Robert I can't even begin to hypothesize why cats seem to like "fast food" chicken. I found that the KFC is really aromatic, so it encourages my sick cats to eat when they aren’t feeling well. With the first cat I used it with (who had pancreatic cancer), she had no appetite. I would cut up the chicken, put it in the plate, warm it in the microwave, and place it before her on the floor. If she wouldn’t eat, I would lie down on the floor on the opposite side of the plate and blow over the chicken gently, to get the smell into my cat's nostrils. After a few minutes, she would eat.
Currently, as I mentioned, I use Swiss Chalet with I don’t think is available in the U.S., but I have obtained the same result. I can't say that they wouldn’t eat chicken I cooked, but I rarely get to cook! Amani -----Original Message----- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of ROBERT CHAPEL Sent: October-28-16 4:35 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] KFC Amani et al... What do you suspect is the magical secret of KFC over cooking regular chicken at home?? Is it the 12 secret spices?? : ) Perhaps the infusion of frying oil into the meat?? Frankly, if there was one nearby I'd be happy to forget cooking chicken for my boys to supplement their diet ( I want them to have a LOT more moisture and baby food is getting WAY too expensive.... Neither are fans of wet cat foods but I still have another 200 brands to get through : ) Hell... if I didn't have the cats to cook for I probably wouldn't cook at all..... I put a menu down and they press a paw to their choice...it works well. Sherri... I'm glad you and Bogey are enjoying it.... now if only WE enjoyed Friskies Pate or Natural Balance Duck and Pea the world would be a brighter place... On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 10:38 PM, felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org wrote: > Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to > felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: RIP little girl Coco (Sherri Godschalk) > 2. Re: RIP little girl Coco (Ardy Robertson) > 3. Re: Bogey's checkup today - bad results (Sherri Godschalk) > 4. Re: Bogey's checkup today - bad results (Amani Oakley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:04:22 -0400 > From: Sherri Godschalk To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl > Coco > Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > So sorry about Coco. Sounds like it was peaceful for her. Thanks for > loving and taking care of her. Peace to you > > Sherri > > From: Felvtalk on behalf of Kelley S > > Reply-To: Date: Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 2:49 PM > To: felvtalk Subject: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl Coco > > Lost my little Coco last night. It was sudden - she was playing and > running around before I went to sleep and when I woke up she was gone. > Probably > better for her that way as she didn't have to suffer through a long > protracted illness. Sure does hurt though. > > Kelley > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 20:47:21 -0500 > From: "Ardy Robertson" To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl > Coco > Message-ID: <001201d230bd$3a3e2870$aeba7950$@centurytel.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Hi Kelley, > > I?m so sorry for the loss of little Coco. When my Tigger babe lost his > battle at 5-1/2 years, I was devastated. Someone from this FeLV chat > group sent me this poem called Lend Me A Kitten, and I still read it a > lot. It give me a little solace??I hope it helps you and all the > others who have given such good care and still had to go through the > loss. > > > Lend Me a Kitten > > I will lend you a kitten for awhile, God said. > For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he's dead. > Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three. > But will you, 'till I call him back, take care of him for me? > > He'll bring his charms to gladden you, and should his stay be brief > You'll always have his memories as solace for your grief. > I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return. > But there are lessons taught below I want this kitten to learn. > > I've looked the whole world over, in search of teachers true. > And from the folks that crowd life's land, I have chosen you. > Now will you give him all your love, not think the labor vain? > Nor hate me when I come to take my kitten home again? > > I fancied that I heard them say 'Dear Lord Thy Will Be Done'. > For all the joys this kitten brings, the risk of grief we'll run. > We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may. > And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay. > > But should you call him back, much sooner than we planned, We'll brave > the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand. > If, by our love we've managed your wishes to achieve, Then in memory > of him whom we loved, please help us while we grieve. > When our cherished kitten departs this world of strife, Please send > yet another needing soul for us to love all his life. > > Author Unknown > > > > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf > Of Kelley S > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 1:49 PM > To: felvtalk Subject: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl Coco > > > Lost my little Coco last night. It was sudden - she was playing and > running around before I went to sleep and when I woke up she was gone. > Probably better for her that way as she didn't have to suffer through > a long protracted illness. Sure does hurt though. > > > Kelley > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:33:11 -0400 > From: Sherri Godschalk To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup > today - bad results > Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="EUC-KR" > > Armani, > I tried the KFC today, she loved it. So does her mom so that was > dinner for both of us. > The only other information on the results print out they give me is a > ?smear? on the bottom. Says ?Fluorescence? under it. Mentions rbc, > retics, plt, rbc flags and wbc,in a legend of sorts. I am sure that > means something. > > Bogey is actually playing with her Qtips this evening. She brought one > in to show me. So she is still having fun. Today has been a good day. > > Sherri > > On 10/26/16, 6:40 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley" > > wrote: > >> Sherri, half the battle is keeping her eating. As long as she is >> eating, you are ahead of the curve. I really don't like the low >> platelet count but nothing else in the bloodwork is very alarming >> right now. Were there clots in the sample? Did they do a slide count? >> See if your results have anything at the bottom about the