Maureen- Maybe she will be one of the lucky ones who fights it off. Whether she does or not, I will always be ready to take her and love her for as long as she has.
I am willing to bet she and Koko Kitty (the blind terror) would totally tear the house apart playing with each other. Add in the 75# Samoyed mix, Polar Bear and the puppy, Charlie and I will pitch a tent to live in and give them the house! If you keep her that is great but be sure I would LOVE to give her a home with my fur babies if you aren't able to. Let me know how she does no matter what your decision! Kat On 11/19/11, Maureen Olvey <molvey...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Kat. > > I can keep her but I'd rather not because my house is full of foster > failures as it is! I love them all but I wish I could have found homes for > more of them. If for some reason I can't find her a home then she can > always stay with me. Don't worry, I won't be putting her down. > > I'll definitely think about your offer though. I might need a nice drive to > KY or OH to get away from my mad house for a few days ;-) Really > though, I will think about it. I have a couple of friends with family up > that way so I might find out when they're heading up. I'll let you know. > You would totally love her. She is so sweet. She really loves attention > and follows me around. Kind of a laid back little girl. She likes to play > of course like all kittens but she's also happy just hanging out. > > I'm hoping her IFA will be negative which would mean she still has a chance > of extinguishing the virus. I wouldn't expect a kitten to be able to fight > off the virus but you just never know. I'm going to wait a couple weeks > before doing that test but will definitely think about your offer and see if > there's a way to work out the transporting. > > “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark > Twain > >> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:28:59 -0500 >> From: katsk...@gmail.com >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccination question >> >> Maureen >> I have 3 grown dogs, 1 puppy and 9 cats. Of the cats, 1 is about 11 - >> 12 years old and in the final stages of FeLV having tested positive >> years ago. One of the others had her eyes removed at 4 weeks because >> of severe infections but is now 6 months old and the ruler of the >> house. Because I had one other FeLV+ cat besides the one I have now, >> I have kept up yearly vaccinations on all my others. >> >> That said, I live in S Ohio and if nobody can take your kitty I would >> be willing to try if someone can assist with transporting her. I >> can't dirve the entire way but could meet someone in KY maybe if you >> can't find her a home? >> >> She would be totally indoors, spoiled and probably end up wrestling >> with the puppy and blind Koko Kitty just as the others do so she most >> definitely would not lack for play opportunities. >> >> Has she been spayed? >> >> If nobody nearer to you can adopt her and you don't feel you can keep >> her let me know if you are interested in trying to work something out >> with me. >> >> I had a Siamese years ago and miss her still. Would love to have another. >> >> Thanks >> kat >> >> On 11/17/11, Marcia Baronda <marciabmar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Big markup on vaccines, but they have to make a living too! I don't know >> > of >> > any vets out here that are rolling in cash, quite a few of them are >> > concerned about being fair to farmers, etc. But, back to the rabies >> > vaccine, >> > a lot of cities dictate how often a rabies vaccine has to be given, >> > which to >> > me, is ridiculous. Where I'm from, a three year vaccine is only >> > recognized >> > for 2 years. And i'm sure that all of you know, the average Joe thinks >> > that >> > is A OK! Same with panleukopenia vaccine. It lasts forever. >> > >> > Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, Christmas >> > 2010. >> > >> > On Nov 17, 2011, at 5:28 PM, Maureen Olvey <molvey...@hotmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> I kind of have to vaccinate. I brought in a FeLV positive kitten and >> >> since I doubt I will be able to adopt her out I need to vaccinate my >> >> others because I'm not planning on keeping them separated forever. >> >> Maybe >> >> I should but I don't have the set up for that. I hate over - >> >> vaccinating >> >> too but I think I have to in this case. Unless there's someone like >> >> Beth >> >> that lives in the Atlanta area that wants to take her and try to adopt >> >> her >> >> out ;-) She is a beautiful 12 week old blue point siamese kitten. >> >> Appears healthy as a horse. I had the ELISA done twice (once sent to >> >> the >> >> lab) so I know she's positive. I hope she can extinguish the virus but >> >> since she's a kitten I'm a little worried. I"m going to follow up with >> >> an >> >> IFA to see if the virus has progressed into her white blood cells so >> >> that >> >> will tell me if she has a chance of extinguishing the virus. Back to >> >> the >> >> point, anyone wants a 12 week old blue point siamese kitten let me >> >> know. >> >> >> >> Not to scare you but as a side note - testing doesn't always prevent >> >> you >> >> from bringing in a positive kitty. I tested all my cats and kittens >> >> and >> >> they always came up negative yet I had one die from FeLV when she was >> >> two >> >> years old. No other kitties in my house got it from her, even my FIV >> >> kitty. The vet had some thoughts of how that happened but anyway if >> >> you >> >> test a kitten and she shows up negative it may be that the virus hasn't >> >> had time to show on the snap test. Not a comforting thought I know. >> >> >> >> Still, I wouldn't vaccinate my cats if I hadn't brought in this FeLV >> >> kitten in because like most everyone I hate over-vaccinating. I just >> >> knew >> >> her first snap test was a false positive so I wanted to give her a >> >> shot. >> >> But now that she's been here two weeks and is even more healthy I just >> >> can't put her down. I'm going to try to adopt her out even though I >> >> doubt >> >> I'll be successful. But in the meantime she needs to get out of that >> >> one >> >> room and play. >> >> >> >> Another interesting fact - a couple years ago I read there was a study >> >> done on the rabies vaccine and they found that kittens vaccinated at 12 >> >> or >> >> 16 weeks old still had immunity 4 years later. And that was just the >> >> normal one year rabies vaccine. Crazy huh? I think the American >> >> Association of Veterinarians something or another sets the vaccination >> >> protocols but they're all vets so of course they're going to recommend >> >> vaccinating as much as possible. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
