[Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil

[Sandra Wachtstetter]

I fully agree with Amani

> On November 15, 2019 at 3:27 PM Amani Oakley <aoakley at oakleylegal.com> wrote:
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     Amani
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>     From: Felvtalk <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org> On Behalf Of Patricia Oliveira
>     Sent: November 14, 2019 4:53 PM
>     To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>     Subject: [Felvtalk] another felv kitten - Brasil
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>     Hello! 
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>     Here I am again with another felv kitten rescued.
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>     Fortunately, this time it's not a sick kitten. We test all rescued kittens and this one tested positive for felv.  
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>     I was searching archives but i didn´t find anything for asymptomatic kittens. Do you have any suggestions?
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>     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.
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>     Blood work showed eosinophilia (because of neck inflamed skin maybe?), everything else normal. 
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>     We will test him again in few weeks. Any advice until then?
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>     Thank you very much!
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>     Patrícia
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>     Santos/SP/Brazil
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