Try Feliway spray to calm him and Rescue Remedy in his water. Believe it or not, pumpkin (not pie filling but plain canned pumpkin) mixed in canned kitten/cat food will help with the diarrhea. (Per several vets and personal experience with Copper and Thomas Cougar-Kitten). On Nov 14, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Chris wrote:
> Lisa--good for you for taking such good care of this little guy. > And you > have come to the right place for help--folks here are the most > knowledgeable > I've ever found. I've mixed and never had a problem. Also, it is > always > possible that a kitten can throw off the virus so you may want to > retest > several months from now if the IFA is pos. And know that no matter > what > happens, you will never never never regret letting that little ball > of fur > into your heart... > > Christiane Biagi > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lisa Borden > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 8:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 3 1/2 month old kitten with diarrhea > > > > Thank you so much, Jane. Any and all advice is welcomed. I'm very > new to this, and have been going between feeling hopeful about > things, and bursting into tears. I love him so much. I'm on pins and > needles waiting for my vet to call with the test results. > > Lisa > On Fri 14/11/08 7:06 AM , Jane Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: > 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 >> [email protected] [1] >> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > [2] > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] [3] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > [4] > > > Links: > ------ > [1] mailto:[email protected] > [2] > https://webmail2.agoc.com/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Ffelineleukemia.org > %2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Ffelvtalk_felineleukemia.org > [3] mailto:[email protected] > [4] > 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 > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
