[Felvtalk] Multi Cat House Protocol

2009-12-08 Thread Maria Ianiro
Hello - For those of you with multi-cat households, I was wondering what your vet has recommended in terms of re-testing for FELV in the negative cat. I have 1 positive and 1 negative that have been living together for over a year now. I have been advised to re-test the negative cat once a year

[Felvtalk] Mycoplasma

2009-12-08 Thread Maria Ianiro
I did a little research on the board for mycoplasma and I noticed that it does seem to be prevalent (as far as i can see from the mailing list) in felv+ cats. My vet suggested I have my felv+ kitty tested. For those of you that have experience with Mycoplasma, can you tell me what symptoms your

Re: [Felvtalk] OT:help w/post traumatic stress in cat?

2009-12-08 Thread tamara stickler
Haven't heard that one before, thanks Christinane --- On Mon, 12/7/09, Chris ti...@mindspring.com wrote: From: Chris ti...@mindspring.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT:help w/post traumatic stress in cat? To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 6:01 PM Don't know if it's

Re: [Felvtalk] OT:help w/post traumatic stress in cat?

2009-12-08 Thread mary (merlin) marshall
I'm with antianxiety meds too. It might also help with his aggression with your other cat. I have 2 on prozac for peeing issues. One of them also challenges my alpha cat. Putting him on prozac really just took the edge off of him. He still plays with his buddy cats, but he has stopped

Re: [Felvtalk] PTSD

2009-12-08 Thread lernermichelle
We had great luck calming PTSD-type anxiety in our cat Patches with small daily doses of Benadry. The vet told us the amount to give (I think it was 1/6 of a pill twice a day?) but she did not like getting pilled, which added to her stress, so we got the vet to call in a prescription to a

[Felvtalk] Fwd: RE: feral cats FW: Ask PETA a Question Form

2009-12-08 Thread dlgegg
got an answer from PETA, here it is. dorlis Subject: RE: feral cats FW: Ask PETA a Question Form Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:56:32 -0500 From: Karen Dickerson kar...@petaf.org To: dlg...@windstream.net Dear Dorlis, Thank you for contacting PETA. We appreciate the opportunity to