Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Hi Kathleen, No-one knows how contagious FeLV is. It has too many variables, including how susceptible each exposed cat is to contracting the virus. I would suggest that you as your Vet for buprenorphine instead of the Metacam. It is VERY effective, simple to give, and doesn't carry the risks of Metacam, especially long term (more than a single dose). I would not choose anything for my cats that carries a Black Box warning. http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm231254.htm Best to you and Oreo, Margo -Original Message- From: KATHLEEN BUSO <kngb...@shaw.ca>Sent: Jul 3, 2015 9:34 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Margo, thanks for the information. Our adult cat was vaccinated for FeLV before we brought the kitten into the house, thankfully. I'm going to leave her downstairs awhile longer, until the kitten's illness resolves - either he gets better... or doesn't make it. She's not down there all alone, as my daughter's bedroom is down there and my son plays video games there as well. I know she isn't happy being away from the rest of the family, but I feel she's safer down there for now. Eventually, if the kitten recovers, I'll have to let her back up, but I'd like to see Oreo symptom free first. I'm hopefully that he can either shed the virus or go into some kind of remission. Right now, he seems to be doing better. He is eating fairly well, and is finally becoming more playful. He's been on Metacam for 5 days straight (before that he was on it for four days, then two days off and then another four days with two days off), so I'm worried about his kidneys, but it's a low dose, and it helps him feel so much better and makes him want to eat. The vet felt the cons were outweighed by the pro's at this point. It would be good to know just how contagious the virus is. There seems to be so many varying opinions on that question. From: felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.orgTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:00:11 PMSubject: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 2Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions tofelvtalk@felineleukemia.orgTo subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visithttp://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.orgor, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' tofelvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.orgYou can reach the person managing the list atfelvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.orgWhen replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specificthan "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..."Today's Topics: 1. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (Margo) 2. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (dlg...@windstream.net)--Message: 1Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 13:16:05 -0400 (GMT-04:00)From: Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.netTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline LeukemiaMessage-ID:2821913.1435770966547.javamail.r...@wamui-haziran.atl.sa.earthlink.netContent-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/attachments/20150701/4c029033/attachment-0001.html--Message: 2Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:32:16 -0500From: dlg...@windstream.netTo: Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.net, felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline LeukemiaMessage-ID: 20150701183216.07H50.34366.root@pamxwww05-z01Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8I am beginning to wonder if FELV is as contagious and the vets claim. My cats are all ferals, dump cats and I have had 2 who were declared FELV positive. One did pass in 2 years of something else. Annie has been with me over 4 years now and at first, I vacinnated all the others . 2 years ago, I stopped that and everyone is healthy, bright eyed and happy. I am convinced that Annie really is not positive, just a tremendeous amount of stress that happened just before I got her. She has never shown any signs or symptoms of any disease. The rest of the cats are healthy. Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.net wrote: ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org--Subject: Digest Footer___Felvtalk mailing listFelvtalk@felineleukemia.orghttp://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org--End of Felvtalk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 2*** ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Margo, thanks for the information. Our adult cat was vaccinated for FeLV before we brought the kitten into the house, thankfully. I'm going to leave her downstairs awhile longer, until the kitten's illness resolves - either he gets better... or doesn't make it. She's not down there all alone, as my daughter's bedroom is down there and my son plays video games there as well. I know she isn't happy being away from the rest of the family, but I feel she's safer down there for now. Eventually, if the kitten recovers, I'll have to let her back up, but I'd like to see Oreo symptom free first. I'm hopefully that he can either shed the virus or go into some kind of remission. Right now, he seems to be doing better. He is eating fairly well, and is finally becoming more playful. He's been on Metacam for 5 days straight (before that he was on it for four days, then two days off and then another four days with two days off), so I'm worried about his kidneys, but it's a low dose, and it helps him feel so much better and makes him want to eat. The vet felt the cons were outweighed by the pro's at this point. It would be good to know just how contagious the virus is. There seems to be so many varying opinions on that question. - Original Message - From: felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:00:11 PM Subject: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 2 Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org You can reach the person managing the list at felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (Margo) 2. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (dlg...@windstream.net) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 13:16:05 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Message-ID: 2821913.1435770966547.javamail.r...@wamui-haziran.atl.sa.earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/attachments/20150701/4c029033/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:32:16 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.net, felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Message-ID: 20150701183216.07H50.34366.root@pamxwww05-z01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I am beginning to wonder if FELV is as contagious and the vets claim. My cats are all ferals, dump cats and I have had 2 who were declared FELV positive. One did pass in 2 years of something else. Annie has been with me over 4 years now and at first, I vacinnated all the others . 2 years ago, I stopped that and everyone is healthy, bright eyed and happy. I am convinced that Annie really is not positive, just a tremendeous amount of stress that happened just before I got her. She has never shown any signs or symptoms of any disease. The rest of the cats are healthy. Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.net wrote: ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -- Subject: Digest Footer ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -- End of Felvtalk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 2 *** ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Thanks for the replies. We took Oreo back to see the vet yesterday afternoon.
