Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-21 Thread Lee Evans
> > From: Lee Evans >To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" >Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:31 PM >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice > > >Katherine, I understand your feelings.  For reasons of ethics I don't

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread Kathryn Hargreaves
t… > > B. > > ** ** > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf > Of *janine paton > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:27 PM > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice > > ** ** > > The st

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread dlgegg
t,  spayed. Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org   From: Kathryn Hargreaves To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 3:41 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice If that's the case, then why do dogs who

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread Beth
ion in their uterus (pyometra) >from not being spayed.. >>> >>> There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about >not getting my cats, FeLV or not, spayed. >>> >>> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org >>> >>> ___

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread Bonnie Hogue
t: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice The stress of an unspayed female is great, I think much greater than the spaying itself. And it may be true that pyometria is more common in dogs, but boy have we seen plenty in outside cats, even young ones. One couldn't have been more than a year old and

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread janine paton
ollen belly was pyometria. And have h ad a few with mammary cancer also. Not worth it. Use a decent vet and get your cat spayed! From: Lee Evans To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Sent: Tue, November 20, 2012 8:57:09 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk]

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread Lee Evans
r cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! > > From: Beth >To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:15 AM >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice > > >I'm not going to st

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread KG BarnCats
>> >> There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about not getting my cats, FeLV or not, spayed. >> >> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org >> >> ________ >> From: Kathryn Hargreaves >>

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread Kathryn Hargreaves
here to make me even think about > not getting my cats, FeLV or not, spayed. > > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> > > > -- > *From:* Kathryn Hargreaves > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-20 Thread Beth
r not,  spayed. Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org   From: Kathryn Hargreaves To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 3:41 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice If that's the case, then why do dogs who

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-19 Thread Kathryn Hargreaves
If that's the case, then why do dogs who retain their ovaries live a third longer?There's more to the overall story than just local stresses: http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html American vet schools do not teach any sterilizations other than spay/neuter. On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-18 Thread Beth
My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would wait for the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel done to make sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty. Hope all goes well. Beth Maryam Ulomi wrote: >Hello everyone, > >We are loo

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-15 Thread Lee Evans
weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! > > From: Maryam Ulomi >To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" >Cc: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" >Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:04 PM >Subject: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice > &

[Felvtalk] Spaying advice

2012-11-15 Thread Maryam Ulomi
Hello everyone, We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued feral baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own room, isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we are retesting her at 6months, which should be in December. Shou