Hi Tomi's guardian,
Sorry, what's your name?
It was suspected that my Grace had Hemobart too. Belinda is right that
Doxy is prescribed long-term for this. The abx retards the growth of
new parasites, (doesn't actually kill it off), so it's needed longer
than the usual 7-10 days to give the body a chance to destroy the
infestation. My Internist wanted Grace to remain on it indefinitely.
Instead I would give it to her whenever she was showing signs of anemia,
at first I'd keep her on it for a month at a time. Grace too was in
terrible shape when I first started medicating her with Doxy and she did
bounce back. Are you the one that posted about using Interferon Alpha 7
days on and 7 days off? I know that the "pulse" method is a standard
protocol, but whenever Grace was showing symptoms, I'd give it to her
daily until she began to feel better. I've also upped the dose to as
much as 3 ccs daily when they are fighting something off.
I don't think the benefits of Nutri-cal are worth forcing it on Tomi.
It's mostly corn syrup anyway. If he's eating, (is he eating?), then I
wouldn't worry too much about fighting with him over it. I'd try mixing
in a small amount of Pet-tinic, (or another multi vita sup) into his
food. If the vet feels strongly about making sure Tomi has vita B12, he
could give him an injection of it, (although it does sting).
I order TF in a powder, I didn't even know they made TF in pill form.
I've never had anyone refuse it mixed in food. I don't usually add the
full amount suggested in one serving though. You can also get Tomi
regular colostrum at the health food store to add to his food.
It's good that you got Tomi the paper litter, you might want to try one
of the corn based litters too. Just be sure and not have any of the
clumping litter in the house, it's very dangerous to have them eating
that. Did you buy the Innova dry or wet? So far I've never had a cat
turn their nose up at the dry.
One more tip for you... If Tomi's appetite is good, you might be able
to hide his pills in Pill Pockets. Most of my guys won't eat the pill
pocket by itself. What I do is use about half the pill pocket to form
around the pill and then hide it in a small amount of something really
yummy, like tuna, or meat baby food. I have one guy that will eat his
pill pocketed pill if I give it to him with a couple of those nasty
Temptation treats.
Hang in there my dear. You are doing wonderfully. We all know how
overwhelming and expensive it can be. Just do the best you can and try
to keep your spirits up. Continue to make decisions from your heart and
take things one day at a time. Shower those angels of yours with love.
My prayers are with you,
Nina
C & J wrote:
Yes Tomi is on doxocycline for the parasite hemobartonella. They gave
me a small container of pills to give 2, once a day, but there's not
enough there for 4-6 weeks. As well, he's on prednosone for the week
to keep him from destroying his new blood cells. His red blood count
is at 16 right now.
The vet also gave me a tube of paste, called Nutri-Cal that is high in
vitamin B12, iron, etc. Its supposed to be palatable, but Tomi
doesn't like it, so I have to stick it to the roof of his mouth to get
him to eat it.
I went out and bought the Innovo Evo food, as well as some litter made
out of recycled paper, so that hopefully he won't try to eat it.
I tried giving him some Noni juice, but I started thinking that maybe
he shouldn't be taking a supplement that boosts the immune system
while he's on the prednosone to suppress the immune system. Also
maybe the Transfer factor plus advanced would be better than the Noni
since it comes in pill form. My cats seem to actually gag a bit on
the Noni since it tastes so bad. It might take awhile to ship the
Transfer factor to Canada though.
This whole process is a little overwhelming and expensive, but worth
it if I can give my little guy (and girl if she starts getting sick) a
chance.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Belinda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Hello, I am new to this form of discussion
Hi,
Sorry you have had to find us but Tomi is in good hands. Is he on
doxocycline and is the parasite hemobartonella? If the anemia is due
to that the doxy should get his blood count back up once the
hemobartonella is under control, he should be on the doxy for a
minimum of 4 to 6 weeks.
You can give him Nutrived in the mean time to help him build red
cells, it has vitamin B, folic acid and iron ALL are needed to build
blood. I buy it here:
http://www.calvetsupply.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=33
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