HI William - I am so sorry about your kitten. It is an awful disease, but
there are certainly things you can do to help your baby. I think for the
anemia you could try epogen (I've not used it, but other's have and maybe
can comment). You may also try the liver shake ... I'll send you the recipe
privately.
You need to keep the kittie's immune system boosted - which is the trick to
fighting this disease. Interferon appears to the be the way to fight the
disease in it's early stages, it lessens the viral load in the cat, so I'd
get the wee guy on it ASAP. It's cheap and easy to give. Good food it
equally important. Stay away from anything with by-products, artificial
preservatives (BHA & BHT). Good about giving vitamin C. Thymus,
ginseng/royal jelly, co-enzyme Q10 and others are very good immune boosters.
Thymus you can give about 40mg per day for a 10 pound cat (give less if your
cat is lighter), coQ10 - about 30mg per day. All of these will boost the
immune system and keep it healthy which is the secret to fighting this
disease. But the interferon is probably your best weapon at this point. THe
treatments page gives a lot of information....
good luck and keep us posted.
Sue c
>From: "William Groth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: 1st Experience with FeLV positive kitten.
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 17:30:26 -0600
>
>
>Well I subscribed (to the Digest version) so I thought I
>should say something.
>
>This is our first experience with FeLV and so far it is not a pleasant one.
>We are a household of 5 cats and this last weekend our youngest (approx 7
>months old) would not eat and appeared to have a fever. So on Monday we
>took him to the Vet and when we got back the results of the blood tests it
>was
>confirmed that he was FeLV positive and suffering from the resulting
>severe/
>clinical anemia. We are giving him antibiotics and Prednisone but he does
>not eat much and is very listless. It really hurts to go to work each day
>and
>leave him at home. The other cats are really very good about leaving him
>alone. He does drink water but we (wife & I) are very worried.
>
>He is truly one of the most sweet natured babies you could wish for. His
>name is Patch and he looks like a shorthair tabby cat who was dropped in a
>bucket of white paint.
>
>We are hoping we can get him revived enough and build his blood counts to
>a point where we might be able to try some regimen of medicines such as
>Acemannan. I am considering trying a formula I saw on the internet which
>included Aloe Vera juice, buffered vitamin C, Wild Yam Extract, and DMG.
>
>He is very young and we can only hope we can restore him to a level where
>he has a fighting chance to explore newer treatments.
>
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>
>In loving memory of Vyvyan: March 20, 1988 - August 15, 1997
>
>James G. Wilson- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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