[Felvtalk] 4 month old kitten with Feline Leukemia

[Marsha]

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
>

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