Hi Everyone,
I hope I'm doing this right. I've not belonged to a group like this before so
I'm hoping this message is going to the right place. My husband and I have some
experience with FeLV kitties as we took in a feral cat several years ago who
tested positive. We were very lucky with
Hi Stephanie,
I've just joined this group today so I'm not sure if I should be responding to
this and I'm sure others may have varying opinions on this topic but for me and
for my own cats, we allow our FeLV +ve kitty to interact with our other cats.
She is not isolated at all nor did we
Our kitty Scampi lived to be 13 years old with his FeLV. He was never sick in
all the years we took care of him. He only became ill about 2 weeks prior to
his passing away but even then he still loved to snooze in the sun whenever he
could. There is always hope, sometimes it's just harder to
It could be due to several things but since you mentioned that he was straining
a bit it's probably just from that. The redder the blood is the lower in the
intestinal tract it originated. If it's really dark, almost brown blood then
that usually indicates a bleed in the stomach or upper
Hi Melinda,
Have you ever tried to do any assisted feedings for your kitty? It's hard
sometimes when they're not feeling well because they tend not to want to eat
but you know they have to get some nutrition in them. I've done it for several
cats and we are currently doing it for our kitty
I introduced myself and my little FeLV girl Eden the other day. She'd had a
couple of episodes of fever and anorexia last week. She was treated at my vet's
office and was able to come home on Saturday. She's been doing pretty well but
last night we noticed a big improvement in her. She was
Right now she's eating her regular canned food with NutriCal mixed in. She
likes it alot and is now starting to show some interest in just eating it right
off of a plate.
I'm also looking for some immune boosters. Transfer Factor seems like a good
one. I'm also wondering if anyone has used
Thank you for sharing your story Sharon. It really does help to hear what
others are doing for their kitties. Our only other experience with FeLV was
with our kitty Scampi who passed away earlier this year. Scampi was a feral cat
that would only let us take care of him from a distance for
Many of you have said that you are using interferon to treat your FeLV cats and
I'm trying to decide if we should start Eden on this as well. Nobody has
mentioned any side effects from the treatment but I work with cancer patients
and I've seen many patients treated with interferon and it is
Thanks. I can do without the sarcasm. I'm just trying to figure out what's best
for my girl. Eden has a very sensitive system and if there are side effects of
any drug then no doubt she's going to have them. And no I don't consider still
being alive as being a side effect and again, I can do
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