When my brood arrived, most of them FeLV, they were covered in mucus and sneezed and coughed constantly. I put them on both the high quality food and supplements that they continue to have and the vet put them all on a double course of antibiotics (one wasn't enough).
When Caramel got a URI again, one vet prescribed antibiotics, but another felt it was a virus and therefore there was no point. All I know is that whatever it was that worked originally---good food, supps, or drugs or combination, it worked wonders. Their recovery was remarkable. I absolutely don't want to alarm you, Jill, I know what it's like when you're trying to spend the $$$ as wisely as possible, but I would not wait till she gets worse. I waited too long with Caramel. I feel now that as soon as his little nose began to drip I should have asked the vet to put him on antibiotics. By the time I did do that, his cold was much worse and he never recovered. Good luck to you and little Gary. It sounds like she's a little fighter! Kerry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jill Poe Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 4:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: need help to stave off a respiratory infection Some of you may remember my b/f and I have a female FeLV+ cat (Gary) who nearly died from complications of an uppper respiratory infection back in September/October. She's been doing great since then and is on human Interferon (7 days on/off), 500 mg Lysine/day and 500 mcg B12/day. She's been sneezing a *little* more than I would call normal lately (not much, but sneezing is how her last URI started) and my boyfriend thinks she sounds a little congested although we haven't seen any snot or mouth-breathing yet. What else can we give her to help her fight off an impending URI? I think I will go buy some CoQ10 this weekend and start her on the 30 mg/day I've read about in the archives. Anything else easy to find and not too expensive that I should do? I also want to start giving her the children's Dimetapp we used last time but that's the only thing she won't eat in her food - we'll have to syringe it to her. If she starts to get worse, we're going to take her to a holistic vet we haven't been to yet. This has been our plan all along for "preventive maintanence" but we were hoping to go a couple more months after recovering from Christmas and her October vet bills. Thanks, Jill __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
