Hello, my name is Marta Gasper. I'm Homeless No More cat rescue director in
Fairbury, Nebraska.
One of my foster cats tested FeLV+ on the SNAP and a few months ago also
positive on the IFA so he became our cat after he developed some disorders
that'd make him hard to adopt.
Previously we had a cat pulled from a hoarding situation who also was FeLV+ and
some time before he succumbed one of our foster kittens tested leuk +._ Our
vet concluded he would have been infected when younger, he was tested after his
uris kept returning; although we are no-kill and try to give them the best
hospice care sometimes euthanasia is the best option.
Back to Arlo, our former foster, he's been doing fairly well so other than
being isolated he had no treatment. Last week almost overnight stopped eating
and bled from his nose, also gagged on and off, making gargling, squishy
noises. His mouth smells very bad, vet examined and said it looked good, mild
gingivitis only, he guessed the odor would be from further lesions/masses down
his throath._ In a few days and coincidentally he's developed bald spots that
bleed and dark spots on his fur. Vet said those were bacterial and fungal
infections. Right now he's on Clavamox and metacam and is starting to eat
again, I suggested interferon_we did have a FIV+ with stomatitis and other
problems that made a remarkable comeback on it_and he agreed to administer it
though because Arlo has all these symptoms and because he knows we're on a
limited budget he talked about considering the euthanasia alternative as Arlo
won't get better.
I understand but if there's a way to make him better I'd try it, don't know how
much Interferon is right now etc.
Question; I've read that some treatments don't work or are not used if the cat
is past the second stage and/or has lymphoma. I don't know if and what cancer
he has but he's defintely on 2nd stage..should I even try other treatments?
And another question; we have a nebulizer, can we use it with Arlo, what
treatments if so? Thank-you and thank-you for this list
Marta
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