Feline Herpes virus and famciclovir

[judeskitties]

Thanks so much to all posts on famciclocir. My 15 yr old was within a week of losing her eye when I got her to a wonderful kitty ophlamologist in Denver Surburb last Wed. She prescribed famciclovir, oflaxin drops, and a pain med. And she explained how the stress of having a cold and having six accessed teeth pulled was likely the cause Herpes taking hold. And how the nerve root is to the eye in cats, not to the mouth as in adults. Long story short, Miss Curry isn't the best pill taker, and reading every post in here brought me to pill pockets with a water chaser. She still doesn't like it, but it is less mess than tuna! And I finally have her corralled in one bedroom with pillows stuffed all under the bed. We share the room during the day when I come in to read and she has guest visits from our other cat. This is an old mid- century home with a basement and for two days her stress and mine were increasing, not decreasing as she ran ad I chased. She can still hide a little, but is more resigned to the situation. I should have paid attention to tell beautiful opthalmologist vet on that score in the first place! We go back to her in 5 days. We didn't have bus this morning on day 5, so hopefully we will save this little kitty's eye and although my guilt will never be assuaged, it will have been lessened. Oh yes, her own vet called and said this wasn't there in July, just no tears, but on her follow-up when the alternate vet prescribed a steroid along with the Ofloxacin,the hole in the cornea just went haywire! 7 days later Miss Curry and I were in VRCC and being treated. I couldn't have made it without finding this website. So many thanks for all your suggestions!

 

[janitarudy]

I have also used VRCC and both opthamologists there are fabulous! We were lucky to catch Sammy's eosinophilic keratitis early so any new sign of herpes in my old guy is quickly taken care of with ofloxacin and l-lysine, which is easy to put into wet food (thank goodness, I would be having your same problems if I had to pill him). I hope your next visit finds your kitty well on the mend.

 

[libby1308]

My vet did prescribe it for one of my cats and it seemed to work well. Now I have another cat with it and this vet only prescribed lysine and that doesnt seem to be doing anything at all.

 

[lisa j tx]

It is so sad to hear all the troubles these sweet kitties have form the herpes virus.  Mine contracted it too when I took in a seemingly healthy stray.  I ended up with 5 cats rapid -fire sneezing and drippy eyes and congestion.  One of my old cats ended up getting a corneal ulcer.  He developed a white fog that kept growing and eventually nearly blinded one of his eyes.  He had no improvement for about 2 months.  I had used colloidal silver for eye, ear, and sinus infections in the past for my family.  I knew it helped us and it didn't ever hurt or cause any side effects so I tried it on him as well as the other cats.  I dropped a few drops in each eye and a couple up each nostril and I gave him about 1cc (=1ml) orally.  I could not believe how quickly and completely his eye healed up.  His eye completely cleared in about a week and it is still clear now and it has been about 8 months.  I did the same treatment for all the sick cats.  They usually cycled about every 3 weeks with their respiratory troubles.  They haven't had any trouble for 8 months now.  Every now and then one cat may sneeze once every couple of weeks and another sometimes has a watery eye but nothing any worse.  The outside tomcat (the typhoid harry) got so terrible sick with the resulting pneumonia that I thought he would most likely die.  I gave him the same treatment above with the 10ppm low strength colloidal silver and he completely recovered and his disposition changed becoming very gently and loving through it all.  He used to periodically have hacking fits with terrible congestion and now I haven't heard him do that at all for 8 months.  I don't think they are free from the herpes virus I just know that they are much, much healthier and happier.  I thought for sure the one cat would loose his eye and that the tom would die.  This is the longest they have been well.  During this time I took in another stray who was pregnant.  I kept the 5 kittens as they had other health troubles (coccidia).  I noticed the weaned kittens starting to show signs of the herpes virus and I treated them and their water bowel with the colloidal silver.  None of these precious 5 kittens got anything worse than a drippy eye and they are all together with the other cats.  They are now 6 months old and still haven't had the respiratory troubles.  (I am about to get them and their daddy all fixed.)   I hope other cats will benefit from what helped mine so much. Blessing to all of you and your precious kitties.  

