Re: [Felvtalk] Benny

2009-01-16 Thread Laurieskatz
@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Benny April, The pain and grief is horrible. We lost our Denzel 13 days ago, and I still choke up terribly when someone asks about him. I get through it in two ways. First, my five other housecats and my feral colony still need me, and they have been

Re: [Felvtalk] Benny

2009-01-16 Thread Emily Hunter
April, The pain and grief is horrible. We lost our Denzel 13 days ago, and I still choke up terribly when someone asks about him. I get through it in two ways. First, my five other housecats and my feral colony still need me, and they have been extra affectionate since Denzel passed. The

Re: [Felvtalk] Benny and hemobart.

2009-01-15 Thread Emily Hunter
Regarding the doxycycline and ulcers, the vet (a fill in at my regular vet's office) who prescribed doxycycline for my positive said that specifically the pill form has a tendency to lodge in the cat's esophagus and lead to severe ulcers. We instead went with a compounded liquid version.

Re: [Felvtalk] Benny

2009-01-15 Thread jbero
uro) >3. 2 FELV+ cats for adoption Angel and Gracia (KAREN MEIERDIERCKS) >4. Important Information About Rescue Remedy (Belinda Sauro) > > > ------ > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:58:59 -0600 > From: > Subject: Re: [Fe

Re: [Felvtalk] Benny

2009-01-15 Thread Sue & Frank Koren
ation About Rescue Remedy (Belinda Sauro) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:58:59 -0600 From: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Benny and Hemobartinella To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: Belinda Sauro Message-ID: <20090114145859.345ku.70577.r...@webfep16> Content-Type: text/p

Re: [Felvtalk] Benny

2009-01-15 Thread Sally Davis
April, I am so sorry to hear that Benny has left you. You did your best and he loves you for that. I feel your pain. Hugs Sally ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Benny

2009-01-15 Thread Chris
te: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:58:59 -0600 From: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Benny and Hemobartinella To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: Belinda Sauro Message-ID: <20090114145859.345ku.70577.r...@webfep16> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hey with respect to Benny, In the cats in this situa

Re: [Felvtalk] Benny and Hemobartinella

2009-01-14 Thread jbero
Hey with respect to Benny, In the cats in this situation that I have seen, a blood transfusion can really help. If their hematocrit is really low (<15) this can be very helpful. In fact if the donor is a cat that has been given the felv vaccine, it may help convey passive immunity against the

Re: [Felvtalk] Benny

2009-01-10 Thread wendy
April, Did the vet put him on a 3 week round of doxycycline for possilbe hemobartanella?  Even if he has hemobart, it might not show up on a slide because of the nature of the parasites (sometimes they show up, sometimes they don't...weird).  Hemobart will cause anemia (low blood count).  At th