When I got home from work, he seemed so much better. He greeted me with loud
meows and let me know he was hungry, so I fed him - he ate well without any
assistance from me - and then noticed that his left eye was quite red. I
immediately called our vet, who saw him right away, and said he has uveitis.
She felt it is probably from FIP. She said she thought his belly felt a bit
full and squishy. She suggested doing a test of the fluid in his belly, to see
if it is FIP but I said no for now. I don't really see any point in doing it.
If it is FIP, I guess we will see a decline pretty quickly. Right now he is
eating, and doing okay. He sleeps most of the time, but still snuggles and
purrs, and doesn't seem to be in any pain, other than his sore eye, which we
are treating with drops. Poor little guy. He doesn't deserve this. And of
course, I'm worried about my other cat, who is being kept in the basement for
now. We had her tested for the Leukemia virus, and it came back negative,
thankfully. Now I'm worried about the FIP being passed on to her, if Oreo does
indeed have it.
The good news is that Oreo tested negative for herpes and chlamydia, so it
doesn't look like he has a URI, but he does have a fever that won't go away. I
guess that is a direct symptom of the leukemia, along with the lethargy and
poor appetite. I understand the uveitis could be from the Leukemia too.
Sally, we are in Thunder Bay Ontario, about 3 hours from Duluth, so I could
take Oreo there for LCTI treatment, or see about getting it shipped to us. I'm
so glad to hear it helped your kitty. If Oreo doesn't have FIP, we may give it
a try. I just have to wait to see how he is over the next few days.
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Hi Kathleen,
I have used LTCI and I live in Hamilton, Ontario.? My cat was IFA positive for
FeLV (meaning persistently infected as the virus was in bone marrow) and he
went negative a few months after starting the LTCI, so in my opinion, it is
definitely worth a shot for your little Oreo.? Your vet can call Terry
Beardsley at LTCI and he will help explain the paper work.? Should only take a
week for Health Canada to make an exception.? Otherwise LTCI can be shipped to
a vet in the states virtually overnight.? Hope this helps and best of luck with
your little guy.? just curious, where in Canada are you from?
Sally
On Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:13 AM, KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca wrote:
#yiv7320785890 p {margin:0;}Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo.
