This thread has been a real eye-opener for me. Thank you to everyone who has shared the info they have.
My humane society acquired FHV cats were in a study 13 years ago, at Colorado State U Vet School, for helping to develop treatments and the vaccine. I used the L-lysine for them for over 2 years and found it didn't help at all. I also had a problem that one cat wouldn't touch her wet food after putting anything in/on it, except for her dried salmon treats, crumpled up. After reading all this, I'm convinced I wasn't giving them enough and my vet never mentioned upping the dose, ever. I think I'll give it a try again, and if that cat still won't take it on her food, I'll just dissolve it in water and squirt it into her mouth.
I've presently got them both on Prednisolone, 2.5mg every other day, to reduce the swelling in their membranes. My finicky eater, Angie, is nicknamed wheezy, because she always does, but her eyes are never affected and she rarely has nasal discharge. However, when she does have nasal discharge, she also gets a sore spot on the edge of one nostril. I hate having to put her on the Prednisolone because she gets so whiny too.
My other FHV cat, Tibby, is nicknamed sneezy. She almost always has a stuffed up nose and clear runny eyes. Putting her back on the Prednisolone this week has really helped with all of that, and she is. She normally didn't notice the L-lysine in her food, but if she was too congested, she also wouldn't eat anything. So, now that I know I can dissolve it in water, that will be the back-up administration method for her too.
My humane society acquired FHV cats were in a study 13 years ago, at Colorado State U Vet School, for helping to develop treatments and the vaccine. I used the L-lysine for them for over 2 years and found it didn't help at all. I also had a problem that one cat wouldn't touch her wet food after putting anything in/on it, except for her dried salmon treats, crumpled up. After reading all this, I'm convinced I wasn't giving them enough and my vet never mentioned upping the dose, ever. I think I'll give it a try again, and if that cat still won't take it on her food, I'll just dissolve it in water and squirt it into her mouth.
I've presently got them both on Prednisolone, 2.5mg every other day, to reduce the swelling in their membranes. My finicky eater, Angie, is nicknamed wheezy, because she always does, but her eyes are never affected and she rarely has nasal discharge. However, when she does have nasal discharge, she also gets a sore spot on the edge of one nostril. I hate having to put her on the Prednisolone because she gets so whiny too.
My other FHV cat, Tibby, is nicknamed sneezy. She almost always has a stuffed up nose and clear runny eyes. Putting her back on the Prednisolone this week has really helped with all of that, and she is. She normally didn't notice the L-lysine in her food, but if she was too congested, she also wouldn't eat anything. So, now that I know I can dissolve it in water, that will be the back-up administration method for her too.