 

[kate5]

Hi everyone! I just joined after reading all the useful advice about medication for feline herpes. My 15 year old male cat has just been diagnosed with  feline herpes and has an ulcerated cornea.  He had had a red eye for about a month, but it didn't seem to bother him, and I thought he'd had a scratch from another cat) The vet prescribed 5 different medications to be taken daily, so it was so interesting to read all your experiences and results with different medications. I live in Canada- so maybe some of the medications are under another name here. These are the 5 medications that  Jeorge is taking-(it is as well that I am retired as this is the schedule  -and he doesn't like it one bit!) Ganciclovir Sod/Interferon  10 ml. -4x daily, Ocuflox, .3%, 2x daily, Optix Care Eye Lubricant 15g-3x daily, Famciclovir  250mg-1/4 of a tablet -2x daily, Lysine HCI Oral Paste, 250mg -1 pump-2x daily. This is the first day and I'm finding it hard to administer so many drugs, so many times a day-especially as Jeorge likes to spend time outdoors. I would value anyone's opinions about their thoughts on all these drugs being taken daily. I have to make sure they are given 20 mins. at least, apart. There are hardly enough hours in the day!!! If these drugs don't do the trick she said he would need surgery to remove the ulcer. I really hope it doesn't come to that. Please give me any advice you think might help.

 

[lisa j tx]

Hi kate5,

So sorry you and your sweet cat are going through this.  I bet it is difficult and time consuming to get all those treatments done in a day.  I can't offer any advise on those treatments because I tried colloidal silver first and it worked so easily and so quickly and completely healed my 13 year old cats eye ulcer and respiratory troubles.  His eye was nearly blind from a white / pink fog that was slowly forming over most of one of his eyes.  I can't believe his eye is now so bright and clear.  I treated both eyes with drops of Colloidal silver which can be purchased at most health food / supplement stores or online from places like Amazon.  There are several different companies that make it.  I had used one called: sovereign silver and the strength was 10 parts per million.  It was so easy to administer even with difficult cats because it is much like giving drops of distilled water (that is what it is made in).  You can research it on the net and find others who have used it for various serious eye infections with great success in humans and animals.  I even read of a doctor who used colloidal silver to heal her cat's eye ulcer.  For decades hospitals have believed in the safety and effectiveness of silver as an antibiotic and have used it for various reasons such as: to prevent dangerous eye infections in newborns, it is used in the best burn wound creams and even in some bandages to fight infection in deep wounds.  Here is a link to another person's amazing success story on a different thread on this great site.

Her summary is post #124 on this link: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/240011/colloidal-silver-usage-for-cats-health-in-some-occasions/120     

Ambermay's cat was dying from a severe deep wound infection that the vets couldn't seem to heal.  As a last resort she tried colloidal silver but a much higher strength which I might hesitate to use in the eye since the lower strength worked great in my cats eyes. 

I have seen that CS is very safe for my family and my pets.  I used it for a total of 12 different cats of which 5 were kittens.  None of them had any ill effects; only great results!  I am so relieved that all my kitties are well now.  I hope yours will be well soon too.

 

[lisa j tx]

Hi kate5,

I also thought you might be interested in the advise and success story from another person on a related thread from this site.  I will copy and paste it below. 

She is having great success keeping her cat free from herpes symptoms with just the use of the supplement Lysine.  This natural supplement seems to have a lot of health benefits and it is inexpensive.  I am going to start giving it to all my cats just for extra insurance that another herpes cycle doesn't start up again with my cats.  They used to cycle every 3 weeks with the sickness lasting one week.  Since treating with CS for a week they haven't had an outbreak for over 7 months.  A lot of people that have herpes infected cats seem to like the results of the Lysine.  I think these more natural remedies are usually much safer options and often more effective than prescribed meds, but that is just my opinion.  