We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill
when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a
rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two
weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid
came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet,
and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said
the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and
came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was
worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested
positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a
fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper
respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and
seems much worse. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would
help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were
considering
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Hi Kathleen, I'm sorry you and Oreo are having such difficulties. Uveitis in cats is just as likely (in fact more likely) to be caused by FeLV as FIP.You noted that. I'm not sure why your Vet chose to bring FIP into this. There is no test for FIP. Even a test on what MIGHT be FIP associated ascites. From VIN "FIP classically produces a clear but viscous yellow effusion, usually in the belly but possibly in the chest or in both locations. The fluid typically has a total protein level greater than 3.5 mg/dl. Several efforts have been made to find a diagnostic test that could be performed on this fluid. So far we know that typically FIP fluid is high in lactate dehydrogenase, alpha-amylase, and alpha-1 glycoprotein. These proteins provide evidence of the inflammatory nature of the fluid and would be evidence pointing towards FIP (though any other inflammatory fluid would yield similar results)."Here's the article; http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?A=681 _most important_ FIP IS NOT CONTAGIOUS CAT TO CAT. Please FeLV vaccinate your other cat, and let her out of the basement... I have two FeLV+ adult cats. Both have been on low dose interferon forover two years, and are (Knock-on-wood) doing pretty well. I also keep immunoreglan in case either crashes. I don't know if either of these actually helps, but I think the interferon made a noticeable difference, and quickly. In your position, since there HAS been improvement, I'd keep doing what you're doing. Keep him fed, and love him. Sometimes that's all you can do... All the best, Margo -Original Message- From: KATHLEEN BUSO <kngb...@shaw.ca>Sent: Jul 1, 2015 12:28 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Thanks for the replies. We took Oreo back to see the vet yesterday afternoon. When I got home from work, he seemed so much better. He greeted me with loud meows and let me know he was hungry, so I fed him - he ate well without any assistance from me - and then noticed that his left eye was quite red. I immediately called our vet, who saw him right away, and said he has uveitis. She felt it is probably from FIP. She said she thought his belly felt a bit full and squishy. She suggested doing a test of the fluid in his belly, to see if it is FIP but I said no for now. I don't really see any point in doing it. If it is FIP, I guess we will see a decline pretty quickly. Right now he is eating, and doing okay. He sleeps most of the time, but still snuggles and purrs, and doesn't seem to be in any pain, other than his sore eye, which we are treating with drops. Poor little guy. He doesn't deserve this. And of course, I'm worried about my other cat, who is being kept in the basement for now. We had her tested for the Leukemia virus, and it came back negative, thankfully. Now I'm worried about the FIP being passed on to her, if Oreo does indeed have it. The good news is that Oreo tested negative for herpes and chlamydia, so it doesn't look like he has a URI, but he does have a fever that won't go away. I guess that is a direct symptom of the leukemia, along with the lethargy and poor appetite. I understand the uveitis could be from the Leukemia too. Sally, we are in Thunder Bay Ontario, about 3 hours from Duluth, so I could take Oreo there for LCTI treatment, or see about getting it shipped to us. I'm so glad to hear it helped your kitty. If Oreo doesn't have FIP, we may give it a try. I just have to wait to see how he is over the next few days. From: felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.orgTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:28:10 AMSubject: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 15, Issue 9Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions tofelvtalk@felineleukemia.orgTo subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visithttp://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.orgor, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' tofelvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.orgYou can reach the person managing the list atfelvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.orgWhen replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specificthan "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..."Today's Topics: 1. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (Sally Dwyer) 2. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (Katherine K.) 3. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (swacht1...@comcast.net)--Message: 1Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:18:53 + (UTC)From: Sally Dwyer sallyldw...@yahoo.caTo: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline LeukemiaMessage-ID:288237283.724161.1435637933611.javamail.ya...@mail.yahoo.comContent-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"Hi Kathleen,I have used LTCI and I live in Hamilton, Ontario.? My cat was IFA positive for FeLV (meaning persistently infected as the virus was in bone marrow) and he went
