...I wonder if there would be any chance of get any of our cats on board...I could get them from NJ... Maybe  our contact in Tenn knows this shelter and could orange something Tad   Original Message Subject: [F

Re: AW Cats/ MCMINNVILLE, TN TO RAMSEY, NJ / 1 DOG / SAT 7/9

Hi Mary   I cross posted that transport message before I read Jenn's link to the pictures ... Looks like we have 8 FeLV+'sAnd from the pictures they don't look any worse than several of the stray pos's that I have here when I got them and are doing fine now... Also looks like they have gott

[Fwd: Re: [kittyschatterbox] Angel Wings Sanctuary Closed]

ion   Joan Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The cats at Angel Wings Sanctuary in Tenn. have been abandoned and now brought into a shelter where they are getting care temporarly...If any one has animals there and wishes to claim them or look after their future they could contact me...

Re: cats and pregnant women

In all fairness to the docs...Even though the risk is very very small if you should be the unlucky one out of a million it can result in very sever brain damage to your baby... Ask your doc to compare the risk with the chance of brain damage from being in a car accidentYour doc will get a v

Re: [kittyschatterbox] Angel Wings Sanctuary Closed]

Hi Sally   You could consider renting a car...Last time I did it was about $100 per day with unlimited milage...No ware and tare on your car...You may break even when doing a lot of miles quickly   I bet the meezer will be glad to be home Tad Sally Quillian wrote: Hi Jenn

Re: [kittyschatterbox] Angel Wings Sanctuary Closed]

way to go   Tad Sally Quillian wrote: That's a good idea, Tad . . .I'll call and check it out . . .Thanks for the suggestion . . .   Sally - Original Message - From: Tad Burnett To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Frida

Re: Bottom Lip/Cherie (rugs)

This conversation reminds meJenn stopped by my house the other day and I didn't think anything of it at the time but I am sure she must have noticed the litter box on top of the dresser in the window... For some reason my cat with both hind legs crippled doesn't like to use a litter box on

Re: Bottom Lip/Cherie (rugs)

Well...I was wondering if Jenn noticed it and didn't say anything...or like me didn't think anything of it Tad TenHouseCats wrote: and your point is? hee hee On 7/12/05, Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This conversation reminds meJenn stopped

Re: Bottom Lip/Cherie (rugs)

She has never known anything else...When I 1st noticed when she was a day old I worried that she would get pushed away at the milk bar...7 in the litter...But when you think about it front paws are more effective at pushing others out of her way...At he end of the 1st week she was the fattest o

Re: Tad's Special Needs Cat was: Re: Bottom Lip/Cherie (rugs)

I have pictures of her but none that show her handicap or her in action...As Jenn said she is a big love bug and I have a lot of pictures of her sitting and posing for the camera...When she does anything its just like any cat...1..2 and its done...no time to grab the cameraIts was a long ti

Re: Tad's Special Needs Cat was: Re: Bottom Lip/Cherie (rugs)

OK..Took a bunch of brand new pictures and put them on Aforeverhome Group...    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aforeverhome/ just click join if you haven't already and go to photos... The album is Tad's siamese...Look at them all if you want and start your own album too Tad Mari Kol

Re: Tad's Special Needs Cat was: Re: Bottom Lip/Cherie (rugs)

kitten bottle baby tortie  need I say more?   Thanks for sharing your pictures.  Now I am going to go look at your rescues and the other photos in the group.     On 7/12/05, Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK..Took a bunch of brand new pictures and put t

Re: Bramble can't eat - ideas please

Actually A/D is very similar to the meat part of Liver Shake that a lot of us have usedI have found that adding a little tomato juice to A/D seems to taste extra good to a cat that is not eating well...   Tad Kerry Roach wrote: I have tried clam juice on top of his favorite food as well

Re: (OT) anybody know anything about PK deficiency in cats? (and calling on NE USA cat lovers)

But are they helping to save lives or are they protecting the breed from probably inbreed cats... Nobody will tell me anything even though I am one of the closest and from what I can tell I was one of the 1st to try to respond to Dr. Bruce...I don't know if I am reading it right but it sounds l

[Fwd: [masscats] RE: bengals in VT]

Original Message Subject: [masscats] RE: bengals in VT Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:30:22 -0400 From: Gita Devi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <

Re: [Fwd: [masscats] RE: bengals in VT]

Any questions, please feel free to email or call.  Thanks, Jessica Morris Animal Services Director Rutland County Humane Society 802-483-9171 RCHS Shelter Hours  Tues-Sat  12-6 Phone: 802-483-6700   If you can help, please contact Ms. Morris.   Gita Devi Tad Burnett wrote:

Re: your kitty Cloud

Vitamins and good food are a good place to start Hills A/D... Lisa Ward wrote: Hello, The vet said he is very anemic, no energy, does not want to eat at all today.Do you know of anything that can be done for anemia, the vet says nothing can be done? Thanking you for your help.

