Miriam
I have no idea how long you have followed the previous posts but if you have,
you will know what I am going to say before I say it (and sorry to all the
others on this chatline who have heard this a million times).
Don’t wait. Act immediately. I recommend the following regimen:
1. Do baseline bloodwork – both biochemistry and haematology. Ask them to
add a reticulocyte count to the haematology tests.
2. Ask the vet to weigh him so you have a reliable baseline for that as
well, that can be tracked.
3. Ask the vet to prescribe the following:
Winstrol (Stanazolol) 2 mg a day (either in one go, or preferably 1 mg two
times a day);
Doxycycline (not sure the dose – the vet should know this)
Prednisolone (also not sure the dose but I think 5 mg per day – again this can
be given in one dose or split up and given twice)
Metoclopromide ¼ tablet before feedings (this may not be needed immediately,
but I would get it on hand just in case – FeLV often negatively affects the
Intestinal tract and this helps to keep the food moving
properly along through the digestive tract)
Of this list, if you have been following my posts, the only one you will have
trouble getting is the Winstrol. Your vet will not agree, may never have heard
of it, or generally just express scepticism. In any event, the vet will have to
order it from a vet compounding pharmacy, and being unfamiliar with it, your
vet may not know how to do that. This is the one you need the most to deal with
what is obviously significant anemia (with the ivory gums).
Your vet may try and talk you into other treatments or no treatment (ie –
euthanasia). I don’t think it will interfere with the Winstrol to use it with
other treatments like Interferon or LTCF, etc., and others on this chatline
have experienced good results on other treatments. However, (1) I think they
are far more expensive; (2) I don’t think you get as fast a response as you do
with the Winstrol, and you NEED a fast response or you will be forced to
consider blood transfusions; (3) my own experience was that the other
treatments I tried (and assessed with weekly blood testing) did not work.
I recommend weekly blood work (or every two weeks at least) to determine if
there is a measurable response. If there isn’t, you want to know it ASAP so
other options can be considered.
I just recently learned that there are four different viruses or subgroups of
viruses that are responsible for FeLV, so I suspect that may well be why
different treatments work in different cats.
Amani
P.S. – My apologies to everyone else for truly and completely sounding like a
Winstrol salesperson at this point.
From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miriam
Fenton
Sent: May-19-16 2:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany
He is FELV positive and I'm about to take him to the vet.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Miriam Fenton
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
HELP! I just noticed my cat has lost alot of weight and his gums are white!
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