Hi Stacy, One of my negative cats has EGC on his belly. He gets raised, red plaques and licks constantly. I had no luck with topical creams, fish oil, or allergy shots. We had him on prednisolone to control it for quite a while, because it worked and it was what we could afford. Unfortunately, it also thinned his bones and he broke his leg last summer. All better now, but all told, the steroid was not so cheap. His brother has food allergies and is on Cyclosporine to control them. It was $90.00 bucks a month for his meds, but our vet found a cheaper supplier ($43.00/month) so we were able to start giving it to our EGC boy as well. It has worked even better for him than for the food allergy boy. He gets a 25mg pill 5-6 days a week, hoping to be able to cut him down to every other day eventually. It is an immune suppressant, so they are not getting vaccinations while on it. Not as big of an issue here as we no longer have any FeLV+ in our group. Kidney function does need to be monitered while they are on it. My vet was more paranoid about this in the beginning, did CBC's before starting it, another a month later, and then one every six months. As it's been used on more cats she's become more confident in its safety and now they will just get a yearly CBC, unless they show any signs of urinary issues.
Best of luck, Beth On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Stacy Zacher <[email protected]> wrote: > This week I noticed Spanky's nasal passage looked swollen and red. At first > I thought it was bleeding. It seemed that it just happened overnight! I took > Spanky to the vet on Wed morning and she said it looks like he now has an > the eosinophilic granuloma in his nose and it is swollen and half blocking > the nasal passage. > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
