Re: [Felvtalk] cat testing + for feline AIDS
Hi, Czadna -- Thanks for caring for, and about, this little girl. I can't offer any direct advice about treatment of this current crisis, but it sounds like you're doing all the right things. The good news is that if you can get her past this respiratory thing, FIV positive cats are generally easier to care for than FeLV+ cats. The FIV (not Feline AIDS by the way -- the major similarity between human and feline immune-deficiency is the suppressed immune system, and FIV acts and is treated differently from AIDS -- I mention this because people do still go crazy when you say AIDS). FIV is not easily transmitted (much like FeLV) and an asymptomatic FIV kitty may live long and healthily. Obviously the respiratory problem is not to be taken lightly, it's just this sort of stuff that the immune deficiency makes so much worse. Vibes that you can get Laura Jean through it and that she can get all the way healthy again despite her FIV status. Best of luck! Diane R. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of czadna sacarawicz Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 12:39 PM To: feline leukemia list Subject: [Felvtalk] cat testing + for feline AIDS Laura Jean came to my patio on Thanksgiving Day with bulging flanks, goopy eyes and respiration issues. Rescue friends offered antibiotics. She tested positive for feline AIDS at a vet. SHE IS SWEET!!. I cannot afford imaging and lab work , . . . Like many of us my plate contains enough for 2 people with my feline leukemia family, . hey live elsewhere than my apartment.. . She was treated for tape and round worms which really helped a lot. Vet prescribed azithromycin. We had used amoxicillin and cephalexin. She has not been real responsive to antibiotics for her breathing. Quite unresponsive actually. I started her back on them today, Saturday. She had been isolated in the bedroom of my one bedroom apartment and has been pulling her hair out since she arrived. This week her bowel movements are mostly hair. Humidty helps her breathing a lot. She has a good appetite. I put her in a big cage in the other area of the apartment thinking that maybe the hair pulling was anxiety.. I tried to position so she cannot rub noses with the other cats. It has been really calm. She has been flea treated. Flea combing finds nothing. There are 2 6 month-old kittens plus an adult female in the main part of the apartment. One kitten has not been tested or vaccinated for FIV/leukemia.. P.S. Sunday a.m. she did not pull fur out all day but when I put her back in cage in bedroom for night she took a big chunk of fur into her mouth. a rough night. up taking a shower to help her breathing. a couple hours later gave her homemade chicken broth. abdomen was really tight. bowels did move well later - - this time cooked sweet potato which she had devoured in preference to her other food. breathing sounds damp - - sneezes after give antibiotic.she is not a candidate for euthanasia at this time. eyes not running. no strings of mucus when give antibiotic. thinking back to vet tomorrow. Any comments will be appreciated. Thank you. ___ 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
Re: [Felvtalk] cat testing + for feline AIDS
I highly recommend you join the excellent yahoo group FIV health science - it's a wealth of info, and helped me with my FIV boy. It's very active, with case history, files, etc. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/fiv-healthscience/ thank you for caring for this baby. Shannon --- On Sun, 1/9/11, Diane Rosenfeldt drosenfe...@wi.rr.com wrote: From: Diane Rosenfeldt drosenfe...@wi.rr.com Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] cat testing + for feline AIDS To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 1:00 PM Hi, Czadna -- Thanks for caring for, and about, this little girl. I can't offer any direct advice about treatment of this current crisis, but it sounds like you're doing all the right things. The good news is that if you can get her past this respiratory thing, FIV positive cats are generally easier to care for than FeLV+ cats. The FIV (not Feline AIDS by the way -- the major similarity between human and feline immune-deficiency is the suppressed immune system, and FIV acts and is treated differently from AIDS -- I mention this because people do still go crazy when you say AIDS). FIV is not easily transmitted (much like FeLV) and an asymptomatic FIV kitty may live long and healthily. Obviously the respiratory problem is not to be taken lightly, it's just this sort of stuff that the immune deficiency makes so much worse. Vibes that you can get Laura Jean through it and that she can get all the way healthy again despite her FIV status. Best of luck! Diane R. