Marsha- So tell me about lysine tablets for cats? Is there some indication that it helps Felv+ cats? Thanks, Deb
Sent from my iPad On Dec 16, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Marsha <mar...@lynxe.com> wrote: > Deb, the crazy thing is that symptoms can be variable. I have been wracking > my brain and talking to the vet, and one thing that looks like a possibility > now is that Brock, the FeLV+ cat I adopted 2.5 months ago, may be a carrier > of whatever URI virus it is. This all seemed to start (but could be > coincidence) when our weather got weird here. Big temperature inversion, > poor air quality, temps 20 degrees above normal, fog/mist/drizzle for a week. > Brock was a little sneezy, but no other symptoms. Harley has *never* been > sick before, in the 4+ years he's been with me. I am thinking maybe the odd > weather threw them for a loop, and the virus flared up in Brock, and Harley > got it from him. But Brock, being younger, and not as far along in immune > suppression, had such mild symptoms that I didn't think it was a URI, just > maybe some dust made him sneeze. But that's all just a theory. In any case, > I think I better get those lysine chews or the capsules, since they wouldn't > eat the gel. Don't know for sure if this is herpes virus, but could be, especially since I just read that can cause pharyngitis. And I believe that's what the lysine is supposed to help the most, is FHV. > > Marsha > > > On 12/16/2014 6:31 PM, Debi Kraal wrote: >> Marsha- >> Thanks for the the information you have been sharing. All is well so far >> with my Felv + , Bean (slayer of dragons). Good to hear what sort of >> symptoms start with the all to common URI with these cats. >> Glad to hear Harley is fighting the bug... >> Deb > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