Posted by: Angels mommy  (post #5 on this link:   http://www.thecatsite.com/t/277604/eye-drops-for-herpes#post_3555019)

"

When angel used to have break outs, the vet prescribed the Neo Poly drops, & those always worked well for him. 

Yes, I agree about the lysine. I have been giving it to Angel for over 4 years now, & he never has break outs anymore. He was on the eye drops every few months off & on for the first two years he was with me. I could just call the vet for refills. 

I think it's been over two or more years now sense he has needed any.  If his eyes even start to look a little suspicious, or he sneezes a few times, (rare)

& seems he just needs a little immune boost, (also if I know he is going to be stressed for some reason it seems to help, sense the immune system is more vulnerable under stress.   I just up his dose for a few days to two weeks if needed & all is fine. 

The recommended dose is 250 mg. 2XS/day.  500 mg. 2XS/day during a break out. 

I just order a bottle of 500 mg. Lysine capsules on amazon, & sprinkle 1/2 a cap in his breakfast, & the other 1/2 in his dinner.  

Hope that helps!

-Kelly,  Proud Meowmy of Angel 

 "The kitty love of my life!" "

 

[kate5]

Hi Lisa, Thank you so much for all your invaluable advice. I remember reading your post when I joined up last night,  as it stood out from all the others( all 60 odd of them!!) because it was the only one that used natural products-(I think-don't want to offend anyone!) I had never heard of colloidal silver, but the results you had with your cats was amazing. I only wish I had known about it before spending hundreds on medication, which might, or might not, work,  and which might actually do some harm. You are right about it being difficult to get all of the 5 medications into Jeorge. He is being pretty good about it,  although he gets a bit testy if I try to do it myself. Paul has to pin him down, and I administer the drops. Hate to do it to him, but it seemed like the only solution. You are so kind and generous with your advice, and I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to me, and outlining what worked with your kitties. You are obviously devoted to your own cats, and are helping so many other cat owners to find an effective way of controlling feline herpes- without resorting to strong medication. We had to pick up the Famciclovir  from Shoppers Drug Mart, and it is the same stuff given to humans when they have Herpes! My daughter went in with the prescription and had to pay $50 for 15 tablets! The other 4 medications I got from the vet. Jeorge used to belong to Caroline, my daughter, before  she married a cat -allergic man! Jeorge is a mixture of Tabby and Chocolate Siamese and is very beautiful just as all your kitties are too, I'm sure. The vet said that if these medications don't get rid of the ulcer, then Jeorge will have to see a specialist who will surgically remove it. Before I would put him through that, I will certainly use the colloidal silver and go on line to buy it- as you did- because I'm pretty sure I'd have difficulty buying it here. I'll keep you posted on Jeorge's progress-right now the blighter is outside, which delays my drop-giving schedule!  We have another kitty, Blackie, who turned up on our doorstep 4 years ago, so I am hoping she doesn't develop herpes too. If she does, I'm going to follow your advice and use the colloidal silver. Better get off and find Jeorge-time for more medication! THANK you so much, Lisa, for all your advice and generosity. I really appreciate it. Hope all your babies are thriving and are Herpes free. All the best, Kathleen

 

[lisa j tx]

Hi Kate5 (Kathleen),

Thanks for your sweet message.  Wow, that medicine does cost a lot.  How many days do you have to keep up that difficult medicine schedule?  Jeorge sure sounds beautiful and unique.  You should post a photo of him.  I should do that with all of mine but I hate messing with this old, slow, cranky computer.  

