Yes, I'm very lucky our shelter has access to a lot of meds. He is over the
URI, but back to not eating.
Beth
Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
________________________________
From: Margo <toomanykitti...@earthlink.net>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Healing thoughts for Bubba
Hi Beth,
>
> All healing energies headed your way for Bubba.
>
> Most URI's are viral, and the most common is herpes. Have you
>tried famciclovir? Has done wonders for my boys.
>
> You're very lucky to have access to doxy, now that it is so
>expensive and scarce, most places don't have it. Hope it does the job. If you
>can trade the prednisone for prednisolone, it will be more bio-available for
>Bubba.
>
> The capstar should knock out the fleas if you can keep him
>from re-infesting. Fortunately Advantage still seems to be effective for me,
>Frontline never did work.
>
>Wishing him a swift and complete recovery,
>
>All the best,
>
>Margo
>
>---Original Message-----
>From: Beth
>Sent: Jun 12, 2013 3:51 PM
>To: FeLV Talk
>Subject: [Felvtalk] Healing thoughts for Bubba
>
>
>Hey guys need some positive energy for one of my FeLV fosters - Bubba. He had
>been battling a URI. Tried a couple different antibiotics, and finally, after
>a week the URI cleared & he started eating on his own last Sunday. Well as
>soon as I took him off the Doxy he started going down again.
>We went to the shelter this afternoon & thankfully they had a wonderful vet
>volunteering who has experience in FeLV kitties.
>We're wondering now if he has Hemobart since he starting going down after
>withdrawing the Doxy. His gums were pink, though. I've had a constant battle
>with fleas. Advantage was no longer working so I switched Frontline, but that
>doesn't seem to be working well either.
>He got fluids, more Doxy, Prenisone, Cyproheptadine, Capstar & AD.
>On top of that it looks like he has a cat bite o his tail. Poor baby. Going to
>go home tonight & spend some one-on-one time with him.
>Just being able to talk to you guys about these babies really helps. At least
>I feel like someone understands how helpless I feel sometimes.
>
>Beth
>
>
>Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
>
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