Re: CLS - Twiggy--Lisa

Hill's A/D with a little tomato juice add is almost the same thing as liver shake... But you have to get the A/D from a vet...The important thing is to get something into him ASAP...NOW If he will drink water let him...or anything he will eat   I agree it was almost malpractice to send

Re: Leuk Positive Cat

It never rains but it pours...Just a few minutes after reading Amy's message (Hi Amy...CJ is doing good..)  (Jenn...CJ is the big white and black cat that you meet..) I got a message from a person in north east Mass. that already has 50 cats in her house and rescued a friendly starving young b

CLS for Marie Cat

Sadly my Marie Cat passed away quietly last evening..9/4/2005... She was a beautiful Russian Blue... She was my first FeLV+ cat..I brought her home almost 2 years ago to the day She was thought to be near 16 years old but she was picked up as a stray and we don't know for sure.. I rescued h

Re: Another emergency!! - at home oxygen tank?

Don't take O2 too litely...It is a fire hazard..something of the same order of putting gasoline in your car We do that every day too...Don't smoke around it...but hopefully you aren't anyway Don't leave the tent closed while the animal isn't in it to use the O2...If the concentration of

Re: {OT} FELV and FIV cats removed from Angel Wings yesterday

Hi Gloria   Yes..These were in Tenn.  Now in Vermont and doing very well... They have put on plenty of weight and grown beautiful coats... A big change from when they were taken from AW... Interesting..The 2 FeLV+ mentioned below for euthanasia have turned out to be the most active of the 6 and

Re: {OT} FELV and FIV cats removed from Angel Wings yesterday

Hi Gary   Angel Wings was a sanctuary where people sent animals that they could no longer keep for one reason or another...FeLV and FIV and others... And then they were pretty much abandoned About 100 animalsThe rescue people there did a tremendous job ay finding homes for them... There

Re: {OT} FELV and FIV cats removed from Angel Wings yesterday

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tad Burnett Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:14 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: {OT} FELV and FIV cats removed from Angel Wings yesterday Hi Gloria   Yes..These were in Tenn.  N

Re: {OT} FELV and FIV cats removed from Angel Wings yesterday

I show the date as being 7/2 2005 on the msg... I was wondering where it came from...but I haven't given the group an update on them for a while so I thought it was time... Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So that msg forwarded from Jen was an out-of-date msg? Gloria At 10:13 AM 9/28/2

Re: {OT} FELV and FIV cats removed from Angel Wings yesterday

27;re a saint. Nina Tad Burnett wrote: To be totally fair...Because of talking with Jenn on this list about the situation before they were actually seized and saying that I would foster the FeLV+ cats in my garage during the summer if she would help find homes for them...Most al

Re: {OT} FELV and FIV cats removed from Angel Wings yesterday

ed them to death row, and now they're doing great. :>)What a lesson. Plus your offer (I remember it), which was taken up on, was truly wonderful -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tad Burnett Sent: Wednesday, September 28,

Re: Cat lover dying, 15 cats need homes ASAP New york area

Happy ending...These cats have all found homes... I had offered to help with a transport to a rescue group in Mass. that would take some if they couldn't find homes in NY...I just heard that they don't need the transport Tad catatonya wrote: The person with the cats is in new york. She

Re: Cat lover dying, 15 cats need homes ASAP New york area

like this motivate me to get on it.  Do you have any more details about the homes? N Tad Burnett wrote: Happy ending...These cats have all found homes... I had offered to help with a transport to a rescue group in Mass. that would take some if they couldn't find homes in NY...I

Re: Kittens tested positive

This is fine for the full time rescue person that is brining rescues in all the time...But what about the pet owner that finds 3 abandoned, starving kittens in a parking lot on the other side of the tracks coming from God knows where and wants to save these kittens but the primary concern is th

Re: Wrongful death of cat

The 1st time I brought a rescue in that tested POS my vet said that ethically he had to advise me to PTS...I didn't say anything for a minute and he said he would give me a few minutes and walked out of the room...When he came back I said I don't think I can do that...He knew I had a number of NE

Re: Switching from kitten food to cat food

Kitten chow is basically a growth food...If the kitten is getting overweight than stop feeding it... I think its Purina that says feed for a full year...Thats probably a good average time... Kitten chow works well for older cats that have become under weight for whatever reasons... Like A/D it

