new cat
Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
Re: new cat
Lynne - I adopted a new kitty last July. Mandy also tested positive for leukemia. I loved her immediately so I never considered anything but keeping her. She is thriving. I feed her Wellness canned food (mixing in some lysine and Missing Link) and Nutro dry food. She is more than six years old and you would never know she is anything but perfectly healthy. She eats like a small horse, plays most of the day and loves me. Hopefully you will have the same experience. Pat - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:54 PM Subject: new cat Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
Re: new cat
Hi Lynne The rough numbers say 2/3's will be gone in 2 years... That leaves 1/3 that will make it past 2 years and they will commonly live to 8 years or longer... Tad Lynne wrote: Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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Thanks for the encouraging news about your Mandy Pat. We're still trying to modify our boy's diet. I bought this food called Medi-Cal hypoallergenic diet from the vets because he was having diarrhea and terrible gas. He finally had a solid bowel movement yesterday and seems to like the food but his favorite seems to be tuna and salmon, the human stuff. He's really loveable and seemingly fine health wise so we're just gonna make sure he's well taken care of and given lots of love and attention. Lynne - Original Message - From: Pat Kachur To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:10 PM Subject: Re: new cat Lynne - I adopted a new kitty last July. Mandy also tested positive for leukemia. I loved her immediately so I never considered anything but keeping her. She is thriving. I feed her Wellness canned food (mixing in some lysine and Missing Link) and Nutro dry food. She is more than six years old and you would never know she is anything but perfectly healthy. She eats like a small horse, plays most of the day and loves me. Hopefully you will have the same experience. Pat
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Well that's happy news Tad Since our cat is between 4 to 6 and well, maybe he'll be around for a good length of time. Lynne - Original Message - From: Tad Burnett To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: new cat Hi Lynne The rough numbers say 2/3's will be gone in 2 years... That leaves 1/3 that will make it past 2 years and they will commonly live to 8 years or longer... Tad Lynne wrote: Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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Lynne Have one FELV+ who will be 10 years next month. She's a hefty 18 lbs and the only problem (other than overeating!) she's had is a few episodes of very low white blood count. Vet got the count up pretty quickly with immuno-regulin. My other FELV+, Romeo, is probably a year or so younger-he's a stray I fed outside for a couple of years before bringing him in. He's only had some gum problems which though fairly easy to treat, for him is a bit tough as its difficult to pill him. I feed them Wellness wet food with a very little bit of Iams dry food. Christiane Biagi 914-632-4672 Cell: 914-720-6888 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Katrina Animal Reunion Team (KART) http://www.findkpets.org www.findkpets.org Join Us Help Reunite Katrina-displaced Families with their Animals From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lynne Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:54 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: new cat Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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Dixie came into my life as a throw-away who showed up at my mother's. I liked her and took her to my vet several months later to have her spayed, intending to take her to my farm as a barn cat. He tested her (she was still nameless) and she was FELV+. He explained the options and was very relieved when I took all of them off the table. Dixie stayed in a garage for a while then moved up to being a house trailer cat and now lives on the farm as the Junior Partner in the firm of Person and Cat with her own bedroom (as well as run of one floor of the house---I'm building and the basement is not safe yet), a 10 x 10 x 6 foot kennel with a topper for good weather, etc...no, she is not spoiled. She spoils me with all the love and joy she has given me. She came into my life about 3 years ago and is extremely healthy. She has been retested a couple of times then I got tired of itit simply doesn't matter what the results are. She eats a very good diet with no grains and extra veggies providing lots of Vitamin A and C, raw as well as processed meats, and various supplements as feels right at the time. Colostrum, various homeopathic supplements, Interfreon, Petz Life Brush Away.I, too, came to this list with questions. Dixie and I realize that life is not a certain thing and I am accepting the fact that no one knows when or how they are living. Concentrating on when a loved one may leave ---it doesn't' matter how many legs, how healthy or sickly they appear, or what the doctors/vets say. We are all dying and start dying the day we are born. Dwelling on that or the length of life only destroys the wonderful time you can have together. Dixie is a totally perfect cat. She