[Felvtalk] I am a member

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[Felvtalk] chemotherapy

Dear Caroline, Belinda, Diane, and Michele, Thanks so much for sharing and for your kindness. It's very helpful and comforting to hear from people what have been through something similar and/or who truly care. I know there are no easy answers as to the best thing to do or not to do. My Emma

[Felvtalk] chemotherapy

Thank you, Gloria.I think what's adding to the fact that I have little faith in the Veterinary community is the fact that it seems as though many veterinarians don't know a whole lot about FeLV. It's difficult because I expect to be able to turn to the Veterinarians so I can get accurate

Re: [Felvtalk] Some positive, some negative?

Thanks to Heather and everyone else who responded. I had always thought that while FIV is really, really difficult to catch, and that most kittens born to FIV+ Moms end up being FIV-, FeLV was very easy to catch. I could never figure out how all of my cats who lived with my FeLV+ cat didn't c

[Felvtalk] Prayers to all of you

This forum is such an amazing source of support. I take comfort in knowing that there are so many people out there who love their cats dearly.I work at a wonderful animal shelter where the calls come in each day from people who have every excuse imaginable about why they "need" to give up

Re: [Felvtalk] THEY'RE NEGATIVE!!!!!

Wow. This is all incredible news and gives reason to always be hopeful. I'm the one who was fostering a mom with four kittens and two of the kittens tested positive. The vets I spoke to said it's likely that on retest the mom and the two that tested negative will eventually test positive, bu

Re: [Felvtalk] Testing New Kittens -

Hello. I agree with everyone about testing them all. I was fostering a Mama cat and her four nursing kittens. I had them all tested about two weeks after they came to me, when the kittens were approximately 5 weeks old. Mama tested negative, two kittens tested negative, and two kittens tested