Thanks. I don't want to stress her by looking in her mouth right now (am already taking temps hourly, has been half hourly), but she has not had any discomfort eating so I don't think she has oral ulcers. I hope not, anyway! She is having a slightly odd other symptom, though, and I can't find anything about it online. Her pupils seem to be dilating and contracting ever so slightly with each breath or heart beat, I can't tell which. Gray noticed it; it is so slight that I am not sure I would have noticed if he had not pointed it out. We can't get the other cats to hold our gaze long enough to tell if theirs do it, but we don't think so. She is not acting like her eyes are bothering her. Any ideas? Michelle In a message dated 1/16/2007 9:18:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Usually just by antibiotics to kill secondary bacterial infections and any number of things for the oral ulcers... it's the lesser of the two main causes of URI. It usually doesn't have life-long respiratory effects like Herpes often does. Like I said, if you can get the Feline Interferon OMEGA (Virbagen), that's ideal, and it's been shown to resolve Stomatitis and Calici oral ulcers completely. The worst part of the calici is the oral ulcers, it's basically just like stomatitis, often the diagnosis is confused between the two. If all cats that had Stomatitis were DNA tested for calici, it's thought that upwards of 85% would be Calici positive. I'd go so far as to say, Calici is the #2 cause of Stomatitis, behind FIV (though a majority of FIV related Stomatitis may also be due to Calici, no studies done there yet, I don't believe). I'd add some extra Vitamin A into her diet, if her digestive system can handle it. It can't hurt anything. I have those FIV/Stomatitis Interferon Omega studies, if you're interested: _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=99&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=99&lang=eng) (slow loading) _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=189&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=189&lang=eng) _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=96&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=96&lang=eng) _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=97&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=97&lang=eng) _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=93&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=93&lang=eng) _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=141&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=141&lang=eng) Here's one about Calici: _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=188&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=188&lang=eng) Here's one that's very promising, an elderly cat with FIV and Uvetis (doesn't someone here have a cat fighting uvetis?): _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=140&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=140&lang=eng) Here's the index of all Omega studies: _http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/reports.php?site=interferon&lang=eng_ (http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/reports.php?site=interferon&lang=eng) (it's even cured a case of WET FIP!) Phaewryn
