Marlene, I have no expertise on dental work in kitties, but am offering prayers for your sweet Pekoe. I hope all turns out well for him. Please keep us posted on his progress.
:) Wendy --- Marlene Chornie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > First of all, my condolences to all of you who > have lost a beloved furbaby, and my best wishes to > all who are caring for ill ones. > I haven't posted in many months, since we lost > our sweet little Digby to FelV last May. I mostly > lurk and have kept up with the posts on a daily > basis. Since last May, Pekoe (FelV+) has been doing > wonderfully well - until this past weekend. Just to > refresh, Pekoe is a little over 2 yrs. old, and was > diagnosed with FelV almost a year ago at the age of > about 15 mos. At that time, he was anaemic from > Hemobartonellosis and was successfully treated with > Doxycycline. This past weekend, I caught him > licking the concrete floor in the basement, and - > you know what I thought/suspected!! Everything else > about him was completely normal - appetite, litter > box habits, activity level. We took him to the vet > clinic this morning (his regular vet was off). They > ran a PCV (Hematocrit) and it was 30% (Normal > reference range 24 - 45%). They also sent off some > blood work to their Animal Health Lab and the > results will be back tomorrow. They'll be checking > for Hemobart as well. Fortunately, we took Pekoe > last June to have some "baseline" blood work done > (everything was pretty good), so they'll at least > have something to compare his recent results to. > The vet today checked him out - Temp. was normal, > etc. When she checked his mouth/teeth, she noted > that a couple of teeth may have to be extracted - a > tiny incisor on the upper Rt. beside his "fang" > tooth, and a larger tooth on the upper Lt. side 2nd > from the back tooth. He'll also need a dental > cleaning. We questioned starting on Doxycycline > anyway, but she didn't seem convinced (and frankly > neither was I) that this is Hemobart related. He > isn't acting at all the way he did when he had the > Hemobart before. We even discussed the possibility > that there might be something on the concrete floor > that he may be "attracted" to, because he only licks > in a certain area and no where else. To be honest, > I'm a little "baffled"? > We have an appointment with his regular vet on > Thurs. to discuss everything pertaining to the > dental work. Of course, my first concern is with > him being under anaesthetic, and what that might > "trigger". I know that our clinic uses Isofluorane. > It's been quite a while since we've had any > "experience" with a cat having dental work. The > last time was with our Casper who was 16 at the > time, and developed CRF shortly after a dental. He > lived to be almost 20 1/2 yrs. old with our > treatment of his CRF. > Needless to say, I have a multitude of questions > for our vet with regard to dental surgery on a FelV+ > cat. I've already compiled a list of questions, but > would invite everyone's thoughts/questions on the > matter. > > Marlene > (Pekoe & Angel Digby) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
