Thanks - I am going to try that with a couple of my cats who've gotten bad URI's.
The 10-yr old -- that is really weird. Calico and her littermate WildOneTrixie belonged to an elderly lady who got them as kittens - they'd been born around her house. Once she got them they never went out again. Calico tests positive and WildOne negative. They have lived together the whole 10 years - with the vet's blessing -- how awesome is that! Anyhow the elderly lady's son didn't remember exactly when they'd been tested but Calico has been on the IR for about 7-8 years. Calico seems so healthy that before ordering the IR we re-tested - and she is definitely positive.
Our vet was kinda like "Well, I've never heard of doing that but might help, won't hurt" -- but he doesn't really have much faith that that is why she is still healthy - said she's just in the lucky % that
doesn't get sick. Maybe that is true, but we just don't know for sure, and I don't want to stop her shots just in case. She gets .2mg once a month. Just on the off chance that it has helped her and might help my Daisy, I was considering giving it to Daisy in addition to the interferon but was hesitant about the IV part. But since it can be subQ, there is no reason not to try, I guess.
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I think I did two shots, 3 days apart, and then she got better and I stopped.The cat who is 10-- she has had FeLV her whole life and done ok? I have never heard of giving I-R as a preventative immune booster. It's an interesting idea. I get scared of doing things like that because of the kind of side effects Ginger had, but they were short-lived, and if it can stimulate their immune systems to stay strong, maybe we should all be doing it regularly...MichelleIn a message dated 2/23/2006 4:22:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:for how long?
