From: Bonnie Hogue <ho...@sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Avis treatment plan (BIG thanks to Alice, Sharyl
& Natalie!!)
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 11:06 PM
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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