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Sharon Talbert quoth:
As they become socialized, put them on the adoption block as soon as they are old enough (8 wks min.), healthy and sterilized. Works for us! Sharon, Sprocket's vet says he's too young to be tested for Feline Leukemia. She says there are a lot of false negatives when they're tested this young. He was 4 weeks old when she saw him, and she's seeing him again at 8 weeks of age. Do you know when he'll be old enough to test effectively? Thanks! Priscilla |
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"Priscilla H Ballou" wrote in message ... Sharon Talbert quoth: As they become socialized, put them on the adoption block as soon as they are old enough (8 wks min.), healthy and sterilized. Works for us! Sharon, Sprocket's vet says he's too young to be tested for Feline Leukemia. She says there are a lot of false negatives when they're tested this young. He was 4 weeks old when she saw him, and she's seeing him again at 8 weeks of age. Do you know when he'll be old enough to test effectively? Thanks! Priscilla I'm interested in this answer too. I've had conflicting info on this. The vet I usually see won't do it until 6 mos. which isn't helpful when you're fostering - or introducing a new kitten for that matter. Another vet tested some of my fosters when they were only a couple of weeks old. Another vet said they had to be 8 weeks. I've read conflicting opinions online as well. Guess I'm not the only one confused about this. Wendy |
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"Priscilla H Ballou" wrote in message ... Sharon Talbert quoth: As they become socialized, put them on the adoption block as soon as they are old enough (8 wks min.), healthy and sterilized. Works for us! Sharon, Sprocket's vet says he's too young to be tested for Feline Leukemia. She says there are a lot of false negatives when they're tested this young. He was 4 weeks old when she saw him, and she's seeing him again at 8 weeks of age. Do you know when he'll be old enough to test effectively? Thanks! Priscilla I'm interested in this answer too. I've had conflicting info on this. The vet I usually see won't do it until 6 mos. which isn't helpful when you're fostering - or introducing a new kitten for that matter. Another vet tested some of my fosters when they were only a couple of weeks old. Another vet said they had to be 8 weeks. I've read conflicting opinions online as well. Guess I'm not the only one confused about this. Wendy |
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"Sharon Talbert" wrote in message . washington.edu... Yee hah! Now may I send you a couple of growing kittens from Campus Cats who haven't yet found homes? Sharon Talbert Campus Cats Seattle We did really well this weekend. I think we adopted out 12 or so cats. Three of them were adults ) which is always exciting especially with all the kittens we were showing. Not bad when you take into account the number of applications which were refused for various reasons. There are some real nuts out there. We had one woman who already had 16 cats that she was trying to find homes for so what did she want with one of ours? Another figured it was ok to let her cat outside (in a busy traffic area) because the cat knew it's name. My two little gray and white fuzz balls got adopted (no surprise there) and so did Tonto, the brown tabby. I did take Harry and he kept his cool and I think all but Thelma will be ready to show by next weekend. W |
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"Sharon Talbert" wrote in message . washington.edu... Yee hah! Now may I send you a couple of growing kittens from Campus Cats who haven't yet found homes? Sharon Talbert Campus Cats Seattle We did really well this weekend. I think we adopted out 12 or so cats. Three of them were adults ) which is always exciting especially with all the kittens we were showing. Not bad when you take into account the number of applications which were refused for various reasons. There are some real nuts out there. We had one woman who already had 16 cats that she was trying to find homes for so what did she want with one of ours? Another figured it was ok to let her cat outside (in a busy traffic area) because the cat knew it's name. My two little gray and white fuzz balls got adopted (no surprise there) and so did Tonto, the brown tabby. I did take Harry and he kept his cool and I think all but Thelma will be ready to show by next weekend. W |
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Sorry; I didn't realize how young he is. Our vet tests at 8 weeks. We re-test if the results are positive. Sharon Talbert Campus Cats On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Wendy wrote: "Priscilla H Ballou" wrote in message ... Sharon Talbert quoth: As they become socialized, put them on the adoption block as soon as they are old enough (8 wks min.), healthy and sterilized. Works for us! Sharon, Sprocket's vet says he's too young to be tested for Feline Leukemia. She says there are a lot of false negatives when they're tested this young. He was 4 weeks old when she saw him, and she's seeing him again at 8 weeks of age. Do you know when he'll be old enough to test effectively? Thanks! Priscilla I'm interested in this answer too. I've had conflicting info on this. The vet I usually see won't do it until 6 mos. which isn't helpful when you're fostering - or introducing a new kitten for that matter. Another vet tested some of my fosters when they were only a couple of weeks old. Another vet said they had to be 8 weeks. I've read conflicting opinions online as well. Guess I'm not the only one confused about this. Wendy |
