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One of my FeLV- guys, Shadow, had blood clots in all 4 feet for a
while shortly after he came here last fall. He was put on 1/2 a baby
aspirin every 3rd day and given antibiotics for a couple weeks, and after a
couple weeks he was back to normal. His started with one foot swelling and
his favoring it, then another foot doing that, then another... over a few
days. While his feet were swollen, it was painful for him to have his feet
bear weight, so I put him in a cage that my Dad and I had made a while back that
had two rooms - each room 20" x20" x20" with a hole in the wall joining
them. I put a low litter pan in one room, and about 3" of sheets and
blankets folded up covering the entire floor of the other, and fed and watered
him in the padded room. He rolled everywhere he needed to go as much as he
could and only stood when he had no choice. Once his clots dissolved
though, he was back to his usual rambunctious self and hasn't had any other
problems - I'm keeping him on the baby aspirin as a precaution though. His
heart rate is normal and he doesn't have a murmur, and I keep a close eye on it
to make sure it doesn't change (I check it myself every couple weeks). I'm
planning on taking him to the internal medicine vet soon just to see if he
should go on any heart meds. For now he's doing well just on aspirin
though.
Shadow's a 12 pound adult, go with the dose and frequency your vet
recommended for Tigger and ask if it should be increased if she gets bigger
and by how much. Good luck with her.
Where there's Life, there's Hope
Kathy "There is nothing so strong as gentleness, and there is nothing so gentle as real strength." ~ Sir Francis de Sates |
