You can't have FIP without Corona, the Corona mutates into FIP, but it doesn't
make
it so that it's not Corona, it just creates the condition known as FIP (it's
not the
virus that mutates, it's the condition that mutates, if that makes sense). At
least
that's how I read it from Dr. Addie's
I understand. I chose to euthanise my Moogie when she was really sick too... I
didn't
opt for the transfusions either. Now, I always wonder.. what if. I just wish I
would have joined this group a little sooner than I did. I think that's how a
lot of
us here feel.
Phaewryn
My Doobie cat started that... I woke up in the middle of the night warm and
wet, he
had PEED on ME in my bed! He got neutered the next day! He has NEVER gone
outside the
box since. In his case, it was a marking behavior.
That being said, spraying is when they back up to something and are
Chemo is VERY effective for Lymphoma. Can you get a referral to an oncologist
(cancer
specialist)?
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prediluted interferon alpha is only good for 3 months.
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Canada is pretty good about getting just about anything you can get in the
USA. The Feline Interferon Omega wont be easy to get for you... others here
can send you the paperwork involved to import it to the USA, you could call
what-ever the Canada office over drugs is, and ask them if it's
You can usually get organic pure psyllium at most health food stores, you can
get
Metamucil at any drug store... but it's a certain type to give to cats, which I
don't
recall... maybe the powder? There's something in one form of it that's bad for
cats.
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(800) 444-2563
is the manufacturer's phone number, they can direct you to a supplier, I
presume.
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It's all fluid, but they couldn't get a sample?! Doesn't that seem weird to you
guys?
Did they not have an ultrasound machine in the clinic? They should be able to
easily
find a fluid pocket using ultrasound. Take her to a different vet tomorrow if
you can
(one with a decent hospital and the
You should be asking for these same results in Lucy's case, especially since
they were able to get a fluid sample:
Please ask them what her feline coronavirus (FCoV) titer was. Ask them what
her albumin:globulin (A:G) ratio was in her blood plasma. In FIP, AGP levels
are usually greater than 1500
I just realized I posted the AGP normals twice and didn't post the a:g ratios at
all... here's that info:
In FIP the globulin concentration in serum or plasma is raised to over 40g/l.
Consequently the A:G is usually lowered. An A:G of 0.4 indicates FIP is quite
likely, provided that globulins
Anyone here have meezer/himi rescue resources? Someone posted a county AC
shelter to the Bengal list I am on, and there's several Meezer/Himi mixes on
it (as well as a Bengal). I don't have the connections, can someone
crosspost it for me to meezer groups? Email me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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One of my Persian rescues last year died from grade 5 heart murmur with
cardiomyopathy. Yes, very unhealthy breed, IMO.
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I think I summed it up well on my sanctuary page (
http://ucat.us/NoKillSanctuaries.html ) when I said I believe in the
Asilomar Accords +1:
Here at Little Cheetah, we believe that any cat that is living a good
quality of life, or has an excellent prognosis of recovering to live a good
quality
Thanks Kelly!
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Here we go, FELV studies, I knew I had these saved somewhere:
http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=55lang=eng
http://vetinterferon.nexenservices.com/aff_abstract.php?id=151lang=eng
http://www.vin.com/VINDBPub/SearchPB/Proceedings/PR05000/PR00243.htm
I agree with Hideyo, send out Lucy's samples for Dr. Addie's profile in the
UK.
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Yes, you're missing the fact that if you send it in, and Dr. Addie can prove
it's NOT FIP, then you can mark that off the list and move on to other
options, and not have to wonder if it is or isn't FIP. The more things you
eliminate as possibilities, the closer you come to the TRUE diagnosis.
Sorry the weather is bad and you're missing work because of it! It's pretty
cold here, and our heater keeps going out. The landlord seems reluctant to
fix it or have it replaced. I keep having this nagging feeling that I am
forgetting something important, I can't figure out why. It's weird.