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of czadna sacarawicz Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 12:39 PM To: feline leukemia list Subject: [Felvtalk] cat testing + for feline AIDS Laura Jean came to my patio on Thanksgiving Day with bulging flanks, goopy eyes and respiration issues. Rescue friends offered antibiotics. She tested positive for feline AIDS at a vet. SHE IS SWEET!!. I cannot afford imaging and lab work , . . . Like many of us my plate contains enough for 2 people with my feline leukemia family, . hey live elsewhere than my apartment.. . She was treated for tape and round worms which really helped a lot. Vet prescribed azithromycin. We had used amoxicillin and cephalexin. She has not been real responsive to antibiotics for her breathing. Quite unresponsive actually. I started her back on them today, Saturday. She had been isolated in the bedroom of my one bedroom apartment and has been pulling her hair out since she arrived. This week her bowel movements are mostly hair. Humidty helps her breathing a lot. She has a good appetite. I put her in a big cage in the other area of the apartment thinking that maybe the hair pulling was anxiety.. I tried to position so she cannot rub noses with the other cats. It has been really calm. She has been flea treated. Flea combing finds nothing. There are 2 6 month-old kittens plus an adult female in the main part of the apartment. One kitten has not been tested or vaccinated for FIV/leukemia.. P.S. Sunday a.m. she did not pull fur out all day but when I put her back in cage in bedroom for night she took a big chunk of fur into her mouth. a rough night. up taking a shower to help her breathing. a couple hours later gave her homemade chicken broth. abdomen was really tight. bowels did move well later - - this time cooked sweet potato which she had devoured in preference to her other food. breathing sounds damp - - sneezes after give antibiotic. she is not a candidate for euthanasia at this time. eyes not running. no strings of mucus when give antibiotic. thinking back to vet tomorrow. Any comments will be appreciated. Thank you. ___ 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
Re: [Felvtalk] cat testing + for feline AIDS
I think you're on the right track and a vet visit is definitely called for in this case - for something to ease her breathing. Our FIV+ cats have always lived a very long and healthy life; a much easier disease than FeLV, which is rather new to me. I only had a small kitten that died from it about 14 years ago and the two very healthy adults right now. If you can help it, do NOT vaccinate for FIV because should a vaccinated cat ever be lost, found, tested - it would show up as positive. My vet often suggests childrens' nasal decongestant drops like Neosynephrineif it's not in the chest. I would highly recommend giving all your positive cats CoQ10 daily in their food. GNC has a Vegetarian formula that is powder in capsules instead of the oil (not easy to use). It keep our FIV/FeLV positive cats really healthy, especially the gum and teeth. Natalie -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of czadna sacarawicz Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 1:39 PM To: feline leukemia list Subject: [Felvtalk] cat testing + for feline AIDS Laura Jean came to my patio on Thanksgiving Day with bulging flanks, goopy eyes and respiration issues. Rescue friends offered antibiotics. She tested positive for feline AIDS at a vet. SHE IS SWEET!!. I cannot afford imaging and lab work , . . . Like many of us my plate contains enough for 2 people with my feline leukemia family, . hey live elsewhere than my apartment.. . She was treated for tape and round worms which really helped a lot. Vet prescribed azithromycin. We had used amoxicillin and cephalexin. She has not been real responsive to antibiotics for her breathing. Quite unresponsive actually. I started her back on them today, Saturday. She had been isolated in the bedroom of my one bedroom apartment and has been pulling her hair out since she arrived. This week her bowel movements are mostly hair. Humidty helps her breathing a lot. She has a good appetite. I put her in a big cage in the other area of the apartment thinking that maybe the hair pulling was anxiety.. I tried to position so she cannot rub noses with the other cats. It has been really calm. She has been flea treated. Flea combing finds nothing. There are 2 6 month-old kittens plus an adult female in the main part of the apartment. One kitten has not been tested or vaccinated for FIV/leukemia.. P.S. Sunday a.m. she did not pull fur out all day but when I put her back in cage in bedroom for night she took a big chunk of fur into her mouth. a rough night. up taking a shower to help her breathing. a couple hours later gave her homemade chicken broth. abdomen was really tight. bowels did move well later - - this time cooked sweet potato which she had devoured in preference to her other food. breathing sounds damp - - sneezes after give antibiotic.she is not a candidate for euthanasia at this time. eyes not running. no strings of mucus when give antibiotic. thinking back to vet tomorrow. Any comments will be appreciated. Thank you. ___ 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
