Stress definitely plays a role!
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of HIDEYO YAMAMOTO Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:08 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] neutering a positive cat I would recommend to run a blood work to make sure that everything looks good before the surgery - especially CBC portion as sometimes their WBC/RBC might be a little off - I don't know if it's conincidence or not - I do believe that stress sort of triggered the disease - my completely healthy cat Tsubomi died about a month after the surgery - I think she had lymphoma - but we did not even think of it as she was completely healthy - I was devastated. Hideyo > Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:02:48 -0500 > From: felineres...@frontier.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] neutering a positive cat > > I rescue cats and I've have had many FelV positive cats neutered or > spayed. If they are healthy at the time they come thru the surgery > just fine regardless of their FelV status. > > Lorrie > > On 01-02, dppl dppl wrote: I still have Mitt, the kitten I found in > > October who tested positive. He seems to be healthy at this time > > and around 7-8 months old. I am thinking I should have him > > neutered but the local humane society refused to do surgery on a > > positive cat, claiming surgery could trigger an immune system > > problem. Has anyone neutered their positive cat after finding > > out it was positive and what was your experience? Thanks for any > > input. PS: Someone asked my in a prior posting why the vet give > > vaccinations before getting blood work results that showed > > positive. She sent the blookwork to an outside lad since she > > said it would be less costly and that same visit when blood was > > drawn, she went ahead and did vaccinations. > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://fusion2.fusionhost.com/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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