Welcome to the group Rebecca. It sounds like you've done a great job so far in welcoming this cat into your life. It sounds like you have a great positive outlook, and that you probably have a vet that is able to be worked with (since they didn't advise you to immediately kill this kitty like some stupid vets do). I would advise to carefully consider giving him the vaccines, and definitely do not give him the FELV vaccine. Some FELV+ cats do not recover as well from neutering as "healthy" cats do, so be prepared for that in case he's one of the weak ones. The fact that he's happy and healthy so far is a good sign that he's fighting the FELV. Others here will advise you on many supplements and drugs you can try on him, but the main thing I know for sure that helps is a Good Premium diet. Innova, California natural, Wellness, Royal Canin, are all good premium brands of cat food. Some people feed homemade diets, but that takes alot of time and skill to get right, so I always advise a good quality premium cat food. Iams, Pro Plan, Purina, and grocery store stuff (Meow Mix, Friskies, etc) are BAD FOODS, and if you are feeding those, switch him over to a good brand as soon as you can (but do it slowly).
That's it for my advice, good diet equals healthy cat. Good luck with him, and welcome to the group! Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ Adopt a FELV+ cat: http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html "Saving one animal won't make a difference in the world, but it will make a world of difference for that one animal." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula! PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please email me for the NEW address to send them to! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/176 - Release Date: 11/20/2005
