Just wondering...when my sister's cat was having a flair up, they put him on steroids...is this not done any longer?
Debbie (COL) "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" Philo > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:54:26 -0500 > From: lernermiche...@aol.com > Subject: [Felvtalk] stomatitis > > Hi. I'm fostering an FIV+ cat right now who has pretty bad stomatitis. We had > his teeth cleaned and 6 of them removed, and after a few weeks of antibiotics > post-dental surgery he was doing much much better-- eating a lot more, gained > 3 pounds in 3 weeks, not seeming to have any mouth pain and the redness was > all gone. We stopped the antibiotics (which had been clindamycin then > switched to clavamox) and he remained ok for a few days. He then went to a > potential adoptive home with another FIV+ cat. A week later she called for us > to get him back, largely because his mouth got really bad again. He is back > on Clavamox, and has been for a few days, but is growling when he eats and > can only eat wet food that we break up into very small pieces. His gums are > very inflamed again. I had 6 FeLV+ cats, but was lucky that none had > stomatitis like this. For those of you whose cats have it or had it, what do > you recommend? > > thanks, > Michelle > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092010 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
