Hi Sidney
The General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted.
Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? I was able to get rid of a
really
bad upper respiratory with it. I buy it in capsule form and mix the
powder
into cats food and my cat, who could be a forensic pathologist when
it comes to
detecting supplements, does not know it is there. I make sure she
gets 500mg
daily and although it takes time, it usually works.
I also use interferon, but give it on and off each day, rather than
weeks. I wonder
if that would make a difference.
There is a study underway (Dr. Jean Dodds ..Rabies Challenge) to
prove that we over vaccinate
our animals and that one rabies shot should protect an animal for its
lifetime. You can Google
the 'rabies challenge' and read about the study and the vets who are
involved. A rabies shot
can be stressful for a healthy animal. I would think twice about
vaccinating an Felv kittie.
Hope your General continues to thrive.
Jane
On Feb 7, 2009, at 9:17 AM, [email protected] wrote:
AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID
YOU DO/ARE
DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD,
E.G; INDOOR,
OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE
ANY OTHER
ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT
NOW? OR WHEN
THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF?
My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned
a cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when
this big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not
happy. I tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He
was like a bag of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and
got him a bowl of milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have
milk any more than dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him
another, which he drank down. The next day he was still out
there. So I brought him dog food out (it's all I had) and he ate
the entire bowl. So the next day, when he was still there, I
bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the grocery. He ate
it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided that if he was
gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I took him to
the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat is FeLV
+. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die
anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed
vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went
from living outside to living in the garage to now living in the
house and sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him
and my husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits
these days. He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him
on grain free canned but he's not willing to eat that right now.
He is now eating Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days
and then he won't eat it and I'll change. The only problem I have
is that I can no longer get him to take his supplements. He's on
an immune system supplement that is a tablet I used to mix with the
wet food. Now he won't eat it if I do. I've tried even mixing it
in tuna and he won't eat it. So I'm in a little bit of a state
over this. he is also on interferon 7 days on and 7 days off.
I've also had some problems with this lately as he seems to throw
up on the days that I give him interferon. He's had a kidney
infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that he's
overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory
infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came
to me when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped
because he has such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now)
lapcat. He loves to be petted. He loves to be around people. He
follows me every step I take, if the dog will let him. His only
stress is the Mini Schnauzer who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She
hates him. He just tries to stay out of her way. (She sleeps on
the bed at the foot and he sleeps up at the head, by my head!)
Every time he sneezes I worry. But he's hanging in there so far,
and as far as I can tell he is prospering. He has had rabies
vaccine and calici virus in the past but I don't know if we'll do
rabies this year since he isn't outside now. I'll have to talk to
my vet about that and the calici too.
Sidney and the General
-----Original Message-----
From: amanda <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am
Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal
one to better undertsand FeLV.
Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and
or past FeLV
kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness
and how
everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could
participate!
AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID
YOU DO/ARE
DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD,
E.G; INDOOR,
OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE
ANY OTHER
ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT
NOW? OR WHEN
THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in
answering would be
really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and
your fur
babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan.
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