Hi Cherie - Lysine inhibits the growth of the Herpes virus that causes a URI - it's an Anti-viral. Dosage for cats is 250-500 mg twice a day. Sometimes I've read (and tried) that mixing it with vitamin C can help.

Gloria


At 10:46 AM 1/12/2005, you wrote:
All, 5 share boxes and they all share food, now I am worried. What is Lysine? What does it do for Princess?

Barbara Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i do not let mine share food dishes because the little buggers lick their plates and to me, that's "sharing saliva"(tho they do try claiming they're starving!!) ...however nothing i can do about litter boxes sharing in a mixed household. Jelly roll tested negative at 8 wks old then was positive a year later even tho he'd had vacs and was on vit c and other supplements. he came from a litter of 3 and his biggest sister died at 12 weeks and i never had an autopsy done. his other sister, Princess who is negative(knock on wood), does have feline herpes-and red that runs from her eyes and sneezes if I dont' keep her on lysine 2x day 500 mg.
barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Cherie A Gabbert
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:13 AM
Subject: Sharing food


Hi,
I am curious since all of this has happened with Snowball and now Amber, I have read numerous things, it is said that if cats share foods, the uninfected cat can be infected, but I have also read and heard from this group that the FeLV virus pretty much dies as soon as it hits air. When I asked my vet she said prolonged nose to nose contact and a bite from the infected cat, I am confused, can someone give my some correct information.
Thank you
Cherie




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