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
I am beginning to wonder if FELV is as contagious and the vets claim. My cats are all ferals, dump cats and I have had 2 who were declared FELV positive. One did pass in 2 years of something else. Annie has been with me over 4 years now and at first, I vacinnated all the others . 2 years ago, I stopped that and everyone is healthy, bright eyed and happy. I am convinced that Annie really is not positive, just a tremendeous amount of stress that happened just before I got her. She has never shown any signs or symptoms of any disease. The rest of the cats are healthy. Margo toomanykitti...@earthlink.net wrote: ___ 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] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Kathleen, I have used LTCI on my 13 year old cat. He was diagnosed with FeLV 2 years ago and got 3 injections in the first month, and then has gotten an injection once per month after that. I think it helped him initially come back from being very ill when first diagnosed (that plus daily syringe feeding for a month, until he regained his appetite). If you are OK with spending $50 per shot it might be worth a try. I have not tried it on younger cats or kittens. Don't know about Canada, but in the US my vet orders the LTCI in packs of 3 or 10 for me, and I learned to give the injections to him at home. It needs to stay refrigerated so there's usually a shipping charge for an ice pack. If he can fight through the URI, good quality food, TLC and a low stress environment will be good for your little Oreo. If you have not tried syringe feeding (aka assist feeding), ask your vet for a handful of 10mL syringes and look up how-to videos on YouTube for pointers. (I think my vet once gave my cat a dose of Valium or something similar to help jumpstart his appetite, but that was years before he was FeLV and just had a regular URI.) Thank you for taking care of him. Sometimes we do everything we can but the virus is just too much for the younger ones' developing systems to handle. In those cases just keeping them comfortable and loved is the best you can do. Enjoy the happy moments you have with Oreo. Katherine On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:18 AM, Sally Dwyer sallyldw...@yahoo.ca wrote: Hi Kathleen, I have used LTCI and I live in Hamilton, Ontario. My cat was IFA positive for FeLV (meaning persistently infected as the virus was in bone marrow) and he went negative a few months after starting the LTCI, so in my opinion, it is definitely worth a shot for your little Oreo. Your vet can call Terry Beardsley at LTCI and he will help explain the paper work. Should only take a week for Health Canada to make an exception. Otherwise LTCI can be shipped to a vet in the states virtually overnight. Hope this helps and best of luck with your little guy. just curious, where in Canada are you from? Sally On Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:13 AM, KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca wrote: Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen ___ 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 mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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Sally how old was your cat when you started using LTCI? Did the cat remain positive? From: Sally Dwyer Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 12:18 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Hi Kathleen, I have used LTCI and I live in Hamilton, Ontario. My cat was IFA positive for FeLV (meaning persistently infected as the virus was in bone marrow) and he went negative a few months after starting the LTCI, so in my opinion, it is definitely worth a shot for your little Oreo. Your vet can call Terry Beardsley at LTCI and he will help explain the paper work. Should only take a week for Health Canada to make an exception. Otherwise LTCI can be shipped to a vet in the states virtually overnight. Hope this helps and best of luck with your little guy. just curious, where in Canada are you from? Sally On Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:13 AM, KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca wrote: Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen ___ 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 mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Thanks dlgegg , I will try that. Glad to hear your cancer is in remission. - Original Message - From: felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 1:00:15 PM Subject: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 15, Issue 7 Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org You can reach the person managing the list at felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (dlg...@windstream.net) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:56:06 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Message-ID: 20150628175606.ND533.27142.root@pamxwww04-z01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 try going to new-2054-gr...