I hav never run into anything like this, but will offer y prayers for both of you.
---- Marta Gasper <[email protected]> wrote: > I knew this list was someplace but couldn't find it..now I've. > I live in Nebraska and do cat rescue and TNR..the first time I came accross > the disease was last Fall when a feral that I had relocated to my backyard > became seriouly ill and tested FeLV+. She was euthanized two weeks later > because had gone blind and was in terrible pain(uveitis etc) > Then not yet a month ago I brought back a cat that a friend had taken from an > abusive home a year ago at which time he had a broken leg but otherwise was > very well..or seemed to. > She couldn't care for her cats anymore so I brought Tiger to my house, he is > FeLV+ and a shadow of what he was a year ago, looks like he's on the end > stage, very emaciated, skin issues, difficulty swallowing sometimes, > diahrrea, sores around eyes. > He is a happy cat though, eats like a horse, wants to play but between his > bad leg and anemia sometimes he falls down. > There were other FeLV+ cats in the house and some died shortly after the > original owners took them back. > My question; is there an strain that can kill a cat in a year or so? They > were all snap tested only, except one that had a PCR and it came back > positive, some tested negative but looked sick so they'll retest. > I don't want to rush anything for Tiger unless he's in pain and he doesn't > seem to be, should I PCR him? He has an URI and had coccidia so was medicated > for it, had fleas but I can't find anymore fleas or flea dirt. I'm not > spraying or putting topicals on him b/c of his sores and little scabs all > over that sometimes bleed. > I'd appreciate any comments..thank-you and happy to be on the list > Marta > > > http://homelessnomore.webs.com/ _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
