Re: [Felvtalk] Too little appetite

2014-03-02 Thread lernermichelle
FeLV does not kill cats, except in the (in my experience) rare situations where the virus itself interferes with the bone marrow's ability to produce red cells. I had 6 FeLV+ cats and none of them appeared to have died from that. FeLV reduces their immune system a lot so that they get and die o

Re: [Felvtalk] Too little appetite

2014-03-02 Thread Margo
I have two that experience this occasionally. One responds to baby food and a/d fed by syringe, and the other, cyproheptadine. Sometimes all they need is an assist to get over the hump. They do get a Vet check to acertain that nothing else is going on, a fluid bolus and B-12 injection, as

Re: [Felvtalk] Too little appetite

2014-03-02 Thread Lorrie
On 03-01, trustinhi...@charter.net wrote: > Has anyone seen these signs before? Yes, this is very commom with FelV+ cats. I've had several who started eating less and less until they stopped eating completely were soon just skin and bones. At that point I had them euthanized. This was after sev