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OK - I already asked the vet about it - and for some reason she ruled out lymphoma. Can't remember why she gave me Zeniquin, but the other options I mentionedt o her were Cyclosporin and Zithromax. Have to research those. Lancelot is better but he's not right. Wondering if he's going to get worse after the Depo shot wears off. He does have cruddy yucky ears - not black, but pink (he's a white cat) with yellow crust inside. Gloria On Jul 6, 2005, at 10:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I missed what you sai about his eyes being allergy-like. Never mind what I said about lymphoma, because that would not cause this symptom. Michelle
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He does have cruddy yucky ears - not black, but pink (he's a white cat) with yellow crust inside.My Daisy has nasty allergies (hairless areas, itching, plaques, etc.) and her ears produce massive quantities of a beige wax. Doc said allergies produce more wax. Could this be possible for Lancelot? Yellow crust sounds more like infection, doesn't it. Del - Original Message - From: Gloria Lane To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:45 AM Subject: Re: sniffles-gloria OK - I already asked the vet about it - and for some reason she ruled out lymphoma. Can't remember why she gave me Zeniquin, but the other options I mentionedt o her were Cyclosporin and Zithromax. Have to research those. Lancelot is better but he's not right. Wondering if he's going to get worse after the Depo shot wears off.He does have cruddy yucky ears - not black, but pink (he's a white cat) with yellow crust inside.GloriaOn Jul 6, 2005, at 10:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I missed what you sai about his eyes being allergy-like. Never mind what I said about lymphoma, because that would not cause this symptom. Michelle
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I think zeniquin, zithromax might be the same. Shaft was on zeniquin for his urinary infection. I don't have the bottles left for what the other 2 were on for the bartonella. I may have confused the names or they may be the same, or maybe they were on different things. I thought they were on the same thing just that the 2 on it for hemobart had liquid and shaft takes pills. tGloria Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - I already asked the vet about it - and for some reason she ruled out lymphoma. Can't remember why she gave me Zeniquin, but the other options I mentionedt o her were Cyclosporin and Zithromax. Have to research those. Lancelot is better but he's not right. Wondering if he's going to get worse after the Depo shot wears off.He does have cruddy yucky ears - not black, but pink (he's a white cat) with yellow crust inside.GloriaOn Jul 6, 2005, at 10:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I missed what you sai about his eyes being allergy-like. Never mind what I said about lymphoma, because that would not cause this symptom. Michelle
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Interesting - iI have no idea, I thought maybe from the fevere... thanks , Del! Gloria At 06:38 PM 7/10/2005, you wrote: He does have cruddy yucky ears - not black, but pink (he's a white cat) with yellow crust inside. My Daisy has nasty allergies (hairless areas, itching, plaques, etc.) and her ears produce massive quantities of a beige wax. Doc said allergies produce more wax. Could this be possible for Lancelot? Yellow crust sounds more like infection, doesn't it. Del - Original Message - From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Gloria Lane To: mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgfelvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:45 AM Subject: Re: sniffles-gloria OK - I already asked the vet about it - and for some reason she ruled out lymphoma. Can't remember why she gave me Zeniquin, but the other options I mentionedt o her were Cyclosporin and Zithromax. Have to research those. Lancelot is better but he's not right. Wondering if he's going to get worse after the Depo shot wears off. He does have cruddy yucky ears - not black, but pink (he's a white cat) with yellow crust inside. Gloria On Jul 6, 2005, at 10:01 AM, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I missed what you sai about his eyes being allergy-like. Never mind what I said about lymphoma, because that would not cause this symptom. Michelle
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Oh, nice to know - sure hope it's helping. Gonna up his dosage of Interferon too. Have had him on .5cc daily. Gloria At 10:35 PM 7/10/2005, you wrote: I think zeniquin, zithromax might be the same. Shaft was on zeniquin for his urinary infection. I don't have the bottles left for what the other 2 were on for the bartonella. I may have confused the names or they may be the same, or maybe they were on different things. I thought they were on the same thing just that the 2 on it for hemobart had liquid and shaft takes pills. t Gloria Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - I already asked the vet about it - and for some reason she ruled out lymphoma. Can't remember why she gave me Zeniquin, but the other options I mentionedt o her were Cyclosporin and Zithromax. Have to research those. Lancelot is better but he's not right. Wondering if he's going to get worse after the Depo shot wears off. He does have cruddy yucky ears - not black, but pink (he's a white cat) with yellow crust inside. Gloria On Jul 6, 2005, at 10:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I missed what you sai about his eyes being allergy-like. Never mind what I said about lymphoma, because that would not cause this symptom. Michelle
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Hi Gloria, I'm sorry to hear Lancelot is still having problems, but glad he's made some improvement. The blood test results sound promising actually. Do you have him on Transfer Factor? Is he still eating okay? I hate pumping them full of meds, but what are you going to do? We have to try to help in the best ways we know how. Nina Gloria B. Lane wrote: Right... 2 months in below freezing weather. I got his blood test results - all normal, white count a little high. She did a fungal test of some sort also, won't be back till next week. I told her (the vet) about cyclosporin and - oops, forgot that other antibiotic, but I mentioned it to her. She said let's try Zeniquin. So he's on Zeniquin. He got a cortisone shot (Depo). His symptoms are a bit better, not so much swelling in his head, and no sniffles. Never had one like this. Gloria
