Hi,Yet another kitten needs a home, female, 4 months old, diluted calico, very sweet, spayed, vaxed, currently living at the briarcliff spca, but will spend the rest of her life in a cage if she doesnt find a home. She is currently on meds, she had pneumonia but is doing very well. She was a bottle baby in a foster home and came back to the shelter and tested positive on the elisa. I took home the litter mate, but could not take her home due to her sickness and i only could add one more cat to my family. So would love to see her live her life in a home. Any questions please feel free to contact me:)[email protected] > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:07:24 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject) > > Sally, > > I hope this gets to you. I don't always get all of the emails from this > group so I hope you get this one. > > I just wanted to answer your question about diarrhea. Diarrhea can be > difficult to diagnose a cause. In general, the first thing I would rule out > are intestinal parasites - a stool sample helps (unless you are quite > confident this is not likely - than it's just a waste of money). > > Second, bacterial and viral gastroenteritis (inflammation of the GI tract) > can cause diarrhea - this may be secondary to antibiotic use or simply due > to a failing immune system. If he's on an antibiotic I would try giving the > antibiotic with food and using a probiotic like Acidophilus. It is a > bacteria that coats the intestinal lining and blocks bad bacteria from > causing infection. You can get it at Walgreens - just divide the > recommended human dose by 15 and you should be pretty close to a cat's > needs. > > Other causes could be a change in food, stress, GI auto inflammatory > disease, etc. > If this is a relatively new development it is probably either parasitic, > bacterial/viral, secondary to oral antibiotic use, or stress (physical > or emmotional) > > I would probably just give Acidophilus a try, since it is easy to use, > doesn't require a prescription and has a low potential for bad side > effects. If I suspected worms, I would bring a stool sample to the vet and > finally, if nothing else turns up I may request Metronidazole from the vet > (if they were willing to try it) - it is an antiobiotic that treats > anaerobic bacteria and some protozoan infections that are hard to pick up on > a stool sample and commonly cause GI upset. > > Hope that helps. > > Jenny > > > On 9/8/09, S. Jewell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Wow, Jenny, that's a WONDERFUL report and very encouraging > > to me and many others, I'm sure. > > > > > > > > At your suggestion (and thanks for the e-mail and phone > > messages), I began Lukey's syringe feeding yesterday with > > A/D and Gatorade. He did very well with both. > > > > > > > > I'm on my way out to feed him again this morning and then > > taking him back to the vet to put him on intravenous fluids > > and vitamin C to help with whatever infection may be going > > on, if any. Still not sure about what is causing the fever > > because his blood work was normal last Thursday except for a > > borderline low lymphocyte count and mild anemia (don't > > recall the numbers right now). The fluids seem to help the > > fever a lot, though, so it may in fact be from dehydration. > > We may go ahead and start him on antibiotics as well to be > > on the safe side, and he will be evaluated today as to any > > need for a transfusion, though I don't believe his anemia is > > that severe yet. > > > > > > > > One question: He appears to have some diarrhea, first > > noticed on Saturday. Do you have any thoughts about what > > might be causing the diarrhea or has Autumn experienced > > this? It was before his first LTCI shot, also given on > > Saturday. > > > > > > > > Thanks again for the wonderful and promising news. I have > > been so depressed all weekend and this certainly gives me > > hope for my Lukey. > > > > > > > > Sally > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
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