recheck >> they did for the low platelets. >> >> Keep Bogey eating, as much as possible. Use things like tuna water or >> tuna juice from tuna cans, to keep her hungry. Get Kentucky Fried >> Chicken for her (without the covering!). >> >> You are doing very well for your little girl. I'm glad your vet isn't >> giving up, and neither should you or Bogey. >> >> I'm crossing my fingers for you that the Doxycycline helps. Frankly, >> though, he shouldn't have waited to get bad news. At least he is >> willing to try it now. >> >> Amani >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf >> Of Sherri Godschalk >> Sent: October-26-16 6:44 PM >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results >> >> Hi Amani. I did feel very happy that he agreed to the Doxy. Maybe the >> fact that the current regiment was clearly becoming ineffective made >> him think we needed to add something. He is going to look into >> Interferon for her and I am going to research that this evening as I >> have only seen it mentioned here and there. He isn't giving up and I >> am awfully glad about that because I am nowhere near ready. I don't >> think Bogey is ready either. >> >> Sherri >> >> On 10/26/16, 1:59 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley" >> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Sherri >>> >>> Yes, some of the results are worse (especially the platelets) but >>> the retic count is actually up a bit. I hope that adding the >>> Doxycycline might help. The haematocrit and red cells are down, but >>> nowhere as low as I have seen them in cats with FeLV, so there is a >>> lot of cushion still there. The best piece of news is that she is >>> eating and drinking and gaining weight. >>> >>> Amani >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Sherri Godschalk >>> Sent: October-26-16 12:59 PM >>> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>> Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results >>> >>> Just a bit of information regarding Bogey?s last lab results. She >>> had >>> been sleeping a lot and not as active so this really didn?t surprise >>> me. >>> Everything has taken a down turn. >>> >>> >>> Range 26-Oct 30-Sep >>> RBC 6.54 12.2 2.54 2.9 >>> HCT 30.3 52.3 14.8 17.9 >>> HGB 9.8 16.2 5.2 6.2 >>> MCV 35.9 53.1 58.3 61.7 >>> MCH 11.8 17.3 20.5 21.4 >>> MCHC 28.1 35.8 35.1 34.6 >>> RDW 15 27 24.5 25.2 >>> RETIC 3 50 89.9 82.1 >>> WBC 2.87 17.02 13.05 12.01 >>> NEU 1.48 1.029 3.97 3.96 >>> LYM 0.92 6.88 7.8 6.81 >>> MONO 0.05 0.67 1.16 1.17 >>> EOS 0.17 1.57 0.11 0.06 >>> BASO 0.01 0.26 0.01 0.01 >>> PLT 151 800 28 53 >>> >>> >>> The only bit of good news is the doc did start her on Doxycycline >>> twice >>> a day. So she is going to be on that and Prednisolone and Stanzolol. >>> I >>> also give her Petinic twice a day and am going to add Lysine. I hope >>> that the Doxy isn?t arriving too late to help. >>> >>> Bogey is not suffering. She is eating, drinking and gaining weight, >>> although just a little, playing once in awhile. She is hiding now >>> which >>> she never did before. My heart hurts today. >>> >>> Thanks for listening. >>> >>> Sherri >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Felvtalk mailing list >>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>> >>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Felvtalk mailing list >>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>> >>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 02:38:34 +0000 > From: Amani Oakley To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Subject: Re: > [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yes - it's the smear I was asking about. If you let me know what they > found when they looked at the smear, it will probably say whether or > not the platelets were visually confirmed to be low or whether there > was blood clotting. > > I am thrilled Bogey liked the KFC. I had one cat, a few years ago, > with cancer, and I kept her eating long after the vets felt she should > have survived, by feeding her KFC. My husband and I certainly had our > fill of KFC, since we had to eat it something like 3 times a week. Up > here in Canada, we have Swiss Chalet, which also seems to work wonders > on my babies. > > One day at a time, Sherri. She's eating and playing. Let's keep our > fingers crossed that the Doxycycline will help. > > Amani > > -----Original Message----- > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf > Of Sherri Godschalk > Sent: October-27-16 10:33 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results > > Armani, > I tried the KFC today, she loved it. So does her mom so that was > dinner for both of us. > The only other information on the results print out they give me is a > "smear" on the bottom. Says "Fluorescence" under it. Mentions rbc, > retics, plt, rbc flags and wbc,in a legend of sorts. I am sure that > means something. > > Bogey is actually playing with her Qtips this evening. She brought one > in to show me. So she is still having fun. Today has been a good day. > > Sherri > > On 10/26/16, 6:40 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley" > > wrote: > >> Sherri, half the battle is keeping her eating. As long as she is >> eating, you are ahead of the curve. I really don't like the low >> platelet count but nothing else in the bloodwork is very alarming >> right now. Were there clots in the sample? Did they do a slide count? >> See if your results have anything at the bottom about the recheck >> they did for the low platelets. >> >> Keep Bogey eating, as much as possible. Use things like tuna water or >> tuna juice from tuna cans, to keep her hungry. Get Kentucky Fried >> Chicken for her (without the covering!). >> >> You are doing very well for your little girl. I'm glad your vet isn't >> giving up, and neither should you or Bogey. >> >> I'm crossing my fingers for you that the Doxycycline helps. Frankly, >> though, he shouldn't have waited to get bad news. At least he is >> willing to try it now. >> >> Amani >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf >> Of Sherri Godschalk >> Sent: October-26-16 6:44 PM >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results >> >> Hi Amani. I did feel very happy that he agreed to the Doxy. Maybe the >> fact that the current regiment was clearly becoming ineffective made >> him think we needed to add something. He is going to look into >> Interferon for her and I am going to research that this evening as I >> have only seen it mentioned here and there. He isn't giving up and I >> am awfully glad about that because I am nowhere near ready. I don't >> think Bogey is ready either. >> >> Sherri >> >> On 10/26/16, 1:59 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley" >> _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