I wish I had taken a picture of Tango's eye when it was so bad so I could show you before and after photos.  He was about 12 when he contracted herpes from some other strays I took in.  Before he got herpes and the eye ulcer, I had noticed he seemed to be developing cataracts.  I only mention it because I am so amazed that his eyes no longer look that way. They seem very bright and clear now and that has to be due to the healing effects of the colloidal silver.  My elderly father-in-law lives with us and he has recurring painful eye troubles that he has been battling for years.  No prescribed medicine or otc drops ever seem to help much.  He finally got brave enough to try CS and it helped him to finally get relief, fairly quickly, every time.  Yesterday, I was further researching CS's effectiveness for eye troubles and saw many people claiming it quickly healed severe cases of pink eye and other eye infections in people, plus eye infections that were said to be reversible in horses, and eye ulcers in dogs.  I also read of people claiming it made their cataracts vanish.  That was hard for me to believe but it seems to have done that for Tango.  

Over the years we have had so many animals and everyone we have ever had, except the horses, were strays.  I can't ever seem to turn away strays so this spring I ended up with 5 kittens due to taking in a sickly pregnant stray.  I had to eventually integrate the 5 kittens with my other cats because I couldn't bear the thought of letting them loose out here on the open prairie -so full of wildlife predators.  I knew they would probably catch the herpes virus.  The vet said to watch them and said she would prescribe me some antibiotics when they started getting runny eyes and respiratory troubles.  I never had to get prescription antibiotics.  I just kept about 5 dropper fulls of CS in every water bowel and the kittens never got anything worse than one week of runny eyes. They are now 6 months old and today 2 of them, plus their stray daddy, are at the vets to be fixed. Tomorrow we get them and drop off the last 3 kittens to be neutered.  What a relief that will be!  We dearly love those sweet babies but I am praying that no more come around for a long time.  So far my whole herd of cats seem to be herpes symptom free now for many months.  I plan to take others advise from this site and start sprinkling L-Lysine capsules on their food for extra health and insurance to keep that horrible herpes trouble away.  I will be sure to post any new results.  

Eight months ago,  I feared I might loose Tango to herpes induced pneumonia which he developed along with the terrible blinding eye ulcer.  I was also certain I would loose the outside tom cat to a severe case of pneumonia.  He was so feverish and fully congested he could barely breathe.  He was so miserable he didn't eat for 3 days which is all the time it took for the CS to give him a drastic recovery.  He was one who used to have regular hacking fits but I haven't heard him do that for several months now.  I credit CS and prayer for clearing up their lungs and making them completely well and symptom free. 

Most likely CS in Blackie's water bowl or a dropper full in her mouth will keep her healthy and free from herpes troubles.  One easy way to give it is by dropping a few drops in each nostril while tilting their nose upward like the way the vaccine for kennel cough is given.  I have read that CS looses its suspension if it comes into contact with metal.  I didn't know that and I was using it in one of my metal water bowls.  I now only put it in the ceramic, glass or plastic bowls.  I think I was paying about $35 for an 8 ounce bottle of colloidal silver.  That would last a very long time for just 2 cats.  Our whole family has been using it to ward off colds, heal cuts, and eye, ear, and sinus infections.  It has worked VERY fast on bronchitis and pneumonia.  Thankfully my children haven't needed prescription antibiotics for over two years.  It got costly for us so I researched it for several months and have now learned to safely make high quality CS myself with distilled water and the purest silver rods.  The simple homemade generator cost about $25 to make and the 2 rods of .9999 silver were about $22 on amazon and they will last a very long time.  Now it only cost me pennies to make and I don't have to worry that I won't have it when I need it the most.  

I hope Jeorge's eye clears up soon and I hope Blackie stays healthy too.  How great it is that they have been blessed to have such a caring, dedicated owner.  Hang in there.