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Sorry; I didn't realize how young he is. Our vet tests at 8 weeks. We re-test if the results are positive. Sharon Talbert Campus Cats On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Wendy wrote: "Priscilla H Ballou" wrote in message ... Sharon Talbert quoth: As they become socialized, put them on the adoption block as soon as they are old enough (8 wks min.), healthy and sterilized. Works for us! Sharon, Sprocket's vet says he's too young to be tested for Feline Leukemia. She says there are a lot of false negatives when they're tested this young. He was 4 weeks old when she saw him, and she's seeing him again at 8 weeks of age. Do you know when he'll be old enough to test effectively? Thanks! Priscilla I'm interested in this answer too. I've had conflicting info on this. The vet I usually see won't do it until 6 mos. which isn't helpful when you're fostering - or introducing a new kitten for that matter. Another vet tested some of my fosters when they were only a couple of weeks old. Another vet said they had to be 8 weeks. I've read conflicting opinions online as well. Guess I'm not the only one confused about this. Wendy |
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In article
ington.edu, Sharon Talbert wrote: Sorry; I didn't realize how young he is. Our vet tests at 8 weeks. We re-test if the results are positive. Thanks. I'll ask again when we take him in for his 8 weeks checkup. (That's in 1.5 weeks.) I want a reliable result as soon as I can get it, because I think it's about time to start some direct interaction with my big cats. Da Queen Bitch has been hissing at him only when he has something she wants, and if she accepts him, that's the barometer of whether he can stay with me. He's getting so big! I've been taking him up to the guestroom for an hour or so a day to run run scamper run (thud thud), and he's discovered the kitty condo up there where he can climb up inside and get to the top. From there he progressed over some stacks of boxes to where he found a mirror, and he is quite interested in the kitten in the mirror, with whom he's now boxed a bit. He's also stolen one of my good sneakers. I suspect he pulled it under the bed by its laces. I recline on the bed and read while he gets his exercise, but he periodically climbs up the hanging bedspread to get in a tussle with me or to collect some pets and reward me with his extremely loud purr. Don't worry, he's got plenty of room in his palace to climb and wrestle, too. It's got four levels now, with ramps, but he mostly climbs the walls to get to the upper levels. He seems particularly fond of the top shelf, which is level with the bottom of a big window from which he can supervise the back yard and the big birdfeeder while he catches some rays. :-) Priscilla |
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In article
ington.edu, Sharon Talbert wrote: Sorry; I didn't realize how young he is. Our vet tests at 8 weeks. We re-test if the results are positive. Thanks. I'll ask again when we take him in for his 8 weeks checkup. (That's in 1.5 weeks.) I want a reliable result as soon as I can get it, because I think it's about time to start some direct interaction with my big cats. Da Queen Bitch has been hissing at him only when he has something she wants, and if she accepts him, that's the barometer of whether he can stay with me. He's getting so big! I've been taking him up to the guestroom for an hour or so a day to run run scamper run (thud thud), and he's discovered the kitty condo up there where he can climb up inside and get to the top. From there he progressed over some stacks of boxes to where he found a mirror, and he is quite interested in the kitten in the mirror, with whom he's now boxed a bit. He's also stolen one of my good sneakers. I suspect he pulled it under the bed by its laces. I recline on the bed and read while he gets his exercise, but he periodically climbs up the hanging bedspread to get in a tussle with me or to collect some pets and reward me with his extremely loud purr. Don't worry, he's got plenty of room in his palace to climb and wrestle, too. It's got four levels now, with ramps, but he mostly climbs the walls to get to the upper levels. He seems particularly fond of the top shelf, which is level with the bottom of a big window from which he can supervise the back yard and the big birdfeeder while he catches some rays. :-) Priscilla |
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