Re: FeLV/FIV Positive Kitty Needs Home - Urgent

2006-07-12 Thread Nina
My sister's name is Carmella! I think that's an excellent sign that the kitty Carmella would be a good sister too! Nina Amy Wilkins wrote: Tad, I am so happy to hear from you. I was thinking of writing you off the list but I didn't want to ask you to take this kitty. CJ was from this vet,

Fwd: RE: Sam from Helene

2006-07-12 Thread catatonya
Can someone give Helene the dosage for rescue remedy and/or any other advice? Her Sammy is not doing well.tonyacatatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:31:16 -0700 (PDT)From: catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: SamTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh Helene, don't feel bad for

Re: RE: Sam from Helene

2006-07-12 Thread Marylyn
I'm not sure there is a fixed dose. I have always been told (by people who are really into holistic medicine and by a holistic vet) to give 4-5 drops in water or put 2-3 on his head or in his mouth. Do this as often as you think necessary. It has very little taste. Let me tell you a

Re: Sam from Helene

2006-07-12 Thread Lernermichelle
Immuno-regulin and epogen? I would say the combo steroid shots, but if she already thinks he has diabetes, that probably would not be a helpful thing. Michelle In a message dated 7/12/2006 4:30:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can someone give Helene the dosage

Re: Sam from Helene

2006-07-12 Thread Lernermichelle
Tonya, is this a positive cat who has lived to be 15? If so, do you know if he has been positive all his life? Michelle

Re: OT: Interesting Research Symposium

2006-07-12 Thread Belinda
using an animal as a model of infectious disease usually means using them in lab experiments in order to advance research for human medical purposes. this sentence sounds ominous to me. I was thinking of it more in terms of researching feline retroviruses, didn't really associate it with human

Three Openings for FeLv cats in Hospice Center

2006-07-12 Thread Belinda
For future reference, this was posted to the FeLV ads program. I don't know this person or anything about them, so be sure and check them out if considering them for any of your kitties: A new ad has been posted to the Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens (default) web site. The ad

Re: test results

2006-07-12 Thread Belinda
As you said no test is 100% accurate, the IFA is the better test. The hard part, is your almost certainly not going to know when a cat was exposed so the accuracy of the test is always going to be questionable. A cat that tests positive may still be in the stage of trying to fight the virus

Re: Day after surgery

2006-07-12 Thread TatorBunz
In a message dated 7/11/2006 6:59:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Good, glad you lived through the surgery! NOW, get back to bed! tisk-tisk... are we a tad internet addicted? ;-) Phaewryn Yes, I have to admit thatI'm sure I will pay the price for it as well. Now

Re: test results

2006-07-12 Thread TenHouseCats
belinda, have you ever seen any research about a VACCINATED negative ever turning positive from living with a positive? i have not--and the experiences of folks on this list as well as friends with positives and vaccinated negatives seems to bear this out i've come to think that, when they

Re: test results

2006-07-12 Thread Belinda
MC, The way I look at it is that a healthy, vaccinated negative cat is very unlikely to get the virus from a positive, and if they did their own healthy immune system would most likely successfully fight it off. Not to say it couldn't happen, but I personally believe the chances are almost

Re: Sam from Helene

2006-07-12 Thread catatonya
Yes, I believe so. Helene is a nurse. I think she has had him on procrit or epogen??? She has his mother, Delilah and I can't remember if she is positive or not, but I think she is She was on the list a long time ago, and I'm over 40 without a great memory as you already know.I

RE: test results

2006-07-12 Thread Chris
You know, Ive often wondered whether its worth retesting a pos. Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TenHouseCats Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:47 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: test

RE: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25

2006-07-12 Thread Gary Murphy
Thank you everyone for your condolences on Alice's passing. How ironic that a horrible experience like this leads to such a kind,wonderful group of people. I hate to ask again so soon, but I need some more advice. My sorrow forAlly is beginning to being eclipsedby panic for the fates of the

Patti could use your prayers

2006-07-12 Thread Nina
Hello group, I got the following email from Patti this morning. I had hoped that she was busy with other things and was just not in touch. I was able to speak to her on the phone and she's in really rough shape. She was in a terrible car accident. She was in a coma, but because of her brain

Re: Patti could use your prayers

2006-07-12 Thread Kat
Oh Nina, Is there anything we can do in addition to prayers?? Does she need anything we may be able to send her? Is there someone helping her care for her animals? Kat On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Nina wrote: Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:38:28 -0700 From: Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: Patti could use your prayers

2006-07-12 Thread Nina
I kept asking her if there was something I could do to help, make phone calls for her, or something. I didn't think about sending her things, that might be helpful. The medical bills, even if she has good insurance are going to be astronomical, I'm sure. I asked her who was taking care of her

RE: Worried about your other kitties/Felvtalk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25

2006-07-12 Thread Kat
Beth, Please do not be so worried - I have had 3 kitties in my house of cats over the past 20 years that had the dry form of FIP - but none of the others have had any problems whatsoever!! These were 3 non-overlapping kitties, so they didn't get it from each other either. FIP is a mutation of a

Re: Worried about your other kitties/Felvtalk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25

2006-07-12 Thread Tad Burnett
When I 1st started keeping FeLV+ kitties and asking my vet should I do this or that... He gave me some valuable advise "Don't drive myself crazy worrying about things"... Keeping stress for the kitties to a minimum is the best thing you can do... They can sense your worry and that will

RE: Worried about your other kitties/Felvtalk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25

2006-07-12 Thread Chris
Tad, I couldnt agree with you more. When my Tucson was diagnosed at age 4, I went into a blind panic. I switched vets as my old vet told me he had no experience w. FELV and ended up with someone who is closer to me and happens to be the vet for a local FELV rescuer. Hes very laid back

RE: Worried about your other kitties/Felvtalk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25

2006-07-12 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Beth, Please dont worry,,, I have been there though.. but after 3 or 4 years, I dont worry about FIP any more.. I have had over 100 of feral kitties in the past and they are all exposed to the corona virus and some has very high titers, but only one (possibly never could confirm it) had

Re: Special Need List Add-On: Madison Lee

2006-07-12 Thread Lora
Nina, No the mass has not grown in size since I found it on 07-01-06. However, I do not know how long Madison has had the lump. It is very possible that it started out extremely tiny i.e. pea size and I just had not discovered it yet. It is also possible that the knot has always been the size

Re: Special Need List Add-On: Madison Lee

2006-07-12 Thread Nina
Didn't the vet remove the lump today? It's possible he had a good idea what it was just by looking at it. When do you get the results back? From the way you describe it, it does sound like the fatty deposits that some of my crew have had. I know they are more common in older animals, but