Re: meds and vitamins?

[Ioana-Dina Rican]

Hi Peggy,

 

I am in the same situation as you are.  I found a FeLV positive cat, around 2 years old, and we had to take her in because she was declawed.  Not to mentioned that the vet wanted to put her down immediately.  We also have other two negative cats that are all indoor.  We are living in one-bedroom apt. where is no room for separation.  My other two cats are vaccinated, so I am praying they gained a little immunity to the virus.  The positive cat is very good and eats and drinks water just from her bowls, but the other two brats are sneaking and get into her bowls.  So I came to the conclusion that we can pull all our hair out trying to separate things that they will find a way to share a bowl, especially when we are not at home.  All the vets told me to separate everything; just one vet told me to take my chances and not separate anything and provide them with food and water 24/7 because otherwise it can be very stressful for the cats that can cause a chain of negative reactions.  But of course the negative cats need to be vaccinated for FeLV.  I've been having this problem for almost two months and everyone is happy.  The positive cat gained so much weight; she almost tripled in size.  They are all playing and thank God everything is fine with all of them.

 

What food are you feeding Scooter?  I am giving mine Innova EVO, but I will switch to Healthwise because it is too expensive.

 

Take care,

Ioana

Peggy Ankney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

HI –

 

I’ve been reading lots of posts mentioning all sorts of medications for FeLV cats.  I know that I need to feed Scooter high quality food, and was advised to supplement it with non-ethylene glycol l-lysene and vitamin C.  Do I get this from a pet place or a natural foods store?  Should I also be giving him other meds?  So far he’s not showing any signs of distress or illness.  He’s 10 months old and just came home from the vet yesterday (shots and neutering) and you would never know he tested positive from his behavior.

 

And another thing – how do you keep your positive cats’ food bowls away from the neg, and vice-versa?  Montana and Karma are negative and are indoor/outdoor cats used to having dry food available 24/7.  They immediately went for the other’s bowls last night.  I can make sure they don’t share the canned food, as I watch over them as they eat it and take the dishes away when finished, but with the dry food, they don’t eat it all at once.  Is there a big risk in their sharing dry food?  I know the virus doesn’t live long outside the cat that and it’s spread in salvia.  I guess we could try to put the dry food outside, but this area has lots of strays and we don’t want to attract any more cats (or worse) to our house just now.  If anyone has found a simple solution to this, I’d love to hear it.  (Our house is small and difficult to section off, so all cats go everywhere.)

 

Thanks,  Peggy 

 

   

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