Lorrie and Gary -- I have no practical advice here, just vibes coming for both these babies.
Diane R. -----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of gary Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:39 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Sick FelV kitten One of my FeLV cats is very anemic now and her anemia just hasn't responded to treatment, I will lose her this week as she has now refused to let me syringe feed her anymore, she has always been very good about it and about taking meds and now wants no part of it. There are many things you can try to get the anemia reversed, Epogen as previously mentioned, Immunoregulin, etc., but you may need a transfusion to give them time to work. Unfortunately, for my baby the transfusion didn't seem to do much good at all and her numbers just keep going down. One of my first FeLV kittens had the same problem with his back legs, over a period of a couple of days they just stopped working and he couldn't pee. Tried a lot of different things but never got better and I never found out what caused it, please post if your vet finds out the cause. You might want to join the anemia group on yahoo. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorrie" <felineres...@kvinet.com> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:32 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] Sick FelV kitten > One of our FelV kittens is very anemic. Has anyone ever tried iron > suppliments? We went back to the vet yesterday, and got her vitamins > and iron, and hope this will buy her a bit more time. > > She is 8 months old and only weighs 3 1/2 pounds. She didn't > actually lose the weight, she just never gained anymore weight > than that, as she is also a small cat. > > She recently lost control of her back legs and the vet isn't sure > this is caused by the FelV. He thinks it may be a neurological > thing...... This happened suddenly about a week ago. First she was > wobbly and then she got so she couldn't stand at all, and also lost > control of her bladder and bowels. She is still eating and does not > seem to be in any pain. Otherwise I'd put her to sleep. She is my > daughter's favorite cat, and she doesn't want to do this unless the > cat is in distress. I just wondered if any of you had ever seen this > lose of mobility in a FelV cat? Advice please. > > Thanks, Lorrie > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3698 (20081217) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org 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. _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