Take care,

Lisa

 

[sjack]

Hi Lisa, Thank you so much for all your invaluable advice. I remember reading your post when I joined up last night,  as it stood out from all the others( all 60 odd of them!!) because it was the only one that used natural products-(I think-don't want to offend anyone!) I had never heard of colloidal silver, but the results you had with your cats was amazing. I only wish I had known about it before spending hundreds on medication, which might, or might not, work,  and which might actually do some harm. You are right about it being difficult to get all of the 5 medications into Jeorge. He is being pretty good about it,  although he gets a bit testy if I try to do it myself. Paul has to pin him down, and I administer the drops. Hate to do it to him, but it seemed like the only solution. You are so kind and generous with your advice, and I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to me, and outlining what worked with your kitties. You are obviously devoted to your own cats, and are helping so many other cat owners to find an effective way of controlling feline herpes- without resorting to strong medication. We had to pick up the Famciclovir  from Shoppers Drug Mart, and it is the same stuff given to humans when they have Herpes! My daughter went in with the prescription and had to pay $50 for 15 tablets! The other 4 medications I got from the vet. Jeorge used to belong to Caroline, my daughter, before  she married a cat -allergic man! Jeorge is a mixture of Tabby and Chocolate Siamese and is very beautiful just as all your kitties are too, I'm sure. The vet said that if these medications don't get rid of the ulcer, then Jeorge will have to see a specialist who will surgically remove it. Before I would put him through that, I will certainly use the colloidal silver and go on line to buy it- as you did- because I'm pretty sure I'd have difficulty buying it here. I'll keep you posted on Jeorge's progress-right now the blighter is outside, which delays my drop-giving schedule!  We have another kitty, Blackie, who turned up on our doorstep 4 years ago, so I am hoping she doesn't develop herpes too. If she does, I'm going to follow your advice and use the colloidal silver. Better get off and find Jeorge-time for more medication! THANK you so much, Lisa, for all your advice and generosity. I really appreciate it. Hope all your babies are thriving and are Herpes free. All the best, Kathleen

Hi kate5,

I also thought you might be interested in the advise and success story from another person on a related thread from this site.  I will copy and paste it below. 

She is having great success keeping her cat free from herpes symptoms with just the use of the supplement Lysine.  This natural supplement seems to have a lot of health benefits and it is inexpensive.  I am going to start giving it to all my cats just for extra insurance that another herpes cycle doesn't start up again with my cats.  They used to cycle every 3 weeks with the sickness lasting one week.  Since treating with CS for a week they haven't had an outbreak for over 7 months.  A lot of people that have herpes infected cats seem to like the results of the Lysine.  I think these more natural remedies are usually much safer options and often more effective than prescribed meds, but that is just my opinion.  

Posted by: Angels mommy  (post #5 on this link:   http://www.thecatsite.com/t/277604/eye-drops-for-herpes#post_3555019)
"

When angel used to have break outs, the vet prescribed the Neo Poly drops, & those always worked well for him. 
Yes, I agree about the lysine. I have been giving it to Angel for over 4 years now, & he never has break outs anymore. He was on the eye drops every few months off & on for the first two years he was with me. I could just call the vet for refills. 
I think it's been over two or more years now sense he has needed any.  If his eyes even start to look a little suspicious, or he sneezes a few times, (rare)
& seems he just needs a little immune boost, (also if I know he is going to be stressed for some reason it seems to help, sense the immune system is more vulnerable under stress.   I just up his dose for a few days to two weeks if needed & all is fine. 
The recommended dose is 250 mg. 2XS/day.  500 mg. 2XS/day during a break out. 
I just order a bottle of 500 mg. Lysine capsules on amazon, & sprinkle 1/2 a cap in his breakfast, & the other 1/2 in his dinner.  
Hope that helps!





