Hi Tracy Just so you know anything is possible and all of these kitties have a chance when there are people like you willing to offer it to them. All I suggest is to have Bacca as healthy as you can prior to submitting her to surgery of any kind. Get her resistance built up as much as possible to give her the best of chances.
I have a 13 yr old Leukemia cat, Puss Puss, who is healthy as a horse and mingles with my others (all are vaccinated but her). No special food, treatment or anything else. I know not everyone is that lucky. What you were talking about with Bacca sounds like it could be Feline Herpes? I have a kitten with that and for a while we didn't think he would make it. He was one sick kitty with eyes gooped shut, nose snotty, sneezy, wheezing and coughing. I put him on antibiotics twice til we confirmed it was herpes. Vet said he would be susceptible to colds, eye infections, pnuemonia and more easily susceptible to other infections for however long he lived. Also that these cats can develop lesions in their eyes that can lead to blindness. Since then he has been on Lysine and is a changed cat!!!!! One bout of infection requiring antibiotic but otherwise he has grown amazingly fast and is healthy. I just can't let him outside with the other cats cause he comes back in with a mild cough every time. He is NOT happy about that! Also have to be sure he doesn't over-exert himself playing cause he will wheeze a bit Please research and consider Lysine for Bacca. No matter what ails her I don't think there is any way it would hurt but other regulars to this newsletter might be able to tell you more about it. My Scruffy comes running and tries to climb me like a tree every time I shake the Lysine bag! I use them to distract him when the door will be open to let the others in or out! Good luck with Bacca! K -----Original Message----- From: Tracy McLendon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2009 9:57 pm Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] scratchy meow Her name is Bacca. I am from the south and my fiance found her on a obacco farm at work one day with goopy eyes. Down south, people call obacco "bacca" and she is golden in some spots like the leaf. had an appt for her friday to be seen but i am going to wait til she s out of heat and get her spayed. She is playing and just ate an ntire container of wet food. I am scared of getting her spayed ecause the last vet made such a big deal out of the eye surgery and ow the anesthesia could kill her. I am going to go in and talk to he vet as well. I did get a new one. They seem more reasonable as have taken several other animals of ours there and things have gone ell(crossing my fingers that it will continue). hank you all for responding! On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Sharyl <[email protected]> wrote: Tracy, not sure but the weird meow could be caused by her going into heat. Any reason why you have not had her spayed? I've had all my FeLV+ kitties payed/neutered. Just makes sense since any off spring would almost surely be eLV+. I wouldn't have her spayed while in the heat cycle but definitely as oon as it is over. Sharyl --- On Tue, 11/24/09, Tracy McLendon <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Tracy McLendon <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] scratchy meow > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:36 PM > Hello! I am new here! I > have a 1 1/2 year old blind FLV cat. Two > days ago, she started to have an odd scratchy sounding > meow. She also > went into heat about the same time. She is eating and > playing > normally. Her meow just suddenly changed and sounds > raspy, almost > like a parrot. > > This is my first experience with a FLV cat. She is > not on any type of > vitamins, she is just like all the other cats, until she > started with > this weird meow. When she went in originally for her > eye enucleation, > the vet just said she would be more susceptible to > infections and that > she would not live long. > > Can someone help me? Any other signs I should look > for? She seems > normal otherwise but I am such a hyphochondriac for myself > and my > animals! I just want to know if anyone else has > experienced meow > changes.... > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Tracy > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- racy McLendon lpha Omicron Pi eta Psi Chapter Advisor 252)902-6600 _______________________________________________ elvtalk mailing list [email protected] ttp://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