Michelle, I can't find anything to suggest abdominal effusion is a symptom
of Toxoplasmosis, would you mind posting where you saw that? All the sites
I've seen says most cats show no symptoms at all. Of the ones that mentioned
symptoms, nothing popped out at me as being similar to FIP. here are
Yeah, for sure, if you have the right meds on hand, I don't think it could
hurt to try! It appears I have more links to add to my site!
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It's cold here, but the heat is staying on so far since we relit it last
time. It's 2 degrees out now, according to my porch thermometer. They make
flat cat scratching pads you can hang on a doorknob.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=16097N=2002+113122
They sell optional large bases, which cost $15 extra, and that is an option I
selected. It is very stable.
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He's CUTE! Hope the benadryl makes him happier! yes, food allergies are the
most common cause of skin problems.
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Michelle, do you think your vet would be more apt to be positive and helpful
(rather than loathe and reluctantly obligatory) if you printed out the
studies on the feline interferon Omega that SHOW it's benefit for FIP, FIV,
URL, and Stomatitis? I have several you could print and show him, if he's
Poor Kerry, You really can't control what the vet's office did or didn't do.
I know it's terrible, but does reliving it again and again do anything
positive? No. Beating yourself up and reliving regrets can kill you. Please
try to remember, YOU did everything YOU could do, and some things were out
Renee, I think the main difference between the way Dr. Clifford treats you
with Emily and the way he's treating Michelle with Lucy is that Emily's
breast cancer is considered more treatable, where they are not giving
Michelle any hope, and are more or less annoyed that she hasn't given up yet
with
Renee is who I inherited my colony of feral cats from, some of which are
FIV+. Just FYI.
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LOL! That's funny! Glad it wasn't the cat... though it could make the cat sick
if he
drinks it, so you should probably keep a towel down there to soak it up until
you can
get a plumber out to make the repairs!
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Yeah, my Miranda cat ATE all the blinds up to cat head height from the window
sill,
so now we keep them up about 18 inches from the sill... or she will eat them
some
more! She didn't actually consume them, she just chewed them all to shreds,
pieces of
plastic blinds all over the floor.
Yes, if it's used for sarcoma, wouldn't the VAS survivor's website have tons
of people using it there?
http://www.feline-vas-support.org/
http://www.vas-awareness.org/
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/shortionline/tripod/tripod.html
What about the FIV and Stomatitis groups?
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I would absolutely NOT do an exploratory as weak as she is, I don't think
she would live through it.
I would do the Feline Omega on the FIP schedule. I would hate for you to try
to use it sparingly and then it not be enough... and then if she didn't make
it, you would be living with the regret of
It WAS banned... but it's since been cleared, and is now approved again in the
USA,
the problem is that because it WAS banned for a while, all the stock in this
country
ran out, and couldn't be re-ordered fast enough for the demand. I read about
the ban
somewhere a while back, and saw it was
I don't think it was every day for FIV... let me refer to the studies I have
saved... I believe it has a lasting effect for 24 hours, then somehow wears
off
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At the same time, the cat was given feline omega interferon according to the
following
protocol: subcutaneous injections at a dose rate of one million units per
kilogram
bodyweight (1 MU/kg b.w.) per day for 5 consecutive days on D0, D1, D2, D3,
D4,
repeated on D14 (i.e. 2 weeks after the
Oh, man! I wish you lived anywhere except the USA! Feline Interferon Omega
has even cured FIP in some cases! I've been reading lots of studies about
it, and I really believe it can do miracles... but it's not LEGAL here yet!
How is she breathing?
Rear leg weakness can also be an electrolyte
I hope it's nothing too! I hate to even mention it, but that was one of the
very last signs right before my Moogie died, her nose began to bleed. It's
the reason I rushed her to the vet... but it was too late, they said she was
already dying, and probably wouldn't make it another hour on her own.
