Sounds like a good plan. The diff. between Pet-Tinic and NutriVed is the NutriVed contains folic acid. On the 'how bad do they taste' scale NutriVed may taste a little worse. If you go with Pet-Tinic you can always added folic acid. I prefer either powdered supplements or those in a capsule. Easier to mix in food or water than grinding up a tablet.
Something we haven't talked about in a while is L-lysine. It is available as a powder on line. I buy it by the lb and add it to the water for my house kitties and the 2 groups of ferals I feed. Seem to help keep herpes infections at bay which most rescues have. I also add it to the canned food I put out for the feral colonies. Figure they need all the help they can get. Hugs to Avis Sharyl --- On Sun, 10/3/10, nise...@yahoo.com <nise...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: nise...@yahoo.com <nise...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Avis treatment plan (BIG thanks to Alice, Sharyl & > Natalie!!) > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 2:24 PM > After pondering the excellent advice > of Alice, Sharyl and Natalie, and scouring > the FeLV archives, I think I've come up with a reasonable > treatment plan to > propose to my wonderful, open & supportive vet. Any > comments would be much > appreciated. > > Recap: Avis is an approx 21 month old neutered male, > rescued from an Avis > parking lot when he was about 9 months, bounced around for > about 8 months, > living with us the last 4 months. A 9/27 CBC prior to > a minor eye procedure > requiring general anesthesia revealed non-regenerative > anemia: HCT at 21%, RBC > at 4.37, Retic < 1%. The subsequent 9/28 FeLV/FIV > test was positive. Beyond > somewhat pale gums and a little lower energy compared to > other young cats (no > wild acrobatics for Avis!) he is physically fine right now. > 11 lbs & eats like > a champ, uses litterbox regularly, keeps his glossy soft > coat perfectly groomed, > chases Max the Dog all over the house, spends hours > twitching his tail at the > squirrels on the other side of the window. > > Treatment Plan: > 1. Diet - continue with daily 5.5 oz can of Wellness Wet > Food and a 1/3 cup of > California Naturals Chicken & Brown Rice dry food. > After 4 months of trying to > wean Avis off his dry food addiction, this is the balance > we've mutually agreed > to! He eats it all up and hits the water bowl pretty good > once or twice a day. > > 2. Treats - about 8 pieces of Greenies baked dry cat treats > each day, he LOVES > them and they do seem to have some vitamins added. > > > 3. Supplements - either Pet-tinic or NutriVed. Still > researching. > > 4. Immediately start LTCI injections. Given that results > from only a few formal > studies are currently available, I view the LTCI regime as > sort of an unofficial > phase II clinical trial. But given Avis' prognosis, it > is definitely worth > trying. > > > 5. Immediately start on 2x daily Interferon Alpha (unless > there is some way I > can get Interferon Omega from Europe). Anecdotally, this > seems to help some > cats, and has been safely given to FeLV+ cats for several > years. Again, well > worth trying. > > 6. Keep the big guns like Epogen & Prednilosone in > reserve for when the HCT goes > below 20% or he starts to feel weak and lose appetite. > > 7. Stable, stress free environment and lots of love. > > That's it! Thoughts from the FeLV community? > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
