Hello Anna, you are so right, pay attention . that is most important. half of the world's problems could be averted if only people paid attention to others and listened to what they are trying to communicate to us. ---- Anna Waltman <anna.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tracy, > My vocal 1 1/2 year old positive female, Sylvia, sometimes changes her voice > when she's not feeling well. It drops into a lower register and gets > scratchy, like she has laryngitis. She's spayed. Most of the time she's got > a fairly melodic, medium-pitched meow-- that scratchy voice is what > originally led me to take her to the vet, who tested her for FLV (her third > time being tested)...and she came up positive. > > Since then, she's only had that voice change one time, and it was when she > caught a cold from my other (so far negative) kitten, Beatrice. She > recovered quickly and the meow went back to normal. > > Cats have a million different ways of communicating with us; this is just > one way Sylvia tells me she's feeling unwell. She also follows me around > more often, begging for attention, and gets irritable with Beatrice (hisses, > etc). So pay attention to your girl-- if she's still scratchy as she comes > out of heat, pay close attention to her and take her to the vet if something > doesn't seem right. Follow your instincts and pay close attention to hers. > > You'll get wonderful advice on this forum. They're a wealth of information > and have been incredibly helpful to me. > > All my best to you and your kittycat! > Cheers, > Anna > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:36:55 -0500 > From: Tracy McLendon <tracymclen...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Felvtalk] scratchy meow > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Message-ID: > <d7ffb22e0911241336n54701704pcd43673aa9165...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello! I am new here! I have a 1 1/2 year old blind FLV cat. Two > days ago, she started to have an odd scratchy sounding meow. She also > went into heat about the same time. She is eating and playing > normally. Her meow just suddenly changed and sounds raspy, almost > like a parrot. > > This is my first experience with a FLV cat. She is not on any type of > vitamins, she is just like all the other cats, until she started with > this weird meow. When she went in originally for her eye enucleation, > the vet just said she would be more susceptible to infections and that > she would not live long. > > Can someone help me? Any other signs I should look for? She seems > normal otherwise but I am such a hyphochondriac for myself and my > animals! I just want to know if anyone else has experienced meow > changes.... > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Tracy > > > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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