sANDY, NEVER APOLIGISE. ANYTHING WE LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER IS TO OUR GAIN. I HAVE HAD 2 POSITIVE FELV CATS. ONE DIED AFTER ABOUT 2 YEARS, BUT SHE HAD MANY OTHER ISSUES INCLUDING A RACCON BITING OFF HER TAIL. ANNIE IS STIL FIT AS A FIDDLE AND GIVING EVERYONE ELSE FITS. THE OTHERS ARE ALL VACCINATED AGAINST FELV AND SO FAR, ALL END UP DYING OF OLD AGE, USUALLY 18 OR SO. i THIN THAT GIVING THEM LOTS OF LOVE, GOOD FOOD AND MEDICAL TREATMENT WHEN NEEDED COUNTS FOR SO MUCH. KEEP ON ADOPTING, YOUR LIFE WILL BE FULL. DORLIS
---- Sandy Noneofyourbusiness <furkids2...@live.com> wrote: > Hi everyone! I am new here so if I do something wrong, let me know. This kind > of group is set up different than what I am used to. > My male friend moved back to Wisconsin, from Tucson, AZ back in 2012. He > brought with him ‘9’ of his cats. ALL had FeLV. Shortly after he moved here, > 5 of his cats died.(stress and fleas) A friend of his had to have brought > them over with him when he was visiting. > We were friends back in the mid 70’s, and we ended up dating and now we have > been living together for about a > 1 1/2 yrs. I had a FeLV free cat and 2 dogs. It was a HARD decision but all I > could do is vaccinate my cat for FeLV and pray he does not get it.(it is > about 75% effective?) > Anyway, what I was going to say, that cats having FeLV is not a death > sentence, so do not count on them to be dying early. One cat of my > boyfriend’s,(Clyde) was 13 yrs. old before he died. > Right now we have Oliver(4 years 4 mos.), Diamond(9 yrs. 10 months),Dora > Jean(10 yrs. 4 mos.),Sheila(4 yrs.) and Wilma(3 yrs. 6 mos.). I also have 2 > dogs, Ryder(8 yrs. 6 mos.) and last but not least, Ozzie(12 yrs. 8 mos.). > ALL cats are healthy and always have been, so far. Diamond does have a tumor > in his throat(ear) area that just doing surgery would most likely kill him > from stress.(it is not FeLV related) So as long as he eats and has no pain > and no other issues, we will keep him alive. He is a very happy cat. > My oldest dog,Ozzie, might have blastomycosis.(2nd dog of mine that has had > it) The vet should be letting me know today/tomorrow. Since he is so old, I > will not treat him and just put him to sleep.(UGH!) He also has an enlarged > heart. So I may have to make that tough decision that we ALL hate. > Sorry this is so long, just wanted to do an intro. > Sandy _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
