Re: OT: need advise again

[Kerry MacKenzie]

Dear Hideyo I don't have enough experience to know what may be wrong, but I am sending lots of positive healing vibes for Simon. Are you assist feeding him? Or trying an appetite stimulant? Catnip is one appetite stimulant I believe, and I know there are others that have been mentioned on the list. I'm sure you know and are doing all this already. Also, if he doesn't improve, unless you totally totally trust your vet, I would see another vet and hope to get a diagnosis. Sorry I can't offer any suggestions as to what it may be, Hideyo but I'm sure others will pitch in. Big hugs to the little sweetheart, hope he continues to improve ~~love and hugs to you too, Kerry     ----- Original Message ----- From: Hideyo Yamamoto To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:46 PM Subject: RE: OT: need advise again One of my corona virus positive cats, Simon who is about 7 or 8 years stopped eating since last Friday night all of sudden and he started hiding all of sudden – with all of my corona virus positive cats with unknown cause of illness, the first place I go is usually “oh my gosh, it’s FIP – and I freak out.   Anyway, yesterday I took him to the vet, I was worried how we were going to diagnose him since he is sort of feral and never held him, but he did so well.  He just wanted to hide in my jacket, but did very well.  Anyway, he did not have a fever which is a good thing and there was no abnormality in tummy area as far as the vet could tell.  His inside mouth looked pretty good, too. The blood work came back all normal except that he had a very high total bilirubin of 4.6 (the normal range is between 0.1 and 0.4) – any other liver/kidney measurement was normal.  He did have higher protein level with higher globulin – but I also know that it can be caused by dehydration, too.  But the vet was not sure what was causing him an illness.    After a shot of penicillin and I also gave him 100ml of fluid, he seems to be feeling a little bit better since he was not hiding this morning and even went outside for a while last night.  He also tried to eat a bit.  Any idea what’s wrong with him?   Regardless, please pray that he will get better soon – he is already getting skinny (in his hip and hind leg area) and am worried. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonya Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:13 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT: UPDATE ON THOR   I have a cat that does that because of allergies (ears).  He is negative and usually gets pred. when it happens.   tonya Cherie A Gabbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All Ok Thor ate some yesterday and now is back to not eating, it is so spuratic I do not know what to think. There is no blood colored discharge from his mouth at all today, I was thinking maybe he is loosing a tooth, but he is still too young he is only 14 weeks old, I am just taking him day by day now.   Amber my FeLV positive also seems to be having an ear problem, she scratched it so muchthe hair is gone and now there is a scab....checked for ear mites, she is clean, checked for ear infection, again she is clean, any thoughts?   Thanks all Cherie