Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
I also treat with Advantage only when needed. When I brought my new kitten into my home last year she had fleas. I started my adult cats on Advantage, and after she was old enough, I treated everyone with Advantage for two months. This took care of the fleas. My cats are 100% indoors though. Laurie, I wish you the best with your furbaby. I hope her fever comes under control. Gina Susan Dubose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Laurie, First, thanks for taking in an older cat that needed you, I wish there were more folks that did.. Fever of unknown origin is a tough one, but I do agree w/ the other post about Revolution. It's not really very good for fleas, and I have seen lots of negative medical reactions to it. Skin issues (huge sores developing on contact area, especially white cats or Siamese flamepoints) and neurological problems due the ivermectin in it. For some reason, many vets recommend it due to the fact that it prevents heartworms, but heartworms in cats is not very common. It can happen, but it's not very common. And if kitty is kept inside, chances of her getting bitten by a mosquito is even less. I would use Advantage for fleas, but for my personal cats I only treat them every year or so, for 2 months straight, then no treatment for quite awhile since they are 100% inside. make sense? Good luck, please keep us posted on her progress. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent - Original Message - From:laurieskatz To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:24PM Subject: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with hightemp Hi. We rescued a one to two year old cat about 5weeks ago. She has had a temp anywhere from normal (June 19) to 107 (June26). Her blood work this week indicates she has a low white blood count and isalso anemic. She has no other symptoms (other than recent lethargy) and isstill interested in food. We started interferon 7 days on/ 7 days off2 1/2 weeks ago. Isabella's temp was normal after the 7 days on and 107 after7 days off. The interferon was started again 3 nights ago and today's temp was104.2. She has weighed 8.5, 8.4, 8.9 (10 days ago ~ this was also the day hertemp was normal). Tuesday, June 26, she weighed 8.8 and today 8.7. Shegot fluids Tuesday and today (Thursday). We are also giving her feline transfer factor.She was on Clavamox for about a week and then switched to Zeniquin( for about16 days now) when her temp was 105.5. Discontinued Zeniquin today and startedan anti-inflammatory (metacam, I believe) that she will take for 3 days. She is a wonderful companion. Easy to care for.Impeccable manners. Talks and purrs and plays when she feels good. If anyonehas suggestions about why the temp and what to do about the temp, WBC and RBC,we would be grateful. Thanks! ps we applied Revolution May 23 and June 23. Shereacted with fur on end June 23. Laurie Visit my Tigger Tales site! - Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when.
new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp ~blood work and other Qs
Hello and many thanks to all who responded (what a knowledgable and supportive group). Q: Is the immunoregulin something I would use instead of interferon? For those who responded about Revolution ~ we won't use this again. One of my cats with allergies responded very negatively to Advantage. So, I just have to hope we keep fleas at bay. We are 100% indoors but I work in my wildlife friendly yard and understand I could bring one inside. What is IM, please? Isabella's counts were as follows: (numbers in parens are normal ranges) WBC 3.65 (5.5-19.5) HCT 20.6 (30-45) RBC 3.72 (5-10) HGB 8.1 (9-15.1) GLOB (globulin?) 6.2 (2.8-5.1) Total protein 9.1 (5.7-8.9) Her Neut(?), Eosiniphils and PLT were all below normal MCHC and MCH were above normal The numbers that were desginated as being most dramatically off were: Glob, Neut,HCT, RBC. MCHC and MCH Any input greatly appreciatedthanks! Laurie - Original Message - From: cindy reasoner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:38 AM Subject: Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp Laurie, My cat Smokey had the same problem with fevers. After many different stays in the hospital and 1 doctor at my vet's office that didn't really seem like she wanted to help Smokey I changed the vet he goes to. The new vet started him on the immunoregulin. She had me give it to him subq. It says IV but Smokey would have never let her or me do that. We started giving him injections 2 times a week for a month or so then gradually decreased the dosage. Now I give it to him once a month. It has been well over a year since he has had a fever. I hope this might help you with Isabella. I won't use Revolution anymore. Back in May we went camping and I took my diabetic cat (Katie) with us. I used it because I was worried about mosquitoes getting into the camper. This was the first time I had ever used it. I know Katie had a reaction to it because she developed diarrhea. She didn't have it before I put it on her. Her skin became really flaky too. I hope your Isabella starts feeling better soon. Cindy Reasoner
Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp ~blood work and other Qs
