Re: Unresponsive URI
How is your baby doing, El? "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ - Original Message From: designercats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 1:19:33 PM Subject: Unresponsive URI Hi Wendy, I have him on A/D and Recovery. Recovery is newer and is sometimes more palatable when they don't like A/D. His URI has never left. He's been on antibiotics for a month and he gets a little better and then worse. We're going to the vet in a few minutes. The other little ones have all improved radically but not him. His blood panel was better than the others but he's so much sicker than the rest. The vet has some interferon alpha. If he doesn't improve I'm afraid I'll lose him. El Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
Re: Unresponsive URI
If his nose is really dripping, you could ask the vet about dosing with an antihistamine (like chlor trimeton) possibly. Gloria On Mar 6, 2008, at 1:19 PM, designercats wrote: Hi Wendy, I have him on A/D and Recovery. Recovery is newer and is sometimes more palatable when they don't like A/D. His URI has never left. He's been on antibiotics for a month and he gets a little better and then worse. We're going to the vet in a few minutes. The other little ones have all improved radically but not him. His blood panel was better than the others but he's so much sicker than the rest. The vet has some interferon alpha. If he doesn't improve I'm afraid I'll lose him. El
Re: Unresponsive URI
So the issues with URI started before the Recovery food was started, right? I just wanted to rule out that he might have an allergy that is promoting the URI's. Poor guy. He sounds like he's really sick. Have you heard of A/D canned food? It's prescription food, and is high calorie. GREAT for syringe feeding because it's so smooth. I always mix it with a little water, and down it goes. Keep us posted on how the doxy or b/c combo works for him. Is he staying on the antibiotics long enough each round, do you think? I just keep wondering why it keeps coming back. It's almost like the URI might be knocked out, but something else is causing it (thus the question about the allergy), so it keeps coming back, and if that's the case, then we should try to brainstorm what is causing the URI. Does any of that make sense? lol. :) Wendy "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ - Original Message From: designercats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 12:52:50 AM Subject: Unresponsive URI Hi Wendy, He hasn't always had the Recovery food. He prefers dry food but is not eating. His nose was stuck shut and his entire face was encrusted with pus when I pulled him from the shelter. He seems to get a bit better but then worse. I've been syringing him every few hours for the last two days to get supplements and some nutrition into him. I'm so very worried about him. I'll ask the vet in the morning about doxycycline or a baytril clavamox combo. I've read about these in the archives. El Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
Re: Unresponsive URI
Is it possible that he could be aggravated by a food allergy? Has he always eaten the recovery food? "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ - Original Message From: Gloria Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 6:05:54 PM Subject: Re: Unresponsive URI Forgot to mention, I do this twice a day. I've always read and heard that the standard dosage of Lysine for an adult cat is 250-500 mg twice a day. I usually start off with 500 and reduce at some point to 250 before stopping it completely. It's an amino acid which counters the effect of the amino acid, Arginine, which is needed by the Herpes virus to replicate and be active. If it's Herpes causing the problem, I usually see a result pretty quickly - within a couple of days things start getting better. GLoria On Mar 5, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Gloria Lane wrote: I 've been using a mixture of water or aloe vera, powdered Lysine, Vitamin C (the stuff for cats), and colostrum. I have a bottle with lysine and Vit C powder in it. I use about 500 mg lysine, probably 200 or so of Vit C (for me 1/4 tsp of the powder mix), and a capsule (opened) of colostrum. Mix it with water or Georges Aloe Vera, suck all or part into an oral syringe, and give it gently to the cat. For my cat, with both an eye problem and stomatitis, it's worked well, fingers crossed... Gloria On Mar 5, 2008, at 2:04 PM, designercats wrote: Hi, Little Milli is getting better. She still has diahrea to some degree but it's