Happy Anniversary Bonnie!

"Cheryl" wrote
I was going to post something about Bonnie's one year anniversary with me
this week, but I've been taking a class all week and actually forgot (bad
meowmie). May 17th last year was the day I trapped her and brought her to
be spayed, not even planning on keeping her. It dawned on me when I went
to
get a refill on Shadow's meds tonight and they asked if I wanted to make
Bonnie's yearly exam appt. Now I have to decide if I should get her tested
for FeLV or just go ahead and get the booster. I don't think it hurts to
just shot her, but I'm curious, and not really worried since she is very
healthy. I guess it is better to just reserve that test for if she becomes
ill. What do you guys think?

Don't know about the testing but we wanted to say a big Happy Adoption Day
to Bonnie and you. She is a very lucky cat.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

in article , Cheryl at
wrote on 5/21/04 7:41 PM:

Karen Chuplis dumped this in
on 21 May 2004:


You won't really do anything different if she is positive, I wouldn't
do it.

True. The only thing I wouldn't do is have her vaccinated.

Well, I guess you might then. You wouldn't want to compound anything.

I can't believe it's been a year!!!

I know! Time is passing too quickly, Karen. Is that an age thing? The
tech pulled her chart and saw the note highlighted that said "semi
feral" and made a joke about not being in that day. lol She doesn't act
very feral to me anymore, nothing like a year ago at all. At least now
when I do catch her and hold her (just to get her used to it a bit) she
does play "frozen kitty" so the vet visit next week should go ok. I made
the appt for Sat morning and our usual routine on Sat morning is for me
to get up, feed Shadow and Shamrock in the kitchen, feed Bonnie in my
room and close my door and go back to sleep. She cuddles with me so I'll
just have the carrier in there and when she's relaxed, pick her up and
put her in. I might put the walking jacket and lead on her just for a
little insurance.

Pretty amazing!!

in article , Cheryl at
wrote on 5/21/04 7:41 PM:

Karen Chuplis dumped this in
on 21 May 2004:


You won't really do anything different if she is positive, I wouldn't
do it.

True. The only thing I wouldn't do is have her vaccinated.

Well, I guess you might then. You wouldn't want to compound anything.

I can't believe it's been a year!!!

I know! Time is passing too quickly, Karen. Is that an age thing? The
tech pulled her chart and saw the note highlighted that said "semi
feral" and made a joke about not being in that day. lol She doesn't act
very feral to me anymore, nothing like a year ago at all. At least now
when I do catch her and hold her (just to get her used to it a bit) she
does play "frozen kitty" so the vet visit next week should go ok. I made
the appt for Sat morning and our usual routine on Sat morning is for me
to get up, feed Shadow and Shamrock in the kitchen, feed Bonnie in my
room and close my door and go back to sleep. She cuddles with me so I'll
just have the carrier in there and when she's relaxed, pick her up and
put her in. I might put the walking jacket and lead on her just for a
little insurance.

Pretty amazing!!

Happy Anniversary to Bonnie. She's a lucky cat.
I'd just get the booster, if the vet will let you . I have had vets who
insisted on the ELISA, but, dang, it's kind of expensive, $40 I think. And what
difference, really, would it make at this point to know--you aren't going to be
exposing her to unvaccinated cats anyway.

Sherry

Happy Anniversary to Bonnie. She's a lucky cat.
I'd just get the booster, if the vet will let you . I have had vets who
insisted on the ELISA, but, dang, it's kind of expensive, $40 I think. And what
difference, really, would it make at this point to know--you aren't going to be
exposing her to unvaccinated cats anyway.

Sherry

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
I was going to post something about Bonnie's one year anniversary with me
this week, but I've been taking a class all week and actually forgot (bad
meowmie). May 17th last year was the day I trapped her and brought her to
be spayed, not even planning on keeping her. It dawned on me when I went
to
get a refill on Shadow's meds tonight and they asked if I wanted to make
Bonnie's yearly exam appt. Now I have to decide if I should get her tested
for FeLV or just go ahead and get the booster. I don't think it hurts to
just shot her, but I'm curious, and not really worried since she is very
healthy. I guess it is better to just reserve that test for if she becomes
ill. What do you guys think?

--
Cheryl

Hi Cheryl,

First, concatulations on rehabilitating Bonnie -- hard to believe it's
almost a year! We'll be right there with you soon re Tucker (it started in
early June with us)! Re the Feline Leukemia shot; seems like I've heard
some negative stuff on this vaccine; you might check online for this. If it
were me, I'd probably do the test; if she didn't have it and she doesn't go
out I'd probably skip it but I'm no expert.

Christine

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
I was going to post something about Bonnie's one year anniversary with me
this week, but I've been taking a class all week and actually forgot (bad
meowmie). May 17th last year was the day I trapped her and brought her to
be spayed, not even planning on keeping her. It dawned on me when I went
to
get a refill on Shadow's meds tonight and they asked if I wanted to make
Bonnie's yearly exam appt. Now I have to decide if I should get her tested
for FeLV or just go ahead and get the booster. I don't think it hurts to
just shot her, but I'm curious, and not really worried since she is very
healthy. I guess it is better to just reserve that test for if she becomes
ill. What do you guys think?

--
Cheryl

Hi Cheryl,

First, concatulations on rehabilitating Bonnie -- hard to believe it's
almost a year! We'll be right there with you soon re Tucker (it started in
early June with us)! Re the Feline Leukemia shot; seems like I've heard
some negative stuff on this vaccine; you might check online for this. If it
were me, I'd probably do the test; if she didn't have it and she doesn't go
out I'd probably skip it but I'm no expert.

Christine

Cheryl wrote:
I was going to post something about Bonnie's one year anniversary
with me this week, but I've been taking a class all week and actually
forgot (bad meowmie). May 17th last year was the day I trapped her
and brought her to be spayed, not even planning on keeping her. It
dawned on me when I went to get a refill on Shadow's meds tonight and
they asked if I wanted to make Bonnie's yearly exam appt. Now I have
to decide if I should get her tested for FeLV or just go ahead and
get the booster. I don't think it hurts to just shot her, but I'm
curious, and not really worried since she is very healthy. I guess it
is better to just reserve that test for if she becomes ill. What do
you guys think?

Happy Anniversary Bonnie!! I don't know about the test vs. booster (sorry).

Jill

Cheryl wrote:
I was going to post something about Bonnie's one year anniversary
with me this week, but I've been taking a class all week and actually
forgot (bad meowmie). May 17th last year was the day I trapped her
and brought her to be spayed, not even planning on keeping her. It
dawned on me when I went to get a refill on Shadow's meds tonight and
they asked if I wanted to make Bonnie's yearly exam appt. Now I have
to decide if I should get her tested for FeLV or just go ahead and
get the booster. I don't think it hurts to just shot her, but I'm
curious, and not really worried since she is very healthy. I guess it
is better to just reserve that test for if she becomes ill. What do
you guys think?

Happy Anniversary Bonnie!! I don't know about the test vs. booster (sorry).

Jill

Happy anniversary, Bonnie! Have a great week-end!
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
I was going to post something about Bonnie's one year anniversary with me
this week, but I've been taking a class all week and actually forgot (bad
meowmie). May 17th last year was the day I trapped her and brought her to
be spayed, not even planning on keeping her. snip