Hi Laurie The home page for this group has a list and explanation of the drugs that are being used for FeLV http://www.felineleukemia.org/ Hope Isabella improves. Jane Jun 30, 2007, at 10:50 AM, laurieskatz wrote: Hello and many thanks to all who responded (what a knowledgable and supportive group). Q: Is the immunoregulin something I would use instead of interferon? For those who responded about Revolution ~ we won't use this again. One of my cats with allergies responded very negatively to Advantage. So, I just have to hope we keep fleas at bay. We are 100% indoors but I work in my wildlife friendly yard and understand I could bring one inside. What is IM, please? Isabella's counts were as follows: (numbers in parens are normal ranges) WBC 3.65 (5.5-19.5) HCT 20.6 (30-45) RBC 3.72 (5-10) HGB 8.1 (9-15.1) GLOB (globulin?) 6.2 (2.8-5.1) Total protein 9.1 (5.7-8.9) Her Neut(?), Eosiniphils and PLT were all below normal MCHC and MCH were above normal The numbers that were desginated as being most dramatically off were: Glob, Neut,HCT, RBC. MCHC and MCH Any input greatly appreciatedthanks! Laurie - Original Message - From: cindy reasoner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:38 AM Subject: Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp Laurie, My cat Smokey had the same problem with fevers. After many different stays in the hospital and 1 doctor at my vet's office that didn't really seem like she wanted to help Smokey I changed the vet he goes to. The new vet started him on the immunoregulin. She had me give it to him subq. It says IV but Smokey would have never let her or me do that. We started giving him injections 2 times a week for a month or so then gradually decreased the dosage. Now I give it to him once a month. It has been well over a year since he has had a fever. I hope this might help you with Isabella. I won't use Revolution anymore. Back in May we went camping and I took my diabetic cat (Katie) with us. I used it because I was worried about mosquitoes getting into the camper. This was the first time I had ever used it. I know Katie had a reaction to it because she developed diarrhea. She didn't have it before I put it on her. Her skin became really flaky too. I hope your Isabella starts feeling better soon. Cindy Reasoner
Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
Hi Laurie, First, thanks for taking in an older cat that needed you, I wish there were more folks that did.. Fever of unknown origin is a tough one, but I do agree w/ the other post about Revolution. It's not really very good for fleas, and I have seen lots of negative medical reactions to it. Skin issues (huge sores developing on contact area, especially white cats or Siamese flamepoints) and neurological problems due the ivermectin in it. For some reason, many vets recommend it due to the fact that it prevents heartworms, but heartworms in cats is not very common. It can happen, but it's not very common. And if kitty is kept inside, chances of her getting bitten by a mosquito is even less. I would use Advantage for fleas, but for my personal cats I only treat them every year or so, for 2 months straight, then no treatment for quite awhile since they are 100% inside. make sense? Good luck, please keep us posted on her progress. Susan J. DuBose ^..^ www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws. Trajan Tennent - Original Message - From: laurieskatz To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:24 PM Subject: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp Hi. We rescued a one to two year old cat about 5 weeks ago. She has had a temp anywhere from normal (June 19) to 107 (June 26). Her blood work this week indicates she has a low white blood count and is also anemic. She has no other symptoms (other than recent lethargy) and is still interested in food. We started interferon 7 days on/ 7 days off 2 1/2 weeks ago. Isabella's temp was normal after the 7 days on and 107 after 7 days off. The interferon was started again 3 nights ago and today's temp was 104.2. She has weighed 8.5, 8.4, 8.9 (10 days ago ~ this was also the day her temp was normal). Tuesday, June 26, she weighed 8.8 and today 8.7. She got fluids Tuesday and today (Thursday). We are also giving her feline transfer factor. She was on Clavamox for about a week and then switched to Zeniquin( for about 16 days now) when her temp was 105.5. Discontinued Zeniquin today and started an anti-inflammatory (metacam, I believe) that she will take for 3 days. She is a wonderful companion. Easy to care for. Impeccable manners. Talks and purrs and plays when she feels good. If anyone has suggestions about why the temp and what to do about the temp, WBC and RBC, we would be grateful. Thanks! ps we applied Revolution May 23 and June 23. She reacted with fur on end June 23. Laurie
Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
