Re: [Felvtalk] Harley is in the hospital
I'm very glad to hear Harley is doing so well. Hoping he'll be home tomorrow. With my Vet's approval, I keep famciclovir on hand for possible herpes flares, and have had great results from it. I use the NOW lysine powder, and the cats don't seem to notice it in their food, wet or dry. This seems to be the cheapest currently, but I'm often able to add it to other orders I place, so I keep my eyes open :) HTH Margo -Original Message- From: Marsha mar...@lynxe.com Sent: Dec 16, 2014 8:18 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Harley is in the hospital 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
[Felvtalk] NOW lysine link
Of course, I forgot the link... http://www.supplementwarehouse.com/viewitem.asp?idproduct=162510pxc=4sh=0gclid=CJzO1tv4zMICFSdn7AoddjwA-A Sorry Margo -Forwarded Message- From: Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.net Sent: Dec 17, 2014 6:14 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Harley is in the hospital I'm very glad to hear Harley is doing so well. Hoping he'll be home tomorrow. With my Vet's approval, I keep famciclovir on hand for possible herpes flares, and have had great results from it. I use the NOW lysine powder, and the cats don't seem to notice it in their food, wet or dry. This seems to be the cheapest currently, but I'm often able to add it to other orders I place, so I keep my eyes open :) HTH Margo -Original Message- From: Marsha mar...@lynxe.com Sent: Dec 16, 2014 8:18 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Harley is in the hospital 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
Re: [Felvtalk] NOW lysine link
Thanks, Margo. On 12/17/2014 5:18 AM, Margo wrote: Of course, I forgot the link... http://www.supplementwarehouse.com/viewitem.asp?idproduct=162510pxc=4sh=0gclid=CJzO1tv4zMICFSdn7AoddjwA-A Sorry Margo ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Harley is in the hospital
Thanks for the information Deb Sent from my iPad On Dec 16, 2014, at 11:01 PM, Marsha mar...@lynxe.com wrote: Lysine slows down the replication feline herpes virus because it competes with arginine that the virus needs. More info here on URI viruses and different treatments including lysine: http://www.2ndchance.info/vaccination-Ford2009.pdf Marsha On 12/16/2014 10:52 PM, Debi Kraal wrote: Marsha- So tell me about lysine tablets for cats? Is there some indication that it helps Felv+ cats? Thanks, 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