I just unsubbed from the list...(irreconcilable differences) but it was
being discussed that people were hiding it in frozen brownies to get it into
the USA to people. You may be desperate enough to sign up and ask them...
the list is:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/fiv-healthscience/
If I
Pink tinged watery stuff is USUALLY vomit, and it turns pink when they have
roundworms. I'd have him dewormed, if you haven't already (and don't freak out
too
much if you see spaghetti-like worms in the pink stuff somewhere down the
road). It
COULD be urine, but that would indicate an
Put his scratching posts close to the places he is currently scratching, and
get some
double sided tape to stick on the places you don't want him to scratch, cats
HATE
tape and sticky stuff. They make a product specifically for this if you can't
find
any good double sided tape locally:
Pizza crust wont hurt him if there's no garlic or onion on it. That's one of my
cat's
favorite treats! You can even leave a little sauce and cheese on it for him.
A little belly wont hurt anything, morbid obesity can though. You just have to
find a
balance. A good rule is, if he starts to have
Yeah, it's pretty scary to see too, a big pile of worms in a pool of pink tinged
vomit, seen it a few times... and makes me gag every time... I can assist in
surgery,
but roundworms make me sick! One site sums it up when it says nothing seems to
inspire as much dread and loathing as a pile of
Well, I will be sending Fred positive energy for his vet trip! Feeding tubes
are really scary, but can really help a lot too! Thanks for helping me out
on that one! I thought it was one of those two, glad it was both, now I was
right either way, LOL! I need to note that in a file and add it to my
http://ucat.us/smallcat.gif this one? If he likes it, you can use it to
entertain him
anytime you want! I have a cheetah too: http://ucat.us/bigcat.gif
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I would make her fill out a application, find out how long she's had her
job, get references, ask them about her stability, etc. Then, yes, I would
adopt to her, BUT, I would need to contact the rescue she got that last cat
from to be SURE she did indeed return the cat to them, and in good health.
Haha! I'll email them, if no one else wants to... and pretend to be giving
up my cat. LOL! That sounds immensely fun! (how many of us rescuers ever get
the chance to be on the other end, LOL)
Hi, my name is Julia, and I have to get rid of my cat because my new
husband is allergic to him, plus I'm
Yes, I think you may be right, for FELV (or FIV) positives, probably putting
them on the antibiotics immediately makes sense... just make sure it's a
very broad spectrum one with few resistant bacteria. Amoxicillin, IMO, is
pointless. But for healthy cats not at risk, I think waiting it out makes
Thanks for that inside view about Tiger Ranch Renee! I see you're still
around!
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Do you have a home sub-q fluids set up? If so, some cool fluids might help
bring it down more. You can also wipe the foot pads with rubbing alcohol and
blow on them, the evaporation lowers the body temperature (rinse them well
with cold water after you're done, as the alcohol shouldn't be
Usually just by antibiotics to kill secondary bacterial infections and any
number of things for the oral ulcers... it's the lesser of the two main
causes of URI. It usually doesn't have life-long respiratory effects like
Herpes often does. Like I said, if you can get the Feline Interferon OMEGA
Yeah, you can actually put the ice right under her chest/belly, with only a
hand towel or a sweatshirt between her and the ice. I once brought a kitten
back from unconsciousness from a high fever by putting him DIRECTLY on a bag
of frozen peas. (I rotated him often though)
Phaewryn
pupils contracting with heartbeat? humm... well, glaucoma comes to mind, and
high blood pressure. But that's just my first thoughts, not based on
anything I've heard of specifically.. let me see what I can come up with...
I went to take a shower, that's why I was gone for a while..
Phaewryn
Rhythmic pupil dilation is called hippus, and everyone that has an eye has
it to an extent. The are conditions where it's off balance or too fast or
too slow... here's what I found online:
A good understanding of what affects pupil size is important in those
unusual cases. First, the pupil is not
Good, glad she is better! High fevers can be really miserable! Especially
when you feel bad to begin with!
