Sarai, I was saddened to read that Bella has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. I know how heart breaking it is to lose a little one.
Like others that have responded, I feed mine the best food they will eat, love them, and keep stress to a minimum. So far I have rescued 6 positive kitties. All were born with FeLV. The first 2 rescues are now 2 yrs old and asymptomatic. The next four were 4 week old when I rescued them last July. I only have Mattie, who is blind, left. No idea why Bright Eyes, Houdini and CJ succumbed and the others haven't. Give your little boy a hug from us. Sharyl --- On Tue, 7/14/09, Orth, Sarai <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Orth, Sarai <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Baby Bella 3/4/09-7/9/09 > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 2:41 PM > I subscribed to this mailing just a > few weeks ago when I found out that > my 2 kittens were FeLV positive. I committed to caring for > them though > the first vet (who since I have since stopped going to) > told me to have > them put down and "spare myself the agony and financial > burden". > > > > My girl kitty, Bella, 4 months old had a pretty bad herpes > infection > with a fever of 105 for over two weeks. She stopped eating > her hard food > and I so I was spoon feeding her baby food to try to get > her to gain > weight. She was also on antibiotics- She had good days and > bad days, it > was quite the roller coaster for those weeks. She > seemed to be doing > better this past week- interacting more, eating lots, > etc. Then all of > a sudden, in the middle of the night on Wednesday, her > neurological > system went haywire. She began biting herself > uncontrollably, running > into walls, stumbling around and she lost most of her > vision. Within 6 > hours of the symptoms beginning, we were forced to love > enough to let > her go. Our new vet was wonderful and helped us through the > whole > process with kindness. He thinks that the leukemia went > systemic and > settled in her brain. It feels like it happened so fast. > While we are > still grieving our loss, we are also very worried about our > other > kitten. While he is FeLV positive, he has not had any > clinical issues. > He seems perfectly normal, loving and active. > > > > I am wondering if there are others out there with a "not > sick" FELV > kitty and if so, what kind of measures are you taking to > help increase > their chance of making it through this? Our vet said that > if he makes it > to 6 months old, we may be able to re-test to see if he has > suppressed > the virus. He is just over 4 months old now and has lost > his sister, > which has been very stressful on him. He is an indoors only > kitty. We > also have him taking Lysine (to keep herpes symptoms at > bay) and > Pet-tinic (vitamins). > > > > ~Sarai > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
