Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
When my cat Oreo ( a stray we took in without testing...stupid...I know!) got diagnosed with felv I completely freaked out! She had been living among our other 7 indoor cats for over a year! Played, groomed and sometimes got into fights. Even the vet expected that at least 2 or 3 others would test positive. All 7 cats are negative to this day! Speaking of miracles! On Aug 12, 2011 10:31 PM, Gloria B. Lane gbl...@aristotle.net wrote: I just do not believe that FELV is that contagious. We know FIV isn't that contagious except thru deep bite wounds. I kind of think it's the same thing with FELV. I've had the same thing happen - had a kitty die, had a necropsy, and she had FELV/FIV. None of the other cats got it. I knew she was FIV, but didn't know about the FELV. Lived several years with those cats. Gloria dlgegg at windstream.net dlgegg at windstream.net Fri Aug 12 17:04:43 CDT 2011 Maybe his immune system had improved since he first got FIV so he was abl to ward off the felv. Natalie atia2 at optonline.net wrote: That's one for the booksamazing! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of molveywda at hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:33 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an older gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old cat of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together sharing food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too when she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the odds. Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just assumed he had gotten it from her. Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC ___ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
Maybe his immune system had improved since he first got FIV so he was abl to ward off the felv. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: That's one for the booksamazing! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of molvey...@hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:33 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an older gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old cat of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together sharing food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too when she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the odds. Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just assumed he had gotten it from her. Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
I think it's just that Cotton will not die until he's good and ready!!! He's a mess. Can't remember if I said this before or not, I think I did, but he only has one eye, two teeth, and feline asthma (and of course FIV). This old lady that had him loved him but had a housefull and never took any of them to the vet. So, he's definitely a survivor. When he first came to live with me he was the man and put all my cats on the run. Never fought, just gave them the one evil eye and they'd hiss and run. My husband used to laugh and say that all they had to do was come at him from the left where is bad eye is and take him out and he wouldn't see it coming. He's mellowed out a lot since then but not too many will take him on even today. A few still see him and run when he comes near. “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:04:43 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Maybe his immune system had improved since he first got FIV so he was abl to ward off the felv. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: That's one for the booksamazing! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of molvey...@hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:33 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an older gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old cat of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together sharing food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too when she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the odds. Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just assumed he had gotten it from her. Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
My Casey sonds like him in the personalilty at least. She walks up to the others and stares at them. They hiss and run and I swear she gets a cheshire cat grin on her face. She also stalks them, but seems to get her kicks just staring them down. Maureen Olvey molvey...@hotmail.com wrote: I think it's just that Cotton will not die until he's good and ready!!! He's a mess. Can't remember if I said this before or not, I think I did, but he only has one eye, two teeth, and feline asthma (and of course FIV). This old lady that had him loved him but had a housefull and never took any of them to the vet. So, he's definitely a survivor. When he first came to live with me he was the man and put all my cats on the run. Never fought, just gave them the one evil eye and they'd hiss and run. My husband used to laugh and say that all they had to do was come at him from the left where is bad eye is and take him out and he wouldn't see it coming. He's mellowed out a lot since then but not too many will take him on even today. A few still see him and run when he comes near. “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:04:43 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Maybe his immune system had improved since he first got FIV so he was abl to ward off the felv. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: That's one for the booksamazing! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of molvey...@hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:33 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an older gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old cat of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together sharing food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too when she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the odds. Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just assumed he had gotten it from her. Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
LOL - I swear cats can be so funny. They know how to drive each other crazy.
“I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are
profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon
unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me
sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:21:20 -0500
From: dlg...@windstream.net
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
CC: molvey...@hotmail.com
My Casey sonds like him in the personalilty at least. She walks up to the
others and stares at them. They hiss and run and I swear she gets a cheshire
cat grin on her face. She also stalks them, but seems to get her kicks just
staring them down.
Maureen Olvey molvey...@hotmail.com wrote:
I think it's just that Cotton will not die until he's good and ready!!!
He's a mess. Can't remember if I said this before or not, I think I did,
but he only has one eye, two teeth, and feline asthma (and of course FIV).
This old lady that had him loved him but had a housefull and never took any
of them to the vet. So, he's definitely a survivor. When he first came to
live with me he was the man and put all my cats on the run. Never fought,
just gave them the one evil eye and they'd hiss and run. My husband used to
laugh and say that all they had to do was come at him from the left where
is bad eye is and take him out and he wouldn't see it coming. He's mellowed
out a lot since then but not too many will take him on even today. A few
still see him and run when he comes near.
“I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are
profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon
unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me
sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark
Twain
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:04:43 -0500
From: dlg...@windstream.net
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
Maybe his immune system had improved since he first got FIV so he was abl
to ward off the felv.
Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote:
That's one for the booksamazing!
-Original Message-
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
molvey...@hotmail.com
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an
older
gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old
cat
of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested
negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together
sharing
food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too
when
she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can
you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the
odds.
Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the
disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just
assumed
he had gotten it from her.
Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news.
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Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
I just do not believe that FELV is that contagious. We know FIV isn't that contagious except thru deep bite wounds. I kind of think it's the same thing with FELV. I've had the same thing happen - had a kitty die, had a necropsy, and she had FELV/FIV. None of the other cats got it. I knew she was FIV, but didn't know about the FELV. Lived several years with those cats. Gloria dlgegg at windstream.net dlgegg at windstream.net Fri Aug 12 17:04:43 CDT 2011 Maybe his immune system had improved since he first got FIV so he was abl to ward off the felv. Natalie atia2 at optonline.net wrote: That's one for the booksamazing! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of molveywda at hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:33 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an older gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old cat of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together sharing food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too when she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the odds. Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just assumed he had gotten it from her. Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC ___ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
Wow! That IS FREAKING AMAZING!! How does that happen? I'm so happy for you and Booger (that is my cat, Kirby's nickname!). - Original Message - From: molvey...@hotmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 7:33 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an older gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old cat of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together sharing food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too when she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the odds. Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just assumed he had gotten it from her. Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
Actually, his name is Cotton because he's solid white. I have a house full of cats. Some are mine and some are fosters. I've only had about five of them tested so far and thankfully all have tested negative for FeLV. It's kind of weird but great. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC - Reply message - From: Lynda Wilson longhornf...@verizon.net Date: Sat, Aug 6, 2011 9:11 pm Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Wow! That IS FREAKING AMAZING!! How does that happen? I'm so happy for you and Booger (that is my cat, Kirby's nickname!). - Original Message - From: molvey...@hotmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 7:33 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an older gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old cat of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together sharing food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too when she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the odds. Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just assumed he had gotten it from her. Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds
That's one for the booksamazing! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of molvey...@hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:33 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Defying the Odds Check this out - I have an FIV positive cat living with me. He's an older gentleman that I took in a couple of years ago. In March a two year old cat of mine died and that's when we discovered she had FeLV. She tested negative as a kitten. She and my FIV positive kitty lived together sharing food and water bowls and everything. I think he used to groom her too when she was a kitten. I had him, the FIV kitty, combo tested yesterday. Can you believe that booger is negative for FeLV? Talk about defying the odds. Doesn't make sense that an immune compromised kitty did not contract the disease. You can't predict anything regarding this disease. I just assumed he had gotten it from her. Just wanted to share my good but very confusing news. sent from my ATT Smartphone by HTC ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
