Re: OT:Question

2007-12-08 Thread wendy
] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 4:23:14 PM Subject: RE: OT:Question Alright, I am not an expert, but here's what I have know/have learned: I think it depends on the cause of the URI-- which with cats, we know it can be many different things and usually, it's too

Re: OT:Question

2007-12-05 Thread Susan Hoffman
It is also possible to give your cats a cold. Again, it depends on what organism is causing the upper respiratory problem. There are 100s out there and some can be passed between species and others cannot. MaryChristine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: depends of which organism is causing the

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2007-12-05 Thread Jane Lyons
Hi Terrie It's my understanding that colds are not transmitted between cats and dogs. When I first got MeMe she had a terrible upper respiratory and was sneezing constantly. My dogs shared a water bowl and sometimes a bed with her and they were fine. Hope all is well with your kitties. Best

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2007-12-05 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
Alright, I am not an expert, but here's what I have know/have learned: I think it depends on the cause of the URI-- which with cats, we know it can be many different things and usually, it's too expensive to actually run a culture and find out what is causing the URI (unless it's a chronically

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2007-12-05 Thread MaryChristine
depends of which organism is causing the symptoms--corona, rhino, herpes, etc--some are species-specific, other are less discriminating On Dec 5, 2007 4:55 PM, Pat Kachur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Upper Respiratory Infection (which is a cold for cats) is very infectious. -

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2007-12-05 Thread Pat Kachur
Upper Respiratory Infection (which is a cold for cats) is very infectious. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: OT:Question Hi guys, Can dogs and cats catch colds from each