Re: [Felvtalk] off topic - - removing kitten's eye
Briefly I chose to foster 3 kittens with significant conjunctivitis from the local pound about 2 weeks and 2 days ago. That was on a Saturday. I knew come Monday they would be killed. I have spent significant $ of my $ by choice.. I have been doing rescue work for 35 years and I've seen many eyes that were severely infected. Having one eye doesn't seem to affect their ability to get adopted, in fact people often feel they want to help cats with one eye or minus a leg. My neighbor just adopted a totally blind cat. I couldn't get her to take one of mine (I have way too many cats) but she adopted this blind cat from the vet's office! I still have a cat who is blind in one eye and another with chronic herpes infection. His eyes must be wiped out every day to keep them from being goopy. They are permanent cats at our home. There is no cure for the virus as antibiotics have been tried, but will not work on viral infections only bacterial infections. Lorrie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] off topic - - removing kitten's eye
Thank you for your kindness, your replies and your counsel of experience. I woke up this morning much calmer for your presence. peace, prosperity, health and laughter cz, et.al. m Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:22:39 -0400 From: felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] off topic - - removing kitten's eye Briefly I chose to foster 3 kittens with significant conjunctivitis from the local pound about 2 weeks and 2 days ago. That was on a Saturday. I knew come Monday they would be killed. I have spent significant $ of my $ by choice.. I have been doing rescue work for 35 years and I've seen many eyes that were severely infected. Having one eye doesn't seem to affect their ability to get adopted, in fact people often feel they want to help cats with one eye or minus a leg. My neighbor just adopted a totally blind cat. I couldn't get her to take one of mine (I have way too many cats) but she adopted this blind cat from the vet's office! I still have a cat who is blind in one eye and another with chronic herpes infection. His eyes must be wiped out every day to keep them from being goopy. They are permanent cats at our home. There is no cure for the virus as antibiotics have been tried, but will not work on viral infections only bacterial infections. Lorrie ___ 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] off topic - - removing kitten's eye
Lorrie, Does it work to give your Herpes kitty more Lysine per day? It did with mine. Kathy On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: Briefly I chose to foster 3 kittens with significant conjunctivitis from the local pound about 2 weeks and 2 days ago. That was on a Saturday. I knew come Monday they would be killed. I have spent significant $ of my $ by choice.. I have been doing rescue work for 35 years and I've seen many eyes that were severely infected. Having one eye doesn't seem to affect their ability to get adopted, in fact people often feel they want to help cats with one eye or minus a leg. My neighbor just adopted a totally blind cat. I couldn't get her to take one of mine (I have way too many cats) but she adopted this blind cat from the vet's office! I still have a cat who is blind in one eye and another with chronic herpes infection. His eyes must be wiped out every day to keep them from being goopy. They are permanent cats at our home. There is no cure for the virus as antibiotics have been tried, but will not work on viral infections only bacterial infections. Lorrie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster bottle baby shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/ Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] off topic - - removing kitten's eye
I’ve read that natural cure for herpes such as herbs and vitamins, L-lysine, olive leaf extract, red marine algae, lavender, myrrh, sage have proven to be effective and help reduce reoccurrence. Natalie From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kathryn Hargreaves Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 7:45 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] off topic - - removing kitten's eye Lorrie, Does it work to give your Herpes kitty more Lysine per day? It did with mine. Kathy On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: Briefly I chose to foster 3 kittens with significant conjunctivitis from the local pound about 2 weeks and 2 days ago. That was on a Saturday. I knew come Monday they would be killed. I have spent significant $ of my $ by choice.. I have been doing rescue work for 35 years and I've seen many eyes that were severely infected. Having one eye doesn't seem to affect their ability to get adopted, in fact people often feel they want to help cats with one eye or minus a leg. My neighbor just adopted a totally blind cat. I couldn't get her to take one of mine (I have way too many cats) but she adopted this blind cat from the vet's office! I still have a cat who is blind in one eye and another with chronic herpes infection. His eyes must be wiped out every day to keep them from being goopy. They are permanent cats at our home. There is no cure for the virus as antibiotics have been tried, but will not work on viral infections only bacterial infections. Lorrie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster bottle baby shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/ http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/ Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] off topic - - removing kitten's eye
I trust your insights and experiences. Briefly I chose to foster 3 kittens with significant conjunctivitis from the local pound about 2 weeks and 2 days ago. That was on a Saturday. I knew come Monday they would be killed. I have spent significant $ of my $ by choice. All tested negative for FIV, fe leukemia and heart worm this past Saturday. I chose to vaccinate them including fe leukemia this past Saturday. Maya Mia is about 2 months old. Her left eye is swollen. The eye is cloudy and has become vascularized. There is no evidence of pus. Her right eye had/has a corneal ulcer. There is a small amount of cloudiness. Two vets have recommended to remove the left eye. The first vet backed off that it was an emergency when I asked her what if re: the corneal ulcer eye. Two local rescue groups say they have good fortune re: placing kittens with less than optimal vision. My question to you is, what has been your experience re: letting nature take it's course. she happily and accurately leaps from atop a cage to one 2.5 away. She is active. The kittens contemplated future is with an area SPCA. Their doors are not open to them at the present. They would be adopted into forever homes from the SPCA or stay at the facility if not adopted.. The first vet advised me to use opthalmic antibiotic drops for the present. I had used opthalmic ointment on both eyes for 10 days. thank you. cz m ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] off topic - - removing kitten's eye
I would use whatever the vet gives you for the eye(s).In the 20 years of rescuing cats, I have had and still do have several cats that have vision in only one eye, bad eyes was left intact, and they're fine. They also had bad infections that were not treated when they were kittens. We've had eyes removed when there was a severe infection and the eyes were either ruptured or hanging out like little grapes (usually from herpes virus). From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of czadna sacarawicz Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 5:31 PM To: feline leukemia list Subject: [Felvtalk] off topic - - removing kitten's eye I trust your insights and experiences. Briefly I chose to foster 3 kittens with significant conjunctivitis from the local pound about 2 weeks and 2 days ago. That was on a Saturday. I knew come Monday they would be killed. I have spent significant $ of my $ by choice. All tested negative for FIV, fe leukemia and heart worm this past Saturday. I chose to vaccinate them including fe leukemia this past Saturday. Maya Mia is about 2 months old. Her left eye is swollen. The eye is cloudy and has become vascularized. There is no evidence of pus. Her right eye had/has a corneal ulcer. There is a small amount of cloudiness. Two vets have recommended to remove the left eye. The first vet backed off that it was an emergency when I asked her what if re: the corneal ulcer eye. Two local rescue groups say they have good fortune re: placing kittens with less than optimal vision. My question to you is, what has been your experience re: letting nature take it's course. she happily and accurately leaps from atop a cage to one 2.5 away. She is active. The kittens contemplated future is with an area SPCA. Their doors are not open to them at the present. They would be adopted into forever homes from the SPCA or stay at the facility if not adopted.. The first vet advised me to use opthalmic antibiotic drops for the present. I had used opthalmic ointment on both eyes for 10 days. thank you. cz m ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
