Re: [Felvtalk] dermatitis, steroids, and FeLV+ cats

2013-11-05 Thread KG BarnCats
My FIV+ diabetic foster Boo came to me very skinny with the fur licked off his belly and back legs. The vet office where he had been office cat (until his FIV status was discovered) tried steroids, diet changes etc. I transitioned him to balanced homemade raw food. The transition in his case amo

Re: [Felvtalk] dermatitis, steroids, and FeLV+ cats

2013-11-05 Thread Bonnie Hogue
Lance I had a cat with perseveration licking who removed all the fur under her front leg. No one ever found a "root cause" and the only thing the vet could think of was a steroid shot. That was 23 years ago! My Martha did not have FeLv that we knew of. She lived to be nearly 21 years old. T

[Felvtalk] dermatitis, steroids, and FeLV+ cats

2013-11-05 Thread Lance
Hi all, My Ember has had dermatitis for about two months now. A month ago, the vet gave her a Convenia shot, and that didn’t seem to change things much. I gave her 2mg of chlor trimeton twice a day for five days, and that hasn’t changed anything substantially. She has lesions on her neck and sh