May you never have to suffer again..

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• Rock_N_Roll_Queen90

  January 2012 72.95.102.123

  I'm really sorry for your loss Tiffanee. If you want to talk about it, feel free to PM me, if you'd like.

  
• TiffaneeTerrorific

  January 2012 98.250.242.215

  Thanks Rockie and I will keep that in mind =]

  
  02/22/14
• tarnish

  January 2012 76.188.12.63

  I really love the derpy eyes he has. It reminds me of a cat I saw up for sale. Blue eyes that went weird like that. I find it adorable though and I really wanted to adopt him and his sister. <br> <br>Sorry for your loss D=

  
• TiffaneeTerrorific

  January 2012 98.250.242.215

  Yea he was an adorable little thing =] I loved his blue eyes and he was actually crossed eyed kind of if he tried to focus on something.. Don't know what it was caused by or anything but he was born and spent a few months in a cow milking barn so never know. He had a slight bend at the end of his tail from being stepped on by a cow. I'm glad I got to spend the time I did with him and I like to think he had a good life =] Thank you.

  
  02/22/14
• Mileysmybaby

  January 2012 207.5.120.2

  <span style="font-size:85"><3 him! Hes gorgeous! Somehow I imagined a cat named Hemi as a orange cat. ;P I <33 orange cats! <br>Sorry for your loss. D; RIP Hemi! <br>PM me if you ever are bored or need to talk! </span>

  
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• TiffaneeTerrorific

  January 2012 98.250.242.215

  Thanks Myst! And I will deff do that sometime =]

  
  02/22/14
• Trianna

  January 2012 174.147.233.56

  I'm very sorry for your loss, he was beautiful. His FeLV wasn't treatable? If you have other cats you might want to have them checked, there is a treatment available and some cats can fight it off on their own but will remain carriers, so even if they had FeLV it wouldn't necessarily mean they'd need to be put down too.

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• Animalsaremything

  January 2012 72.94.132.99

  <span style="font-weight:bold">Oh Tiff,I am so sorry! Pm if you need to talk I love that kitty!!</span>

  
• TiffaneeTerrorific

  January 2012 98.250.242.215

  Trianna wrote:

  I'm very sorry for your loss, he was beautiful. His FeLV wasn't treatable? If you have other cats you might want to have them checked, there is a treatment available and some cats can fight it off on their own but will remain carriers, so even if they had FeLV it wouldn't necessarily mean they'd need to be put down too.

  <br>We don't have any other cats but I didn't know it was treatable?? I guess the vet told my mom and dad that it was incurable..?? The vet told them he thought that Hemi had it since he was a kitten which is very likely because he was born and spent a several months out in a milking barn with a lot of other cats before we picked him up. Of course we took him to the vet and had him checked up and get all his stuff done but they never had a reason to do blood tests and all that. He was neutered and I guess throughout all the vet visits they never noticed it until we noticed he was losing a lot of weight like this cat went from like 10 lbs to like 5 lbs where you could feel his bones.. And he was fed all the time he had a breakfast meal and dinner meal plus had food in a bowl at all times in the day.. he also had horrible diarrhea so my parents decided it was time to take him to the vet and they saw he also was having fevers and so they gave us antibiotics and to me they didn't seem like they were helping much. And this all happened when I was home for winter break from my college and so I hadn't seen him for about 3 weeks and I was supposed to go home this weekend but for reason's didn't and so my mom had to tell me about what happened over the phone.. But she didn't say anything about the vet saying there could be a cure but if he did maybe they decided against it because of it costing to much (were not rich) or maybe they just decided they didn't want to put him through anymore pain.

  
  02/22/14
• Trianna

  January 2012 174.147.233.56

  There's no cure, but it can be managed, similar to HIV/aids in humans. It's kinda similar, it weakens their immune systems and makes them more susceptible to infection and some cancers. However some cats can live with it for years with treatment. <br><br><br><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/il/felv/"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://www.angelfire.com/il/felv/</a>; - the links to the meds don't work but the one to info from Cornell does. I live near Cornell and they do some pretty awesome veterinary work, I've had family take pets there for problems other vets wouldn't treat. <br><br>The drugs used to treat it are pretty inexpensive, I do believe one site said that you can get a bottle of interferon for $100 and it will treat 5 cats for a year. If your vet didn't mention that there was a treatment... perhaps it's time to find a new vet. Unless he already had cancer there's really no reason he couldn't have been treated that I can think of.

