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by: Tracy
on Fri, Sep 14 2007
I just found out that the little stray 3 month old kitten that I have been feeding; and finally decided to give a home to; is “weakly” positive for feline leukemia. I have been lucky enough to find some very helpful ladies who are very involved in cat welfare; providing foster care and helping with adoptions, etc. They talked with me about the disease; and I learned a lot about it. The odds are good that this little kitty may completely shed the virus over time; and if not she still may not get sick for many years or not at all. If there are no other cats in the household it shouldn’t be difficult to keep a leukemia positive cat. And even if there ARE other cats in the house, it may be possible to work it out. Read a variety of sources on the subject; talk to your vet; talk to a good informed cat advocate who may very well have experience in caring for cats with the virus. Get all the info you can; especially if your cat has tested positive but doesn’t act or look sick. She may be able to have a long, happy life. I am hoping that my new little one will.
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Wed, Sep 03 2008
To Tracyg.
Thank you for the information I will make sure to look into the food you sugested, believe or not my Mako got hurt, the other night and en...Read
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Wed, Sep 03 2008
To makohope - I am happy to say that now, a year later; my little stray kitty is a very healthy adult cat; with absolutely no sign of any illness. I ...Read
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Mon, Sep 01 2008
Can you let me know how is your baby cat? I just found out on the 27 os dep that my baby mako has Leukimia however, he shows no signs at all and I'm ...Read
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Mon, Jan 07 2008
Is it safe to keep a feline leukemia positive cat in a house with one that is healthy? I have them totally separated for now, no sharing of bowls or ...Read
September 2007
- tigr’e - by kathy - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
my cat was diagnosed about four years ago . she was only two and a half years old she was my world and every day i think about her i knick named her minkey she was tiger and had the markings of a minks cat beautiful stripes black and gray.
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- Pepper - by EAG - (Wed, Sep 19 2007)
We brought Pepper home on Easter Sunday. She was 4 weeks old. Our 18 month old cat Bootsie adjusted very well with Pepper. Our Pepper was spaded in ealy August and since then her personality has changed.
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- The News on 9-12-07 - by Michelle - (Sat, Sep 15 2007)
I work at a grooming shop and we have a mobile vet that comes in and does checks on our shop cats. We’ve had a kitten for a while now and decided that he was going to be permanent so we called the vet in to neuter and front paw declaw the cat.
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- Treatments can prolong life - by Amadea - (Fri, Sep 14 2007)
I have a cat named, Bella, short for Mary Shelly. or sometimes we call her Smelley Belly. In 2004, she started to act strange, she wasn’t eating and she didn’t seem to feel well. She also did something abnormal for her, she sought me out and clung to me. So when we wouldn’t eat, I took her to the Vet.
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- do your research - by Tracy - (Fri, Sep 14 2007)
I just found out that the little stray 3 month old kitten that I have been feeding; and finally decided to give a home to; is “weakly” positive for feline leukemia. I have been lucky enough to find some very helpful ladies who are very involved in cat welfare; providing foster care and helping with adoptions, etc.
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- My vet was very wrong… - by Cheryl - (Fri, Sep 07 2007)
My vet told me 3 years ago my 5 month old “Pumkin” was positive for FeLV and that she might last two months. I was so devastated. She had swollen lymph nodes [throat] and he gave her medication which did make the swelling go down. I was scared to death for months just waiting for hell to come.
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- lucky #7 - by Benjamin - (Thu, Sep 06 2007)
well, we started out with one pregnant stray(Sissy). a few months later, we had 5 little ones. Petey, Blacky, Bear, Whitey, and Sweety all black with petey and whitey blk/wht mixed. no issues whatsoever. blacky managed to get pregnant from one of her brothers(maybe sweety), and from there we had another litter of 3….
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- lula - by dawn - (Wed, Sep 05 2007)
i have a wonderful cat named lula. she is about 4 years old. she was diagnosed with feline lukemia when she was still a kitten. i think she was infected when i got her.
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