Thanks, Wendy. We've already got him on A/D, which at first he gobbled, then the next day wouldn't touch. It was much the same with Luc, although after we later had him intubated, A/D (as we had prepared it to syringe into the tube) was the first food he took on his own again. Go figure. We've got the L-Lysine too, and were crushing it into Patches' food, which he wasn't eating enough of to get any benefit of the L-Lysine. Part of our problem was that his appetite was good until about the same time as we started with the L-Lysine so there was always the suspicion that it was somehow putting him off his food (along with 3 or 4 other possible contributory items, but the L-Lysine was the only one of them we had any control over, so we discontinued using it in hopes he'd decide we weren't trying to poison him. With him now openly feeling crappy, it's fairly clear this was coincidence. So we'll crush some into the A/D or whatever else we give him. Is it okay to add it to the Liver Shake?
Diane R. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:22 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: To Diane Re: Patches Diane, I would definitely get some Hill's A/D (wet canned) into him. A/D stands for anorexic diet and you have to get it from your vet b/c it's prescrip. It's good stuff for inappetance. You'll mix it with a little water so it will go smoothly through the syringe. It's really smooth stuff. Whatever you do get into him, I would mix 500 mg. of L-lysine (without the ingredient propenol glycol) into two different feedings a day, preferably morning and night (1k mg total). It might take some time, but it will start to boost his immune system. My Smookie came to us with a corneal ulcer and a runny nose (symptoms of feline herpes), and nothing helped, not even weeks of anti-viral or antibiotic eye drops. She had already lost one eye to a corneal ulcer (we think) before we adopted her, so it was imperative that we save the other one. After starting her on the L-lysine, the ulcer FINALLY went away, as did the runny nose. She still has a crusty in her nose every now and then, but no more eye problems. She is not on the lysine anymore. I hope this helps. :) Wendy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties.
