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I have a cat, Patty, that I found and have been caring for. I have been fighting to get her esinophillic ulcers cleared up, or at least stop bleeding, but I was having no luck so I decided to go aheahd with a steroid shot. While at the vet I had her tested for feline leukemia and FIV and she tested positive for Feline Leukemia. The office was very busy and it was near closing so I did not have a chance to ask all of the questions that I would have liked to.
Have any of you had a cat with FeLv? All the vet told me really was that, depending on when it was contracted, she could live 1 to 3 more years. She felt her lymph nodes and thinks that they are infected as well so she said treatment would be more or less useless. What she did not tell me was what to expect, what will her symptoms be? Is there anything I can to to ease or delay those symptoms? How long before the sympotoms show up, because she seems fine now? I read about some treatment drugs but cannot find any statistics on them, are they worth it and what do they cost? How long can the virus survive on me, and can I spread it to cats that I come in cantact with (she will not and has not been in contact with any obviously)? I have been researching but I would like to hear first hand what works and what does not if any of you have any experience with this disease. I want to do what I can to make this easier on her. I kind of expected her to have this or FIV since she was stray and it is fairly rampant here but I still want to help her.
Any insight would be VERY appreciated.
Thanks
Sally
I have a cat, Patty, that I found and have been caring for. I have been fighting to get her esinophillic ulcers cleared up, or at least stop bleeding, but I was having no luck so I decided to go aheahd with a steroid shot. While at the vet I had her tested for feline leukemia and FIV and she tested positive for Feline Leukemia. The office was very busy and it was near closing so I did not have a chance to ask all of the questions that I would have liked to.
Have any of you had a cat with FeLv? All the vet told me really was that, depending on when it was contracted, she could live 1 to 3 more years. She felt her lymph nodes and thinks that they are infected as well so she said treatment would be more or less useless. What she did not tell me was what to expect, what will her symptoms be? Is there anything I can to to ease or delay those symptoms? How long before the sympotoms show up, because she seems fine now? I read about some treatment drugs but cannot find any statistics on them, are they worth it and what do they cost? How long can the virus survive on me, and can I spread it to cats that I come in cantact with (she will not and has not been in contact with any obviously)? I have been researching but I would like to hear first hand what works and what does not if any of you have any experience with this disease. I want to do what I can to make this easier on her. I kind of expected her to have this or FIV since she was stray and it is fairly rampant here but I still want to help her.
Any insight would be VERY appreciated.
Thanks
Sally