I fully agree with Amani > On November 15, 2019 at 3:27 PM Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> wrote: > > > Patricia – I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV > kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all > again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he > had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. > > > > This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we > can’t see immediately see it. The cat’s system compensates and compensates > and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a > catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done > which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood > transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically initiated. > Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we can’t drag > these tiny little angels back from the brink. > > > > In my cat’s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, > the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up dying > at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six more > years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, from a > terribly scarred heart. We don’t know for sure, of course, but it is likely > that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to defeat > the virus, much damage had been done to his body. > > > > If it were me, I would start your kitten on > Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not > wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a problem. > > > > Amani > > > > From: Felvtalk <felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org> On Behalf Of > Patricia Oliveira > Sent: November 14, 2019 4:53 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil > > > > > Hello! > > > Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. > > Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued > kittens and this one tested positive for felv. > > I was searching archives but i didn´t find anything for asymptomatic > kittens. Do you have any suggestions? > > > > He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is > increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury > but is already much better. > > > > Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), > everything else normal. > > > > We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > Patrícia > > Santos/SP/Brazil > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >
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