@googlegroups.com.I got in with them when my Annie was diagnosed with FELV and I was diagnonsed with Perpherial T-cell Lyphoma. I was supposed to die in 3 months and after 4 chemos that did not work, I am still here, in remission over 10 years.Pat and the others have been especially helpful and supportive. KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca wrote: Thanks for the replies. I wanted to add that Oreo has been on on an antibiotics for 10 days now - Aventiclav and Clavaseptin - as well as eye ointment Tetracycline. He has been taking Metacam intermittently to bring down his fever, and he always perks up when he has the metacam. I've been putting Lysine in his food, because I was told it would help if his upper respiratory infection is due to herpes. I've been feeding him high calorie canned cat food, and he had been eating fairly well until the last few days. He is eating today, but I have to coax him. He is using the litter box regularly and normally, doesn't have diarrhea and hasn't vomited at all. His main symptoms are that he is quite lethargic, has a fever and his eyes look really bad. He can barely see out of them due to the inner third eyelid being so pronounced. He is also wheezy at times. He has been sick for almost 2 weeks now, with no sign of improving. I am hoping we can nurse him through this and then deal with the feline leukemia diagnosis after that, so any other suggestions on how to help him recover from the URI would be great. I will ask the vet about using Tobramycin and Terramycin. Amani, thanks for letting me know your experience with LCTI. I'm sorry to hear it didn't work for you but that's great that you had success with the steroid. I'll ask my vet about that too. - Original Message - From: felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:09:33 PM Subject: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 15, Issue 4 Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org You can reach the person managing the list at felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest... Today's Topics: 1. 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (KATHLEEN BUSO) 2. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (Amani Oakley) 3. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (swacht1...@comcast.net) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:13:29 -0600 (MDT) From: KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Message-ID: 795058524.22477810.1435500809183.javamail.r...@shaw.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Hi Kathleen,
I have used LTCI and I live in Hamilton, Ontario. My cat was IFA positive for
FeLV (meaning persistently infected as the virus was in bone marrow) and he
went negative a few months after starting the LTCI, so in my opinion, it is
definitely worth a shot for your little Oreo. Your vet can call Terry
Beardsley at LTCI and he will help explain the paper work. Should only take a
week for Health Canada to make an exception. Otherwise LTCI can be shipped to
a vet in the states virtually overnight. Hope this helps and best of luck with
your little guy. just curious, where in Canada are you from?
Sally
On Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:13 AM, KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca wrote:
#yiv7320785890 p {margin:0;}Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo.
We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill
when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a
rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two
weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid
came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet,
and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said
the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and
came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was
worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested
positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a
fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper
respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I
was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just
accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the
LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to
get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as
he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there
anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids?
Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,Kathleen
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Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
First of all Kathleen Oreo needs to be seriously treated for URI – Tobramycin and Terramycin – drops of Tobramycin followed with Terramycin to help keep in the drops for eye issues. Oreo needs to be on an antibiotic to help combat the secondary infections. You may need to syringe feed Oreo – a gruel of canned – and KMR a milk replacer. I prefer Breeders Edge from Revival, a great feline milk replacer - they ship quickly. IF Oreo becomes dehydrated subq fluids will need to be given - The thing is being aggressive in treatment and keeping Oreo hydrated and nourished. As for Oreo being tested at this young age – well it’s not necessarily accurate. Should be retested no sooner than 30 days from the first test. sites for info are www.vet.cornell.edu - www.2ndchance.info/flv.html LTCI is a product from T-CYTE Therapeutics – another site www.sheltermedicine.com Koret Shelter Medicine Program www.v63.net/catsanctuary is where this info came from – web site from the UK If your vet suggests testing a young kitten for FIV with the in-house test – BEWARE! This is the same for FeLV Testing a kitten for FIV with the in-house test is a complete waste of time and money – the reason is that the test looks for FIV antibodies which are produced by the body in response to the virus – this is fine in adult cats, but not for kittens, because a kitten born from an FIV mother will inherit the antibodies from its mother but rarely the virus – so although it would test positive for FIV, it would likely not actually have the virus. The kitten will, over several months, lose its mother’s antibodies, and would then test negative for FIV. If it is important to know whether a kitten is actually FIV or not, there is a different test known as a PCR which looks for the DNA of the virus itself. This test is not widely available (Langford Lab, Bristol is one that does it). FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus FeLV is one of the fairly common cat viruses, that is much misunderstood FeLV (Feline Leukemia Virus) The virus is particularly devastating to very young cats who rarely live beyond the age of two when infected. Older cats who pick up the virus can live for years, like several at Catwork. How is FeLV caught? The virus is present in saliva and spread by close prolonged contact such as mutual grooming or shared food bowls. Biting will obviously also spread the virus. Symptoms – The symptoms can be many and varied (some of them similar to FIV) There can be a progressive deterioration in condition over time. Clinical signs can include fever, lethargy, poor appetite and weight loss. Respiratory, skin and intestinal problems are sometimes signs of the disease. Cancer tumours develop in some cats. What to do if your cat tests positive for FeLV. It is important to test a second time, at a laboratory, at an interval of 12 weeks from the first test. This is because, when a cat encounters the virus, it can become temporarily infected, and the cat’s immune system gets to work ‘dealing’ with it. In most cases, the cat’s immune system will win and the virus will be beaten. However, during this period the cat will test positive for the virus. After about 12 weeks, through the more complex test at a laboratory, it will usually be clear if the cat has successfully shaken off the virus. Alternatively, the virus may have taken a hold and that cat will then be persistently infected. From: KATHLEEN BUSO Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:13 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Don't give any more metacam. That can be toxic to the kidneys, especially if used in a dehydrated cat. The manufacturer now recommends it for one-time use only. It needs to be dosed carefully, according to weight. I did use it in April and May for my terminally ill Harley, to help control his cancer pain, along with buprenorphine. He got it every 3 days - I think we went to 2 to 2.5 days at the end. For him, pain inflammation control was more important than potential kidney damage. But I wouldn't use it more than one time in your situation. Marsha On 6/28/2015 9:13 AM, KATHLEEN BUSO wrote: Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
I have used the LCTI drug and had it shipped from the U.S. to Canada, to my vets. I had absolutely no success with it. We carefully monitored our little boy’s blood work for 4 to 6 months and there was no change in things like his haemoglobin levels and retic counts. Try Stanazalol (Winstrol) instead. It is an anabolic steroid and as I explained in my earlier posts, we had immediate and stunning results with it. It also helps improve appetite and general well-being while improving red cell production. Amani From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of KATHLEEN BUSO Sent: June-28-15 10:13 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Hi I am so sorry to hear your little Oreo has tested +. Try anything you can to get him to eat. Tempt him with any and every thing. He has to eat. Tuna juice is a good one, as is rotisserie chicken. I don't think steroids are a good idea...maybe a bit drastic and they are very hard on his system, especially as he is so young. Brynn is on steroids for her stomatitis... we really wish there was another option for her We have Brynn on Maitake D fraction. She takes the diluted drops very easily. I am convinced they are helping her as aside from her stomatits she is completely asymptomatic Jennifer On Jun 28, 2015, at 7:13 AM, KATHLEEN BUSO wrote: Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen ___ 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] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
try going to new-2054-gr...@googlegroups.com.I got in with them when my Annie was diagnosed with FELV and I was diagnonsed with Perpherial T-cell Lyphoma. I was supposed to die in 3 months and after 4 chemos that did not work, I am still here, in remission over 10 years.Pat and the others have been especially helpful and supportive. KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca wrote: Thanks for the replies. I wanted to add that Oreo has been on on an antibiotics for 10 days now - Aventiclav and Clavaseptin - as well as eye ointment Tetracycline. He has been taking Metacam intermittently to bring down his fever, and he always perks up when he has the metacam. I've been putting Lysine in his food, because I was told it would help if his upper respiratory infection is due to herpes. I've been feeding him high calorie canned cat food, and he had been eating fairly well until the last few days. He is eating today, but I have to coax him. He is using the litter box regularly and normally, doesn't have diarrhea and hasn't vomited at all. His main symptoms are that he is quite lethargic, has a fever and his eyes look really bad. He can barely see out of them due to the inner third eyelid being so pronounced. He is also wheezy at times. He has been sick for almost 2 weeks now, with no sign of improving. I am hoping we can nurse him through this and then deal with the feline leukemia diagnosis after that, so any other suggestions on how to help him recover from the URI would be great. I will ask the vet about using Tobramycin and Terramycin. Amani, thanks for letting me know your experience with LCTI. I'm sorry to hear it didn't work for you but that's great that you had success with the steroid. I'll ask my vet about that too. - Original Message - From: felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:09:33 PM Subject: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 15, Issue 4 Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org You can reach the person managing the list at felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest... Today's Topics: 1. 