Coping With Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

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My Beanie Baby
by: helen on Thu, Dec 20 2007

I’ve had my Beanie since Feb 14, 1997. We’ve been through alot together. Lately she’s had a cough and her voice has become real hoarse and suddenly she has lost her appetite. I took her to the Dr. on Saturday, and to my horror she was diagnosed with FIV

The Dr. put in a feeding tube to see if we can get her immune system back up with ferlone, vitamins, and antibiotics. I do not want to let her go but I also do not want to see her in pain. I wanted to give her a chance to pull out of this, but I don’t know if there’s going to be much improvement. She’s still not eating on her own, and still has a fever. Her breathing has gotten much better just in the last few days. I’m still hoping for the best, with the knowledge that I have to prepare for the worst.

I’m sorry for anyone who has ever had to make the decision to put your cat down. It would be easier to be selfish and keep our mates here with us, relieving them of thier suffering is much harder but also a sign of our true love for them as a member of our family and as our best friends.

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December 2007

Little Sparky Clark - by Doug & Char - (Wed, Dec 26 2007)
Wow, what a joy in this cat, being a street cat and two bee bee’s in her hide I took her on. We took her to a vet in 1995 and was a female that was very malnourished and I was thinking that she was a teenage cat with a troubled life. She has been spayed and the Vet estimated her to be 3 to 5 years old at the time. [more..]
My Beanie Baby - by helen - (Thu, Dec 20 2007)
I’ve had my Beanie since Feb 14, 1997. We’ve been through alot together. Lately she’s had a cough and her voice has become real hoarse and suddenly she has lost her appetite. I took her to the Dr. on Saturday, and [more..]
my baby oscar - by Helden - (Wed, Dec 19 2007)
our “baby” oscar was just 5 months old when we had to let him go. We already have a 12 year old cat and thought is was time to have a little one again in the house so we got him from the cat rescue. At nearly 5 months old we noticed he had a [more..]
Luna-kitty - by Heather - (Fri, Dec 14 2007)
I got Luna-kitty from the humane society and they informed me at the time that he was FIV+. The original owner abandoned him and they found him feral- they assume he contracted while outside, probably from a fight. [more..]

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