Re: [Felvtalk] Blind/Deaf Cat

2010-06-15 Thread Natalie
Hi, I'm new! I have operated a small cat rescue group since 1992, in our home. We have 2 FeLV+ cats - we keep them separate from the 5 FIV+ cats (all are asymptomatic), because I don't like to expose them to more than they already have to deal with. We've had good experiences with allowing FIV+

[Felvtalk] interferon storage/dilution

2010-06-15 Thread Stacy Zacher
Hi: My vet looked into getting interferon omega from Europe for Spanky. It turns out that it would be about $1000-$2000 and would take 6-8 weeks AND that doesn't even mean it would be shipped so that we can be sure it remains stable (it cannot be warm at all).  Thus, we are going to go with

[Felvtalk] Acemannan

2010-06-15 Thread Cynthia May
My 8 year old cat had Feline Leukemia at age 1 1/2.  We found out about Acemannan by doing research online.  It worked beautifully and he was free of Leukemia after one year, at which time we stopped the Acemannan.  He was normal until last Dec when his bone marrow went haywire and stopped

Re: [Felvtalk] interferon storage/dilution

2010-06-15 Thread Hotmail Junk
Stacy, Our vet stored it in his refrigerator mixed a bottle for us as we needed I kept it in our refrigerator. We used both interferon and LTCI at the same time. We did not follow the standard protocol. So far he is testing negative for FeLV now. Because we have tried many different

Re: [Felvtalk] interferon storage/dilution

2010-06-15 Thread gary
It might cost $800 or $1000 to get an order of feline interferon omega from Europe (the UK actually, I think) but it no longer takes 6 to 8 weeks, threy have streamlined the process for Feline Interferon Omega. However, there is at least one supplier that will send from the UK without FDA

Re: [Felvtalk] Acemannan

2010-06-15 Thread gary
Acemannan is now made by Veterinary Products Laboratories www.vpl.com and I don't see any indication of it not being available. There was a price jump end of last year, how much did you pay for it? The VPL site had the name of a vet who was involved in the original trials as their technical