Re: [Felvtalk] FELV Community

2011-12-30 Thread Lorrie
Hello and welcome to the group Manda. I've had quite a few FelV positive cats over the years, as I'm a rescuer too. I have 15 rescued cats at home and 10 more in my cageless cat sanctuary in town. Some of my cats lived many years with FelV, but some died young. Mostly the kittens. Kittens don't

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV Community

2011-12-30 Thread Amanda Vollaro
have gotten this treatment (I'd have to look up the consituents - it's crazy stuff) but it works in humans and has worked in cats before. Manda - Original Message - From: GRAS To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV Community

2011-12-29 Thread GRAS
Manda, The vet has to take a blood test in order to know that the cat is either FIV or FeLV positive. Antibiotics should be used only if the cat exhibits any symptoms that require them; I have never had steroids used on a FeLV positive cat, and by triple cocktail, what do you mean? Our vet

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV Community

2011-12-29 Thread MaiMaiPG
Don't forget to check into holistic vets. My regular vets sent me to a holistic vet to supplement treatment (I had been to her numerous times with dogs' neck, back etc issues). The combination was marvelous. Dixie lived a wonderful life until very close to the endthen she died a