Glad you are taking Dublin to the vet Friday. You can never be to careful with
these guys. The vet should definitely check for anemia. You can look at his
gums & make sure they are pink yourself. I've hear of FeLV cats having one eye
dialated sometimes, but I'm not sure what causes that.
I hope Dublin has a good check-up.
Beth
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From: Anne Myles <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:29 AM
Subject: [Felvtalk] "Off day" / couple of questions
My Dublin seems to be doing quite well over all, happy and playful most days
and eats anything that isn't nailed to the floor. Once or twice, though, he's
had an "off day," most recently Sunday. On Sunday, he kept his eyes shut or
barely squinted them open, and he seemed lethargic. He did eat normally. By
Sunday night he seemed to be coming around and was fine yesterday and today,
with normal activity. Any insight into this?
He does sort of squint one or both eyes at time, but I've had his eyes examined
by the vet (with the machine that looks into the back of the eye) after the
last day he squinted badly and no signs of disease were found. His pupils are
not as reactive to light as most cats' and tend to stay (evenly) dilated, but
they do react some and the vet didn't seem worried about it. No signs of eye
infection or URI then or now.
I'm also noticing he drinks quite a bit of water. I read that FeLV can cause
kidney disease? Is this something I should be concerned about?
I'm thinking of taking Dublin to the vet Friday (when I have a little more
time) even if he acting fine and asking for bloodwork so we can see where we
are. Is there anything I should ask my vet particularly to look into or
examine? He's an excellent vet and very supportive about Dublin but I'm not
sure whether he'll be thinking about all the things he should look for in a
FeLV+ cat.
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