Hi Lisa Forti-Flora will be fine for a kitten. I used it successfully with mine. I am rushing out and will write more later.
Jane On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:55 AM, Lisa Borden wrote: > > I am so happy to have found this list. Two weeks ago, I took in a 3 > month old kitten. He's a beautiful orange kitten and I've fallen in > love with him. Yesterday I took him to the vet for his vaccines, and > we ran an FeLV/FIV "snap" test. It came back positive for FeLV. We > sent off the other test (IFA?) to the lab and I await those results. > > I have two other cats - one is almost 4 (male) and one is 2 > (female). They have both been vaccinated against FeLV. My male in > particular has become close with the kitten. it proved to be > impractical to isolate the kitten as he just cried and cried ... and > escaped every time I opened the door. So I decided to supervise them, > make sure they don't fight, keep a clean litterbox, etc. and I just > let him back out with my other cats. From the couple of posts I have > read, I see I am not the only one. And my vet was so adament about > keeping the baby isolated. > > He does have diarrhea, and I was looking at probiotics. Can > something like Fortiflora harm him if he does have a compromised > immune system? I understand I would be giving him "good" bacteria to > balance things out. He was negative for worms. > > Thank you for any info, and I look forward to the group, regardless > of the test results. My kitten is active, and is a LOVE ... and he > isn't going anywhere! > > Lisa > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
