[Felvtalk] Merlin has gone to the bridge

[Lorrie]

Kelley,
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You did NOT fail him.  Heart disease is not easily detected and cats
are very good at hiding their pain and illness.  I had a FelV cat who
just suddenly died at age 6 and she showed no symtoms of illness, she
simply laid down and died on the kitchen floor. This is the longest
any of my FelV cats lived. Most of them die at 8 to 10 months of age.
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Lorrie 

On 09-27, Kelley S wrote:
>    I failed him.  I did not notice his symptoms in time.  Now I have his
>    "sister" (not blood related" by herself.  She is going to be
>    miserable,she does not like to be alone.  I had an appointment for 2
>    other cats on Monday.  I am switching her out with one of them so that
>    I can get her completely checked out.  Not that heart failure is
>    contagious, but I need to be more on top of my FELV+ cats, or now,
>    cat.  I can't do this anymore, I don't know how yall do it.  I don't
>    have "too many" cats overall, but I do think I have "too many" to
>    handle many chronically ill (or potentially chronically ill).  I guess
>    any cat is "potentially chronically ill." Â By the way, I fell even
>    more in love with this doctor when he told me he had taken home 2 FELV+
>    kittens from the clinic and they died before 10 months old.  I read
>    between the lines that someone wanted their FELV+ kittens euthanized or
>    did not want them when they tested pos. Â