Coping With Feline Leukemia Virus

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. [more..]
• 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. [more..]
• 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. [more..]
• 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. [more..]
• 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. [more..]
• 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. [more..]
• 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…. [more..]
• 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. [more..]