I'm very sorry, I must have deleted an email about diarrhea and doxycycline.
Is there something I can give to BooBoo to help with this side effect. He's
only had 4 doses of the stuff and it isn't agreeing with him.
Lynne
Could be the different foods, too. Or stress. Or a combination of factors.
The probiotics or yogurt mentioned might help with this.
I recall that Midas the kitten had diarrhea until we got him off all his meds.
I am sorry to hear BooBoo has this to contend with, too.
How many days go you have
Lynne, I would also call your vet and let him or her know about the diarrhea.
I want to reassure you that we thought both Midas and Isabella would not make
it this past year. They are both thriving.
It's hard to see past today's troubles but hope keeps us going.
My best
Laurie
- Original
Several people here have said that they have their FeLV + kitties living in
with FeLV - cats, and the negative cats are not getting infected. I am trying
to decide if I should vaccinate my others and let Buzz out of his room. My vet
is against it and says the vaccinations are only 60 - 80%
Laurie, I will call the vet just to see if there is something else we should be
doing. I just had a long talk with BooBoo about the necessity of fighting his
hardest to overcome this problem. He was purring all the time. I know this
sounds silly but it's up to him too as to how much he wants
Sue, I am the least qualified to answer this, but I would think that if Buzz
has his own litter box and his own food dish the risk would be small. Of
course you wouldn't want them fighting either. I too have read that the vaccine
is not totally effective but I think 60 to 80% effectiveness is
Interacting can also be a problem for the immune compromised feline leukemia
positive cat. That kitty can pick up things from the other cats and not be able
to fight them off. If I hadopted or rescued a FeLV positive cat, I would not
comingle but I might try to find him a friend as long as the
Hi Lynne,
When Ember has had diarrhea on occasion, I've cleared it up by pulling
her off of dry food and stirring pumpkin into her soft food. I've
found that she'll eat the pumpkin before it's even stirred into the
food. I don't know if this would help with diarrhea brought on by
Thanks Lance. I just happen to have some left over from the last pumpkin pie.
Lynne
- Original Message -
From: Lance
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: diarrhea
Hi Lynne,
When Ember has had diarrhea on occasion,
Cool. As long as it's just pumpkin and not filling, you're fine. All
the extra spices and other ingredients in filling would probably just
keep the diarrhea going. Also, you might try heating it up in the
microwave for a few seconds (I do 12 for Ember). That sometimes makes
it more
Yep this is the plain stuff with no additives. Its in the microwave deftosting
now.
- Original Message -
From: Lance
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: diarrhea
Cool. As long as it's just pumpkin and not filling, you're
3 of my cats lived with one of my FELV+ for 5 years until I found out the
4th whad been positive all along. They shared the same food bowls, litter,
toys; groomed each other, etc. All 3 were tested when I found the 4th was
pos and all 3 were neg. I did vaccinate them at that point. While
Hi -
Just a quick reply to a few things that you mentioned. The shot that you
need to give daily - if it is just under the skin, it will be super easy for
you. (and for the cat.) My diabetic had to have insulin injection twice daily
and it is really painless.
Armond, (one of my FeLV
Thank you Dorothy. We finally found a food he likes, Recovery, picked some up
today. He ate a good amount of it. I will definitely add in some water. The
little dickens likes to lick up any juice from his canned food and then will
eat the solid. I'm going to start weighing how much I put
To Sue Frank ~
I absolutely understand about you wanting Buzz to be with the others. It is
so tough to have them separated. We brought in a stray a year ago and did not
have her tested (but we did have her vaccinated). Anyway, she was positive and
exposed our others. Armond caught the
Here is my take on it for what it is worth.
I had 11 cats at the time of the outbreak. 4 cats wound up positive and I
had two cats PTS as they were very ill. One of my positives died of
something else. The others cats had high exposure to the virus and did not
get sick. Which meant natural
I seem to remember my vet telling me the diluted interferon is only
good for three months. A three month supply cost me $30.00 if I
remember, it's been a long time ago. Your vet should only dilute a
three month supply at one time.
--
Belinda
happiness is being owned by cats ...
I'm glad Boo is on the doxy, but a week is not long enough, it
should be for a 3 or 4 week minimum. The taste is disgusting, can you
get the pill form, you could put the pill in a pill pocket or empty
capsule and he wouldn't even taste it. All of my cats hate liquid meds,
I never get
This is my recollection as well.
Laurie
- Original Message -
From: Belinda Sauro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Boo medicine
I seem to remember my vet telling me the diluted interferon is only
good for three
Thanks Laurie. The vet said not to be concerned about the diarrhea he's
having at the moment. If he were vomiting that would be cause for concern.
I squirt 1ml down his throat twice a day. He just hates being forced to do
something. I am trying to time the dosing so he has food in his stomach
Belinda, I made an error. He's on it twice a day for 2 weeks. A total of
40 mg per day. I'll talk to the vet again as he gets closer to finishing
this course. I think by then he will be on the Intrferon. I don't know if
this cat could survive having to take the liquid medicine plus a shot in
My recollection is doxy is only in liquid form.
The following is from a discussion of feline bartonella at
http://www.jaaha.org/cgi/content/full/40/1/6
Note: dosing and side effect (diarrhea) info.
I recall it being recommended that we follow doxy with water via syringe.
Reasonsfor that are
Lynne, the water chaser will help get rid of the bad taste.
L
- Original Message -
From: Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: Re:info about doxycycline
Thanks Laurie. The vet said not to be concerned about the
My vet is 120 miles away. He gives me frozen viles of the interferon
+ the solution to mix it with. I prefer to have them do the mixing so
I pick up the premixed stuff when I am in town. The frozen is backup.
On Feb 17, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Belinda Sauro wrote:
I seem to remember my vet
Dorothy,
Thank you for telling about Armond. I guess that answers my question - they
can be infected even with the vaccination. That is too much risk for me and my
original cats. If one of them got sick I would feel horrible!
I don't want to get another FeLV+ cat, it seems like that would
My cats love the Cat Sitter DVD. If it would work to set up a DVD player, he'd
be entertained for hours!
http://www.thecatconnection.com/page/TCC/PROD/HOL-PET/
If that won't work, try playing a radio for him. Or even TV.
When (if) it's nice outside, an open window can entertain for hours.
L
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