he General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted.
Are you using l-lycine as a supplement?
Thanks, he is a really special guy. He's won all of us non-cat people
in the family over (except the dog, and she still hate him). I know of
Dr. Dodds from having an epileptic dog :-) I didn't realize that she
was involved with cats as well.
I'm going to talk to my vet this year about the vaccinations. I don't
have my dog vaccinated any longer, and since General is now an inside
cat, I don't really see the need for him to be vaccinated.
Sidney
-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Lyons <j.ly...@mindspring.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 8:59 am
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal
one to better undertsand FeLV.
Hi Sidney
The General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted.
Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? I was able to get rid of a
really
bad upper respiratory with it. I buy it in capsule form and mix the
powder
into cats food and my cat, who could be a forensic pathologist when it
comes to
detecting supplements, does not know it is there. I make sure she gets
500mg
daily and although it takes time, it usually works.
I also use interferon, but give it on and off each day, rather than
weeks. I wonder
if that would make a difference.
There is a study underway (Dr. Jean Dodds ..Rabies Challenge) to prove
that we over vaccinate
our animals and that one rabies shot should protect an animal for its
lifetime. You can Google
the 'rabies challenge' and read about the study and the vets who are
involved. A rabies shot
can be stressful for a healthy animal. I would think twice about
vaccinating an Felv kittie.
Hope your General continues to thrive.
Jane
On Feb 7, 2009, at 9:17 AM, souther...@aol.com wrote:
AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID >
YOU DO/ARE
DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, >
E.G; INDOOR,
OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE >
ANY OTHER
ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT >
NOW? OR WHEN
THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF?
My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned >
a cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when >
this big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not >
happy. I tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He > was
like a bag of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and > got
him a bowl of milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have > milk
any more than dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him > another,
which he drank down. The next day he was still out > there. So I
brought him dog food out (it's all I had) and he ate > the entire bowl.
So the next day, when he was still there, I > bought him a sack of
some sort of cat food at the grocery. He ate > it of course. After 3
weeks of doing this I decided that if he was > gonna hang around, then
he was gonna be neutered. So I took him to > the vet. He did the
required blood tests and said this cat is FeLV> +. You might as well
have him put to sleep as he's gonna die > anyway. By then I had
developed an attachment to him, so I changed > vets. (I now take him to
the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went > from living outside to
living in the garage to now living in the > house and sleeping in the
bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him > and my husband and me. He
has some really strange eating habits > these days. He won't eat any
one food for long. My vet wants him > on grain free canned but he's
not willing to eat that right now. > He is now eating Evo dry and Halo
dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days > and then he won't eat it and I'll
change. The only problem I have > is that I can no longer get him to
take his supplements. He's on > an immune system supplement that is a
tablet I used to mix with the > wet food. Now he won't eat it if I do.
I've tried even mixing it > in tuna and he won't eat it. So I'm in a
little bit of a state > over this. he is also on interferon 7 days on
and 7 days off. > I've also had some problems with this lately as he
seems to throw > up on the days that I give him interferon. He's had
a kidney > infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that he's
> overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory >
infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came > to
me when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped > because
he has such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) > lapcat. He
loves to be petted. He loves to be around people. He > follows me
every step I take, if the dog will let him. His only > stress is the
Mini Schnauzer who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She > hates him. He
just tries to stay out of her way. (She sleeps on > the bed at the foot
and he sleeps up at the head, by my head!) > Every time he sneezes I
worry. But he's hanging in there so far, > and as far as I can tell he
is prospering. He has had rabies > vaccine and calici virus in the
past but I don't know if we'll do > rabies this year since he isn't
outside now. I'll have to talk to > my vet about that and the calici
too.
Sidney and the General
-----Original Message-----
From: amanda <white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am
Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal >
one to better undertsand FeLV.
Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and >
or past FeLV
kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness >
and how
everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could >
participate!
AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID >
YOU DO/ARE
DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, >
E.G; INDOOR,
OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE >
ANY OTHER
ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT >
NOW? OR WHEN
THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in >
answering would be
really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and >
your fur
babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan.
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