Laurie, I am facing the exact same thing as you are at the moment except Ki won't eat. The metacam worked for us, but the minute he was off it, the fever started again. The bloodwork should come back today, but i know he is amemic. We tried Clavamox, clindrops, and baytril. We are now on a new thing for me, anyway...delta albaplex. It has pred and a few antibiotics. Fever is still up and down, but doesn't seem to be quite as high when it spikes. I ordered immuno-regulan (sp) from revival. Should be here today. People on this list have recommended it. They can chime in a tell you about it. Needless to say, Iam very fustrated and worried. We adopted Ki at 12 wks old. I just couldn't give him back. I had never had an FeLV cat before...had everything else, it seems. I love him very much, and so want him to make it. Stay on the list, and folks will help you. Dede and Ki --- laurieskatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We rescued a one to two year old cat about 5 weeks ago. She has had a temp anywhere from normal (June 19) to 107 (June 26). Her blood work this week indicates she has a low white blood count and is also anemic. She has no other symptoms (other than recent lethargy) and is still interested in food. We started interferon 7 days on/ 7 days off 2 1/2 weeks ago. Isabella's temp was normal after the 7 days on and 107 after 7 days off. The interferon was started again 3 nights ago and today's temp was 104.2. She has weighed 8.5, 8.4, 8.9 (10 days ago ~ this was also the day her temp was normal). Tuesday, June 26, she weighed 8.8 and today 8.7. She got fluids Tuesday and today (Thursday). We are also giving her feline transfer factor. She was on Clavamox for about a week and then switched to Zeniquin( for about 16 days now) when her temp was 105.5. Discontinued Zeniquin today and started an anti-inflammatory (metacam, I believe) that she will take for 3 days. She is a wonderful companion. Easy to care for. Impeccable manners. Talks and purrs and plays when she feels good. If anyone has suggestions about why the temp and what to do about the temp, WBC and RBC, we would be grateful. Thanks! ps we applied Revolution May 23 and June 23. She reacted with fur on end June 23. Laurie When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God Mosiah 2:17 Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC
Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
Hi Junior went through this last fall. In addition to antibiotics he also did the immunoregulin. I think that was what got him past the fevers and anemia. He also had gingivitis that the IR took care of. Is he out of the woods no. He is still here and stable. I do the IR monthly as maintenance sub Q. He got the original protocol IV. He also gets Transfer Factor, Manapol, and fish oil. I am hoping he does not have to go back on the metacam. For now he will get a break from it. Good Luck Sally On 6/28/07, laurieskatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We rescued a one to two year old cat about 5 weeks ago. She has had a temp anywhere from normal (June 19) to 107 (June 26). Her blood work this week indicates she has a low white blood count and is also anemic. She has no other symptoms (other than recent lethargy) and is still interested in food. We started interferon 7 days on/ 7 days off 2 1/2 weeks ago. Isabella's temp was normal after the 7 days on and 107 after 7 days off. The interferon was started again 3 nights ago and today's temp was 104.2. She has weighed 8.5, 8.4, 8.9 (10 days ago ~ this was also the day her temp was normal). Tuesday, June 26, she weighed 8.8 and today 8.7. She got fluids Tuesday and today (Thursday). We are also giving her feline transfer factor. She was on Clavamox for about a week and then switched to Zeniquin( for about 16 days now) when her temp was 105.5. Discontinued Zeniquin today and started an anti-inflammatory (metacam, I believe) that she will take for 3 days. She is a wonderful companion. Easy to care for. Impeccable manners. Talks and purrs and plays when she feels good. If anyone has suggestions about why the temp and what to do about the temp, WBC and RBC, we would be grateful. Thanks! ps we applied Revolution May 23 and June 23. She reacted with fur on end June 23. Laurie -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Silver, and Spike Visit my BB for some pictures post your as well. http://www.k6az.net/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3
Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
Laurie, My cat Smokey had the same problem with fevers. After many different stays in the hospital and 1 doctor at my vet's office that didn't really seem like she wanted to help Smokey I changed the vet he goes to. The new vet started him on the immunoregulin. She had me give it to him subq. It says IV but Smokey would have never let her or me do that. We started giving him injections 2 times a week for a month or so then gradually decreased the dosage. Now I give it to him once a month. It has been well over a year since he has had a fever. I hope this might help you with Isabella. I won't use Revolution anymore. Back in May we went camping and I took my diabetic cat (Katie) with us. I used it because I was worried about mosquitoes getting into the camper. This was the first time I had ever used it. I know Katie had a reaction to it because she developed diarrhea. She didn't have it before I put it on her. Her skin became really flaky too. I hope your Isabella starts feeling better soon. Cindy Reasoner --- laurieskatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We rescued a one to two year old cat about 5 weeks ago. She has had a temp anywhere from normal (June 19) to 107 (June 26). Her blood work this week indicates she has a low white blood count and is also anemic. She has no other symptoms (other than recent lethargy) and is still interested in food. We started interferon 7 days on/ 7 days off 2 