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• TiffaneeTerrorific

  January 2012 98.250.242.215

  Wow... I wish I was there so I knew exactly what he told my parents.. All I know though is that he told them that is was incurable and the best option would be to put him to sleep.

  
  02/22/14
• Trianna

  January 2012 174.147.61.121

  If I were you I'd also look into his vet records and see if he received a modified live FeLV vaccine.... in some cases vaccines can cause severe reactions or even give the animal the disease they are supposed to prevent. Look up vaccinosis. It's possible that your cat may have become sick from having the vaccine, if he had it.

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• TiffaneeTerrorific

  January 2012 98.250.242.215

  I may do that. I just don't live down there anymore. I live about an hour and half away now so it may be kind of difficult. Thank you for all your advice and support though =]

  
  02/22/14
• ^Oriyana^

  January 2012 99.250.217.215

  "How long can I expect my FeLV-infected cat to live?<br>It is impossible to accurately predict the life expectancy of a cat infected with FeLV. With appropriate care and under ideal conditions, infected cats can remain in apparent good health for many months, although most succumb to a FeLV-related disease within two or three years after becoming infected. If your cat has already experienced one or more severe illnesses as a result of FeLV infection, or if persistent fever, weight loss, or cancer is present, a much shorter survival time can be expected."<br><br><br>quoted from <a href="http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/felv.html"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/felv.html</a><br><br><br>If Hemi was born with FeLV then it is quite possible that he was reaching the end of when he could continue to live with the disease. It's possible that the vet was saying that he was at the point where the disease was no longer treatable or manageable and that it would be kindest to put Hemi down. There is generally a greater risk of getting cats with FeLV and FIV when acquiring your cat from a barn cat or stray's litter. These cats are less likely to have ever been vaccinated and are more likely to have interactions with other unvaccinated or infected cats. If he mother was infected and as a result infected Hemi, there's really nothing you could have done. Even with proper management FeLV positive cats rarely have a normal life expectancy.<br><br><br>I'm very sorry for your loss Tiffanee, he was a very beautiful cat.

  
• TiffaneeTerrorific

  January 2012 98.250.242.215

  Oriyana wrote:

  "How long can I expect my FeLV-infected cat to live?<br>It is impossible to accurately predict the life expectancy of a cat infected with FeLV. With appropriate care and under ideal conditions, infected cats can remain in apparent good health for many months, although most succumb to a FeLV-related disease within two or three years after becoming infected. If your cat has already experienced one or more severe illnesses as a result of FeLV infection, or if persistent fever, weight loss, or cancer is present, a much shorter survival time can be expected."<br><br><br>quoted from <a href="http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/felv.html"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/felv.html</a><br><br><br>If Hemi was born with FeLV then it is quite possible that he was reaching the end of when he could continue to live with the disease. It's possible that the vet was saying that he was at the point where the disease was no longer treatable or manageable and that it would be kindest to put Hemi down. There is generally a greater risk of getting cats with FeLV and FIV when acquiring your cat from a barn cat or stray's litter. These cats are less likely to have ever been vaccinated and are more likely to have interactions with other unvaccinated or infected cats. If he mother was infected and as a result infected Hemi, there's really nothing you could have done. Even with proper management FeLV positive cats rarely have a normal life expectancy.<br><br><br>I'm very sorry for your loss Tiffanee, he was a very beautiful cat.

  <br><br>I'm pretty sure my vet thought this and my parents are the type of people where they would not want him to suffer or go through pain through a treatment and the vet did say something about he probably has had it from when he was a kitten and with him being born on a farm it is very likely because there were like tons of barn cats there which probably would make it easier for him to contract the disease. Thank you for your support =]

  
  02/22/14