on the L-Lysine, my vet ordered an oral paste for me. no one is sick right now, but i give it as a preventative. name is Enisyl-F, made by Vetoquinol in Canada. each ml contains 250mgof L Lysine HCL in a bse of purified water, sorbitol, cod liver oil, zanthan gum, tuna flavor, soy lecithin, silica aerogel, carmel color, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate. they reccomend 1 - 2 ml a day for adults and 1ml for kittens. anyone heard of this before? got any comments? dorlis ---- Jane Lyons <j.ly...@mindspring.com> wrote: > Hi Sidney > The General sounds like a fabulous cat. It is great that he persisted. > Are you using l-lycine as a supplement? I was able to get rid of a > really > bad upper respiratory with it. I buy it in capsule form and mix the > powder > into cats food and my cat, who could be a forensic pathologist when > it comes to > detecting supplements, does not know it is there. I make sure she > gets 500mg > daily and although it takes time, it usually works. > > I also use interferon, but give it on and off each day, rather than > weeks. I wonder > if that would make a difference. > > There is a study underway (Dr. Jean Dodds ..Rabies Challenge) to > prove that we over vaccinate > our animals and that one rabies shot should protect an animal for its > lifetime. You can Google > the 'rabies challenge' and read about the study and the vets who are > involved. A rabies shot > can be stressful for a healthy animal. I would think twice about > vaccinating an Felv kittie. > > Hope your General continues to thrive. > > Jane > > > > On Feb 7, 2009, at 9:17 AM, souther...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID > > YOU DO/ARE > > DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, > > E.G; INDOOR, > > OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE > > ANY OTHER > > ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT > > NOW? OR WHEN > > THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? > > > > My big boy, General Sterling Price, came to me. I have never owned > > a cat in my life. I was working in my flowers in April 2007 when > > this big black tuxedo cat came and CLIMBED ON MY BACK. I was not > > happy. I tried to shoo him away. He was having none of it. He > > was like a bag of bones. And he cried so pitifully that I went and > > got him a bowl of milk (I didn't know cats weren't supposed to have > > milk any more than dogs are!) He drank it down so I got him > > another, which he drank down. The next day he was still out > > there. So I brought him dog food out (it's all I had) and he ate > > the entire bowl. So the next day, when he was still there, I > > bought him a sack of some sort of cat food at the grocery. He ate > > it of course. After 3 weeks of doing this I decided that if he was > > gonna hang around, then he was gonna be neutered. So I took him to > > the vet. He did the required blood tests and said this cat is FeLV > > +. You might as well have him put to sleep as he's gonna die > > anyway. By then I had developed an attachment to him, so I changed > > vets. (I now take him to the Nashville Cat Clinic) This boy went > > from living outside to living in the garage to now living in the > > house and sleeping in the bed with the Mini Schnauzer who hates him > > and my husband and me. He has some really strange eating habits > > these days. He won't eat any one food for long. My vet wants him > > on grain free canned but he's not willing to eat that right now. > > He is now eating Evo dry and Halo dry. He'll eat one for 2-3 days > > and then he won't eat it and I'll change. The only problem I have > > is that I can no longer get him to take his supplements. He's on > > an immune system supplement that is a tablet I used to mix with the > > wet food. Now he won't eat it if I do. I've tried even mixing it > > in tuna and he won't eat it. So I'm in a little bit of a state > > over this. he is also on interferon 7 days on and 7 days off. > > I've also had some problems with this lately as he seems to throw > > up on the days that I give him interferon. He's had a kidney > > infection he's overcome. he has had pancreatitis that he's > > overcome, and he's had some fairly chronic upper respiratory > > infections. We think he's probably about 4-7 years old. He came > > to me when he was between 2-5 we think. I think he was dumped > > because he has such a love of humans. He's a big (15 lbs now) > > lapcat. He loves to be petted. He loves to be around people. He > > follows me every step I take, if the dog will let him. His only > > stress is the Mini Schnauzer who is 12 and has epilepsy :-) She > > hates him. He just tries to stay out of her way. (She sleeps on > > the bed at the foot and he sleeps up at the head, by my head!) > > Every time he sneezes I worry. But he's hanging in there so far, > > and as far as I can tell he is prospering. He has had rabies > > vaccine and calici virus in the past but I don't know if we'll do > > rabies this year since he isn't outside now. I'll have to talk to > > my vet about that and the calici too. > > > > Sidney and the General > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: amanda <white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp> > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:01 am > > Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part, just a personal > > one to better undertsand FeLV. > > > > > > > > Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present and > > or past FeLV > > kitties, this is a personal survey to better understand the illness > > and how > > everything effects it, I would be really grateful if you all could > > participate! > > AT WHAT AGE DID YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID > > YOU DO/ARE > > DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS LEAD, > > E.G; INDOOR, > > OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT? HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE > > ANY OTHER > > ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE? IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT > > NOW? OR WHEN > > THEY DIED? WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in > > answering would be > > really appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and > > your fur > > babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan. > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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