I know it's a difficult situation, but there are rescues and rescuers that take FELV cats/kittens. And if he chooses to keep him, would be such a gift. What I do to boost the immune system - and it works well - is to give 1cc interferon once daily to my FELV kitties that are less than 3 -4 years old. Different vet sell interferon alpha for different amounts of $$. I shopped around and found a vet who would sell me a big supply that lasts several months, for $15. I buy it from him, mix it as instructed, and freeze it in small containers, so that I can get it and unfreeze as needed. I give 1cc daily with a 3cc syringe.
Best of luck, Gloria On Sep 28, 2008, at 8:57 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have not posted for a while about kiwi. I think the last one I > told you that my son was going to put him on a Bandfield Plan. He > never did. Before that I tried to find a rescue who would take him, > but there wasn't any openings. I have no funds to get him to vet. > Sad to say, kiwi is really sick. He is unable to keep food down. > He usually likes his dry food, but he won't eat. I gave him just a > little wet food, and he through it all up. He does drink a little > water. I just gave him a teaspoon of tuna (not cat food), it will > take 5 to 10 minutes to see if he can keep it down. He used his > kitty litter in the last day or so. Before all this, he ate a lot > of his favorite cat food. He didn't throw it up, but he had > diarrhea and he was bony. He was always full of energy. I can't > let him keep going on this way, so I plan to take him to a shelter > and explain the situation to them and ask them humanly put him to > sleep. I don't want to do this, but I don't want him to suffer > anymore. To you who have not read my earlier postings, I did not > adopt kiwi, my son found him when he was about 2 1/2 weeks old near > his did sibling. He bought him home and we did our usual thing and > gave him kitten formula and kitten food. He thrived. My daughter > who has another cat took her's to a regular vet visit, but de sided > to take kiwi also. (this one time) Sadly, Kiwi came out positive > for feline leukemia. We checked him about when he was about 7 or 8 > months old, and again he came back positive. We new that we would > not be able to afford to pay a vet so we tried to find a rescue. > None of them were able to take a Feline leukemia positive kitten/ > cat. We live in Fairfax County Virginia, which is a large county, > but no one could take him. So we did the best we could for him, but > it wasn't enough. I don't blame anyone. It's just how it is. It's > just so hard when your hands are tied. Well, I better go for now. > I will let you know what happened. Bye, Robin > > _______________________________________________ > 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
