I think you can add the lyine into just about anything. I think once he's got enough calories into him to start feeling good again, he'll start eating again. The inappetance is like a catch 22. Damned if you do feed them, really damned if you don't. lol. And inappetance can really compound a problem, making it seem a lot worse than it is. If they don't feel good, they don't eat, and if they don't eat, they really don't feel good, and it goes on. I hope you guys have lots of success getting him to eat on his own again and soon!
:) Wendy --- "Rosenfeldt, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