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Kelly is absolutely right, you should see her body's temperature as a sign
that her body is functioning as designed, as we were just discussing the
possibility of secondary bacterial infections... perhaps she just killed it
all herself! The only bad thing about fever is when it gets too high, it
Well, some of the websites I read say it's normal for everyone with an eye
to have some degree of hippus, it's when it goes out of whack that it's a
problem, you may just be noticing her normal hippus for the first time.
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No, I don't think it's anything to worry about. Just watch her for other
signs of seizures, or for other eye symptoms. Sorry I disappeared again, was
doing dishes. Try touching the outside of her eyelid, just put your thumb
over it and put a very light pressure on her eyeball through her eyelid
Oh Kelley, I'm so sorry!
Phaewryn
I have heard good things about Rikki's Refuge. Not sure about the others.
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Can you send me the websites for the other two, if you have them?
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Buying syringes and needles through the mail depends on your state laws, so
look your state statues up online to see if you can legally buy them in your
state. Most pet supply companies sell them, including
http://drsfostersmith.com and http://jefferspet.com (you can always call
their customer
She needs to contact alley cat allies: http://alleycat.org
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Why would anyone take the hard way out?
The door? No thanks, that would be the easy way out. I'm jumping out the
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They do have a very big website. The contact info is on this page, and I
pasted it in below as well.
http://alleycat.org/contact.html
Alley Cat Allies
7920 Norfolk Avenue
Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814-2525
Phone: 240-482-1980
Fax: 240-482-1990
ACA office hours are between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM
Never heard of ears swelling due to fever, though an allergic reaction could
very well cause both to happen as a result of the allergy. Are you giving
him any new ear drops, or using transdermal medicines on his ears?
One of my cats has heavier cartilage in his ears than all the others cats I
There are cancers that develop on the ears, but they usually show up as
lumps or odd colorations, not just weird kookiness with the ear shape. Maybe
he is getting little mild hematomas, but his body is reabsorbing the blood.
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They have a national network all across the USA, so they will be able to
help her no matter of her location. My family all lives about 2000 miles
away. I like it that way, LOL! My mom recently sent me a refrigerator magnet
with a big oak tree on it with lots of acorns, it says My family tree is
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No rush, I have like 100 new links to add so far... you have plenty of time!
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Well, if she could ask the lady specifically what BREED the cats are, there
are breed rescues. I'm betting they are Bengals (the most common wild
hybrid) or Pixie Bobs, the only breed that has bob in the name and that
many people ASSUME are bobcat crosses because of the name, but they aren't.
And
Yes, quality of life is the important thing. If your vet is not willing to
try new things as a last ditch effort, try to find one that is.
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The door? No thanks, that would be the easy way out.
My employer pays me as much as she can afford, so far none of my paychecks have
bounced. I love my job, and when I walk in the door every day, I am glad to be
there.
I've worked lots of crummy jobs in the past, jobs that didn't use any of my
skills or
appreciate my talents (or my wonderfully
Wow, I am really blessed with a good vet office. All the girls know me by
first name and by my voice over the phone, they are all very professional
and wonderful people (but then these aren't kids, for the most part). I
guess I wasn't aware it was not like that most places. I would never put up
Sounds like maybe you scaled back the pumpkin too much to me, go back to the
amount
you were feeding on the good days.
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The door? No thanks, that would be the easy way out. I'm jumping out the
well Tsunade now has 3 bald spots. One in between her shoulder blades on her
back, in the middle of the back of her neck, and on the top of her head. I am
getting worried. I do not think it is from scratches as it would be too hard
too reach. No other animals are with her that could scratch
Well, the photos are on my computer but my Juno program is down. I will have
to call Juno to fix it, then hopefully can send pics soon.
aggghhh
Chelsea
I did ship those pills out to you too! At least he is peeing! That's good.
The pain is bad, but blockage is worse!
