Most of them were born in the colonies. I have TNR's most of these cats so there will be few additions. Seems like a new one shows up every few months. They get fresh food and water every night and seem quite happy. Some I have been feeding for almost 5 yrs now.
I get my L-Lysine powder from this web site. http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-L-Lysine-Powder-1-lb-454-g/653?at=0 I add 1/4 tsp to each qt. of water I put out for them. Sharyl --- On Sun, 10/3/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Avis treatment plan (BIG thanks to Alice, Sharyl & > Natalie!!) > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 9:24 PM > Thanks, Sheryl. Powder definitely > sounds easier to dose than capsules. > > I will also talk to the vet about l-Lysine because Avis > does have herpes. It > damaged his 3rd eyelid which was why we were at the vet > ophthalmologist and got > the fateful blood test. > > TWO feral cat colonies?! Wow. That is sad to think about. > So many throwaway > cats. Or are most of them born feral? > > > > ________________________________ > From: Sharyl <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 4:24:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Avis treatment plan (BIG thanks to > Alice, Sharyl & > Natalie!!) > > Sounds like a good plan. The diff. between Pet-Tinic > and NutriVed is the > NutriVed contains folic acid. On the 'how bad do they > taste' scale NutriVed may > taste a little worse. If you go with Pet-Tinic you > can always added folic > acid. I prefer either powdered supplements or those > in a capsule. Easier to > mix in food or water than grinding up a tablet. > > Something we haven't talked about in a while is > L-lysine. It is available as a > powder on line. I buy it by the lb and add it to the > water for my house kitties > and the 2 groups of ferals I feed. Seem to help keep > herpes infections at bay > which most rescues have. I also add it to the canned > food I put out for the > feral colonies. Figure they need all the help they > can get. > > Hugs to Avis > Sharyl > > --- On Sun, 10/3/10, [email protected] > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Felvtalk] Avis treatment plan (BIG thanks to > Alice, Sharyl & > >Natalie!!) > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 2:24 PM > > After pondering the excellent advice > > of Alice, Sharyl and Natalie, and scouring > > the FeLV archives, I think I've come up with a > reasonable > > treatment plan to > > propose to my wonderful, open & supportive vet. > Any > > comments would be much > > appreciated. > > > > Recap: Avis is an approx 21 month old neutered male, > > rescued from an Avis > > parking lot when he was about 9 months, bounced around > for > > about 8 months, > > living with us the last 4 months. A 9/27 CBC > prior to > > a minor eye procedure > > requiring general anesthesia revealed > non-regenerative > > anemia: HCT at 21%, RBC > > at 4.37, Retic < 1%. The subsequent 9/28 > FeLV/FIV > > test was positive. Beyond > > somewhat pale gums and a little lower energy compared > to > > other young cats (no > > wild acrobatics for Avis!) he is physically fine right > now. > > 11 lbs & eats like > > a champ, uses litterbox regularly, keeps his glossy > soft > > coat perfectly groomed, > > chases Max the Dog all over the house, spends hours > > twitching his tail at the > > squirrels on the other side of the window. > > > > Treatment Plan: > > 1. Diet - continue with daily 5.5 oz can of Wellness > Wet > > Food and a 1/3 cup of > > California Naturals Chicken & Brown Rice dry > food. > > After 4 months of trying to > > wean Avis off his dry food addiction, this is the > balance > > we've mutually agreed > > to! He eats it all up and hits the water bowl pretty > good > > once or twice a day. > > > > 2. Treats - about 8 pieces of Greenies baked dry cat > treats > > each day, he LOVES > > them and they do seem to have some vitamins added. > > > > > > 3. Supplements - either Pet-tinic or NutriVed. Still > > researching. > > > > 4. Immediately start LTCI injections. Given that > results > > from only a few formal > > studies are currently available, I view the LTCI > regime as > > sort of an unofficial > > phase II clinical trial. But given Avis' prognosis, > it > > is definitely worth > > trying. > > > > > > 5. Immediately start on 2x daily Interferon Alpha > (unless > > there is some way I > > can get Interferon Omega from Europe). Anecdotally, > this > > seems to help some > > cats, and has been safely given to FeLV+ cats for > several > > years. Again, well > > worth trying. > > > > 6. Keep the big guns like Epogen & Prednilosone > in > > reserve for when the HCT goes > > below 20% or he starts to feel weak and lose > appetite. > > > > 7. Stable, stress free environment and lots of love. > > > > That's it! Thoughts from the FeLV community? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
