[Felvtalk] Vaccination for FeLV+ kitten

2011-09-09 Thread nckittenbird
Hi everyone, I was wondering what the general concensus was on giving a positive kitten the FVRCP vaccination. Long story short, my recently adopted 12- week kitten (Macey) was spayed and 1st FVRCP vaccine given, as well as Rabies, before she was FeLV tested. 2 days later, she came down with

[Felvtalk] Vaccination for FeLV kitten

2011-09-09 Thread nckittenbird
I neglected to mention that I have many other negative cats who live in the majority of the house, and I have the kitten, Macey, confined to my office right now. When she had the URI, I tried my best to not transfer it outside the room, but, of course, several of my other cats got it, cause

[Felvtalk] Cerebellar Hypoplasia

2011-10-03 Thread nckittenbird
Hi all, Sherry, I'm so sorry about Horton. May he play and rest in peace until the day comes that he's reunited with you. I also wanted to say that I have a soon-to-be 5 yr old, Bruschi, w/ CH. He was born feral with his 2 brothers (one who exhibits slight CH and one who shows no signs),

[Felvtalk] Loss of 2 sweet girls

2011-11-14 Thread nckittenbird
Sherry, I am so very sorry for the loss of both of your sweet baby girls. Cindy>^..^< ^v^ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] how long does it take for an infected cat to regain its strength?

2011-11-23 Thread nckittenbird
To chime in on this subject, my recently adopted FeLV+ kitten Macey (now 5 months) had a really bad URI that turned into pneumoniia ~ 3 months ago. She was initially sent home with Clavamox and Metoclopramide (for vomitting), and she got a Zofran injection at the vet in MA (where I adopted her)

Re: [Felvtalk] how long does it take for an infected cat to regain its strength

2011-11-28 Thread nckittenbird
Dana, Macey is not on AZT... The only supplement she is on now is L-Lysine. I also adopted another FeLv+ kitten who is 2 months older than Macey, kinda as a "big brother" and playmate for her. Right now, both stay in my office, behind closed doors, as I have many other cats who are not curre