it isn't that bad, i don't spend as much as it sounds. mostly keep them healthy and you don't have too many vet calls. ---- Bonnie Hogue <ho...@sonic.net> wrote: > Man, I bet the vets love us... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <dlg...@windstream.net> > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:46 PM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Mixing > > > > MY VET ADVISED ME TO KEEP THE NEGATIVES SEPERATED UNTIL THEIR VACCINATION > > HAD TIME TO TAKE EFFECT. SINCE THEN, MY POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES ARE > > MIXED. COURSE, YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON SHOTS FOR THE NEGATIVES, > > JUST TO BE SURE. ALL OF MY CHILDREN ARE DOING WELL. KEPING THEM APART IS > > SO STRESSFUL EXPECIALLY IF THERE IS ONLY ONE POSITIVE. I THINK THAT HURTS > > THEM MORE THAN LETTING THEM MIX. WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON EVERYONE AND WHEN > > SOMEONE ACTS A BIT DIFFERENT, OFF TO THE VET WE GO. THAT WAY WE CAN CATCH > > A PROBLEM BEFORE IT GETS TOO BIG. > > ---- create_me_...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> Yes, it can be. Stress can also be damaging & was a big reason I chose to > >> mix. > >> At this point my negative cats are all 9-10 yrs old & have other medical > >> issues which will probably get them way before FeLV or Vaccine sarcomas. > >> Again, it is a personal choice which should not be made lightly. All the > >> Info should be looked at & each person has to make the choice they know > >> they can live with. > >> > >> Beth > >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: "Michelle Brockman " <teals...@hotmail.com> > >> Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > >> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:31:49 > >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > >> Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Mixing > >> > >> Over vaccinating can also be damaging in its own right. Please everyone > >> remember that. > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Beth > >> Sent: 10/14/2010 11:16:48 PM > >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Mixing > >> I mixed my cats on the ADVICE OF MY VET. She vaccinated my negatives, > >> including my FIV+ cat every 6 months. I had 5 negatives & 5 positives who > >> shared everything. I even had one cat live for many months in one room > >> with one of my negatives. All negative cats have been re-tested several > >> times over the years & NONE have turned positive. Including my FIV cat, > >> who obviously had a depressed immune system. He lived for many years > >> after the FeLV cats passed away. > >> I don't think I am a bad person for doing that. It was not a decision > >> lightly reached & I took every initial precaution to make sure my > >> negatives cats were protected. > >> I would never tell someone to mix - that is a personal decision & should > >> be discussed with a vet. Before I mixed any of my cats I got my negatives > >> re-vaccinated, waited 3 weeks, got them boostered, waited another week, & > >> then let them mix. > >> Beth > >> Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org<http://www.Furkids.org> > >> > >> --- On Wed, 10/13/10, Michelle Brockman <teals...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> From: Michelle Brockman <teals...@hotmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Mixing > >> To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org " <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > >> Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 11:54 PM > >> > >> I would like to add that the vaccines are NOT foolproof and do not have > >> 100% efficacy. I have personally had 11 cats that I rescued with FeLv die > >> a terrible death and would never expose a healthy non-positive cat to the > >> virus knowingly, regardless of how many people may have been lucky with > >> mixing so far. The virus can be spread through saliva which means > >> continual shared eating and drinking quarters and grooming. It can also > >> be passed on in litterboxes so it isn't just fighting you have to > >> consider. I am a very positive person and love all animals regardless of > >> their infliction but could never imagine why anyone would want to risk > >> endangering their other pets, vaccine or not. > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Melinda Kerr > >> Sent: 10/14/2010 1:37:27 AM > >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Mixing > >> I'm sorry for your loss. I've only had my Fuji for a little over a year > >> and every time I think about losing her it breaks my heart. Thank you for > >> sharing. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Oct 14, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Frank & Sue Koren <fs...@roadrunner.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > I had 6 negative cats when Buzzy came to me. He tested positive in > >> > January > >> > of 2008. At that time Casper was about 4 years old. I had all my > >> > positive > >> > cats vaccinated and released Buzz into the general population in April > >> > of > >> > 2008. In July I took in another positive and in September still > >> > another > >> > positive. Buzzy died in November of anemia, a common FeLV problem. I > >> > kept > >> > all the negative cats up to date on their vaccines. In December of > >> > 2009 > >> > Casper started sneezing quite a bit. He went through a round of > >> > antibiotics > >> > and got better for a while but then the sneezing came back and he was > >> > on > >> > meds again. Some time in February he just didn't seem like himself and > >> > I > >> > took him to the vet again. That was when they decided to test him for > >> > feline leukemia. He was positive, anemic and I lost him in April of > >> > 2010. > >> > I am fairly sure he started out negative because whenever I bring > >> > another > >> > cat into the household the first thing I do is take them to the vet to > >> > be > >> > checked out. Others here have said that in spite of that he was > >> > probably > >> > positive when I brought him into my home, but he spent about two years > >> > with > >> > me before he was ever exposed to a FeLV+ cat. I believe that if I had > >> > never > >> > mixed my positives and negatives Casper would still be alive. > >> > I'm sorry to be the one with the bad news, but it is better to > >> > understand > >> > that there is a risk and that feline leukemia is a horrible and > >> > dangerous > >> > disease. > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > >> > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Melinda Kerr > >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 5:15 AM > >> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Mixing > >> > > >> > OK, I know I am going to get some really strong opinions on this one. > >> > What I really want is positive feedback from people who have mixed > >> > positives > >> > and negatives. My Fuji contacted her FeLV from her mom and it didn't > >> > show > >> > up on her initial test. We did not know she was positive until a > >> > mediastinal mass developed when she was almost a year old. She now > >> > receives > >> > chemo and is doing really well. Since her first treatment in July, she > >> > has > >> > never shown any signs of being sick. > >> > > >> > Today, I "rescued" a stray that I thought for certain would be > >> > positive. > >> > However, the initial test was negative. I have the cats separated and > >> > intend to vaccinate as soon as one of my vets gets the vaccine in. > >> > They > >> > have been introduced to each other and seem as though they will get > >> > along > >> > quite well. Fuji is not a fighter and I cannot see her biting him. > >> > Neither > >> > of my vets seem to think that mixing them will be a problem. > >> > > >> > I read the old threads and saw that many of you have mixed with great > >> > results. I did not see any stories of mixing where a vaccinated > >> > negative > >> > became positive. I'm looking for stories of success or failure. > >> > Please > >> > share your stories! > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Melinda, Fuji and Shadow > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Felvtalk mailing list > >> > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Felvtalk mailing list > >> > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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