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When repeat transfusions do not show improvements it's a sign that the FELV
has attacked the bone marrow, and it's probably really close to the time to
come to terms with the fact that FELV is a terminal illness. I'm so sorry to
have to tell you that. You can keep doing the transfusions if the cat
Just as a happy pick-me-up for you, I have a cat here that cycles between
furry and bald periodically. So long as it's not bothering her (so she's not
scratching it and causing sores), I wouldn't worry as much as you are. Fur
is cosmetic! :-)
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Wow, then the old thought of once it's in the marrow it's hopeless no longer
exists?
Can you take a few minutes and do a good write up of the treatment options
for that late stage Belinda... I will post it on my website. I'd do it but
you have experience, so you're better for the job!
Phaewryn
Sending healing vibes and positive energy for Antonio!
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Check online to see if a different prescription diet brand has a food line
for the same problem with better ingredients.
Try: http://www.nationalpetpharmacy.com/store/dept_brands.asp?dept%5Fid=1078
National Pet Pharmacy is a member of the igive network, so if you sign up
for igive, and shop at
Can humans take that bach remedy for grief? Does it just sedate you, or
actually help you to work through the process somehow?
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thanks guys! working on that new year resolution...
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get a different vet, there is NO reason for your cat to be suffering in
pain! Give me your address and I will ship you cat pain meds tomorrow!
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Hard to say Lynette. I once had a cat that broke his back jumping out of a
laundry
basket on a coffee table (not even 2 feet off the ground). People think cats are
these amazing athletic creatures, and sometimes they can seem indestructible,
but the
truth is, they are fragile little beings and
Yeah, it's been outlined on the CRF website for years now, it's called the
clothespin technique.
http://www.felinecrf.org/giving_sub-qs_syringe.htm#clothes_peg_trick
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I would remove the blind eye if your vet thinks he would be strong enough
for the surgery, it's pointless to keep a source of pain which serves no
purpose other than to create pain. Blind cats really do very well, I know
you don't want it to come to that, but blind and comfortable would be
Sending healing energy for Marley, Ambrose, and Yule!
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Cool! I can wait! Make sure you send it to me when you get it! [EMAIL
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I'm so sorry for your loss Kerry. It must be hard to lose her so close to
losing Bandy. 15 is a nice long life, although forever is never long enough
when we lose someone we love! My condolences go out to you...
Phaewryn
Could it be constipation? Seen any poos in the box? If not, give him some
canned pumpkin. You don't happen to have any lactulose laying around by
chance? Pumpkin will be the next best thing that you can just run to the
grocery and get tonight. I'd do it now, the sooner the better. Antibiotics
can
yeah, just be sure it hasn't molded, cats are sensitive to mold.
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I've never tried periactin. I do believe that injected valium (I'm pretty
sure it's valium I am thinking of) is a great appetite stimulant, but...
it's an injection, so it's something you have to go to the vet for, thus,
not good for anything long term. I do think you should try it, you don't
If she's got white feet or face, if her pink skin gets pinker than usual,
reddish/flushed, that's usually a sign of either a fever or an allergic
reaction. But
yes, feel her paw pads, if her feet feel really warm to you, she may have a
fever.
They should feel slightly warm (cats have a higher
Well, that's bad! I think she's looking for something more long term and orally
dosable anyways though.
They do make cat restraint bags, should you ever come to a point where you have
to
pill her.
http://www.klaw-kontrol.com/ (the best)
It's too soon to even consider anxiety meds. If she still wont let you be in
the same room as her without growling in a MONTH, then it's more serious. I
wouldn't expect to touch her for a month or longer. And forcing the issue
and pushing her too soon will do more harm than good. You should be
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You're very welcome! And I'm so glad it was a bad result. Just to be SURE, you
should
confirm the negative with an IFA, which you can also do right away if you want.
I
would definitely test the kittens (and mom) for tritrichomonasis. Even if mom
does
not have diarrhea, she could still be a
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