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (KATHLEEN BUSO) 2. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (Amani Oakley) 3. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (swacht1...@comcast.net) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:13:29 -0600 (MDT) From: KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Message-ID: 795058524.22477810.1435500809183.javamail.r...@shaw.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wo nd ering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/attachments/20150628/8b5e56dd/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:00:32 + From: Amani
Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia
Thanks for the replies. I wanted to add that Oreo has been on on an antibiotics for 10 days now - Aventiclav and Clavaseptin - as well as eye ointment Tetracycline. He has been taking Metacam intermittently to bring down his fever, and he always perks up when he has the metacam. I've been putting Lysine in his food, because I was told it would help if his upper respiratory infection is due to herpes. I've been feeding him high calorie canned cat food, and he had been eating fairly well until the last few days. He is eating today, but I have to coax him. He is using the litter box regularly and normally, doesn't have diarrhea and hasn't vomited at all. His main symptoms are that he is quite lethargic, has a fever and his eyes look really bad. He can barely see out of them due to the inner third eyelid being so pronounced. He is also wheezy at times. He has been sick for almost 2 weeks now, with no sign of improving. I am hoping we can nurse him through this and then deal with the feline leukemia diagnosis after that, so any other suggestions on how to help him recover from the URI would be great. I will ask the vet about using Tobramycin and Terramycin. Amani, thanks for letting me know your experience with LCTI. I'm sorry to hear it didn't work for you but that's great that you had success with the steroid. I'll ask my vet about that too. - Original Message - From: felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:09:33 PM Subject: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 15, Issue 4 Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org You can reach the person managing the list at felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest... Today's Topics: 1. 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (KATHLEEN BUSO) 2. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (Amani Oakley) 3. Re: 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia (swacht1...@comcast.net) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:13:29 -0600 (MDT) From: KATHLEEN BUSO kngb...@shaw.ca To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Message-ID: 795058524.22477810.1435500809183.javamail.r...@shaw.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi, I am looking for advice about our little Oreo. We adopted him at 9 weeks from a rescue group. His mom was a stray who was ill when she had her kittens. The kittens were eventually bottle fed and had a rough start in life, but then seemed to recover and were adopted out. About two weeks ago, our Oreo started to show signs of illness. His inner third eyelid came out, and then he started running a fever. I took him to the Rescue's vet, and she gave me antibiotics and some metacam to bring down the fever. She said the mom had been tested for a bunch of viruses, including feline leukemia and came back negative, so there was no reason to test Oreo. A week later, he was worse so I took him to another vet and she tested him and told me he tested positive for feline leukemia. Up until yesterday, he seemed to still have a fairly good appetite but was sleeping a lot and showing symptoms of upper respiratory infection. Today he is uninterested in food and seems much worse. I was wond ering if anyone had any suggestions that would help, or should I just accept that there's nothing that can be done? We were considering trying the LCTI drug but we live in Canada so we would have to travel into the States to get it. It would be about a 3.5 hour drive there and would be hard on Oreo, as he hates the car. Has anyone used LCTI and had any success with it? Is there anything else I can do for Oreo now, to help him feel better, like steroids? Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://felineleukemia.org/pipermail/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org/attachments/20150628/8b5e56dd/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:00:32 + From: Amani Oakley aoak...@oakleylegal.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia Message-ID: E0C1DFB06E10174B9D4AE353A62CECE3365301A2@OAKLEYSRV.oakley.local Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I have used the LCTI drug and had it shipped from the U.S. to Canada, to my vets. I had absolutely no success with it. We carefully monitored our little boy?s blood work for 4 to 6 months