-Kelly,  Proud Meowmy of Angel :heart:  "The kitty love of my life!" "

I am so happy to be able to talk to others who have kitties with the same troubles as my three babies. I have Spencer (who will be four)and jax (who will be two) and Sissy ( who just turned two) and they all have feline herpes. It started with Spencer and the struggles we had in the beginning with the recurring eye infections and upper respiratory infections. After having so many so many infections they decided he had feline herpes. I didn't realize that when I got the other two that they too would get it. So now I have three babies that need treatment everyday. I have been giving them LLysine everyday twice a day. I just need some guidance as to when I need to up the does because of a flare up...i need to know for how long. And also The two boy kitties are persians and always have watery eyes. I had started them on Neo poly drops for their eyes and every time I try to wean them off the infection comes back. So I am wondering what to use to help them because at some point I would like to not have to aggravate them twice a day for eye drops. The vet I have now where we live doesnt know anything about the feline herpes virus and they will order anything I ask but I dont have any input on treatment so I guess I am on my own. Ty for any ideas and I am not sure how this website works so feel free to send me a private message...THX

 

[lisa j tx]

Hi sjack,

And welcome to this great, helpful site.  I have gotten so much help from others on this site.  My kittens have had a very long battle with a hard to kill parasite that they got from birth (coccidia).  On this site and on a different thread, I found information about a new and better drug that my vet hadn't known about but was willing to write me a prescription.  After 6 long nightmarish months of explosive diarrhea, they are finally doing so much better. I am so grateful for all these people here who were willing to take the time to help others and their pets.  I hope and pray what helped my cats be free from herpes symptoms will help other precious pets to stop suffering.  b

I think that I have a good test case study because I have so many cats (now 13 including my father-in-law's 2 cats) and all of them had the exact same great results with absolutely no harmful side effects.  One or 2 of the last few strays I adopted were the one's that made all my older healthy cats sick with the herpes virus.  Plus, I couldn't seclude the kittens so they too developed runny eyes, but only runny eyes for about a week.  I treated all of my cats with the natural antibiotic, colloidal silver which can be purchased on Amazon or most any health food store.  There are many good brands but the one I just happened to purchase was named: Sovereign Silver and the strength was 10ppm (parts per million) which is a mild strength but yet plenty powerful.  8 ounce bottle was about $35 and it will last a very long time for just a few cats.

All of my cats are now symptom free.  The older cats were treated before the kittens were integrated with them.  I think only 3 of the kittens got the runny eyes for about a week.  My oldest cat had an eye ulcer blinding him in one eye.  He and all of the older ones had had respiratory troubles.   For about one week, I gave each of the cats the tiny dose of 1ml (=1cc) in the mouth twice a day.  Plus, a couple of drops in each eye and in each nostril twice a day, if I remember right.  It was very easy to give because it has no flavor so it is much like distilled water.  For the very sick outside tom cat (formerly tom after today -hurray!) I gave him 2 additional doses throughout the days that he was very sick.  The Colloidal Silver quickly and completely cleared up the eye ulcer within about a week plus the respiratory problems.  No more dramatic, rapid-fire, profuse sneezing!  The drops quickly cleared the kittens runny eyes.  I have one cat that may have one sneeze, but very rarely.  Rarely one will start to develop a slightly runny eye but a couple of drops of CS quickly gets rid of the problem.  I sometimes put a few dropper fulls of CS in their drinking water for extra protection.  I am so very thankful to see my cats all healthy again.  I am so glad that a safe natural remedy worked so well.  Other people here on different threads have had great results with CS in healing deep wounds when nothing else would.  Some other people here with herpes cats are having good results with L-Lysine which is an inexpensive natural supplement; an amino acid I believe.  I plan to try it as well.  I will message my new friend from this site and see if she will chime in with the exact treatment and great results she has had with lysine helping her precious cat, Angel.

I hope Spencer, Jax, and Sissy will all be feeling much better soon.  

Take care,

Lisa

 

[sjack]

Hi there Lisa...my name is Shelly.  I cant thank you enough for writing me back.  My poor kitties always have runny eyes...no discharge and if there is its clear kinda like jello.  But when I clean their eyes with an eye rinse the stuff I wipe off with a rag is reddish colored. Even tough I use the eye rinse twice a day and anti biotic drops they still squint and the one always has a spot under his eyes thats wet no matter what I do and the other one had a bad infection a week or so ago and even after the drops and the oral anti biotic baytril he was still sick.  He didnt start getting better until I upped his dose of lysine.  I am going to try the stuff you said you purchased from amazon.  Do you give this all the time or just until they seem symptom free?  I am willing to try anything but I especially like the idea of natural supplements that work because like the eye drops I use I tried to explain to my vet awhile back that I wanted to wean them off if I could so if they needed any in the future they wouldnt be immune to them.  But when I weaned them they had eye infections within two days.  Thank you so much and I will be sure to give updates as to how it all turns out.  