1/2 weeks ago. Isabella's temp was normal after the 7 days on and 107 after 7 days off. The interferon was started again 3 nights ago and today's temp was 104.2. She has weighed 8.5, 8.4, 8.9 (10 days ago ~ this was also the day her temp was normal). Tuesday, June 26, she weighed 8.8 and today 8.7. She got fluids Tuesday and today (Thursday). We are also giving her feline transfer factor. She was on Clavamox for about a week and then switched to Zeniquin( for about 16 days now) when her temp was 105.5. Discontinued Zeniquin today and started an anti-inflammatory (metacam, I believe) that she will take for 3 days. She is a wonderful companion. Easy to care for. Impeccable manners. Talks and purrs and plays when she feels good. If anyone has suggestions about why the temp and what to do about the temp, WBC and RBC, we would be grateful. Thanks! ps we applied Revolution May 23 and June 23. She reacted with fur on end June 23. Laurie Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC
Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
Sally, what is manapol, what kind of fish oil, and where do you order the Transfactor Factor? Geez, I have 2 cats with stomatitis. Wonder how the IR would do with those? Thanks, Dede --- Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Junior went through this last fall. In addition to antibiotics he also did the immunoregulin. I think that was what got him past the fevers and anemia. He also had gingivitis that the IR took care of. Is he out of the woods no. He is still here and stable. I do the IR monthly as maintenance sub Q. He got the original protocol IV. He also gets Transfer Factor, Manapol, and fish oil. I am hoping he does not have to go back on the metacam. For now he will get a break from it. Good Luck Sally On 6/28/07, laurieskatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We rescued a one to two year old cat about 5 weeks ago. She has had a temp anywhere from normal (June 19) to 107 (June 26). Her blood work this week indicates she has a low white blood count and is also anemic. She has no other symptoms (other than recent lethargy) and is still interested in food. We started interferon 7 days on/ 7 days off 2 1/2 weeks ago. Isabella's temp was normal after the 7 days on and 107 after 7 days off. The interferon was started again 3 nights ago and today's temp was 104.2. She has weighed 8.5, 8.4, 8.9 (10 days ago ~ this was also the day her temp was normal). Tuesday, June 26, she weighed 8.8 and today 8.7. She got fluids Tuesday and today (Thursday). We are also giving her feline transfer factor. She was on Clavamox for about a week and then switched to Zeniquin( for about 16 days now) when her temp was 105.5. Discontinued Zeniquin today and started an anti-inflammatory (metacam, I believe) that she will take for 3 days. She is a wonderful companion. Easy to care for. Impeccable manners. Talks and purrs and plays when she feels good. If anyone has suggestions about why the temp and what to do about the temp, WBC and RBC, we would be grateful. Thanks! ps we applied Revolution May 23 and June 23. She reacted with fur on end June 23. Laurie -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Silver, and Spike Visit my BB for some pictures post your as well. http://www.k6az.net/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God Mosiah 2:17 Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433
Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
Dede I am a bit slow reading my emails. The manapol is something I recently added. I lost the original email with the cheapest place to get it but I think the price I paid was close. It is derived from aloe, acemannan in a powder form that you mix with food. I was using 4 life Transfer Factor Plus which is quite expensive(IMO). I switched to Wellness Transfer Factor which I was able to purchase from the same company as the Manapol. I am using Salmon Oil as the fish oil supplement. I do not know if it is helping. Junior has glaucoma in his blind eye which can be painful and he also has inflammation causing hemaetomas in his ears. I am not sure what the theraputic dose is for the Salmon oil. I put a capsule in his food a day. I got all three items from www.betterlife.com . I am not all that familiar with stomatitis. It would be inflammatory so the Salmon oil wouldn't hurt and may help and the IR helped Junior's gingivitis so it might be worth a try. Before I ordered the Manapol I was just using the 4life Transfer Factor Plus formula, and I do think it helped Junior, he had been on it for several months. I wanted to add the Manapol and I felt I could not afford the more expensive Transfer Factor and the Manapol. Both products are immune boosters as is the IR. I am still on a learning curve with this disease. I feel what works for one may not work for another. Good Luck Sally On 6/29/07, dede hicken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sally, what is manapol, what kind of fish oil, and where do you order the Transfactor Factor? Geez, I have 2 cats with stomatitis. Wonder how the IR would do with those? Thanks, Dede --- Sally Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Junior went through this last fall. In addition to antibiotics he also did the immunoregulin. I think that was what got him past the fevers and anemia. He also had gingivitis that the IR took