Sharyl
I perked up reading your message about L-Lysine and herpes. I have my
mother's dear cat, Lucky, who recently got a positive FeLV and has, since
we've had him (12 years?) had an occasionally "runny eye" that one vet
diagnosed as herpes.
So, how do you get the L-lysine in them? Just put in water? Can you put in
canned food? I'm currently putting Pet Rescue Remedy in the water as Lucky
is still "in quarantine" until gets retested and/or my 3 healthy house cats
get vaccinated.
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharyl" <cline...@yahoo.com>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Avis treatment plan (BIG thanks to Alice,Sharyl &
Natalie!!)
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?
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