<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><font size="3"><span>Hi Matt - I have had several cats who turned from FeLv+ to negative. One who turned back to positive after turning to negative passed away very quickly. Odd case because my other "turned cat" lived to be 12 years old. He was about a year old when I rescued him, he was positive and then turned negative. Lived a pretty long life too, considering he had been a street cat before I got him. I still have one who was both FeLv+ and FIV+. He turned negative for leukemia but not for FIV but FIV is not a serious issue around my place. They usually live as long as negative cats. <br></span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14.9333px; font-family: Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><font
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style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, September 14, 2014 12:12 PM, Matt Pardo <mpardo@velocitystorm.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv8212897103">
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<div class="yiv8212897103MsoNormal">Hi everyone, I am new to the list. I have been looking through the archives for an answer, but haven’t found it yet. Sorry if this has been answered before.
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<div class="yiv8212897103MsoNormal">My cat, named Roughy, was a feral cat with FIV and FeLV. I have had him for about four years now with only minor infections. However, on Thursday, he didn’t eat. On Friday, I took him to the vet. The vet said he was extremely anemic…unfortunately,
I was too shell shocked to ask for a copy of the lab results so I can’t say what that means. He gave him a shot of dexamethasone on Friday and gave him fluids. He seemed much better when I took him home. He gave me some dex to give him to him. I could have
sworn he said one time a day, but the label says 2 times per day (every 12 hours). My concern is that I am giving him too much dex. The dosage per pill is 0.5 mg which nets to 1 mg per 24 hours. Is this ok/normal? This is the first anemia I have experienced
and I am really worried. Poor Roughy had a really rough night Friday. Last night was a bit better, but he still seems to be struggling. I would really appreciate it if anyone knows if that dosage is ok. Of course, I have tried contacting my vet, but I can’t
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<div class="yiv8212897103MsoNormal">Thanks!</div>
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