From cinzaeamarelo at gmail.com Thu Nov 14 15:52:38 2019 From: cinzaeamarelo at gmail.com (Patricia Oliveira) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:52:38 -0200 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Message-ID: Hello! Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? Thank you very much! Patr?cia Santos/SP/Brazil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From johnston1110 at comcast.net Thu Nov 14 18:21:38 2019 From: johnston1110 at comcast.net (Lorraine Johnston) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:21:38 -0500 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006f01d59b4a$aad7eb20$0087c160$@net> Hi, Let?s hope he seroconverts to negative, eh? But just in case, you might want to discuss oral dosing of human interferon alfa (*) with your vet(s). Here?s a recent study showing some efficacy against feline leukemia virus: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6783854/ An analysis of these findings can be seen here: http://fivtherapy.com/fiv_news.htm The oral dosing must be given withOUT food. (*Human interferon alfa, if injected into a cat, will eventually cause a serious allergic reaction. Oral dosing does not appear to have that risk.) Also, some rescue groups are using RetroMad1, an antiviral developed in Malaysia, for FELV cats with some success. You can email me privately for the email address of a rescuer who is willing to discuss this therapy with others. The eosinophilia could indicate an allergic response. In some cases it can indicate intestinal parasites, though I believe that finding is more common for reptiles than mammals. Best regards, - Lorraine "Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine." - Alan Turing . . . . . . . . . . . Hello! Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? Thank you very much! Patr?cia Santos/SP/Brazil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swacht1946 at comcast.net Thu Nov 14 20:11:49 2019 From: swacht1946 at comcast.net (Sandra Wachtstetter) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:11:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1797204850.256848.1573783909416@connect.xfinity.com> Just a bit of info I found on the fipcaregroup.com site that might b helpful for everyone - the recommendation is for using Moducare and NOT Lysine. Just thought I'd pass this on Sandy W > On November 14, 2019 at 4:52 PM Patricia Oliveira wrote: > > > Hello! > > Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. > > Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. > > I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? > > He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. > > Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. > > We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? > > Thank you very much! > > > Patr?cia > Santos/SP/Brazil > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gloriajhook at verizon.net Fri Nov 15 00:42:23 2019 From: gloriajhook at verizon.net (Gloria) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:42:23 -0700 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: <1797204850.256848.1573783909416@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1797204850.256848.1573783909416@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: I?m not real active in this group, but did noticed the neck scratching-my Buddy had that until I took him off foods with grain-?? Don?t know (?), but finding diet w/o grains beneficial so I thought I?d peek in for a second and offer my 2cents? -g ?? Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 14, 2019, at 7:12 PM, Sandra Wachtstetter wrote: > > ? > Just a bit of info I found on the fipcaregroup.com site that might b helpful for everyone - the recommendation is for using Moducare and NOT Lysine > Just thought I'd pass this on > Sandy W >> On November 14, 2019 at 4:52 PM Patricia Oliveira wrote: >> >> >> Hello! >> >> Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. >> >> Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. >> >> I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? >> >> He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. >> >> Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. >> >> We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? >> >> Thank you very much! >> >> >> Patr?cia >> Santos/SP/Brazil >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tessie1965 at icloud.com Fri Nov 15 07:00:14 2019 From: tessie1965 at icloud.com (Marlene Snowman) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:00:14 -0500 Subject: [Felvtalk] vey - NYC In-Reply-To: <1797204850.256848.1573783909416@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1797204850.256848.1573783909416@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <537C2CA4-111C-4E8D-AF21-5F80F3A88222@icloud.com> Good morning - I?m looking for a vet that is open and great in treating FelV in the NYC area. Does anyone have a recommendation? My cat bear aside from being FelV doesn?t like people much..... Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 14, 2019, at 9:12 PM, Sandra Wachtstetter wrote: > > ? > Just a bit of info I found on the fipcaregroup.com site that might b helpful for everyone - the recommendation is for using Moducare and NOT Lysine. > Just thought I'd pass this on > Sandy W >> On November 14, 2019 at 4:52 PM Patricia Oliveira wrote: >> >> >> Hello! >> >> Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. >> >> Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. >> >> I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? >> >> He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. >> >> Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. >> >> We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? >> >> Thank you very much! >> >> >> Patr?cia >> Santos/SP/Brazil >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aoakley at oakleylegal.com Fri Nov 15 14:27:24 2019 From: aoakley at oakleylegal.com (Amani Oakley) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:27:24 +0000 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Patricia ? I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we can?t see immediately see it. The cat?s system compensates and compensates and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we can?t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. In my cat?s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, from a terribly scarred heart. We don?t know for sure, of course, but it is likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. If it were me, I would start your kitten on Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a problem. Amani From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of Patricia Oliveira Sent: November 14, 2019 4:53 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Hello! Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? Thank you very much! Patr?cia Santos/SP/Brazil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thyme2sail at gmail.com Fri Nov 15 17:24:54 2019 From: thyme2sail at gmail.com (Pam Doore) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 18:24:54 -0500 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Amani, How do you get your vet to prescribe medication for a pet that has no outward symptoms to be treating? -Pam On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 3:27 PM Amani Oakley wrote: > Patricia ? I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV > kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all > again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he > had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. > > > > This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we > can?t see immediately see it. The cat?s system compensates and compensates > and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a > catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done > which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood > transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically > initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we > can?t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. > > > > In my cat?s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, > the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up > dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six > more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, > from a terribly scarred heart. We don?t know for sure, of course, but it is > likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to > defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. > > > > If it were me, I would start your kitten on > Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not > wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a > problem. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk * On Behalf Of *Patricia > Oliveira > *Sent:* November 14, 2019 4:53 PM > *To:* felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil > > > > > Hello! > > > Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. > > Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens > and this one tested positive for felv. > > I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic > kittens. Do you have any suggestions? > > > > He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is > increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury > but is already much better. > > > > Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), > everything else normal. > > > > We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > Patr?cia > > Santos/SP/Brazil > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cinzaeamarelo at gmail.com Fri Nov 15 17:46:22 2019 From: cinzaeamarelo at gmail.com (Patricia Oliveira) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:46:22 -0300 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: <006f01d59b4a$aad7eb20$0087c160$@net> References: <006f01d59b4a$aad7eb20$0087c160$@net> Message-ID: Hi, Vet thinks his neck could be an allergy, it could explain eosinophilia. It is really better after 6 days: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PtCRepqe0VY/Xc7_27r0i2I/AAAAAAAAxVM/r4LH1nzSuZoqBqn0R6TvDy_XeJRS4-oyACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ferrero_antes_depois.jpg Retromad isn?t available here. Interferon is available, it was used frequently in the past. Today isn?t so common brazilian vets prescribe it. I?ll search about, thank you! Patr?cia Em qui., 14 de nov. de 2019 ?s 21:23, Lorraine Johnston < johnston1110 at comcast.net> escreveu: > Hi, > > > > Let?s hope he seroconverts to negative, eh? But just in case, you might > want to discuss oral dosing of human interferon alfa (*) with your vet(s). > Here?s a recent study showing some efficacy against feline leukemia virus: > > > > https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6783854/ > > > > An analysis of these findings can be seen here: > http://fivtherapy.com/fiv_news.htm > > > > The oral dosing must be given withOUT food. > > > > (*Human interferon alfa, if injected into a cat, will eventually cause a > serious allergic reaction. Oral dosing does not appear to have that risk.) > > > > Also, some rescue groups are using RetroMad1, an antiviral developed in > Malaysia, for FELV cats with some success. You can email me privately for > the email address of a rescuer who is willing to discuss this therapy with > others. > > > > The eosinophilia could indicate an allergic response. In some cases it can > indicate intestinal parasites, though I believe that finding is more common > for reptiles than mammals. