Thanks Sally. We never intended having the ones we have. Actually they all arrived at the same time. Seven (2 different litters) were found in a trash dumpster. A lady I worked with brought them to work - she couldn't keep them because she was allergic. We hand raised all seven. I refuse to walk past a suffering animal though. I think that is cruel. I just felt that the humane society lady had no right to quote a law to us. Our 14 cats are all spayed/ neutered, clean, well groomed, have all their shots, don't fight, etc..... You would tell someone they were over on the limit of kids they have, so why pets? I realize I'm probably being too sensitive, but if you don't know how someone lives I don't belive you should assume they have too many pets.
I hope Junior improves. Sounds like you are taking good care of him.
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From: Sally Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Mar 9, 2007 11:00 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Opinions appreciated
Hi Debbie,I do not think they are chastising you. I personally do not intend to add cats, until after Junior passes and I an sure the other eight cats stay clean of the virus. Although things happen. A cat showed up during the middel fo my crisis similiar to yours last fall. He was emaciated and starving. He joined the group and it saved his life.Ok for the rest of the group, Junior got back from the vet today. I was so hoping to see Dr. Staunton, but she took the week off. Dr Larrick is good but very conservative. Junior has swollen lymph nodes behind his ears and his back legs. Junior otherwise is stable. The Dr suggest we wait and see because his weight is good and no other symptoms. He said the lymph system may be doing what it is supposed to do fight infection. I decided against further vaccinations. What do yall think. Money is always an issue. He is on a good diet he gained back the weight he lost, he gets Petinic, CoQ10, lysine and Transfer Factor Plus. This has seemed to stabilize him.Thanks,Sally
On 3/9/07, Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have been learning ALOT from this group in the past few weeks. I wondered if I again might ask your opinion on something? I thought since the outcome of our 14 cats testing negative for FELV was so wonderful that I would share the news with the humane society. I had emailed them asking if any of them would be willing to innoculate our cats for a donation. (The answer was no - that it needed done by a vet.) Anyhow I thought maybe sharing the outcome might help save other cats from unnecessary suffering. Below is my email and following is the response. After reading it let me know what you think. I was aggravated by the response. Our cats are VERY well taken care of. Wondered if it was just me reading it wrong, but I found it insulting. Luckily we do not live in the county they mention.
Subject: Good News
Importance: High
Just thought I would email and let you know we had all 14 of our cats tested for FELV. Not a single one was positive. They were then all inoculated. The vet thought that our cat Elsa that we took to West Milton's vet may have been a false positive.
If Elsa was FELV positive than the other cats and her lived together over 2 years, ate from the same bowls and used the same litter boxes.
I just thought I would share this news with you. I have been in contact with people from http://www.felineleukemia.org - They offer A LOT of good information on the disease. You may want to check it out.
Regards
Debbie Morton
Congrats. I still would add no other cats to the group in that you have over the allotted number for Miami County laws. Adding more will increase your financial liability as well as compromising the health of the cats you have made a commitment to. Tres Lynn
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