The "plaque and tartar" misinformation is from the 70's and actually applied to dogs more than cats - dogs chew differently than cats. Many feline vets now seem to believe the carbs in dry food have caused the increase in gingivitis cases.
> From: Barbara Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/21 Tue AM 09:02:57 EDT > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [FivCats] I need placement help for Domino > > what's with this 'wet food increases tartar and placque' statement ? > and where is that woman & her "sanctuary" in westchester? that place sounds > to me like anther angel's wings in the making situation. can we find out > where that house is and ask to have it investigated? even if just by another > rescue so that in case it is okay rather than reporting her first to aspca > who would remove animals because she's over the legal limit. > barbara > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hideyo Yamamoto > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:09 PM > Subject: FW: [FivCats] I need placement help for Domino > > > Please allow me to cross post this in case you can help- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of siberskii > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [FivCats] I need placement help for Domino > > > > Some of you may remember me from last month. I have MS and now > Domino has had 2 Western blots (the 2d was just done at Cornell), > both with FIV+ results. Domino has been a strictly indoor cat, has > a dog companion (our Golden), my kids and us. She only eats Nutro dry > food, which is probably why her teeth and gums are in such good > shape. > > I have read with interest the various postings here re: people with > Lupus, HIV+ etc., who have FIV+ cats. The bottom line is that for > those of us who are immune-compromised, there are no definitive > answers about our risks with FIV+ cats. Joel posted here a little > while ago about the spread of bacteria between people and cats; > others have written about cat scratch disease being transmitted to > humans. Unless you are immune compromsed, no one really can tell the > those of us who are, whether it's worth the risk to keep an FIV+ cat > around or not, or whether there's a risk at all. It's a complete > gamble. > > I previously posted that I am not willing to take the gamble, not > with my health. Too many doctors have been wrong about my disease, > its progression, the drugs I've taken for MS & their side effects; I > can't take the word of fellow kitty-lovers about FIV+ if my own human > docs, the two vets I've seen & the Cornell Feline Health Clinic have > question marks about this. So yes, I decided that I needed to place > Domino elsewhere for both our sakes. > > I contacted the rescue group where we got Domino. They connected me > to a lady nearby, in Westchester County, NY where I live. She has 17 > FIV+ cats. Eight are upstairs with a dominant female, 9 are > downstairs in runs or cages because they either spray or are too > timid to use their litter boxes (at least acc to the lady). She > feeds them all a little wet food to keep them "hydrated" (what > happened to water?), which we all know increases tarter and plaque, > as well as dry food. She has told me that many of her cats have had > theirteeth pulled, and that some are completely toothless. She also > told me that she has litter boxes all over the house, that some cats > sleep on her bed, on pillows or selsewhere, and that she keeps > mountans of amoxicillin around. She also has two small gogs plus a > German Shepherd. She became angry when I asked if I could inspect > the premises, telling me that I was being insulting to her, and she > said that the only thing I could see or do at her house (which I > can't, since her house isn't accessible) would be to put Domino in > what she described as a large dog-sized cage in the kitchen to say > goodbye. Then Domino would remain in the cage for a full month while > the other cats got used to her and vice versa. > > Apart from my discompfort with all the above, it seems only logical > to me that with so many FIV+ cats around, the chances of spreading > illness, viruses and bacteria increases exponentially, thereby > increasing the rish to all the cats. Needless to say, I am not > inclined to place Domino with this lady. > > But I need to place Domino somewhere - not in a foster home, not with > a resue group or a shelter, but in a permanent home where she will be > safe and happy without zillions of other cats around who might scare, > intimidate or weaken her. I have reactivated my yahoo email, because > I know that some of you were trying to get back to me last month but > my yahoo e-mail got loused up somehow and the e-mails bounced. I > would be most grateful if anyone here would be willing to take in > Domino, age 1 1/2, black tuxedo cat with greenish eyes, asymptomatic > now, companionable but not an "in your face" cat, loves water, > especially out of people glasses with ice! and likes her ears > rubbed. If anyone is relatively close to us, and would allow my > daughters to call for the first few months or whatever to check on > how Domino's doing, since they're heart-broken too, maybe even more > than me, I'd appreciate hearing from you. > > Gratefuly and unhappily yours, Terri > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FivCats/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > >