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > - Lorraine > > > > "Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the > things no one can imagine." - Alan Turing > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . > > > Hello! > > > Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. > > Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens > and this one tested positive for felv. > > I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic > kittens. Do you have any suggestions? > > > > He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is > increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury > but is already much better. > > > > Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), > everything else normal. > > > > We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > Patr?cia > > Santos/SP/Brazil > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cinzaeamarelo at gmail.com Fri Nov 15 17:55:04 2019 From: cinzaeamarelo at gmail.com (Patricia Oliveira) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:55:04 -0300 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, Amani! You know, i am using stanozolol with an elderly fiv cat rescued some weeks ago. She was inside a box, in the street, and couldn?t even support her own weight. Anemic, huge infeccion ( more than 40.000 leukocytes!). Now she is walking almost normal, no more anemia, progressing day by day :) I am very grateful for finding out stanozolol through this mailing list. About Ferrero (felv kitten), i was hoping there was something that could help him to eliminate virus. I didn?t think about felv treatment for now. Maybe I'm being too optimistic? :( This is Ferrero: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y_Q8LLhYoxk/Xc7_9WuIMeI/AAAAAAAAxVQ/9_B4ofolnSsC5E36Q41guTu-CoeRjbT3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191115_130925.jpg Thank you! Patr?cia Em sex., 15 de nov. de 2019 ?s 17:32, Amani Oakley escreveu: > Patricia ? I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV > kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all > again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he > had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. > > > > This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we > can?t see immediately see it. The cat?s system compensates and compensates > and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a > catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done > which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood > transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically > initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we > can?t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. > > > > In my cat?s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, > the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up > dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six > more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, > from a terribly scarred heart. We don?t know for sure, of course, but it is > likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to > defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. > > > > If it were me, I would start your kitten on > Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not > wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a > problem. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk * On Behalf Of *Patricia > Oliveira > *Sent:* November 14, 2019 4:53 PM > *To:* felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil > > > > > Hello! > > > Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. > > Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens > and this one tested positive for felv. > > I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic > kittens. Do you have any suggestions? > > > > He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is > increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury > but is already much better. > > > > Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), > everything else normal. > > > > We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > Patr?cia > > Santos/SP/Brazil > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swacht1946 at comcast.net Fri Nov 15 18:32:17 2019 From: swacht1946 at comcast.net (Sandra Wachtstetter) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:32:17 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1199040430.52971.1573864338470@connect.xfinity.com> I fully agree with Amani > On November 15, 2019 at 3:27 PM Amani Oakley wrote: > > > Patricia ? I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. > > > > This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we can?t see immediately see it. The cat?s system compensates and compensates and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we can?t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. > > > > In my cat?s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, from a terribly scarred heart. We don?t know for sure, of course, but it is likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. > > > > If it were me, I would start your kitten on Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a problem. > > > > Amani > > > > From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of Patricia Oliveira > Sent: November 14, 2019 4:53 PM > To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil > > > > > Hello! > > > Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. > > Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. > > I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? > > > > He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. > > > > Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. > > > > We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > Patr?cia > > Santos/SP/Brazil > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aoakley at oakleylegal.com Fri Nov 15 19:00:30 2019 From: aoakley at oakleylegal.com (Amani Oakley) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 01:00:30 +0000 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <66c46340de1b4b3884f00aaabee85245@OAKSERVER.oakley.local> Hi Patricia. Very interesting to hear about the effect of the Stanozolol on the elderly cat. I have used it in many other situations, and it often helps dramatically. I have a cat right now, and sadly, I am quite convinced he has a spinal tumour. Over the years, since he was a kitten, he has had bouts of very very serious symptoms, where his back end sways and he cannot stand up. He walks like he is drunk and cannot stay