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Warm Welcome to Purrs! => Welcome to Newbies :) => Topic started by: Sylvia on March 04, 2007, 22:55:34 PM

Title: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sylvia on March 04, 2007, 22:55:34 PM: Hi,

I'm Sylvia, and I have 5 kitties. They are Gizmo, Thomas, Sweep, Suki and Tatty. As soon as I find out how, I will post some pictures. Gizmo is a fluffy grey girl, Thomas is a short-haired ginger boy, Sweep is a short-haired black boy, Suki is a fluffy black girl, and Tatty is a fluffy black and white boy.

Thomas was diagnosed with diabetes in June last year, and we seem to have got this controlled fairly well now. I found you from the FIV page on CatChat, as Tatty tested positive for this in December last year, and I was hoping to hear from some other owners of FIV kitties out there, as we feel like we have been on a bit of a rollercoaster since we heard about this.

Look forward to hearing from you,

Sylvia
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on March 04, 2007, 23:00:37 PM: :welcome: to Purrs ;D

Your cats sound great.

If you look in the FIV section you will find loads of posts and also click on links and then in health and there is info in there too. ;D

Also you will find everyone very helpful so just aske your questions and I am sure someone will have some help. ;D
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on March 04, 2007, 23:01:17 PM: Hi Sylvia

:welcome: to Purrs
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Tan on March 04, 2007, 23:02:33 PM: Hi Sylvia A warm :welcome: to you and your babes. Our 500th member !!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Your babes sound lovely. Look foreward to pics (must have pics on here hee hee)

So sorry your Thomas has Diabetes, we have other members with babes that cope well with that and we also have a separate FIV section for your darlin babe Tatty. Bless them all.

We are a freindly lot and would love to hear more about you family.

If ya need any help just holla
xx
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Ellie on March 05, 2007, 07:40:54 AM: Hi Sylvia and :welcome:

Look forward to seeing pics of your furry family as they all sound lovely ;D
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Yvonne on March 05, 2007, 09:18:56 AM: Good morning Sylvia and a warm :welcome: to Purrs - our five hundredth member

Look forward to seeing you posting and in the chatroom (the Cats Basket) ;) ;D ;) ;D

With a warm welcome from Yvonne, Spotty, Spike, Austin Powers, Ginger Snaps and Little Miss Penelope :hug:

:welcome:
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) on March 05, 2007, 10:34:23 AM: Hello sylvia and :welcome: to the board
cant wait to c the pics of ur babies .

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Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sylvia on March 05, 2007, 16:44:46 PM: Trying to load photos of my babies, so here goes:

This is Gizzy (Gizmo). She moved in with us on Christmas Day 1994, and she will be 14 this year.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Gizmo0011.jpg)

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Gizmo0012.jpg)

Sylvia
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sylvia on March 05, 2007, 16:45:59 PM: This is Tommy (Thomas). He joined us in 2000, and he will also be 14 this year.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Thomas0006.jpg)

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Thomas20060625-0075.jpg)
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sylvia on March 05, 2007, 16:46:49 PM: This is Sweepy (Sweep). He joined us in 1997, and will be 10 this year. He came to us from Cats Protection, after he had been left in a cardboard box in the car park of PAH.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Sweep0008.jpg)

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Sweep20060625-0081.jpg)
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sylvia on March 05, 2007, 16:47:25 PM: This is Suki. She joined us in January last year from the Chestnut Cat Sanctuary, after she had been abandoned by her previous owners.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Suki20060709-0074.jpg)

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Suki20061105-0029.jpg)
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sylvia on March 05, 2007, 16:48:49 PM: This is Tatty. He had been visiting us since the beginning of last year, but running away any time we got too close to him. He appeared to be a stray, and at the beginning of December, we managed to get him to our vet who told us that he was an unneutered boy, not microchipped,, and that he looked like he had flu. We put notices up in all the vets in our town, and in the local shop, and contacted the local branch of Cats Protection to see if anyone had reported him missing, and after 3 months of him being with us, still no-one has contacted us. Cats Protection very kindly offered to pay for Tatty to be neutered, and it was when he went to their vets for this that he was tested for FIV, and the result of this was positive. He has since been back to our vets, and is a lot calmer than he was in the early days, and they have estimated that he is between 4 and 9 years of age.

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Tatty20070304-0010-02.jpg)

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/SylviaM_Photo/Tatty20070303-0010.jpg)
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on March 05, 2007, 16:55:20 PM: Ahhh what beautiful kitties.

:welcome: to Purrs I hope you enjoy your time here ... we are a very friendly bunch :)
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on March 06, 2007, 20:33:56 PM: BTW ... have you found the FIV section on the forum .... there are several peeps on here with FIV kitties who will be able to answer all your questions :)
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on March 06, 2007, 22:01:26 PM: Was his FIV test done in house or sent off?
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sylvia on March 06, 2007, 22:22:42 PM: Sam,

Thanks, I have had a look at the FIV section, and it seems to be very helpful.

Desley,

Tatty's test was done in house by the CP vet. I have had the tests sent off to Glasgow for Sweepy, Suki and Tommy and these have come back negative, and Gizzy is due to have the same test done later this month. I asked my own vet if I should get the Glasgow test done for Tatty, but he said that the symptoms that he was showing (i.e. flu) indicated that his immune system was already compromised, and that he believes that he is FIV+. Do you think I should go back to my vet and ask him about the Glasgow test again?

Sylvia
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on March 06, 2007, 22:32:22 PM: I personally would, just because he was living as a stray, so his flu symptoms could be related to that. There is a 7% chance of an in house test being wrong.
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on March 06, 2007, 23:15:16 PM: Waht gorgeous cats :Luv: and gorgeous photos too ;D Are you a photographer? The pics are brill, apparently it's really hard to get good pics of black cats but yours are amazing.
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Iluvcritters on March 07, 2007, 05:11:31 AM: :welcome: petts & purrs to the Beautiful furrys!
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Rosella moggy on March 07, 2007, 09:40:56 AM: Quote from: Tiggy's Mum - Helen on March 06, 2007, 23:15:16 PM
The pics are brill, apparently it's really hard to get good pics of black cats but yours are amazing.

I second that. Really beautiful photos of georgeous cats. As my cats are indoor/outdoor, I would always opt for the Glasgow test if inhouse FIV test proved pos as I wouldn't want to alter their outdoor access unless it was really necessary. I love the name Tatty btw. He's a stunner!
Title: Re: Hi, I'm New
Post by: Sylvia on March 07, 2007, 22:44:30 PM: Many thanks for the comments about the photographs. Photography is just a hobby. In the early days, you wouldn't believe how many photographs I have of grey cats that were supposed to be black or black and white:rofl:.

Helen,

It is thanks to you that I was able to load my photos, because I read your instructions to Swampmaxmum, to find out what I needed to do. Thank you so much :thanks:.

Sylvia