travels wonderfully, adjusts to everything including the constant construction at her home, and is a wonderful hunter and friend. She came into my life a little over 3 years ago and, this June, is the anniversary of her person owning life. She may or may not get sick.we'll deal with that when and if it happens. After all, we all decline in health. She is very healthy and happy now and that is what matters. Yes. Your friend can live much longer or die suddenly from something totally unrelated to FeLV+. You can do the same. Enjoy the wonderful time you have together. Everyday I celebrate Dixie's life. Oh, yes...had she not tested positive she would have been a barn/ porch cat. Now she owns the house. And my heart. On Feb 5, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Lynne wrote Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desperate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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Hi Lynne I've found that feeding the best quality food possible, finding the right supplements to boost immunity and a stress free and loving environment does wonders. You might want to get him on supplements to support his immune system before and after his surgery (neutering). There is a lot of information in the archives as well. We've all experienced the horrible shock and grief that a FeLV diagnosis brings, but have learned that these kitties are always very special and have taught many of us lessons in gratitude and living in the moment. There are many knowledgeable people on the list to help you. Welcome! Jane On Feb 5, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Lynne wrote: Well that's happy news Tad Since our cat is between 4 to 6 and well, maybe he'll be around for a good length of time. Lynne - Original Message - From: Tad Burnett To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: new cat Hi Lynne The rough numbers say 2/3's will be gone in 2 years... That leaves 1/3 that will make it past 2 years and they will commonly live to 8 years or longer... Tad Lynne wrote: Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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Thank you Jane. BooBoo (we didn't name him) is on a good diet now and seemingly in very good health and I think he feels really well having had a conditioning bath and grooming. I think the little guy is clean for the first time in his life. I talked to the vet about supplements and he didn't feel they were necessary at this time but I want him to have his blood checked periodically to make sure everything is ok. As for neutering, our vet wants to do it ASAP. I do trust this guy. We have a Maine Coon who is 19 years old and on thyroid medication now and doing really well so I believe this vet who has taken care of him. He tells me that neutered males have less chance of developing prostate cancer and his urine won't smell as strong as it does now. BooBoo is a very clean cat but his pee does smell horribly strong. The vet said neutering should help this, something I never knew, probably because the only 2 cats we've ever owned were neutered quite young. Lynne - Original Message - From: Jane Lyons To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: new cat Hi Lynne I've found that feeding the best quality food possible, finding the right supplements to boost immunity and a stress free and loving environment does wonders. You might want to get him on supplements to support his immune system before and after his surgery (neutering). There is a lot of information in the archives as well. We've all experienced the horrible shock and grief that a FeLV diagnosis brings, but have learned that these kitties are always very special and have taught many of us lessons in gratitude and living in the moment. There are many knowledgeable people on the list to help you. Welcome! Jane On Feb 5, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Lynne wrote: Well that's happy news Tad Since our cat is between 4 to 6 and well, maybe he'll be around for a good length of time. Lynne - Original Message - From: Tad Burnett To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: new cat Hi Lynne The rough numbers say 2/3's will be gone in 2 years... That leaves 1/3 that will make it past 2 years and they will commonly live to 8 years or longer... Tad Lynne wrote: Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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They are applying a wind deductible of $1000.00, The tree was rotten the neighbor was aware of it.and IMO negligent. I guess I just liked the music. It is a Spay Neuter clinic somewhere that put up the video. It still gets the message out there. I grew up on a farm. After years my dad finally got momma cat fixed age 10 she lived to be 16 and she was probably poisioned by accident then. After that we always had out animals fixed. Sally On Feb 5, 2008 12:14 AM, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh dear, what's up with the insurance company? The video is nice, I just wish they wouldn't put that completely inaccurate statistic about how many kittens a female cat can produce. It kind of makes the whole rest of the video suspect to someone you're trying to convince. On Feb 4, 2008 10:33 PM, Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well alright if you think getting screwed by your own insurance company is ok. I found this