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Gloria,
While pricey, have you tested him for
allergies? It was close to $300 for each of my Daisy (-) and Butch
(FIV+). Now they have allergy shots. Daisy is allergic to many
things and changing her food has helped considerably. Both of them still
have flare-ups; theirs is skin. The IVD fm the vet was best but Daisy will
only eat Wellness chicken or turkey. Her allergies are the carbs! rice,
grains, etc., unusual for cats. Butch did not test positive for foods yet
the IVD or Wellness has helped him as well. The allergy serum isn't cheap
either, again about $300 each for a batch which lasts quite a while ... began in
early January I think and still using the same vials.
Del
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:58
AM
Subject: Re: Sniffles and red face-
Lancelot
OK - Lancelot's getting better but still not out of the
water!
Again, he is a mostly white, felv- cat (maybe 1.5 yr
old) with
allergies.
I took him to a second vet I go to, 1
hour away. She did ozone, and
gave me Ovaban (sp). He
did get better. We did 1 week of daily
Ovaban, then once a
week.
He's not scratching as badly, swelling has gone down, his nose
isn't
nearly as plugged up, but he still looks somewhat inflamed and
a
little sniffly. I'm taking him back to her this week
sometime, for
more ozone. He's still red faced, a
bit.
Before that, he had Amoxi, Zeniquin, Dex, Tylosin,
intereferon,
blood test, skin biopsy, ear fungal test, other
stuff. Have tried
Transfer Factor periodically, but hard to do
because of the picky way
he eats (and having 8-9 other cats).
Have used Interferon regularly.
I just can't get this kitty
"WELL". Somebody suggested Cyclosporin.
First vet said
this is expensive, I'll ask the second vet. But they
say he has
ALLERGIES. I am changing to Petguard (health food store)
pet food. Any suggestions for allergies? Trying to get this
kitty
well!
Gloria
On Jul 18, 2005, at 7:26 PM,
catatonya wrote:
> Great News!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Gloria
Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote: I'd written about my
> problems with Lancelot - my little
mostly white
> kitty - he had the slight sniffles, red swollen face and
eyes, face
> and neck starting to itch. Weird. His nose was stopped up,
he looked
> miserable. He was starting to scratch bloody places on his
neck.
>
> Took him to my "usual" vet, who tried Amoxi, Zeniquin,
blood test,
> fungal test. No help. He had a couple of Cortisone shots,
the 1st
> seemed to make it better then worse. She suggested food or
other
> allergies as a possibilities.
>
> Last Friday, I
took him to another vet I go to, about an hour away in
> Hot Springs.
I've gone to her before for several years. She gave
> him ozone in his
ears (ear insufflation), did a skin biopsy, then
> gave me Ovaban (if I
spelled it right) and I'm giving him that for a
> week (then reduce to
once a week).
>
> Guess what! He's better. I'll still be curious
to see what the skin
> biopsy says, but I'm delighted.
>
>
Gloria
>
>
>
> On Jul 2, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Gloria B.
Lane wrote:
> > Hey Tonya,
> >
> > I just attempted
to have some Chlorphenarimine / Chlor Trimeton
> > compounded into an
ear cream. They got it wrong and made a liquid
> > for oral
consumption. The pharmacy said the ear cream would be $50.
>
>
> > I'm curious - how much do you get and how much does it
cost?
> >
> > I didn't know you could give kitties Benadryl,
so interested in
> that.
> >
> > My problem is
Lancelot - got him in January,February - declawed,
> > outdoors for
two months. He had the sniffles. I've tried
> > everything - Lysine,
Interferon, antibiotics, most recently a depo
> > shot, which of
course did help some. THought I'd do the ear cream
> > because he's
so hard to pill.
> >
> > Anyhow - any suggestions are
appreciated, and info on *ear cream* !
> >
> >
Gloria
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:26 PM
7/2/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >> I had it compounded into a
cream for her ears to make it easier to
> >> give it to her. She
is overgrooming her tummy and her 2 back legs
> >> to where there
is very little hair yet. The vet says it's
> >> allergies and
recommended prednisolone. We tried the baths, but
> >> she really
HATED that!
> >>
> >> her benadryl dose is 25 mg.
twice daily.
> >>
> >> t
> >>
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> What is the dose, and why is she getting it? And why in her
ears?
> >> You can actually give Benadryl orally to cats, the
dosage is 1MG
> >> per pound, so since a tablet is 25MG, you'd
need to give a little
> >> less than 1/2 a tablet to a 10 pound
cat, or if you buy the
> >> capsules, you can dissolve the opened
capsule's powder into a bit
> >> of water, shake well, and only
give 1/3 of the liquid, OR use
> >> children's benadryl liquid,
but I'm not sure the strength of that,
> >> so you'd have to do
the math. When you say she is overgrooming, do
> >> you mean she
is cleaning one spot until she has no hair left? For
> >> Mythic's
skin itchies, I just used a good quality aloe cat shampoo
> >> and
bathed him once a week, and it seemed to help him a lot. The
> >>
vet gave me a special shampoo, but I found some stuff at the
> >>
hardware store that seems to help even more. The stuff the vet
>
>> sold me is made by Virbac, and it's called Epi-Soothe Shampoo
>
>> (label says available through vets only, and no number). The
stuff
> >> that works better for Mythic, is made by TropiClean,
and it's
> >> called Aloe Moist Natural Shampoo (1-800-542-7387).
I wont ever
> >> buy any other kind of shampoo again, it's really
awesome stuff,
> >> smells great too. Mythic also got shots at the
vet for a while,
> >> I'd have to dig up his records to tell you
what it was though.
> >> They only last for a couple of weeks,
wasn't really worth the
> >> trip. Changing his food to one with
no grains helped more than
> >> anything, his hair is still thin,
but he does not scratch much at
> >> all now.
>
>>
> >> Jenn
> >> http://ucat.us
> >> http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
>
>>
> >>
>
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>> ~~~~~~~~~~
> >> DD is still overgrooming with the
benadryl cream. It doesn't seem
> >> to effect her. Her dosage is
1mL twice daily (alternate ears) do
> >> you remember what you
used? I saved some other ideas I may try
> >> next, but the
pharmacist said my prescription was a very 'low'
> >> dose. I
wonder if my vet prescribed a low dose because she didn't
> >>
think it would work and I insisted on trying it? My vet can be
>
>> like that............
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