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And he's IMPOSSIBLE to pump full of meds - easier to give a shot, if they have it. I have transfer factor, but don't have him on it - maybe will give it a try. Thanks! Gloria At 12:03 PM 7/8/2005, you wrote: Hi Gloria, I'm sorry to hear Lancelot is still having problems, but glad he's made some improvement. The blood test results sound promising actually. Do you have him on Transfer Factor? Is he still eating okay? I hate pumping them full of meds, but what are you going to do? We have to try to help in the best ways we know how. Nina Gloria B. Lane wrote: Right... 2 months in below freezing weather. I got his blood test results - all normal, white count a little high. She did a fungal test of some sort also, won't be back till next week. I told her (the vet) about cyclosporin and - oops, forgot that other antibiotic, but I mentioned it to her. She said let's try Zeniquin. So he's on Zeniquin. He got a cortisone shot (Depo). His symptoms are a bit better, not so much swelling in his head, and no sniffles. Never had one like this. Gloria
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Right... 2 months in below freezing weather. I got his blood test results - all normal, white count a little high. She did a fungal test of some sort also, won't be back till next week. I told her (the vet) about cyclosporin and - oops, forgot that other antibiotic, but I mentioned it to her. She said let's try Zeniquin. So he's on Zeniquin. He got a cortisone shot (Depo). His symptoms are a bit better, not so much swelling in his head, and no sniffles. Never had one like this. Gloria At 02:51 PM 7/7/2005, you wrote: Makes me want to reach out and smack someone. People are SO thoughtless! /me sends a virtual smack across the face to poor Lacelot's previous owners! Jenn http://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html ~~~ A young boy, found outdoors in the freezing cold in January, declawed. Gloria No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10/43 - Release Date: 7/6/2005
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I missed what you sai about his eyes being allergy-like. Never mind what I said about lymphoma, because that would not cause this symptom. Michelle
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I think it's a good idea to get blood work done. I don't want to scare you, but another thing that depo helps a lot with is lymphoma, and they can sometimes get lymphoma in their nasal passage as well as other places that would cause vomiting. If he has otherwise seemed ok I doubt this is the case, but it is a possibility to discuss with the vet. I think blood work is a good first course of action. Also, is there a big veterinary hospital or vet school near Little Rock? If so, I would bet they have an allergist or dermatologist or someone who has at least studies these things. Michelle In a message dated 7/5/05 9:34:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey Thanks Michelle - no we don't have a veterinary allergist or dermatologist in Little Rock. Got an acupuncturist/chiropractor though, and a nice variety of regular vets!Well, could be allergies, virus, or bacteria, or something else (ho ho). I somehow don't think it's a virus. Don't think it's Herpes, it didn't respond to Lysine at all.But it not only the sinusitis, it's the throwing up in the evening. So maybe I'll talk to the vet, and maybe get a blood test and a fecal. What do you think?Gloria
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Think Ill do that - get the blood work, and maybe a fecal. Re vet school - ho ho - no Arkansas does not or I would have been there long time ago. And else we'd have an allergist, I reckon. Arkansas has an agreement with Missisisippi, I think. But all the surrounding states have Vet schools, so no pressure to get one here - a frugal state we are. I know one person who drives out of state to the vet school, but it's a very long haul in any direction... Thanks for the encouragement, think I'll get to the vet down the street tomorrow. Gloria At 09:05 PM 7/5/2005, you wrote: I think it's a good idea to get blood work done. I don't want to scare you, but another thing that depo helps a lot with is lymphoma, and they can sometimes get lymphoma in their nasal passage as well as other places that would cause vomiting. If he has otherwise seemed ok I doubt this is the case, but it is a possibility to discuss with the vet. I think blood work is a good first course of action. Also, is there a big veterinary hospital or vet school near Little Rock? If so, I would bet they have an allergist or dermatologist or someone who has at least studies these things. Michelle In a message dated 7/5/05 9:34:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey Thanks Michelle - no we don't have a veterinary allergist or dermatologist in Little Rock. Got an acupuncturist/chiropractor though, and a nice variety of regular vets! Well, could be allergies, virus, or bacteria, or something else (ho ho). I somehow don't think it's a virus. Don't think it's Herpes, it didn't respond to Lysine at all. But it not only the sinusitis, it's the throwing up in the evening. So maybe I'll talk to the vet, and maybe get a blood test and a fecal. What do you think? Gloria
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I don't have anything to add, but I wanted you to know I'm pulling for you and Lancelot to figure this out. (My favorite feral is also named Lancelot). Let us know how you make out with the blood work. What do you expect to find out from the fecal? Nina Gloria B. Lane wrote: Think Ill do that - get the blood work, and maybe a fecal. Re vet school - ho ho - no Arkansas does not or I would have been there long time ago. And else we'd have an allergist, I reckon. Arkansas has an agreement with Missisisippi, I think. But all the surrounding states have Vet schools, so no pressure to get one here - a frugal state we are. I know one person who drives out of state to the vet school, but it's a very long haul in any direction... Thanks for the encouragement, think I'll get to the vet down the street tomorrow.