cool You Tube link for spay neuter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HTkOfyN4ac Sally On 2/4/08, catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sally, I must have missed all this. Thank heaven you are all ok. I hope things get back to normal soon. tonya *Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: HI all Ok well yesterday run of not so good luck continued. Eric returned from San diego. His Flight got changed, which caused and hour delay. Then The connecting flight was delayed 3 hours. I finally picked him up around 2: 50AM.I got to bed at 4:00AM this moring . Went to work a little late. I got less than 4 hours sleep. I feel pretty crappy right now. The adjuster called. They cleaned up most of the fallen branches. My brother is going to do the repairs. He needs the work. The neighbors cut down the tree. The adjuster said he would include the locksmith charge since it was related to the fallen tree. So life is a bit better. WE are expecting rain tomorrow and wind. Hopefully the tarp does its job tomorrow. I sure don't need water damage. I am tired. Hope everyone is doing ok. Sally -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* Please help Clarissa! http://rescuties.chipin.com/clarissasheart http://www.change.org/rescuties -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3
Re: OT update house
Can you sue the neighbor? I can't hear the music:( No speakers. The kittens were adorable.:) We don't adopt out any unaltered animals anyway. I just have a thing about providing wrong info to the public. On Feb 5, 2008 7:49 PM, Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are applying a wind deductible of $1000.00, The tree was rotten the neighbor was aware of it.and IMO negligent. I guess I just liked the music. It is a Spay Neuter clinic somewhere that put up the video. It still gets the message out there. I grew up on a farm. After years my dad finally got momma cat fixed age 10 she lived to be 16 and she was probably poisioned by accident then. After that we always had out animals fixed. Sally On Feb 5, 2008 12:14 AM, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh dear, what's up with the insurance company? The video is nice, I just wish they wouldn't put that completely inaccurate statistic about how many kittens a female cat can produce. It kind of makes the whole rest of the video suspect to someone you're trying to convince. On Feb 4, 2008 10:33 PM, Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well alright if you think getting screwed by your own insurance company is ok. I found this cool You Tube link for spay neuter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HTkOfyN4ac Sally On 2/4/08, catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sally, I must have missed all this. Thank heaven you are all ok. I hope things get back to normal soon. tonya *Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: HI all Ok well yesterday run of not so good luck continued. Eric returned from San diego. His Flight got changed, which caused and hour delay. Then The connecting flight was delayed 3 hours. I finally picked him up around 2: 50AM.I got to bed at 4:00AM this moring . Went to work a little late. I got less than 4 hours sleep. I feel pretty crappy right now. The adjuster called. They cleaned up most of the fallen branches. My brother is going to do the repairs. He needs the work. The neighbors cut down the tree. The adjuster said he would include the locksmith charge since it was related to the fallen tree. So life is a bit better. WE are expecting rain tomorrow and wind. Hopefully the tarp does its job tomorrow. I sure don't need water damage. I am tired. Hope everyone is doing ok. Sally -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* Please help Clarissa! http://rescuties.chipin.com/clarissasheart http://www.change.org/rescuties -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* Please help Clarissa! http://rescuties.chipin.com/clarissasheart http://www.change.org/rescuties
Re: OT update house
Talked to my agent he said I might be able to file a liability claim against the neighbor. We are both insued by the same company, so I am not sure how that would play out. My brother will do the job, but with $1000 deductible something would not get fixed. My house is only 3 years old. If you go to the link in my signature line you will see a picture of the damage under general discussion. However if you are on dialup don't do it becuase I did not resize the picture it is huge. Sally On Feb 5, 2008 8:57 PM, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you sue the neighbor? I can't hear the music:( No speakers. The kittens were adorable.:) We don't adopt out any unaltered animals anyway. I just have a thing about providing wrong info to the public. On Feb 5, 2008 7:49 PM, Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are applying a wind deductible of $1000.00, The tree was rotten the neighbor was aware of it.and IMO negligent. I guess I just liked the music. It is a Spay Neuter clinic somewhere that put up the video. It still gets the message out there. I grew up on a farm. After years my dad finally got momma cat fixed age 10 she lived to be 16 and she was probably poisioned by accident then. After that we always had out animals fixed. Sally On Feb 5, 2008 12:14 AM, Kelley Saveika [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh