Re: New to List FELV + kittens

2005-07-18 Thread Nina
Thank you Laurie for sharing your affirming experience with BJ and now little Mitzi! It's music to my heart. Thank you also for including the vet search link. You mention that your vet has BJ and Mitzi on a diet that most vets wouldn't agree with, is it a raw diet? Could you please post abo

Re: New to List FELV + kittens

2005-07-18 Thread Laurie B. Oliver
Hello, I have written numerous messages to the board about my cat, BJ. Well, we adopted another cat, a female orange tabby named Mitzi. Both are feline leukemia positive and both are doing great. For those who might not know our story, here it is. My brother and I adopted a black and whi

Re: New to List FELV + kittens

2005-07-15 Thread catatonya
I agree with everything Belinda has said.   I'm a little more 'out there' than most, but I just truly believe a vaccinated, adult cat is not going to 'catch' leukemia.  Period.   Kittens are very susceptible and need to be vaccinated asap.  I would be very leery of mixing even a fully vaccinated ki

Re: New to List FELV + kittens

2005-07-14 Thread Belinda Sauro
Hi Terri, I agree with almost everything Jenn said, except I'm not a fan of Cornell, in fact I think almost all of their info about FeLV is very out-dated. And I think the viruses life span outside of the host whether in a wet or dry enviornment is only seconds and not minutes. And I

Re: New to List FELV + kittens

2005-07-13 Thread felv
It's highly unlikely any of your healthy adult cats could have caught the virus, even with prolonged contact. It's almost always kittens under one year of age, or immune compromised cats (FIV+) that catch it from carriers. I would definitely test any cats that are weak, or under a year of ag

Re: New to List FELV + kittens

2005-07-13 Thread Terri Durham-Stone
I am the President of the rescue group here in Oakdale, CA. There are only 4 of us and of course with kitten season, and no one around here s/n their cats, we are full to the brim. On 3-29-05 Savannah (I had her tested for FeLV/FIV she was negative before she had the babies.) she was dropped off to