[Felvtalk] New to group

2008-10-18 Thread Tracey
mix is: Have any of your negatives become + ?? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Tracey ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Kitten chronic loose stool

2008-11-01 Thread Tracey
and supplements. It is not that expensive. I make 15 pounds of it at a time and freeze it. Making the food is a bit intimidating at first, but I have it down pat now. I will never feed dryfood again, or use anything but a high quality food. It does makes all the difference. Good luck! Tracey (Indiana

Re: [Felvtalk] felv pos, neg and 2 alpha females

2008-12-24 Thread Tracey
much time with maintaining it. And there is NO urine odor -- to me it is amazing! Any change in litter, of course, should be done gradually. Good luck! Tracey in IN - Original Message - From: catatonya catato...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, December 21

Re: [Felvtalk] Devastated and Ignorant-Confused-New Diagnosis in Multiple Cat Household

2009-03-21 Thread Tracey Shrout
Steven, how long has Sammy lived with all the others? On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 2:03 PM, spertus...@aol.com wrote: Hello everyone, My name is Steven with a long history of feline stewardship; will not say owner because who owns who is always in question! :) Sorry for a long post. I am

Re: [Felvtalk] LCTI, etc.

2009-11-15 Thread Tracey Shrout
. If you want to learn more, check out catnutrition.com and catinfo.com. If you follow the recipes to a T'', you will be amazed! Good luck, and I hope they get better! Tracey On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Anna Waltman anna.walt...@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, My positive kitty, Sylvia, has

Re: [Felvtalk] Raw Food

2009-11-19 Thread Tracey Shrout
, I do give some canned food for variety, or when I run out of the raw. On those websites, they also explain how to grind it -- you will have to buy a grinder, and yes, you should use real bones. Its daunting at first, but gets easier everytime you make it. Tracey On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:07 PM

Re: [Felvtalk] Kitten Problems - Please Help

2009-11-19 Thread Tracey Shrout
and you have to have it shipped. Nature's Variety is another food that I have seen in the pet stores though. It might be worth a try, this is a diet highly recommended for Irritable Bowel Disease. Good luck, my heart goes out to you. Tracey On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Crystal Proper

[Felvtalk] advice on kitty's loose tooth

2009-11-19 Thread Tracey Shrout
become infected when it falls out. This is the fifth day, and it still hasn't fallen out. She's acting normal and eats fine as well. Is this something I should be terribly concerned about or has anyone had this happen to your kitty??? Thanks for any advice, Tracey

Re: [Felvtalk] advice on kitty's loose tooth

2009-11-19 Thread Tracey Shrout
I should have said before that I had called the vet when I first noticed it, and they said as long as she was eating that she was probably ok. I hate the thought of stressing her out to take her to the vet if it might just fall out and be ok. When I first got her (a year ago), all of her upper

Re: [Felvtalk] Night Terrors OT

2009-12-12 Thread Tracey Shrout
Boy, that is strange, sounds like he has been traumatized in the past. You could possibly try an anti-anxiety med or even the kitty prozac. I use buspirone for my kitty w/high anxiety. He used to be an only cat, then I continued to rescue one cat after another and now have 4 others which he

Re: [Felvtalk] question on coat/clavamox

2010-01-17 Thread Tracey Shrout
to consider to keep the good bacteria in check. Just an idea . . . Tracey ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] vaccination questions

2010-03-05 Thread Tracey Shrout
felv+ will never receive any vaccinations. Tracey On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Laurieskatz lauriesk...@mchsi.com wrote: I don't currently have any FeLv+ cats. I am wondering what others do about vaccinating non FeLV+ cats. Some of my cats are older (12/13) and some have health issues

Re: [Felvtalk] MeMe-Jane I am sorry

2010-03-07 Thread Tracey Shrout
Jane, thank you for all your posts. I don't post a lot, but you have a lot of information to share. I am so sorry you lost MeMe, she was beautiful. Thanks for your advice about the stomatitis, I am going to try that. Tracey On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Alice Flowers aliceflow

Re: [Felvtalk] Mouth ulcer

2010-05-02 Thread Tracey Shrout
Lisa, I have a cat who was diagnosed w/stomatitis. She had stopped eating a few different times and would cry sometimes when she ate. The vet didn't recommend a teeth cleaning because of her age. I started giving her Petzlife oral gel twice a day for at least a month -- just rubbed it on her

Re: [Felvtalk] Hello!

2010-06-04 Thread Tracey Shrout
with no symptoms and gets Transfer factor and L-lysine daily and also is on a strictly raw food diet. Good luck with your sanctuary... what a wonderful thing you are doing! Tracey On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Marnie Miszewski marni...@embarqmail.comwrote: Just wanted to introduce myself, I've been

Re: [Felvtalk] L-Lysine Reaction

2010-10-16 Thread Tracey Shrout
Bonnie, I have been using L-Lysine for almost 2 years now with absolutely no problem. I also buy the 1 lb. container online, about $10-14 (very cheap), it's the Now brand. Just do a search for it. It's the powder form, pharmaceutical grade and I put 1/8 tsp in wet food daily (which is about 250

Re: [Felvtalk] Subject: Help- need advice on fleas

2010-10-17 Thread Tracey Shrout
Stacy, I used to use Frontline on my 5 kitties but was always worried about the toxicity of it. I started researching and found a great list about the toxicity of flea and tick products on the NRDC (national resource defense council) website. I've always questioned the safeness of those topical