dear, what's up with the insurance company? The video is nice, I just wish they wouldn't put that completely inaccurate statistic about how many kittens a female cat can produce. It kind of makes the whole rest of the video suspect to someone you're trying to convince. On Feb 4, 2008 10:33 PM, Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well alright if you think getting screwed by your own insurance company is ok. I found this cool You Tube link for spay neuter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HTkOfyN4ac Sally On 2/4/08, catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sally, I must have missed all this. Thank heaven you are all ok. I hope things get back to normal soon. tonya *Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: HI all Ok well yesterday run of not so good luck continued. Eric returned from San diego. His Flight got changed, which caused and hour delay. Then The connecting flight was delayed 3 hours. I finally picked him up around 2: 50AM.I got to bed at 4:00AM this moring . Went to work a little late. I got less than 4 hours sleep. I feel pretty crappy right now. The adjuster called. They cleaned up most of the fallen branches. My brother is going to do the repairs. He needs the work. The neighbors cut down the tree. The adjuster said he would include the locksmith charge since it was related to the fallen tree. So life is a bit better. WE are expecting rain tomorrow and wind. Hopefully the tarp does its job tomorrow. I sure don't need water damage. I am tired. Hope everyone is doing ok. Sally -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* Please help Clarissa! http://rescuties.chipin.com/clarissasheart http://www.change.org/rescuties -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* Please help Clarissa! http://rescuties.chipin.com/clarissasheart http://www.change.org/rescuties -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily,
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Hi Lynn, my Squeaky and Stripes tested positive. Squeak lived a healthy life until age 22 years. Stripes was sick on and off and lived to age 16 years. This was before vets (or guardians) knew much and they VACCINATED them for this year after year. Squeaky always got sick for 3 days after being vaccinated. Anyway, have hope and give him lots of love and no stress. The neutering can stress him so make sure he's in tip top shape before you do that. Check out some of the maintenance suggestions for feline leuk positive kitties such as using interferon. Good luck and THANK-YOU for rescuing this kitty from his previous situation. Wonder if you could bring any sort of neglect charge agst the other family. That said, we don't generally press charges here as it means we have to relinquish the animal. Laurie - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:54 PM Subject: new cat Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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btw we now have Isabella, a stray who kept coming for food and tested positive for feline leukemia. She had a rough time of it last summer but is doing great. Her weight has almost doubled! She has been adopted by my friend Lisa. She takes prednisone and tramadal (pain med) and Lisa gives her interferon 7 days on and 7 days off. Lis feeds Innova EVO dry. Bella loves it. She gets some canned food, too, but loves her EVO Laurie (ps the only thing I don't love about the name BooBoo is that those other people named him. I love the name!) - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:37 PM Subject: Re: new cat Thank you Jane. BooBoo (we didn't name him) is on a good diet now and seemingly in very good health and I think he feels really well having had a conditioning bath and grooming. I think the little guy is clean for the first time in his life. I talked to the vet about supplements and he didn't feel they were necessary at this time but I want him to have his blood checked periodically to make sure everything is ok. As for neutering, our vet wants to do it ASAP. I do trust this guy. We have a Maine Coon who is 19 years old and on thyroid medication now and doing really well so I believe this vet who has taken care of him. He tells me that neutered males have less chance of developing prostate cancer and his urine won't smell as strong as it does now. BooBoo is a very clean cat but his pee does smell horribly strong. The vet said neutering should help this, something I never knew, probably because the only 2 cats we've ever owned were neutered quite young. Lynne - Original Message - From: Jane Lyons To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: new cat Hi Lynne I've found that feeding the best quality food possible, finding the right supplements to boost immunity and a stress free and loving environment does wonders. You might want to get him on supplements to support his immune system before and after his surgery (neutering). There is a lot of information in the archives as well. We've all experienced the horrible shock and grief that a FeLV diagnosis brings, but have learned that these kitties are always very special and have taught many of us lessons in gratitude and living in the moment. There are many knowledgeable people on the list to help you. Welcome! Jane On Feb 5, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Lynne wrote: Well that's happy news Tad