Gloria I am going to follow your advice. My kitten is roughly 2+ years. She was highly symptomatic and recovered with the exception of mildly inflamed gums. Last week she had a relapse with some sneezing and a mild runny nose.
Since we are facing that 2.5 to 3 year danger zone I thought I should begin interferon. Would you tell me what you use and how? I was told by a friend to start with human interferon. My vet never offered it as an alternative, so I am going to have to tell her what to prescribe and what dosage to give. If I did not have this list, we would never had made it past the first year. I appreciate your advice. Jane On Aug 13, 2008, at 10:45 PM, Gloria B. Lane wrote: > Welcome to the list! I must admit, I feed pretty ordinary > food. Would do better if I didn't do rescue and consequently have > rescue cats. But I have 2 FELV cats that I acquired from Oklahoma, > and they're over 10. I've had them for a few years, the previous > owner had them for quite a few. They're not on anything special, > except love and care. The vet for the previous owner had them > vaccinated for FELV yearly - he thought it helped. Go figure. > > All my FELV cats are over 3. The problems I've had are at the age > 2.5 to 3 yrs old, and never had one make it past that age. My > current 'theory' is to use interferon till they get over 3 yrs. I > have a friend with 1 FELV, and 1 non-FELV, and the FELV kitty made it > to 3 yrs and beyond and she does keep him on interferon.. They're > doing great too! > > Thanks for writing and for joining the list! > > Gloria > in Arkansas > > > > At 08:31 PM 8/13/2008, you wrote: >> Hello! I'm new to this list. My husband and I have two FeLV >> positive cats. Bo is four, and Seven was a year old in June. We >> have them both on interferon and have regular well-cat visits with >> our vets. So far, Bo and Seven are in good health. >> >> I have read a lot recently about diets for cats with FeLV. Any tips >> from the folks here on what to look for in designing a good-health >> diet for our beloved cats? >> >> Glad to be a part of this list! >> >> Jody (and Bo & Seven) >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/ >> felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