upright. He also shows a significant head tremor. So I started giving him Stanozolol, and every time I give it to him, the symptoms disappear entirely. In fact, so entirely, that I cannot get him properly investigated if I give him any Winstrol. Recently, he had one of these terrible and scary bouts, and he was looking awful. It was so upsetting to watch him so gave him one capsule. I am now being forced to use human strength Winstrol since the compounding pharmacy supplying the vets recently discontinued carrying Winstrol. The human capsule is many times stronger, but I have found that giving my cat smaller doses of the capsule, is not at all effective and my research showed that athletes use this stuff at 1,000 x or higher normal doses with no negative effects. So I now give him the whole capsule, but only one every few days. That single one capsule wiped out his symptoms. I had taken him to the vets a few days after I gave him the capsule, and the vet could see the back-end weakness still, although the weakness was already better than it had been the previous weekend. The vet made an appointment for me for another MRI and neurology consult, for two weeks later. (Supposed to be on November 25th and the symptoms were on the weekend of November 2/3). But there is nothing left to show now and I am going to have to reschedule the appointment and wait for the symptoms to return so the neurologist can actually witness them. All this to say that the Winstrol is quite impressive, and in my opinion, it is acting to allow my cat compensate for something going on in his spine, which would otherwise have my cat collapsing and unable to walk. Patricia, the medication combination I used with my FeLV cat does, I believe, effects the virus. I have researched Doxycycline, and it is effective against organisms that are very different than the usual microorganisms which are targeted by antibiotics. Antibiotics are known to be effective, largely against bacterial and obviously not viruses. Doxycycline, on the other hand, has been found to be effective against a number of viruses and a number of parasites. Having researched this, and understanding that this is nothing more than my own personal hypothesis, based on the weekly blood work I ran on my FeLV cat, I believe that the effect of the Doxycycline and the Winstrol combination is that the Winstrol strengthens the cat?s bone marrow, allowing for red cells, white cells and platelets to be regenerated. This buys time. In the meantime, the Doxycycline is preventing the virus from reproducing by interfering with cell wall synthesis of the virus. So the combination of the freezing of viral replication, and the enabling of bone marrow regeneration, may be how these meds help FeLV cats. That is also why waiting until the cat crashes and demonstrates terrible red cell counts and abnormal white cells, etc., to start the treatment, is often not successful. If the cat?s body is too damaged by the virus or the bone marrow is too far gone, then it could be anticipated that the treatment will not work. At the very least Patricia, I would put Ferrero on the Doxycycline. Thank you also for letting me know of the good result you have seen so far on the older stray, and thank you for doing all that you?re doing for these poor babies in Brazil. Amani From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of Patricia Oliveira Sent: November 15, 2019 6:55 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Hi, Amani! You know, i am using stanozolol with an elderly fiv cat rescued some weeks ago. She was inside a box, in the street, and couldn?t even support her own weight. Anemic, huge infeccion ( more than 40.000 leukocytes!). Now she is walking almost normal, no more anemia, progressing day by day :) I am very grateful for finding out stanozolol through this mailing list. About Ferrero (felv kitten), i was hoping there was something that could help him to eliminate virus. I didn?t think about felv treatment for now. Maybe I'm being too optimistic? :( This is Ferrero: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y_Q8LLhYoxk/Xc7_9WuIMeI/AAAAAAAAxVQ/9_B4ofolnSsC5E36Q41guTu-CoeRjbT3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191115_130925.jpg Thank you! Patr?cia Em sex., 15 de nov. de 2019 ?s 17:32, Amani Oakley > escreveu: Patricia ? I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we can?t see immediately see it. The cat?s system compensates and compensates and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we can?t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. In my cat?s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, from a terribly scarred heart. We don?t know for sure, of course, but it is likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. If it were me, I would start your kitten on Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a problem. Amani From: Felvtalk > On Behalf Of Patricia Oliveira Sent: November 14, 2019 4:53 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Hello! Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? Thank you very much! Patr?cia Santos/SP/Brazil _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aoakley at oakleylegal.com Fri Nov 15 19:02:41 2019 From: aoakley at oakleylegal.com (Amani Oakley) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 01:02:41 +0000 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9209aee9f233477a80f4c262d0bf4b7f@OAKSERVER.oakley.local> First, my vet has a lot of confidence in me and I have been right so many times, she really doesn?t question me anymore. Unfortunately, as my last email stated, I can no longer get the Winstrol from my vets because the compounding pharmacy which supplies the vets, no longer is carrying it. I now order it online, but it is in human strength. Amani From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of Pam Doore Sent: November 15, 2019 6:25 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Amani, How do you get your vet to prescribe medication for a pet that has no outward symptoms to be treating? -Pam On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 3:27 PM Amani Oakley > wrote: Patricia ? I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we can?t see immediately see it. The cat?s system compensates and compensates and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we can?t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. In my cat?s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, from a terribly scarred heart. We don?t know for sure, of course, but it is likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. If it were me, I would start your kitten on Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a problem. Amani From: Felvtalk > On Behalf Of Patricia Oliveira Sent: November 14, 2019 4:53 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Hello! Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? Thank you very much! Patr?cia Santos/SP/Brazil _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thyme2sail at gmail.com Fri Nov 15 19:13:15 2019 From: thyme2sail at gmail.com (Pam Doore) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:13:15 -0500 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: <9209aee9f233477a80f4c262d0bf4b7f@OAKSERVER.oakley.local> References: <9209aee9f233477a80f4c262d0bf4b7f@OAKSERVER.oakley.local> Message-ID: Thank you. I have a great relationship with our vets but I am not sure I could get them to do that but will have the discussion the next time I have a felv+. ~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~ *Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ? **St. Patrick* On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:03 PM Amani Oakley wrote: > First, my vet has a lot of confidence in me and I have been right so many > times, she really doesn?t question me anymore. Unfortunately, as my last > email stated, I can no longer get the Winstrol from my vets because the > compounding pharmacy which supplies the vets, no longer is carrying it. I > now order it online, but it is in human strength. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk * On Behalf Of *Pam > Doore > *Sent:* November 15, 2019 6:25 PM > *To:* felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil > > > > Amani, How do you get your vet to prescribe medication for a pet that has > no outward symptoms to be treating? > > > > -Pam > > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 3:27 PM Amani Oakley > wrote: > > Patricia ? I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV > kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all > again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he > had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. > > > > This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we > can?t see immediately see it. The cat?s system compensates and compensates > and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a > catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done > which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood > transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically > initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we > can?t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. > > > > In my cat?s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, > the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up > dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six > more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, > from a terribly scarred heart. We don?t know for sure, of course, but it is > likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to > defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. > > > > If it were me, I would start your kitten on > Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not > wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a > problem. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk *On Behalf Of *Patricia > Oliveira > *Sent:* November 14, 2019 4:53 PM > *To:* felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil > > > > > Hello! > > > Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. > > Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens > and this one tested positive for felv. > > I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic > kittens. Do you have any suggestions? > > > > He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is > increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury > but is already much better. > > > > Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), > everything else normal. > > > > We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > Patr?cia > > Santos/SP/Brazil > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aoakley at oakleylegal.com Fri Nov 15 20:36:48 2019 From: aoakley at oakleylegal.com (Amani Oakley) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 02:36:48 +0000 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: <9209aee9f233477a80f4c262d0bf4b7f@OAKSERVER.oakley.local> Message-ID: <45940d3b36844ef3ab6987310a381fd7@OAKSERVER.oakley.local> But Pam ? even without symptoms, if a cat is FeLV+ - and particularly if it?s a kitten, then every vet knows that prognosis is grim. Why wait to treat? In the majority of cases, a cat will not come through a feline leukemia infection. If the cat is an adult, then I agree that the infection may not be active. Many adult cats who contract feline leukemia, will not develop the infection but may undergo a subclinical course and remain seroconverted. But if it?s a kitten, this is when they?re vulnerable to a feline leukemia infection and unlikely to survive. Amani From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of Pam Doore Sent: November 15, 2019 8:13 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Thank you. I have a great relationship with our vets but I am not sure I could get them to do that but will have the discussion the next time I have a felv+. ~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~ Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ? St. Patrick On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:03 