Hi, Marta, My two cents is that, just because the kitty is tested positive for Felk, you may not want to assume that it is the felk virus that is going the symptoms. As you know, Felk kittens have weakened immue system, so they are very susceptive to different type of illness, infections, cancers... etc... Have they run for chemistry panel on him? Does he have regenerative or non regenerative anemia? any parasites? I have a few felk kitens myself - one of the kittens developed uevitis, and another kittehn started having a diffuclty breathing,, I thought uevitis was from felk virus, and diffculty breathing was from medistinal lymphma (fluid build up in the chest caviity) as it's very common among young felk kittens --but in stead, I found out that what they have if FIP - I am very much devastated... right now, clinically they are doing well - they are on LTCI, alpah interferon right now.. and I am taking one day at atime.. I hope your kitty gets better. Hideyo
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:22:09 -0700 From: marta.gas...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLV fast advancing strain? I knew this list was someplace but couldn't find it..now I've. I live in Nebraska and do cat rescue and TNR..the first time I came accross the disease was last Fall when a feral that I had relocated to my backyard became seriouly ill and tested FeLV+. She was euthanized two weeks later because had gone blind and was in terrible pain(uveitis etc) Then not yet a month ago I brought back a cat that a friend had taken from an abusive home a year ago at which time he had a broken leg but otherwise was very well..or seemed to. She couldn't care for her cats anymore so I brought Tiger to my house, he is FeLV+ and a shadow of what he was a year ago, looks like he's on the end stage, very emaciated, skin issues, difficulty swallowing sometimes, diahrrea, sores around eyes. He is a happy cat though, eats like a horse, wants to play but between his bad leg and anemia sometimes he falls down. There were other FeLV+ cats in the house and some died shortly after the original owners took them back. My question; is there an strain that can kill a cat in a year or so? They were all snap tested only, except one that had a PCR and it came back positive, some tested negative but looked sick so they'll retest. I don't want to rush anything for Tiger unless he's in pain and he doesn't seem to be, should I PCR him? He has an URI and had coccidia so was medicated for it, had fleas but I can't find anymore fleas or flea dirt. I'm not spraying or putting topicals on him b/c of his sores and little scabs all over that sometimes bleed. I'd appreciate any comments..thank-you and happy to be on the list Marta http://homelessnomore.webs.com/ _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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