Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-29 Thread Karen Griffith
@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:15 PM Subject: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard Hello, I first joined this group a year ago in regards to a double-positive Mom and her kittens. All kittens cleared FIV, remained + for Leuk. Only the two who stayed together remain, and one

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-29 Thread Karen Griffith
Subject: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard Hello, I first joined this group a year ago in regards to a double-positive Mom and her kittens. All kittens cleared FIV, remained + for Leuk. Only the two who stayed together remain, and one has crashed hard. I am not his caretaker but what

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-29 Thread Belinda Sauro
Bailey had bad stomastisis and also ended up with pancreatitis, his symptoms started with lethargy and not eating very much, he didn't cry out but was very uncomfortable when I fed him (he had a feeding tube because he ate nothing on his own). He even ran from me one time when it was

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-29 Thread Belinda Sauro
Did Hobbs have his teeth pulled?? If the dental didn't work with some cats the only relief is having all *but* their canines and the tiny teeth in between them pulled. This is what we ended up doing with Bailey, he was fine after that and got to be a little pudgy even until the anemia and

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-29 Thread Sharyl
Here is a link on how to Texas AM GI lab on how to handle the blood sample if the vet is not familiar with the protocol for a fPLI test. http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/gilab/assays/sampleguidelines.shtml As I understand it the test costs approx $100, the cat must fast for 12 hrs before the test and

Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-28 Thread Heather Wienker
Hello, I first joined this group a year ago in regards to a double-positive Mom and her kittens. All kittens cleared FIV, remained + for Leuk. Only the two who stayed together remain, and one has crashed hard. I am not his caretaker but what I know is, he had a dental a little over a month ago

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-28 Thread Heather Wienker
Let me clarify--my understanding is that he is crying in pain when touched, but also possibly even without being touched. On 4/28/08, Heather Wienker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I first joined this group a year ago in regards to a double-positive Mom and her kittens. All kittens

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-28 Thread Sally Davis
My prayers are with you. When Junior crashed that was it his body was shutting down that fast. He was having breathing issues and possible congestive heart failure. He did have a murmur. I do not think he was in pain. Sally On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Heather Wienker [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-28 Thread laurieskatz
@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:15 PM Subject: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard Hello, I first joined this group a year ago in regards to a double-positive Mom and her kittens. All kittens cleared FIV, remained + for Leuk. Only the two who stayed together remain

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-28 Thread MaryChristine
ah, i'm sorry to hear about hobbs: i think your question is impossible for any of us to answer because we can't know if he's crashing because of FeLV complications, or something else--only the vet can answer that one probably by the time you read this, they'll be home, but a question i've

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-28 Thread Sharyl
I'm so sorry to read that Hobbs is crashing. I haven't had to deal with that yet. What you are describing sounds a lot like an acute pancreatitis attack. Pancreatitis can only be dx by a special blood test fPLI done at TAMU or maybe by an ultra sound if it is done by an experienced person.

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-28 Thread laurieskatz
Frankie's pancreatitis is controlled by eating lite canned food. L - Original Message - From: Sharyl To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard I'm so sorry to read that Hobbs is crashing. I

Re: Hobbs, 1 Yr. old FELV, crashing hard

2008-04-28 Thread catatonya
Heather, I have pulled 2 back that were very sick. I later lost one though when she got so bad I felt her quality of life was so poor that I should let her go. Only the cat's mom can really make the decision. Is the cat easy to medicate? stressed by the vet? etc these kinds of