care of. Is he out of the woods no. He is still here and stable. I do the IR monthly as maintenance sub Q. He got the original protocol IV. He also gets Transfer Factor, Manapol, and fish oil. I am hoping he does not have to go back on the metacam. For now he will get a break from it. Good Luck Sally On 6/28/07, laurieskatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We rescued a one to two year old cat about 5 weeks ago. She has had a temp anywhere from normal (June 19) to 107 (June 26). Her blood work this week indicates she has a low white blood count and is also anemic. She has no other symptoms (other than recent lethargy) and is still interested in food. We started interferon 7 days on/ 7 days off 2 1/2 weeks ago. Isabella's temp was normal after the 7 days on and 107 after 7 days off. The interferon was started again 3 nights ago and today's temp was 104.2. She has weighed 8.5, 8.4, 8.9 (10 days ago ~ this was also the day her temp was normal). Tuesday, June 26, she weighed 8.8 and today 8.7. She got fluids Tuesday and today (Thursday). We are also giving her feline transfer factor. She was on Clavamox for about a week and then switched to Zeniquin( for about 16 days now) when her temp was 105.5. Discontinued Zeniquin today and started an anti-inflammatory (metacam, I believe) that she will take for 3 days. She is a wonderful companion. Easy to care for. Impeccable manners. Talks and purrs and plays when she feels good. If anyone has suggestions about why the temp and what to do about the temp, WBC and RBC, we would be grateful. Thanks! ps we applied Revolution May 23 and June 23. She reacted with fur on end June 23. Laurie -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Silver, and Spike Visit my BB for some pictures post your as well. http://www.k6az.net/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God Mosiah 2:17 Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433 -- Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Silver, and Spike Visit my BB for some pictures post your as well. http://www.k6az.net/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3
new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
Hi. We rescued a one to two year old cat about 5 weeks ago. She has had a temp anywhere from normal (June 19) to 107 (June 26). Her blood work this week indicates she has a low white blood count and is also anemic. She has no other symptoms (other than recent lethargy) and is still interested in food. We started interferon 7 days on/ 7 days off 2 1/2 weeks ago. Isabella's temp was normal after the 7 days on and 107 after 7 days off. The interferon was started again 3 nights ago and today's temp was 104.2. She has weighed 8.5, 8.4, 8.9 (10 days ago ~ this was also the day her temp was normal). Tuesday, June 26, she weighed 8.8 and today 8.7. She got fluids Tuesday and today (Thursday). We are also giving her feline transfer factor. She was on Clavamox for about a week and then switched to Zeniquin( for about 16 days now) when her temp was 105.5. Discontinued Zeniquin today and started an anti-inflammatory (metacam, I believe) that she will take for 3 days. She is a wonderful companion. Easy to care for. Impeccable manners. Talks and purrs and plays when she feels good. If anyone has suggestions about why the temp and what to do about the temp, WBC and RBC, we would be grateful. Thanks! ps we applied Revolution May 23 and June 23. She reacted with fur on end June 23. Laurie
Re: new here ~ feleuk+ cat with high temp
Hi Laurie, Welcome to the group. I'm sorry to hear that Isabella is having a lot of trouble with anemia and fevers. One of the things we like to suggest for fevers is ImmunoRegulin. It helps to bring the fever down, but we don't really know why. It's only through experience with some of our members. You can get IR at Revival Animal Health; it's under the generic name EqStim. I don't have any suggestions as to why your kitty is having the fevers, other than the leukemia has 'kicked in' and is triggering the anemia and fevers. It's not uncommon to see this, but at the same time, it's not a good thing. That being said, it doesn't mean things can't be turned around. A lot depends on what type of anemia your kitty has and what is causing it. What is your kitty's HCT? What type of anemia did the vet say it is? Those two things will determine how to treat the anemia. One thing that should also be mentioned is hemobartanella. It is a blood parasite that is very hard to detect on a slide, and is common in FeLV+ kitties with anemia. This is why many times vets go ahead and prescribe doxycycline for anemic cats because that's what's given for hemobart and it won't hurt kitty if there is no hemobart. Doxy must be given for at least three weeks to be effective with hemobart. I have seen animals have bad reactions to Revolution. I won't use it. I will use Advantage however. On immune compromised cats, I won't use anything. I have an 18 year old cat who is hyperthyroid and she did not get flea meds this year, although she's inside 99.9% of the time. Thank goodness Isabella is still eating. A good diet and keeping her stress free are the two most important things you can do for her. Let us know if you have anymore questions. :) Wendy Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has! ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/