Hi Wendy, My approx 8mth old boy, maurice recently had to be put down he had similar symptoms. He developed fluid in & outside of his lungs. He was approx. 2mths when we found him on a track while kids were at track practice. He was tested around july & found to have FELV +. He had done well until about 3wks ago, started throwing up & breathing like retractions in his abdomen. I took him to another vet for 2nd opinion since the 1st one told me he had fluid in lungs when he felt was from the FELV and could not do anything else for him. He had been sleeping a lot last 3wks and not his usually self. The 2nd opinion vet in mesquite texas told me she felt he had thymus ca which was causing the fluid in his lungs. She could put his under to drawn off the fluid & could not guarantee that he would wake up. Afterward if he made it he would need chemo. I did not want to put him thru all of that so decided to let them put him down.
hope infor helps and hope your kitty gets better. may On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 08:04:50 -0800 (PST) wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi guys, > > I don't know if you remember me saying that my nephew, > who turned 11 in Nov., came to live with us in May, > and we took in his three kitties that his mom just > left at their house when they moved out. Well, one of > his kitties, Stretch, started breathing funny > yesterday evening. You could put your ear to her > stomach and hear almost like a loud heartbeat off and > on; like something squishy moving around in her > stomach. We also noticed that Stretch has lost some > weight and hasn't been standing so strong as we are > used to seeing her. She's not big, but has always > seemed kind of muscular. I guess these kinds of > changes that are slow and gradual you don't notice > right away, and we finally put it all together > yesterday on the way to the vet. Luckily, the vet was > still there and said that either Stretch has fluid in > her chest or some other part of her body, or the lymph > node in her stomach (?) has enlarged and is putting > pressure on her heart/lungs. (I might not be > remembering all this exactly). He said she might have > pneumonia or it could be symptoms of FIP or FeLV. I > don't think it's FeLV as I have never heard anyone > talk about these symptoms, but I read up on FIP in my > cat books last night and one of the symptoms is fluid > in the body. The vet gave her a dex shot and put her > on Baytril and said to wait and see if she responds to > the medicine in a couple of days. He also said we > will want to test her in a couple of days for > FIP/FeLV. Stretch and her sister, Winnie, were found > by my sister at Trader's Village in Dallas on a trash > can lid at like 3/4 weeks, maybe younger, and my > sister bottle fed them until they were old enough to > eat. (That's why it was so hard for me to believe > that she just left them in the house; she has always > loved animals). So considering where and how they > were found, it's possible they could have been exposed > or born with FIP or FeLV. > > My questions are these: 1) Has anyone here ever heard > of these symptoms? 2) Does anyone have any advice for > us? > > Thanks guys. My nephew and I really appreciate your > time and suggestions. > :) > Wendy > > > > __________________________________________ > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > dsl.yahoo.com