Re: My Calico Kitty Angels

I have said this before and I will say it again... Do NOT leave untested kitties at a vet without his understanding what your wishes are if they test posAnd the same for any going to a new home...PTS for a pos test is almost automatic in many places... By the number of time that I have read

Re: mixing

I personally don't believe there is any predictable answer... I have two mother cats who came here with kittens.. The mothers tested negative but the kittens were positive... I have vaccinated the mothers but not retested because they are here to stay anyway but they are both very healthy... Th

Re: Alpha interferon for Hannibal?? for URIs

If I understand right. Interferon is a booster for the part of the natural immune system that fights yirouses..which URI is So it will probably work well... The side effect is that the body may become dependent on the interferon to maintain normal strength... That's why the usually do a we

Re: Heart Murmurs

I think it was Callie Cat that had a murmur when she was 1st brought in in Tenn.. When she got here 3 weeks later my vet couldn't hear a murmur with her but did hear one in Winky who was also very anemic and died in his sleep a few weeks later... When Callie crashed in just a few hours time I go

Re: sedative before flying (ACE)

Can you let kitty spend some time in the carrier at home, in and out to get used to it... Then a couple short trips in the car and if she doesn't freak I don't think she would know the difference of going off the ground... Also if she bonds with you and knows your voice she will be comforted if

Re: sedative before flying (ACE)

also start feeding in the carrier to get her used to feeling safe in there. Nina Tad Burnett wrote: Can you let kitty spend some time in the carrier at home, in and out to get used to it... Then a couple short trips in the car and if she doesn't freak I don't think she would know the

Re: URGENT-Bert needs HELP!!

I bet Switters would like a young boy.. Switters is almost a year old and super active... Don't let him be euthanized... If no one else will take him and he can get to Vermont we can make space here... Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will find out location soon. This was a forward fro

Re: URGENT-Bert needs HELP!! GOOD NEWS!!!!!

Yes.. This is really good news... Maybe people are starting to realize these guys still have some good life left and the more people come on board with this the more pressure it will put on the medical people to come up with a cure...   I am a little sad that Bert isn't coming here but it sound

Re: Interferon dosing and vitamin C

The theory is that the interferon will also kill the antibodies that cause the body to be immune to things that it has been exposed too... In the early stages of FeLV there are probably some natural immunities still working... 7 on 7 off is a compromise to assist the body If you go to full

Re: new to FeLV

My 1st FeLV+ cat, I have had him 3 years, is healthy and active except that he has a chronic gum problem.. Antibiotics help some but he hates them and hides from us when he thinks that is what he is going to get... Would Immuno Regulin be good for this ?? Its easier to take him to the vet than

Re: (no subject)

I would guess there is more to the story... Like they waited too long to bring the cat to the vet... Kidneys start to fail after 24 hours and that causes a chain of down fall... Or maybe the vet said he couldn't do it for under $50... Other wise its not that hard to take care of... Tad Maryly

Re: (no subject)

Right... I paid for it 30+ years ago and that is when I learned the economy of paying a little more for good food... Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The surgery can get expensive though, and some vets may not know how to do it, BUT I would think they could have referred her to someone

Re: raw food

My vet explained that carnivores have a stronger stomach acid.. That's why they can digest food without chewing it... Also that will kill the bacteria in raw food... I guess the risk could be that a sick cat might not have the strong acid that a healthy cat has... Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Testing saliva for FeLV (was 'interesting')

Its probably not that hard to transmit the virus.. I think the key is with the strength of the immunity of the neg. cat to fight it off... My vet has said that a number of times people have brought in a dyeing FeLV+ cat that has been living with other cats and he doesn't remember any of the othe

Re: Safety first? - On my soapbox again

Or is the real question...What if the risk from the vaccine is greater than the disease it self.. Like small pox... Tad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the spirit of acceptance and being able to share ideas - I, myself, mix FeVL+ and FeVL- cats.  Are there risks?  Yes.  Knowledge is power

Re: Testing saliva for FeLV (was 'interesting')

Speaking of having to decide I was just asked if I would take a young cat that is both FeLV+ and FIV+... How much risk does this add to my 10 FeLV+ cats??? This cat is supposed to be otherwise healthy but its like having a double whammy against his immune system and is that asking for troub

Re: Testing saliva for FeLV (was 'interesting')

Well...I guess that's what I did... I made the phone call and of coarse she is a real love bug and appears healthy... Very young and presently in heat... I would like to get her here and settled before surgery and have my vet do it as he will be the one to deal with any problems arising... Any

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