PM Amani Oakley > wrote: First, my vet has a lot of confidence in me and I have been right so many times, she really doesn?t question me anymore. Unfortunately, as my last email stated, I can no longer get the Winstrol from my vets because the compounding pharmacy which supplies the vets, no longer is carrying it. I now order it online, but it is in human strength. Amani From: Felvtalk > On Behalf Of Pam Doore Sent: November 15, 2019 6:25 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Amani, How do you get your vet to prescribe medication for a pet that has no outward symptoms to be treating? -Pam On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 3:27 PM Amani Oakley > wrote: Patricia ? I speak just for myself, based on my experience with my FeLV kitten. I personally would not wait. If I ever had the chance to do it all again, I would have started my kitten on treatment for FeLV well before he had his crash, months after we learned he was FeLV positive. This virus is not just sitting quietly. It is doing damage, even if we can?t see immediately see it. The cat?s system compensates and compensates and compensates until a tipping point is reached and the cat has a catastrophic event. This is when we run to the vets, get blood work done which shows horrible results, and all sorts of heroic efforts (blood transfusions, experimental treatments, etc.) are then hysterically initiated. Many many times, it is too late, and no matter what we do, we can?t drag these tiny little angels back from the brink. In my cat?s case, even though I was able to drag him back from the abyss, the virus nonetheless had done a lot of damage to his body. He ended up dying at a very young 7 years of age. We loved him so much, and we got six more years with him, but it was nowhere near enough. He died, ultimately, from a terribly scarred heart. We don?t know for sure, of course, but it is likely that the virus was able to damage his heart, before we were able to defeat the virus, much damage had been done to his body. If it were me, I would start your kitten on Winstrol/Prednisone/Doxycycline even if there are no symptoms. I would not wait for the shoe to drop. I would not bet on the virus not causing a problem. Amani From: Felvtalk > On Behalf Of Patricia Oliveira Sent: November 14, 2019 4:53 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Hello! Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? Thank you very much! Patr?cia Santos/SP/Brazil _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aoakley at oakleylegal.com Sun Nov 17 11:49:12 2019 From: aoakley at oakleylegal.com (Amani Oakley) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 17:49:12 +0000 Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil In-Reply-To: References: <006f01d59b4a$aad7eb20$0087c160$@net> Message-ID: <998ca6bc58bc4386b985bb6b973284cb@OAKSERVER.oakley.local> Patricia ? if you can get a prescription for Betaderm skin cream, it does wonders on skin lesions and improvements are often very quick. Amani From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of Patricia Oliveira Sent: November 15, 2019 6:46 PM To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil Hi, Vet thinks his neck could be an allergy, it could explain eosinophilia. It is really better after 6 days: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PtCRepqe0VY/Xc7_27r0i2I/AAAAAAAAxVM/r4LH1nzSuZoqBqn0R6TvDy_XeJRS4-oyACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ferrero_antes_depois.jpg Retromad isn?t available here. Interferon is available, it was used frequently in the past. Today isn?t so common brazilian vets prescribe it. I?ll search about, thank you! Patr?cia Em qui., 14 de nov. de 2019 ?s 21:23, Lorraine Johnston > escreveu: Hi, Let?s hope he seroconverts to negative, eh? But just in case, you might want to discuss oral dosing of human interferon alfa (*) with your vet(s). Here?s a recent study showing some efficacy against feline leukemia virus: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6783854/ An analysis of these findings can be seen here: http://fivtherapy.com/fiv_news.htm The oral dosing must be given withOUT food. (*Human interferon alfa, if injected into a cat, will eventually cause a serious allergic reaction. Oral dosing does not appear to have that risk.) Also, some rescue groups are using RetroMad1, an antiviral developed in Malaysia, for FELV cats with some success. You can email me privately for the email address of a rescuer who is willing to discuss this therapy with others. The eosinophilia could indicate an allergic response. In some cases it can indicate intestinal parasites, though I believe that finding is more common for reptiles than mammals. Best regards, - Lorraine "Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine." - Alan Turing . . . . . . . . . . . Hello! Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued. Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv. I was searching archives but i didn?t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions? He is about 5 or 6 months, was spayed some weeks ago, his weight is increasing, good coat, active and playing. He had a scratching neck injury but is already much better. Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then? Thank you very much! Patr?cia Santos/SP/Brazil _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you Miriam Fenton > On Nov 17, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Kathy Schaeffer wrote: > > ? > Can you remove me from this list, please? > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org From moonvine at gmail.com Sun Nov 17 20:40:27 2019 From: moonvine at gmail.com (Kelley S) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 20:40:27 -0600 Subject: [Felvtalk] Email list In-Reply-To: <219ADA9F-7804-4D41-A973-081B20FAD38C@gmail.com> References: <219ADA9F-7804-4D41-A973-081B20FAD38C@gmail.com> Message-ID: I believe you have to remove yourself, but could be wrong. The link is at the bottom of each email. 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