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Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Sun May 19, '13 6:42am PST  Well, for one thing, if he is FIV+ he should never be allowed outdoors unsupervised to spread the virus to other cats. And, anyone who adopts him needs to be notified of his status so that they don't unknowingly mix him in with their FIV negative cats. As far as his care, he needs a very good diet, I personally would say grain free canned and it certainly can't hurt to give him lysine every day, omega 3's and 6's, etc.. He should live in a stress free environment too. I've been reading that you don't really need to give FIV+ cats medication every day if they are asymptomatic. You just need to keep an eye on their health carefully and if they get ill with anything, bring them to the vet right away as they might have a very hard time dealing with bacteria and viruses without intervention. There are tons of sites on the internet about FIV but check out these: http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/fiv_in_cats.htm h ttp://www.aspca.org/pet-care/cat-care/cat-care-feline-immunodeficien cy-virus.aspx http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/fiv.html Best of luck, Blackberry my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Wed May 15, '13 7:12am PST  Hi Precious. I just found this blog. I don't know if it will be of any help to you, it won't be with your question of sourcing Interferon, but I thought it was interesting. http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/2013/01/24/my-cat-has-aids/ One of my cats may possibley have FIV so I found the blog looking around for information on respiratory symptoms and FIV. My cat too has constant mucus coming out of his nose along with sneezing. He's been on antibiotics and methylprednisolone as well as some other meds and they have only helped slightly. So far the FIV and FeLV rapid tests have all been negative, but we are awaiting the results of a western blot for a (hopefully) definitive FIV test result. Purrs to you. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Cat Health > Cancer....Need to Talk

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Fri May 10, '13 4:09am PST  This is what my vet said to me last night when I brought up this subject. If he's still eating and interacting with his environment, walking around, stretching, eager to avoid me when I come with his meds, then it's not time to go yet, even if he has some level of discomfort at all times. Purrs to you, BB's mom my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Cat Health > Cancer....Need to Talk

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Wed May 8, '13 4:05am PST  Keri, big hugs to you and Cinders. It's so painful, I know as I'm going though something like this with Blackberry. You will know what to do when the time comes. Be strong for her and youself and know that she loves you and trusts you to do what's best for her. BB's mom my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Cat Health > Cat sneezing and making strange sounds

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Thu Apr 25, '13 6:58am PST  Hi Tommy's mom. It is possible that he is sneezing from seasonal allergies, especially if this just started within the past month or so. Two of my cats sneeze during tree pollen season every year. It could also be from feline herpes virus as the previous poster suggested. I would suggest that you keep a close eye on him. If he starts eating less than usual, loses weight, starts hiding more than usual or in unusual places, or has thick mucus coming out of his nose you had better seek veterinary attention for him. If he remains relatively normal, then play it by ear and see if it fades away with the tree pollen. Purrs, BB's mom my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Sat Mar 30, '13 7:47am PST  Dear Wallace's Mom, I understand how how are feeling right now, and I am sorry that you are going through it, hugs! I don't know if this will be of any help at all, but BB, who is 3 years old, suddenly had a heart murmur back in January that he never had before. I won't go into all of the other problems that he had/has, but it turned out that his heart murmur was caused by severe anemia. Has Wallace had a CBC recently? I realize that this might be a "stretch" cause of the murmur, but you never know. Best wishes and purrs, Blackberry's mom my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Cat Health > Pulling out own fur

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Sun Mar 24, '13 3:48pm PST  My regular vet gave me the name of the dermatologist that BB sees. There is an American College of Veterinary Dermatology that certifies dermatologists. If you google that, or just veterinary dermatologists, perhaps you can come up with some in your area. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Cat Health > Post Urinary Blockage worries.

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Tue Mar 19, '13 10:08am PST  Hi, I'm really sorry about your problem with Chester. I know that you don't have the money right now, but if he is smelling funny and you are really thinking that something isn't right, you need to call your vet now. I understand about the worry and fear as I've been through it recently with BB, different health issue though. Were you able to get any of his pills into him, at least the antibiotics? I've been finding that there are many ways to trick cats into eating their pills on their own if you can't actually pill them. Have you any Pill Pockets? Not the best ingredient wise, but cats seem to love them; at least my four did until they got sick of them after two months. You can stick all sorts of things on the outside of pill pockets to make them even more palatable, deli chicken, Fortiflora, freeze dried chicken bits, cheese, roll them in water from a can of tuna, you get the idea. I wish you the best and please consider calling the vet now, at least for advice. Purrs, Blackberry's mom my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Cat Health > Pulling out own fur

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Tue Mar 19, '13 9:55am PST  Hi Mr. Purrs. You said that your cat won't eat canned food; have you read catinfo.org? This website is maintained by a pro-raw feeding vet, but she has a lot of information on canned vs. dry cat food. If you look at the right side of the home page in the dark green shaded column you will see a link to the part of her site that has a good number of methods for converting a kibble only eating cat to a canned food cat. Please consider trying to again to switch away from kibble if you can afford to do it. As others have mentioned, the species inappropriate ingredients contained in dry foods will definately not help an allergy kitty. To address another point, Blackberry also has very bad allergies/immune system problems. He is fed mostly a raw diet with some grain free canned food, yet despite the diet (at one point I even had him only on raw rabbit) he continues to scratch, bite himself, and pull his fur out. His dermatologist feels that he has environmental allergies and I am saving up to have serum allergy testing done. The point here is that you can't assume that all allergies are food related. Blackberry was also on Atopica for about one year. At times this medication helped him and at other times it didn't seem to do too much. Effectiveness probably depends on the individual. Currently BB is on Gabapentin and an antihistimine which I can't recall the name of at the momment which seem to be helping him; his sores have healed over and at least some of his hair is growing back. Good luck! Purrs, Blackberry my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Blackberry Somewhere there- is love for- everyone     Purred: Thu Feb 28, '13 1:00pm PST  Thank you again everyone for your suggestions; I have tried several of them. BB is already tired of the Fortiflora and doesn't care if it's on his pill pockets, duck hearts, or meatballs, although at first the FF really got him to eat the pill up right away. The ground beef pill "meatballs" worked great last night, but today he only ate them if I rolled them around in the liquid from a can of tuna packed in water. I can still try the addition of parmesan cheese to the outside of whatever pill treat I feed him. I have a feeling that I'm going to have to switch it up every time I give him pills, which now is 3x/day. I think he's becoming very suspicious of all these treats appearing for no reason. But hopefully I'll be rid of one type of pill after tomorrow! Purrs, BB's mom my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

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