Hi Kathleen,
I have used LTCI and I live in Hamilton, Ontario. My cat was IFA positive for
FeLV (meaning persistently infected as the virus was in bone marrow) and he
went negative a few months after starting the LTCI, so in my opinion, it is
definitely worth a shot for your little Oreo. Your vet can call Terry
Beardsley at LTCI and he will help explain the paper work. Should only take a
week for Health Canada to make an exception. Otherwise LTCI can be shipped to
a vet in the states virtually overnight. Hope this helps and best of luck with
your little guy. just curious, where in Canada are you from?
Sally
On Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:13 AM, KATHLEEN BUSO <[email protected]> wrote:
#yiv7320785890 p {margin:0;}Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo.
We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill
when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a
rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two
weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid
came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet,
and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said
the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and
came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was
worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested
positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a
fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper
respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I
was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just
accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the
LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to
get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as
he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there
anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids?
Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,Kathleen
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