Survey Answers for Bailey:
AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE?
Bailey was positive when I found him at 5 months of age. I had him
tested several times throughout his life and he always tested positive.
WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO?
I tried the interferon and vitamins and supplements but giving the stuff
to him was very stressful, so I stopped all of that and just kept his
life as stress free as possible. He would pout and stop eating when
getting his supplements and the interferon made him lethargic and he
didn't eat well on his 7 days on.
WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD?
Up until 5 or so years ago all of my furkids where indoor only. Then
one day Bailey, Shelbee and KC pushed the screen out and got out in the
front yard. Bailey decided he liked going outside so after a couple of
months of him rolling in front of the door and crying and scratching
trying to get out, we had built an enclosure off the back sliding door.
We took the screen off the kitchen window and put a plexiglass doggy
door in it's place. I can leave the window open and the cats can come
and go outside into the enclosure via the doggy door. Or keep the
window closed and they can't go out. Bailey loved being able to go out
in his enclosure and it was directly because of him that we had it
built. It is 21 by 22 feet and 8 feet high with chicken wire across the
top, furkids don't get out and hawks don't get in.
LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT?
Bailey had a total of 8 house mates at any point and time in his life
all negative. 5 are still with us, the others have joined Bailey on the
other side now, none ever got FeLV from him and I had them all tested on
several occasions throughout their lives.
HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE?
Bailey was healthy until the last 6 months of his life, he stopped
eating and had continuous diarrhea, tests determined he was anemic and
had pre-cancerous cells in his bone marrow ... we fixed the anemia with
epogen, but he never ate on his own again and we had a feeding tube put
in. He seemed uncomfortable when I fed him and I asked my vet about
pancreatitis, she said she didn't think so because his amylese and
glucose was normal. In hindsight I believe that is exactly what he had
going on and the untreated inflammation turned into cancer. We did test
after test to try and find the cancer we suspected he had somewhere. We
never found it and my vet didn't feel comfortable treating for cancer
not knowing for sure he had it and if so what kind and where.
WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED?
Bailey had just turned 11 years old on May 1st 2006, he passed away May
6th 2006.
WHAT DID THEY DIE OF?
Undiagnosed and untreated Pancreatic cancer found after he passed by
necropsy.
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Belinda
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