 

[kate5]

Hi Lisa, Lovely to hear from you again, and to read all about your lovely family of cats, and how effective the colloidal silver has been in curing Tango . If you can use it in humans, too, then it surely wouldn't hurt kitties. That was a good tip about the colloidal silver reacting with stainless steel bowls. I will be sure to put out different bowls when I start using the silver. Interesting that your father-in-law also used it for eye infections.  Last year I had eye infections that were very hard to clear. The doc gave me Erythromycin, but it took ages to work. At one point I wondered if I'd got it nuzzling the kitties, as I guess they could be infected with the herpes virus although they weren't showing symptoms. I was very impressed that you are making your own colloidal silver-you sound like a very talented lady. How do you do it all- with 13 cats and children to care for?????  I am  (fingers crossed!) glad to say that Jeorge  seems to be a little better. His right eye is not as red and there is no discharge. It is very difficult to maintain the schedule of 4x for the Ganciclovir. 2x for the Ocuflox,  2x for the Famciclovir, 3x for the lubricant, and 2x for the Lysine.( I just tested myself by writing all that out !!!!) Jeorge spends most of the day in the garden and does not appreciate being hauled inside to have things squirted in his eye. We have to keep this up for a month-although the vet wants to see him in a week. I can't imagine how you cope when you have so many kitties sick at once-though of course you would be using the colloidal silver and that would really help! My daughter and her husband (married in May!) are coming over for Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday- as our Thanksgiving is much earlier than yours. She is very loving towards Jeorge and I'm sure he still remembers that she is his real mummy- although I have been dancing attendance on him for 8 years. He is a little sweetheart, although you wouldn't believe it when he hisses and growls when we try to give him his medications. Caroline has a million beautiful photos on her I phone so I'll get her to email me one, and send it . You can't take a bad photo of kitties can you? (wish I could say the same about my photos!!) Jeorge just came in for sustenance!! so I'll get off and give him so more medicine. Thanks again for all your generous advice. You really are a kind loving person and I'm so glad I found this site and got so much help and knowledge. Your kitties ,too, are blessed to have such a loving caring owner. Take care and love to Tango and all your other babies. Kathleen.
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[angels mommy]

Lisa,

Thanks for calling my attention to this thread. I think you covered it all. I don't think I can add anything else to what I already posted in the other thread that you pasted my quote from.   

I hope it helps everyone w/ their kitties. Usually when I double up on the lysine it's for about a week or two, just depending on what's going on. 

 

[lisa j tx]

Hi Kathleen / kate5,

Thank you for your thoughtful message.  Sorry it took me so long to write back.  I will send you a private message.  

I hope your babies are doing better and that they aren't clawing you up too much.  Keep us all updated on your progress.

May God bless you and your kitties,

Lisa

 

[donna coughlan]

