[Felvtalk] Question

[Margo]

Hi Marlene,

        Without more info, I can suggest starting DMG, if it isn't contraindicated with any of the other supplements you are using.

        My Mako fought so hard at a recent Vet visit (and this was new) that they decided not to stress him. My Vet said she had been reading about using Gabapentin as sedation for aggressive/fractious cats, and when I googled, this came up;

http://vetanesthesiaspecialists.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/SerenityNowSedationOptions_Feline_ABVP2015_HeidiLShafford.pdf

        We had to get blood, he was spiraling downhill. So, we tried. He got 50 mgs (1/2 a capsule) in a small amount of baby food, an hour before his appointment, so about 1.5 hrs before the attempted blood draw. They got blood, and that sent us to the Vet Specialists. He got it for that appointment, as well, but 3 hours ahead. All went well there, too.

        There didn't seem to be any real side effects, he was quiet, but not overly so. He did have anesthesia for aspirates, and the gabapentin was not an issue. Even better, it's easily available at human pharmacies in 100mg caps, and was on the $4 list. 

HTH,

Margo and Mako 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Marlene Snowman <tessie1965 at icloud.com>
>Sent: Aug 28, 2016 8:15 PM
>To: Felv <felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
>Subject: [Felvtalk] Question
>
>Hi - I've been reading posts for a bit and decided I needed some advice too. I have a FelV kitten who is 1 year old. I've had her since she was just a little more than a month old. She tested positive twice and the vet has yet been able to physically examine her or get a blood test since. She isn't feral but her dislike of the vet and people is probably her strength and fight to stay alive. I feed her really good kitten food and mixed with astragalus and ligustrum twice daily and l-lysine. She's also been on antibiotics for a nose and eye infection, not to mention the fleas, ear mites, tongue ulcers and lacerations on her legs when I first rescued her but she hasn't been on antibiotics for 4 months at least. (So antibiotics for most of her life). She's gone from a pound to 7.2 lbs. So I've seen a great improvement. The nose infection has never cleared, so boogers are a constant, although more a yellow to clear than the original greenish mucous. 
>
>I recognize that I need to get her in for a complete blood work. She eats well, drinks a lot and other than the boogers, seems healthy. 
>
>Would you suggest anything now other than the blood work for my girl Bear ? 
>
>Thanks 
>Marlene 
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