Re: [Felvtalk] question on antibiotic

2010-11-21 Thread Tracey Shrout
is extremely important. I'm sure this advice doesn't help much right now, and I understand being hesitant to give them something that may cause yet another issue. I wish you and Spanky well. Tracey On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Stacy Zacher stacy_zac...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi: Spanky has not been

Re: [Felvtalk] Good news

2010-12-26 Thread Tracey Shrout
That is wonderful Kerry! I hope you shared the results with the lab people and the vet...and I wonder what their reaction was...could save lots of kitties in the future. Thanks for sharing with us! Tracey On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Kerry MacKenzie kerrymacken...@ymail.comwrote: Dear all

Re: [Felvtalk] Abbey

2011-04-06 Thread Tracey Shrout
is currently looking into that for me as far as cost goes and as a last resort in case the oral gel stops working for her in the future. So please try the Petzlife, it works for Allie! Good luck, Tracey On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Mary Lou jerseydevil1...@yahoo.com wrote: Okay guys we need your

Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV vaccine

2011-05-28 Thread Tracey Shrout
to the vax, so I am particularly careful about vaccines (he does not get the shots anymore, but the others do). Also, I have been told the vaccine takes 2 weeks to be fully effective. Tracey ** On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Lynda Wilson longhornf...@verizon.netwrote: My vet is out of town

Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV vaccine

2011-05-28 Thread Tracey Shrout
Just to clarify, Merial's PUREVAX Recombinant Leukemia Vaccine and the VET JET transdermal DOES NOT have an adjuvant! On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Lynda Wilson longhornf...@verizon.netwrote: My vet is out of town. Does anyone have an idea as to how long it takes for a kitten or cat to be

Re: [Felvtalk] FIP

2012-02-18 Thread Tracey Shrout
be the culprit. Cats cannot digest grains...period. That is why lots of cats vomit on a regular basis. Yes, get your negative vaccinated every year as long as he doesn't have a reaction to it. I would definitely keep him after being re-homed so many times. Just my 2 cents...Good luck with your kitties! Tracey

Re: [Felvtalk] TNR

2012-03-11 Thread Tracey Shrout
Yes, I got the same message...I clicked on the link to 're-enable' and I guess it worked...not malicious that I know of. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Sally Davis putty...@gmail.com wrote: Did anyone else get an email from this group that says the emails are bouncing? I am afraid to click

Re: [Felvtalk] Feline Leukemia

2012-11-22 Thread Tracey Shrout
, with a syringe. I wish you lots of luck. Tracey On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:06 PM, dlg...@windstream.net wrote: Can you go online to find medications? Is it possible to get things thru customs? I recently lost my Nitnoy at age 5. When I found her, she was diagnosed as FELV +. I also have 1

Re: [Felvtalk] Imodium for kitten diarrhea

2012-12-06 Thread Tracey Shrout
good food and they'll need no meds! Wish you luck. Catinfo.org and catnutrition.org or buy it from Felines Pride.com. Tracey On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: I have two rescued kittens approx 4 months old. Both have diarrhea. I wormed them twice

Re: [Felvtalk] Imodium for kitten diarrhea

2012-12-06 Thread Tracey Shrout
, that's a lot of cats! On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: A raw diet would be good, but with 26 cats I just can't do it. Too expensive and too much work for my ancient self! The kittens are better now with Albon and Kaolin. Lorrie On 12-06, Tracey Shrout

Re: [Felvtalk] Kittens with diarrhea

2012-12-07 Thread Tracey Shrout
Lucky cats...bless you for taking care of all of them. Needs to be more people like you! On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: On 12-06, Tracey Shrout wrote: Lorrie, glad to know they're better! But, as far as price goes, I can make it for about $1.30

Re: [Felvtalk] raw food FeLV pos cats

2013-03-16 Thread Tracey Shrout
! Also, no fish or grains of any kind are recommended for cats as will be explained on those 2 websites. Wishing your cats good health! Tracey On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Maryam Ulomi ava...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Carrie, I am so sorry to hear about your kitties. And I am praying they get

Re: [Felvtalk] raw food FeLV pos cats

2013-03-16 Thread Tracey Shrout
KG, very well said...I wholeheartedly agree! On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:51 AM, KG BarnCats kgbarnc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, For several years I have primarily fed home made raw to my horde of cats (FELV + separated) and dogs, and have never had any food related problem whatsoever. They are

Re: [Felvtalk] Diarrhea

2013-04-06 Thread Tracey Shrout
that much probiotics in it, but if that's all you have, I'd try it. If the diarrhea persists, I'd get her to the vet...she may needs sub-q fluids to rehydrate her. Tracey On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Maryam Ulomi ava...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I'm sorry to bother you all, last night, a few

Re: [Felvtalk] Diarrhea

2013-05-12 Thread Tracey Shrout
...its cheaper than taking them to the vet, and it will make them feel good. As I'm sure you know, long term diarrhea is very detrimental to their health since their bodies are not absorbing nutrients. I wish your kitties well...Tracey On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 5:35 PM, gcru...@centurytel.net wrote

Re: [Felvtalk] Topical Flea Control

2013-11-26 Thread Tracey Shrout
into the food grade diatomaceous earth...it takes some time and effort to work though. Good luck...Tracey On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Michelle B teals...@hotmail.com wrote: I am having a crazy hard time keeping fleas off of my FeLV foster. I do flea comb at least once a day and keep everything