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post #31 of 45
2/16/10 at 6:22am
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Thanks everyone!

He was healthy and bugsy this morning so we went on and went. My vet told me he would be fine and if I didn't hear from him he was fine. So hopefully the phone does NOT ring.

He is the ONLY kitty I have taken to the vet and had him sitting in his cage, (making bread) on his blanket and purring, so I guess he thought he was going to a party. LOL

I will keep everyone up to speed, as for now, I will post some pictures of him so everyone will know who we are talking about =)

Thanks so much for the reassurement, I cried for hours last night and just snuggled him (for the time he wasn't downstairs playing with the big cats) Lol!
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post #32 of 45
2/16/10 at 2:36pm
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He is home now!! He is doing fine, sleeping it up. =) I am so glad he is okay!
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post #33 of 45
2/16/10 at 2:40pm
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He is home now!! He is doing fine, sleeping it up. =) I am so glad he is okay!
Oh GREAT! Awesome! Here are some vibes for him! and a hug for you
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post #34 of 45
2/16/10 at 5:06pm
Great news! So glad he's home and did well during his snipping!
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post #35 of 45
2/16/10 at 7:16pm
Thanks for keeping us up to date on the little guy. Glad he's back home where he belongs, none the worse.
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post #36 of 45
2/22/10 at 4:12pm
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Just another update on the shortcake. He is healing great, no word back on his blood work yet, we have another 2 days tops to wait. I will let everyone know what happens! =)
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post #37 of 45
3/4/10 at 2:50pm
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OK so I realized that I have not been on (sooo much going on around here) All the pets are okay just the people geting out of control now! lol.

He does have FHV and his antibodies are really high the vet says. So now we just live and be happy and try to keep him around for many years! =)

I do have a further question.

I feed him 500 mg of lysine, well I was. The day after he has lysine he gets so "snotty" sounding and it makes me want to heave so I did my own experiment and the days I do not give it to him he sounds better?? SO comfusing! LOL.

I hope everyone is doing well and everyones kit kit eh's are doing well

xoxoxoxo
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post #38 of 45
3/4/10 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by Luvmy10 View Post
OK so I realized that I have not been on (sooo much going on around here) All the pets are okay just the people geting out of control now! lol.

He does have FHV and his antibodies are really high the vet says. So now we just live and be happy and try to keep him around for many years! =)

I do have a further question.

I feed him 500 mg of lysine, well I was. The day after he has lysine he gets so "snotty" sounding and it makes me want to heave so I did my own experiment and the days I do not give it to him he sounds better?? SO comfusing! LOL.

I hope everyone is doing well and everyones kit kit eh's are doing well

xoxoxoxo
Keep him on L-lysine... Your experiment was probably a very odd coincidence. There is nothing that will help more to keep him healthy than Lysine.
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post #39 of 45
3/4/10 at 3:06pm
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Thanks love, I will! =)
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post #40 of 45
3/4/10 at 3:51pm
What lysine are you using? I ask as some contain things other than just lysine
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post #41 of 45
3/4/10 at 3:57pm
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What lysine are you using? I ask as some contain things other than just lysine
Excellent point Sharky! Make sure it is 100% pure Lysine!
BTY, this is a great one, cheap, 100% pure, tasteless, that you can add to the water or food - it's the one I use...
Now foods L-Lysine
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post #42 of 45
3/4/10 at 5:57pm
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What lysine are you using? I ask as some contain things other than just lysine
That was my thought too, that he was reacting to something else, if she is using a veterinary paste, for instance.
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post #43 of 45
3/5/10 at 7:44am
My Mattie also gets lysine every day. The vet told me just buy it from Wal Mart. I crush a 500 mg. pill and add to her food every day. When I get an outbreak of fever blisters, I take it myself. It gets rid of them.
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post #44 of 45
3/5/10 at 7:48am
My vet gave me a powdered form of L-Lysine that says on the label it contains a pleasing taste very palatable to cats. It stinks like crazy but I was giving both kittens two little scoops each day because my new one, Frankie, has a history of severe URIs before I adopted him and I wanted to keep them both well. I'm going to switch to one scoop a day for each because the clavimox I got from the vet seems to have taken care of this sneezing/weepy eyes thing he's had since I brought him home from the shelter.
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post #45 of 45
3/5/10 at 11:10am
I used the human Lysine supplement in capsules for my kitten, I just opened the capsule up and mixed the powder with his food (my vet said this was ok.)
My cat Church had chronic URIs when he was a baby. When I rescued him as a 5-week-old feral he had a really bad one so we had to get medication but my vet also had me put him on Lysine which helped a lot. My vet said he had herpes virus but he wasn't tested for it specifically.
My vet said there is a higher risk under anesthesia if they have a URI but we waited until Church was 6 months old and healthier (although he still had stuffy nose) to get him neutered. As he got older his URIs cleared up, he hasn't had one since he became an adult and I stopped giving Lysine because he began to refuse to eat the food if it had Lysine in it.
I've been told cats can "grow out of" FHV or just have flare-ups if they are stressed. The only lasting effect is that he tends to squint a lot.
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