Hello all,
We adopted a cat from the PSPCA about a year and a half ago. In the last 6-9 mos, he's been showing outward signs of immune compromised issues. First, he was diagnosed with stomatitis (the awful, painful tooth rejecting gums problem) and then just in the last 4 mos, he developed pododermatitis (aka pillow foot).
His teeth issues have been holding steady. He doesn't seem to be in nearly the amount of pain that he was initially. It's his feet that have really been bad now. He's currently on .50mL of doxy. At first, his pads cleared up from the puffiness and his claws quit oozing pus. But even on the daily doxy (we're into the 2nd month), his pads are getting bad again. Tonight, I found dried pus around one of the pads.
I've read on a few websites that these two conditions have been found together and that we should get Oren tested for FIV, which we can certainly do.
I feel horrible for my little dude. I realize that sometimes finding answers takes awhile, but I just want something to work and make him feel better.
Anyone have experience to share? Did any of the meds work for you? Any suggestions of the next route we should try? Some folks say to try raw food, which we've fed in the past, but we were both working then. My husband is in the process of finding a job, so we've been doing our best to do right by our little dude, but work within our budget too.
Just assuming he has FIV, how do you take care of your FIV cat? Do any of you have FIV/pillow foot/stomatitis cats?
Thanks so much,
ShanaRB
We adopted a cat from the PSPCA about a year and a half ago. In the last 6-9 mos, he's been showing outward signs of immune compromised issues. First, he was diagnosed with stomatitis (the awful, painful tooth rejecting gums problem) and then just in the last 4 mos, he developed pododermatitis (aka pillow foot).
His teeth issues have been holding steady. He doesn't seem to be in nearly the amount of pain that he was initially. It's his feet that have really been bad now. He's currently on .50mL of doxy. At first, his pads cleared up from the puffiness and his claws quit oozing pus. But even on the daily doxy (we're into the 2nd month), his pads are getting bad again. Tonight, I found dried pus around one of the pads.
I've read on a few websites that these two conditions have been found together and that we should get Oren tested for FIV, which we can certainly do.
I feel horrible for my little dude. I realize that sometimes finding answers takes awhile, but I just want something to work and make him feel better.
Anyone have experience to share? Did any of the meds work for you? Any suggestions of the next route we should try? Some folks say to try raw food, which we've fed in the past, but we were both working then. My husband is in the process of finding a job, so we've been doing our best to do right by our little dude, but work within our budget too.
Just assuming he has FIV, how do you take care of your FIV cat? Do any of you have FIV/pillow foot/stomatitis cats?
Thanks so much,
ShanaRB