getting better. Her URI is getting much better although she still coughs and sneezes a bit. One of the other FeLV+ Cami has a very very stubborn URI. Initially on injectable antibiotics he got better really quick and then has been sliding downhill ever since. We've tried several antibiotics and he still is very sick. His mucus is green (sorry to be so graphic). Any ideas about what other antibiotics we can try? He's been on Zithromycin, Chlorapalm, Baytril & PLX injectable combo. He responds for a bit but then it gets bad again. He is a beautiful sweet, sweet orange and white cat with the most luxurious coat I've ever seen. He is an absolute sweetheart. He's approx 2 yrs old. I have been syringe feeding him Recovery food mixed with multi vitamin, B complex, Omega oils, L-Lysine, Collostrum. I'm still waiting for the Transfer Factor and the Interferon alpha. Thanks...El Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
Re: Unresponsive URI
Forgot to mention, I do this twice a day. I've always read and heard that the standard dosage of Lysine for an adult cat is 250-500 mg twice a day. I usually start off with 500 and reduce at some point to 250 before stopping it completely. It's an amino acid which counters the effect of the amino acid, Arginine, which is needed by the Herpes virus to replicate and be active. If it's Herpes causing the problem, I usually see a result pretty quickly - within a couple of days things start getting better. GLoria On Mar 5, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Gloria Lane wrote: I 've been using a mixture of water or aloe vera, powdered Lysine, Vitamin C (the stuff for cats), and colostrum. I have a bottle with lysine and Vit C powder in it. I use about 500 mg lysine, probably 200 or so of Vit C (for me 1/4 tsp of the powder mix), and a capsule (opened) of colostrum. Mix it with water or Georges Aloe Vera, suck all or part into an oral syringe, and give it gently to the cat. For my cat, with both an eye problem and stomatitis, it's worked well, fingers crossed... Gloria On Mar 5, 2008, at 2:04 PM, designercats wrote: Hi, Little Milli is getting better. She still has diahrea to some degree but it's getting better. Her URI is getting much better although she still coughs and sneezes a bit. One of the other FeLV+ Cami has a very very stubborn URI. Initially on injectable antibiotics he got better really quick and then has been sliding downhill ever since. We've tried several antibiotics and he still is very sick. His mucus is green (sorry to be so graphic). Any ideas about what other antibiotics we can try? He's been on Zithromycin, Chlorapalm, Baytril & PLX injectable combo. He responds for a bit but then it gets bad again. He is a beautiful sweet, sweet orange and white cat with the most luxurious coat I've ever seen. He is an absolute sweetheart. He's approx 2 yrs old. I have been syringe feeding him Recovery food mixed with multi vitamin, B complex, Omega oils, L-Lysine, Collostrum. I'm still waiting for the Transfer Factor and the Interferon alpha. Thanks...El
Re: Unresponsive URI
I 've been using a mixture of water or aloe vera, powdered Lysine, Vitamin C (the stuff for cats), and colostrum. I have a bottle with lysine and Vit C powder in it. I use about 500 mg lysine, probably 200 or so of Vit C (for me 1/4 tsp of the powder mix), and a capsule (opened) of colostrum. Mix it with water or Georges Aloe Vera, suck all or part into an oral syringe, and give it gently to the cat. For my cat, with both an eye problem and stomatitis, it's worked well, fingers crossed... Gloria On Mar 5, 2008, at 2:04 PM, designercats wrote: Hi, Little Milli is getting better. She still has diahrea to some degree but it's getting better. Her URI is getting much better although she still coughs and sneezes a bit. One of the other FeLV+ Cami has a very very stubborn URI. Initially on injectable antibiotics he got better really quick and then has been sliding downhill ever since. We've tried several antibiotics and he still is very sick. His mucus is green (sorry to be so graphic). Any ideas about what other antibiotics we can try? He's been on Zithromycin, Chlorapalm, Baytril & PLX injectable combo. He responds for a bit but then it gets bad again. He is a beautiful sweet, sweet orange and white cat with the most luxurious coat I've ever seen. He is an absolute sweetheart. He's approx 2 yrs old. I have been syringe feeding him Recovery food mixed with multi vitamin, B complex, Omega oils, L-Lysine, Collostrum. I'm still waiting for the Transfer Factor and the Interferon alpha. Thanks...El
