Hideyo- your experience seems similar to mine in regards to fevers of unknow origin, I just got so nervous because she was already on fever reducers. One of the 2 vets i work with actually does a samll amount of hollistic medicine and she feels as you spoke of. of fever's not always being bad and sometimes a bodies ways of healing itself, however when its my 6 week old i don't like them (yes i am whining) :) Thank you for all your advice and i love the hollistic thoughts on leukemia Kristi ============================================================ From: "Hideyo Yamamoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005/06/13 Mon PM 06:15:37 EDT To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: RE: 6 week old kitten fever question
Hi, I have to share my experience that it's pretty common with "fevers with unknown cause" - I had about a dozen of my cats going through the same experience - all the blood work came back pretty normal, but some had a high fever over 106 - my vets couldn't figure out what's wrong with them and she is a very capable vet - it was probably some type of virus related - but all my cats had no other symptoms other than fever - that's why people usually want to blame on FIP as "fevers with unknown cause" is pretty common symptom for FIP - I was so scared every time when my cats get high fever because I always thought - oh no they have FIP - but fortunately that never really was the case - Also, from an alternative medicine stand point, high fever is not considered to be such as a bad thing if it does not last more than a few days (though I had some kitties who's fever did not go down over a week) - in their interpretation, it's animal's way of trying to deal with something internally, they are trying to fight off something - so my holistic vet always discourage to try to stop the fever with an antibiotic is not necessary the best thing - on the other hand - low fever is a very bad thing - I lost my little boy Henry - (possible to FIP, but I never confirmed) - his body was started shutting down, by the time I went to the emergency, his temp was down to 65 or something - I was so sad when he crossed - My baby, Anchovy's fever was up to 106.5, or higher, so high the thermometer did not even register - I freaked out and the vet put ice all over her - then she injected her the fever reducer - but she recovered within two weeks- with no antibiotics or anything. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 11:04 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: 6 week old kitten fever question I'd say, if the vet you work for can't answer that, I'd find a new vet for your cat, scary. All that aside: http://www.judithstock.com/Speaking_of_Animals/Fever_in_Cats/fever_in_ca ts.html http://www.the-cats-meow.ca/health8.html 106.5 seems to be the point of critical injury and seizures according to online sources, but I called two different vet offices in my local area that I have used in the past, one said anything above 105 is dangerous, and the other said anything in the range of 105.5 to 106 is dangerous. They did, however mention that it would be lower in a kitten, where anything over 104.5 could cause damage to their delicate systems. Have you tried wiping her paws with some rubbing alcohol and keeping her on an ice pack (make sure you flip her every 5 minutes and rotate her on 20 minutes and off 15 minutes)? I'm assuming she is limp and unwiulling to move on her own, correct? Cool IV fluids would also help. Your vet could also do cool water enemas in the office if the temp spikes again. STOP all cooling measures when the temperature gets down to below 103, because the cooling system of the cat is not functioning properly, it is possible to send the cat into hypothermia if you keep treating the fever once it gets down into the safe zone (anything below 103). A possibility, if the drugs your vet has been using have not helped, is Metacam. It's newly approved for cats, and can help with fever, but is not approved for long term use. You would need to be sure her body has cleared all the previous drugs first (at least 24 hours), and the dosage is VERY small. As your vet about it. It's called Metacam, the drug name is meloxicam. It's been approved for dogs for some time, just recently approved for felines for short term use. I wouldn't do anything much unless her fever goes back up above 104. 103.2 is not really that bad at all. Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ Also, at what temperature does there body "shut down" ? I can't find any reference to when a high temp would be critical anywhere. ============================================================
