Hello Giselle,
I took Puma (4 or 5-year old male FeLV+) to a vet for blood test one day. Then, a several days later, he stopped eating. He didn't eat for a couple days. His ears and gums looked pale. He was breathing laboriously. My vet gave him fluid and B12 shot. Next day, he started to eat, and everything was back to normal. In my case, I believe that withdrawing the blood caused Puma to become sick (He has severe anemia), so it may be a little different from Pixie's case, but I would think that at least giving fluid would ease Pixie's current condition..... Hiromi > From: gisell...@hotmail.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 21:02:52 +0000 > Subject: [Felvtalk] Pixie didn't eat during the five days I was away > > > Hi everyone, > > Pixie is my best buddy and constant companion as I work from home. She's a > 4-year old female FeLV+. Last Thursday I went away for 5 days, leaving her > home alone with a neighbor coming over for at least an hour each day to keep > her company, feed wet food, brush, clean litterbox, etc. I returned from my > trip yesterday and immediately knew something was wrong -- Pixie didn't come > greet me and her dry food and water bowls were almost totally full (how I > left them before leaving on Thursday). > > The neighbor said Pixie didn't eat her wet food either. She is now much > skinnier around the midsection/haunches and clearly weak. Straight away I > syringe-fed her a wet food & water slurry before rushing over to the vet > where the vet on duty found Pixie had lost over 1 lb (since she was last > weighed in 2007) and said her gums and eyes looked pale. The vet suggested > Pixie might have nonregenerative anemia linked to bone marrow failure. > > She had some blood drawn, got weighed and had temperature taken but that's > it. I'm waiting to hear the blood work results tomorrow. Vet didn't even > recommend how to deal with the weight loss and probable dehydration. Didn't > suggest x-rays either. This woman basically shrugged when I asked about > courses of treatment (like, why bother?) for a FeLV cat who might have > anemia. > > Bottom line: I'm terrified about Pixie and don't know what to do to help her > recover. She's my second cat ever, and first cat I've been primary caregiver > to. I feel guilty about going away at all last week, but she had been OK on > previous occasions when I travelled. I've been syringe-feeding her slurries > every 2 hours all day but she doesn't seem to be regaining strength and she's > breathing faster than normal and I catch her staring blankly. > > Any advice from you guys is much appreciated. > Thanks, > Giselle > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
