Well, Tucson hovers between 16-17 lbs
and I recently had to put her on a diet as her weight affected her breathing…
When she slows down on eating or is in a grumpy mood, I know something is up—that’s
how I found out she was FELV+. I’ve had her since she was a kitten,
(had fallen into a wall in my parent’s apt) & she’s never been
exposed to FELV as she was indoors only so vets I saw were sure she’s had
it since birth. Only problems I’ve had were two episodes of very
low white blood count which vet treated with immuno-regulin. Big Boy is a
stray I fed for a couple of years before bringing him in—I saw him every
day all that time & he was never sick. I was floored when he tested
pos. Its hard to tell how old he is but vet says somewhere between
4-6. He has been asymptomatic but vet trips are a real ordeal for him so
outside of regular blood tests, I try not to take him in too often. My
other 3 (1 older, 2 younger than Tucson), were around her and not vaccinated for FELV—They now get
tested/vaccinated once a year (we’re due this month). Anyway, so
far so good, (knock on wood)—though I know that things can change in a
heartbeat…
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Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005
5:33 PM
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Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] RE:
average lifespan
How are they both doing?
Are they asymptomatic?
From:
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Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005
11:28 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: average lifespan
I’ve got a 6 + year
old who tested pos last year though vet thinks she had it all along and a 4+
that I took in as a stray last year who also turned out to be pos….
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Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005
12:34 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: average lifespan
Yes,
this is very depressing. Tom was about a year and a half the vet said and I
guess now he is 2 years old. I know now from what the group said what to
expect of his life span. Maybe another year or two.
Is
Salome just a carrier or is it in the bone marrow? To be 9 years old,
she must be a carrier??
Barbara
Baass
Hideyo Yamamoto
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is
just so depressing to think about, isn’t it?
I look
at Ginger, who is just a year old and every day, I fear of the day – but
fortunately she is doing very good and try not to think about it too much,
instead, I try to concentrate on loving her more - I am going to continue
to fight with Ginger no matter what..
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:04
PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: average lifespan
Doesn't seem to be a long life span. Looks like maybe 3 to 5 or
6 years. I believe that Tom was born with this because it is in the bone
marrow. He probably got it from his mother. It is a shame that we have to go
through pain and suffering before we die. At least most of the time we do.
Barbra Baass
Terri Brown
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Salome' is still with me. She's 9.
RuthieGirl was 6 months (1996 -- not a FeLV related death;
she was Salome's littermate).
Siggie, Sammi, and Guinevere are FeLV negative.
=^..^= Terri, Salome', Siggie the Tomato Vampire,
Guinevere, Sammi, and 5 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth and
Alec =^..^=
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Sent: Monday, May
30, 2005 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: average
lifespan
Yo Jenn
-
My darling Calawalla Banana Boo-boo was 3 years old. (2004)
My sweet Mittens was maybe 2.5 yrs. (2003)
My baby Mr. Black kitty was FIV and FELV+ - vet said he was 18. I
don't believe it. Think he was a bit younger than that - 10 yrs
maybe? (2002)
Gloria
>Well, my Moogie, who was born with FELV, lived 18 months, but it
>varies widely, and also, I did not take drastic measures to prolong
>her life. Had I done everything to the extreme, she may have lived
>to be 2 years old. I'm not really sure what the "average" life
span
>of FELV+ cats is, but one study has been done on the lifespan
>expectations for cats infected with feline leukemia virus that
>tested persistently viremic (continuously tested positive). In the
>study, reported by Dr. Susan Cotter in the November 1991 issue of
>the Journal of the AVMA, most cats died within two years but about
>20% of the cats lived three or more years. Of course, if everyone
>here tells you how old their FELV+ furangels were when they passed
>on, then you'll get a good sampling, and be able to draw your own
>conclusions, but you'll have to know how long they had the virus,
>not just how long they lived, because some of them may have caught
>it later in life, and that would skew the numbers.
>
>This could potentially be a very interesting thread, I wonder if we
>qualify as a "study group"?
>
>Jenn
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