We run Allies for Alley Catz rescue in Kincardine, On. Canada. Someone came to our door with a little kitten who was a real mess. Sneezing, snorting, one eye gone and a heavy shadow over the other one. We figured we were taking it in to put it down basically. But we saw his spirit... this little fighter in him... so we put him in quarantine, and worked with him. More than once it was suggested we put him down.  We decided to keep trying. So after antibiotics were not working and the little guy seemed in pain... we contemplated it...but our Vet suggested another alternative would be to see a Eye Specialist Vet.  So, we did that.  He said that Panda had already had the Herpe virus in utro and he was very sick from birth with it. The one eye he could see out of was covered in a layer and because nerve ending and blood vessels were there, they would not be able to remove it. The concern was that he had developed cancer in the one eye as it was not drying up.  The Eye specialist did not think he had sarcoma of the eye. He felt that the eye was still in tact but the fluid had drained from it so it had shrunk down.  We felt more hopeful when we left there with a prescription of Famiciclovir which is super expensive and can only be picked up at a regular drugstore not through a Vet.  He was on the meds for 3 weeks 3 x a day...and my Vet here was pleased with the results.  We have decided to give him another run for 3 more weeks to see if this puts him into a remission stage or if we can maintain things on a lower dose daily.  He is such a happy go lucky little guy... we were able to give him vaccinations yesterday where as a month ago we could not as he was not healthy enough... so he is coming along.  Would like to hear from anyone who has their cat on a maintenance dose and how that is going.  We give all the cats Viralys powder in their food daily... as a preventative...and we use Colloidal silver in their water. I also use a lot of the natural Pet Alive products and have ordered one for Feline Herpes.  We have had great success with their products in the past. 

 

[wittens mom]

Since I wrote the post on Famciclovir I have made an astounding discovery that might help your kitten too.  Yes The Famciclovir did work, and my cat's eye ulcer did get better, , but my  cat was having recurrent conjunctivitis infections that had to be treated with antibiotic drops, and it finally got to the point that 10 days after  treatment he had another infection.

I looked online and found Ted's Earth Clinic.  57 out of 59 people who wrote in attested to this cure:  Make a 50/50 solution of RAW apple cider vinegar, such as you would get at a health food store and water.  Rub this between the cats shoulder blades twice a day for a few days, then once a day etc.  Don't laugh.  The improvement for my cat was about 80% after one dose, nd a couple of doses later was almost 100%..  Now 2 months later he has not had a recurrence and I treat him once every day or two. He also has not had a Herpes cold since then.  If you try this you might be able to take the kitten off the drug and you would be using a cheap natural. remedy that is a lot easier to apply than eye drops or disgusting tasting medicine.

Please let me know what happens if you do try it.

Witten's Mom

 

[trufflegirl]

My cat Pumpkin (23.4 lb. and 12 years old)  was diagnosed with feline herpes recently. I knew that giving him a pill was not going to work. I asked the vet about a liquid form of famiciclovir. They sent me to a compounding pharmacy. I just received in the mail the bottle of this medicine. He is to get 1 ml every 12 hours using the eye dropper they provided. I do hope this helps his sneezing and breathing. Will report back after he has been on med for at least a week. It was not cheap $82 for 5 day supply...But as I said, this is the only way the medicine will get into him! He is a wonderful cat who adopted us 3 years ago!

 

[kitttymom]

Re Viralysis. For a long time I sprinkled the powder on Skyla's food but it did not make any improvement and then she got picky about the food. Another vet in the clinic told me Viralysis comed as a gel in a tube. WOW! What a HUGE difference. I usually smear it in her mouth, sometimes on her paw. Her eyes have not watered, she has not had massive sneezing attacks since I switched. She does labor to breath sometimes when sleeping because of the inflammation and damage in her lungs. X-ray shows lots of inflammation. (Adopted her older and she was a stray). Tried Prednisone, but need to be careful with steroids. One vet gave me drops with a steroid and when I checked the manufactuer's site it said not to give to cats w/ feline herpes.

 

[kaera]

I've been reading over these posts as I struggle with my cat to help with his herpes. A couple of years ago the symptoms started to show and the vet felt it was allergies. Recently it has come full force and is constant. He has a small amount of discharge from the eyes, lots of mucus discharge through sneezing, and asthma. It doesn't seem like the L-Lysine has improved anything. Famciclovir seems to help on a day by day basis. My vet has him do 125mg for 16 days...but the symptoms come right back. I hate watching him go through this. It breaks my heart that cats have this issue. I wish everyone the best.