This is my Casey. She is 15 going on 16 and has long silky hair. I have her
on hairball meds, but vet said she has a weird, unusual bacterial infection.
We tried Covenia followed up with daily does of Orbax. The diahrea went away
for a bit but now is back. Not as bad, but not really formed stools. This has
been going on for some time so I am convinced that antibiotics alone are not
going to do the trick. It stresses her out to go to the vet and gets me
scratched from head to toe giving meds. GOT TO BE A BETTER SOLUTION FOR MY
GIRL. HELP!
Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote:
Throwing up and not eating may be from hairballs, especially if it's the
bubbly phlem type of throw up. Try to think simple. If a cat who was negative
for everything had this situation happen, you probably would think simple
situation first. Try a hairball remedy like Petromalt or Laxitone before
rushing out and spending hundreds of dollars. One of my foster cats, real fat
girl, suddenly stopped eating, was dragging her hind quarters. Thought it
might have been paralysis, all sorts of nightmarish things but then decided
maybe she was constipated. Yup! After several hefty doses of Petromalt, she
plopped a big one, threw up a giant hairball mess and started eating like a
fat girl again.I'm not saying that you shouldn't take him to the vet but try
the simple stuff first. Then if in a day it doesn't work, take to vet but
don't diagnose him yourself and assume it's because he's FeLv+.
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors
too!
From: Karen Harshbarger harshbargerka...@yahoo.com
To: Carmack Alicia acarm...@dom.wustl.edu; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org; jkd...@gmail.com jkd...@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 3:26 AM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Fw: prayers
Okay, now my request for prayers has turned to a plea for help! See below
what is going on with Cole tonight. Now he is throwing up white bubbly phlem
besides refusing to eat. I am getting so worried about him. How can he go
from playing, happy, eating, etc; to not eating anything and throwing up so
quickly! I don't know who to turn to, what to do, or which vet to go to (Dr
Dill--our caring 50year experienced vet that tends to do things the more old
fashioned way, Allgood Vet in Burlington that we just started seeing sometimes
for blood tests so I am not sure how experienced they are with feline leukemia
or take him to the 24 hour 7 day a week emergency in Iowa City that wasn't
able to help Tig, although he may have been to far along for any help, but
they are very expensive and I am not sure how much more vet bills I can
afford) ; and I am so scared for Cole. I have already lost Tig and so
quicklyI just can't loose Cole now too so
soon. I hope to be more proactive with Cole and nip this in the bud before
it takes over and the leukemia kicks in full force---I so want to give him a
few more happy years that he so deserves. Anyone have any ideas? I am so
not good at this and need help. I worry that I should have been doing more
already, but they all seemed to be doing pretty good so I hated to be pumping
a bunch of medicine into them before they needed it---but guess this is where
I failed. When Ash got some scabs scratched off and was bleeding, I took him
to the vet for medicine so he would not get infection. But if they were
doing good I thought all I needed to do was make sure they got a good
balanced diet and love. Many of you talk of inferion, but that sure didn't
seem to help Tig at all---it actually seem to make him worse faster, so I
guess I am afraid of that. But I am so very worried about Cole and would
really appreciate hearing your suggestions My email
is harshbargerka...@yahoo.com for those of you that don't have it. Thanks,
Karen
- Forwarded Message -
From: Karen Harshbarger harshbargerka...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 2:30 AM
Subject: prayers
Just need some prayers tonight for Cole. He tested positive along with his
brothers for feline leukemia about 3 months ago. The have all been doing
pretty good, eating well, playing, happy and loving, etc. But then two of his
brothers started having problems with scab like bumps and the vet doesn't seem
to know what it is. Now Cole refused to eat his supper tonight and I am so
worried for him and his brothers. They are due for their second test in about
a week. They were doing so good I was hoping that they would test negative
and was able to fight their exposure. But now with this I am so afraid for
them. And not eating is the worst, cause I am so afraid he won't start eating
again. Please say a prayer for him that it is just a little normal stomach
upset and tomorrow he will clean his plate at breakfast.
