You're welcome Joslin. I told someone recently that even with the "healthy"
cats, we have no guarantees. As with people, their life expectancy is unknown
to us. I have seen people drop dead of a heart attack at 35 years old and
others live to well into their 90s.
Shtinky was one of our first rescued kitties and last December, at 14 years old
and with no warning and no prior illness, he had a stroke and we had to let him
go the next day. Another example was Domino, he was a kitten we adopted right
before we adopted Shtinky and at 3 years old he knocked over a pot of liquid
cinnamon potpourri, got it on his fur, licked it off and then had second degree
chemical burns in his mouth, throat and lungs. He lived for another year and
then died on my birthday the next year. So, I guess what I am saying is,
cherish the time you have together, don't worry about what will happen tomorrow
because they are in our lives for such a short time but in our hearts forever.
Edna
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:11:07 -0700
> From: joslinir...@yahoo.com
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New
>
>
>
> Thank you for that Edna, I really do hope that my cat can live a long &
> healthy
> life like your cat, so many people are negative nellies about being that
> optimistic, but I'm glad to here it does! He sounds like he had the best of
> his
> days on the lake, we let ours go out by the pool and lay around... he loves
> chashing frogs lately! For the first time he seems to have that spunk back...
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Edna Taylor <taylore...@msn.com>
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Sent: Thu, October 14, 2010 10:26:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New
>
>
> My first Feluk kitty (well, only one that was actually MY cat) lived to be 16
> years old and we never gave him anything special in the way of food and/or
> vitamins. We fed him Purina dry and some canned food (this was 20 years ago
> so
> we didn't know a lot about Feluk at the time) and he was a happy, healthy
> kitty
> up until he passed away. We found him when he was 10 and he tested positive.
>
> We kept him inside for the most part until we moved to the lake and because
> we
> were right on the water, we would let him go in the backyard while we were
> outside.
>
> I am sure others here have MUCH more knowledge than I do and I bow to their
> wisdom.
>
> Edna
>
> > From: kristinsc...@hotmail.com
> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> > Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:14:46 -0500
> > Subject: [Felvtalk] New
> >
> >
> > Hello there,
> >
> > I am new to this group. My cat Bodie was diagnosed with FELV on Monday, he
> > is
> >nine months old. I don't have much knowledge about this disease and hope
> >that
> >maybe some of you can help to inform me. My first question is how long do
> >cats
> >with Felv live? Some websites said a couple of years and some said they can
> >live
> >a full life. How long have your cats lived? To my knowledge there are no
> >meds
> >out there, right?? As far as vitamins or food, would you have any
> >suggestions. I
> >know that it is important to keep his immune system up. Right now Bodies is
> >healthy and very energetic. He has an eye infection that is clearing up,
> >other
> >than that you would have no idea that he is sick. I feel a very overwhelmed
> >and
> >scared. I would love to hear some tips and info for a newbie. Thank you all
> >so
> >much.
> >
> > Kristin
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