Yeah this is what Cornell suggested with Wolfie. He was anemic (non-regenerative) and I posted here about whether to pursue it. Decided not to take the extra blood so I don't know if it was really a problem.
This kitty, Sierra, is stable so it probably wouldn't be a big deal. I asked my vet about it and she said she'd first rather send the sample out to an outside lab and verify the high value. Came back high. I'll ask again about drawing more blood for an ionized calcium. Thanks! Amy --- On Sat, 8/28/10, Sharyl <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sharyl <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] EVO and high calcium levels > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 10:23 PM > Amy, I'm guessing you have only > checked the serum calcium levels. You need to check > the ionized calcium levels to know if there is a > problem. If the iCa is high then you would want to > look into the cause. The iCa test is expensive but the > only way I know of to verify if there is a problem. > Sharyl > > --- On Sat, 8/28/10, Amy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Amy <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Felvtalk] EVO and high calcium levels > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 8:33 PM > > Has anybody had a problem with high > > calcium levels after feeding EVO? I changed my > > household to it over a year ago when Wolfie was > losing > > weight. At one of his last visits, his calcium > tested > > just slightly elevated. Now I've taken my FIV+ cat > in > > and she is also testing high for calcium. She seems > > perfectly healthy and my vet recommended we look at > the diet > > before getting all freaked out by the high calcium. > > > > EVO says it contains about 2.59% calcium. My vet > says > > this is about double what most of the foods she looked > up > > contain. The pet store told me that the grain free > > foods can contain more of stuff because the idea is > that the > > pet will eat less of it than other foods. I'm going > to > > contact the company but just wondered if anybody else > has > > experienced this with cats on EVO. > > > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
