Non cat people just don't get it. I think they also are thinking more of themselves than the cat. They just do not want to go to the trouble and puting the cat to sleep is a way out for them. They can appear as caring, loving people. My 2 girls have been with me for 5 years now and are healthy and happy. If I had listened to the naysayers, I would have put them down the day I found out they were positive. Until the day they truly become ill and their life is filled with pain and no joy, they will continue to live with me and enjoy life.
---- Joslin Potter <joslinir...@yahoo.com> wrote: > When we found out Zoey was + with FeLV I automatically thought like what your > describing, he was going to have to be laid to rest, however, my vet was very > optimistic and caring. She assured me that things were going to be fine, > different, but fine. Thye stood by my decision to keep him alive, they would > call once a month to check in on him, and always were very accomidating in > providing care at a decent price. However a few weeks ago when we took him > in, before putting him down, she even shed a tear herself that he was in a > lot of pain, and they could treat him but it didn't look like he was going to > stay better. So, we made the decision. But you are correct. A lot of people even that when we told them that Zoey was "special" they would ask why? Why would you want a cat tat was sick like that and I've even been called Selfish for letting him suffer, however the first year was a little ruff, but the three years later, up until 6 months before we put him down, you couldn't even tell. - Joslin ________________________________ From: Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com> To: felvtalk <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 7:00 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] Why Are You Keeping This Cat Alive? One of the strangest problems I face with my FeLv+ and FIV+ cats is going to the vet for a simple health issue. I bring in a fat, sleek cat with a URI and the vet asks me, in the course of treatment "Is this one of your FeLv+ or FIV+ cats?" Well, I have to say yes because we are at the doctor's office and it's not good to hide medical facts from your cat's doctor, right? And most of the time, even though the vet knows my opinion on cats who have these two disorders, the cat is viewed as different from another cat with a URI or diarrhea, or whatever simple issue the cat is going through and several times I have gotten a lecture of the This Is The Beginning Of The End type along with the antibiotic shot or whatever the protocol was for the actual issue. I find this annoying and frightening because I feel that my special needs cats are being treated as hopeless and perhaps are being given less appropriate treatment than my regular cats. Has > anyone noticed this problem with their feline health care provider? There > is one vet who I used for 15 years until I moved 50 miles away that never did > this and never made me feel that I was selfishly keeping a sick cat alive. I > would bring in my FIV+ and FeLv+ kits and he would treat them the same way he > would treat the others. Even when I would tell him that Wally or Sugar or > whoever, was FIV+ or Taco was FeLv+ he would say, "Yes, I know. I did the > test, remember? But this is just an upper respiratory infection." and that > would be it. Shot given, pills prescribed, bill paid. I wish all vets were > like that. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! _______________________________________________ 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