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Thank you Nina! Well.. Lancelot throws up late in the day and at night and seems constantly hungry but never gets fat. Gotta be something that can be isolated, or a combination of things.. He's hard to pill. He's a white cat. Allergy-like eyes, sniffles, doesn't grow and thrive the way he oughtagrrr, frustrating not to see him be strong and healthy. A young boy, found outdoors in the freezing cold in January, declawed. Gloria At 10:33 PM 7/5/2005, you wrote: I don't have anything to add, but I wanted you to know I'm pulling for you and Lancelot to figure this out. (My favorite feral is also named Lancelot). Let us know how you make out with the blood work. What do you expect to find out from the fecal? Nina Gloria B. Lane wrote: Think Ill do that - get the blood work, and maybe a fecal. Re vet school - ho ho - no Arkansas does not or I would have been there long time ago. And else we'd have an allergist, I reckon. Arkansas has an agreement with Missisisippi, I think. But all the surrounding states have Vet schools, so no pressure to get one here - a frugal state we are. I know one person who drives out of state to the vet school, but it's a very long haul in any direction... Thanks for the encouragement, think I'll get to the vet down the street tomorrow.
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Has herpes been ruled out? allergies? I recently had a cat with a sinus infection that was given zythromax. What antibiotics have you used? t"Gloria B. Lane" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Tonya,I just attempted to have some Chlorphenarimine / Chlor Trimeton compounded into an ear cream. They got it wrong and made a liquid for oral consumption. The pharmacy said the ear cream would be $50.I'm curious - how much do you get and how much does it cost?I didn't know you could give kitties Benadryl, so interested in that.My problem is Lancelot - got him in January,February - declawed, outdoors for two months. He had the sniffles. I've tried everything - Lysine, Interferon, antibiotics, most recently a depo shot, which of course did help some. THought I'd do the ear cream because he's so hard to pill.Anyhow - any suggestions are appreciated, and info on *ear cream* !GloriaAt 12:26 PM 7/2/2005, you wrote:I had it compounded into a cream for her ears to make it easier to give it to her. She is overgrooming her tummy and her 2 back legs to where there is very little hair yet. The vet says it's allergies and recommended prednisolone. We tried the baths, but she really HATED that!her benadryl dose is 25 mg. twice daily.t[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:What is the dose, and why is she getting it? And why in her ears? You can actually give Benadryl orally to cats, the dosage is 1MG per pound, so since a tablet is 25MG, you'd need to give a little less than 1/2 a tablet to a 10 pound cat, or if you buy the capsules, you can dissolve the opened capsule's powder into a bit of water, shake well, and only give 1/3 of the liquid, OR use children's benadryl liquid, but I'm not sure the strength of that, so you'd have to do the math. When you say she is overgrooming, do you mean she is cleaning one spot until she has no hair left? For Mythic's skin itchies, I just used a good quality aloe cat shampoo and bathed him once a week, and it seemed to help him a lot. The vet gave me a special shampoo, but I found some stuff at the hardware store that seems to help even more. The stuff the vet sold me is made by Virbac, and it's called Epi-Soothe Shampoo (label says available through vets only, and no number). The stuff that works better for Mythic, is made by TropiClean, and it's called Aloe Moist Natural Shampoo (1-800-542-7387). I wont ever buy any other kind of shampoo again, it's really awesome stuff, smells great too. Mythic also got shots at the vet for a while, I'd have to dig up his records to tell you what it was though. They only last for a couple of weeks, wasn't really worth the trip. Changing his food to one with no grains helped more than anything, his hair is still thin, but he does not scratch much at all now.Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html~~~DD is still overgrooming with the benadryl cream. It doesn't seem to effect her. Her dosage is 1mL twice daily (alternate ears) do you remember what you used? I saved some other ideas I may try next, but the pharmacist said my prescription was a very 'low' dose. I wonder if my vet prescribed a low dose because she didn't think it would work and I insisted on trying it? My vet can be like thatNo virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/35 - Release Date: 6/30/2005
