if exposing dry to the air caused a loss of vitamin D, what about adding fish oil to the food to counter the loss of D and then add a vitamin supplement for the selenium. dorlis ---- "Rosenfeldt wrote: > Wow, Laurie, I had never heard of that.... So I'm guessing that dry food > should be kept, say, in its bag with the top rolled so there's no extra > air? Wacky! > > Diane R. > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Laurieskatz > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:38 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hello- new to the list > > Coco lost weight, couldn't jump up, her tongue would come out of her > mouth > and her legs weren't working right. Not FeLV+but she was diagnosed with > myonecrosis. A change in food (from dry to canned) reversed her issues. > The > vets tested for all the usual causes and she was negative so they > assumed > nutritional. I would dump all the dry (Wellness) into a tupperware > container. Vets said that exposed the food to too much air which > depleted > the food of vitamin D and Selenium and caused muscle death. For what > it's > worth.... > Laurie > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amy Ackerman > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:17 PM > To: Felv talk > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hello- new to the list > > > I appreciate everyones concern & thoughts. Looking back at what I've > written so far, I can see that I haven't been very clear about what > was/is > going on with Grrr. I've been a little emotional these last few days! > I > took him in monday morning because he had been having a very difficult > time > doing normal cat stuff- jumping, running, etc- saturday night & sunday, > and > it was getting progressively worse as hours passed. I had consulted > with my > vet on Sunday about possibly taking him to emergency, but because he was > not > displaying any very dramatic symptoms of stroke, seizure, obvious > distress > or pain, we decided to save him the trip and bring him in first thing > Monday > morning. He had been losing weight, and it seemed likely that his > weakness > was a symptom of whatever was causing the weight loss- hence the blood > tests > that led to the leukemia diagnosis. The vet believes it likely that the > weakness & instability are a result of a spinal tumor caused by > lymphosarcoma, and I believe that yesterday's dramatic neurological > symptoms > were simply a progression from what had been going on all weekend, > exacerbated by the stressful hospitalization & long car rides- he > doesn't > travel well either. Grrr doesn't do anything easily except look > handsome & > growl. The cortisol shot was administered as an effort at pain > management, > to see if it helped him get around easier. Just got him home and he's > looking OK- a bit better than yesterday, and he sure seems happy to be > home. > We have a very long term relationship with this doctor, and do trust > him- > obviously, mistakes can be made, but I am comfortable with the treatment > Grrr has been given and the plans we have discussed for his future. I > am, as > has been suggested, throwing out the calender- my cat seems happy, if a > bit > awkward physically, and that makes me happy! Amy > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows LiveT Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to > meet. > http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and > may be privileged. > They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have > received this > transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > transmission from > your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we > are required to > inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in > writing, any advice we > provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or > submissions is not > intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax > penalties. > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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