Since our cat is between 4 to 6 and well, maybe he'll be around for a good length of time. Lynne - Original Message - From: Tad Burnett To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: new cat Hi Lynne The rough numbers say 2/3's will be gone in 2 years... That leaves 1/3 that will make it past 2 years and they will commonly live to 8 years or longer... Tad Lynne wrote: Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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Thanks Laurie for this encouragement. I've become angry at the people we got the cat from only because they have still have an add on a site selling two other cats, the one is a son of my cat and the other is a female. These people don't believe in vets or neutering or spaying. They have sent me a couple nasty emails saying they didn't believe my vet's diagnosis and that the cat had always been healthy and happy and had only seen a vet once when he was ill and almost died as a kitten. They don't have a clue as to what this disease is and told me it was not transmittable and I was foolish to believe it could be fatal. Also told me there was something wrong with me not to believe in miracles. I'm dealing with some weird individuals here. Anyhow, I own him and we love him to pieces and they will never see him again. He's happy as can be here, clean, adorable and healthy. I am kind of worried about the neutering but our vet says he's very much up to it and we'll have a better cat for it, so I need to trust him. Besides, BooBoo likes the people there and travelling in the van. Lynne - Original Message - From: laurieskatz To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:25 PM Subject: Re: new cat Hi Lynn, my Squeaky and Stripes tested positive. Squeak lived a healthy life until age 22 years. Stripes was sick on and off and lived to age 16 years. This was before vets (or guardians) knew much and they VACCINATED them for this year after year. Squeaky always got sick for 3 days after being vaccinated. Anyway, have hope and give him lots of love and no stress. The neutering can stress him so make sure he's in tip top shape before you do that. Check out some of the maintenance suggestions for feline leuk positive kitties such as using interferon. Good luck and THANK-YOU for rescuing this kitty from his previous situation. Wonder if you could bring any sort of neglect charge agst the other family. That said, we don't generally press charges here as it means we have to relinquish the animal. Laurie - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:54 PM Subject: new cat Hi all. I just joined this list after doing all the reading I possibly could find on feline leukemia. I recently acquired a Himalayan male cat around 5 to 6 years of age from a rather unscrupulous family. I was familiar with the cat because all summer he would come over to our house and hang around, mostly wanting attention and something to eat. Recently I discovered he was on a buy and sell site and immediately called the owners desparate to purchase him. Knowing who I am the price went from 150 to 300 within a couple minutes. Anyway, my husband and I had grown to love this little guy and just wanted him to have a good home. Yesterday we took him to the vet where he was groomed, shaved of all the horrible matting under his chest and legs, deflead and treated for a terrible case of earmites. We no sooner got home than the vet called to tell us he had tested positive for feline leukemia and wanted to know how much we had bonded with him and our options. After what seemed like hours of crying I decided we were going to keep him as long as he stayed healthy which he is now. This weekend he is going to be neutered, strongly advised by the vet. This will be strictly a housecat. He's adjusted very well and is adorable. I'm just curious. Does he have a chance at a longer life than I've been lead to believe he has. I'm hearing a couple of years and I just cannot accept this as fact. Lynne
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Dear Lynne I have to say that I absorbed much of the encouragement that was meant for you in those emails for myself! I have recently also joined this list looking for hope against FeLV and everytime someone else joins I am further encouraged. Diet does seem to make a difference in all the reading that I have done it mentions the highest possible quality high protein diet. Well, I'm a firm believer in the Prey Model Diet (otherwise known as Raw feeding or BARF) as it fully suits those qualifications. Since BooBoo is already more interested in human food - tuna/salmon, now might be a good time to try to transition him to Raw. It's a process but some cats take to it better than others. Someone else mentioned Raw feeding - there are many really wonderful websites like: www.rawfedcats.org that have all the information needed to get started in Raw Feeding. Our Athena is entirely raw fed , whole prey (we use Rodent Pro.com) basically initially by her own doing. Time will tell (as much as it really can with this situation) as far as how beneficial the raw feeding is for them but I really think that overall (even if she weren't sick) there would never be any better food plan. Anyway - off my soap box but think about it. Good luck and warm wishes:) Beth Gouldin RIP Orion (to FELV) Good Luck Athena (FELV +)
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