I gave Willo Sulph200C a couple of days ago, already the pink, raw spots are better and I feel less heat
from those areas. She is happier daily and plays & talks to me. I will soon try to move her into home with
my other two females, they may like her better in their space. I will soon be forced to give her rabies vaccine,
should I do this before moving her?

[ 14. February 2004, 02:25: Message edited by: Lyndee DeMeo ]

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Willo's improving, her fur is coming back & raw spots are gone. She is more confident & loves our playtime. I am introducing her into our home w/ 13yr. & 2yr. females. She visits daily, we put a screen door on the bathroom to keep her separate. However, I am concerned with her tummy, it's very puffy. Appetite, digestion & urinary are good. I lost a cat to FIP years ago so I am worried, will take her to vet tommorow.

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Lyndee, does the cat have a temperature? If not, its probably over eating. Are you feeding grains? Nothing bloats like grains. One of our strays we trapped in the fall, now looks like a walking beach ball! Unfortunately I can't personally feed them all. Still obesity, diabetis etc are common especially in cats that were once considered feral (its like they think they won't get another meal, and their bodies just are not used to that kind of unnatural diet).

If the cat had a belly full of fluid due to FIP, she would be completely "flat" and have a temperature, if thats the only reason you want to have her checked, save your money until she really needs. FIP is undiagnosable anyways, my biggest mistake was in assuming that one cat had FIP after months of chronic illness. We were inserting a feeding tube, when the vet notice fluid in the abdomin, we made the choice to euthanize him while he was still under anastetic. A post mortum revealed pancreatitus, totally treatable, I won't make that mistake again!

Vet saw her today and gave her wormer, she had vomited roundworms before. He's concerned with the puffiness and agreed we should watch her & hold-off rabies vaccine (in case it's FIP). He was very happy with her eye, said maybe in the future we could laser the adhesions, or not. She's up from 5.75lbs to 8lbs. in the two months we've had her. She doesn't overeat, two meals a day: very little dry, high-quality wet & some raw. We do adore her and are hoping she will join "the family" soon. She is more comfortable with each visit & our girls are curious about her.

[ 06. March 2004, 04:02: Message edited by: Lyndee DeMeo ]

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Willo has been accepted by the other queens! Pinky (2yr old torti) and Willo chase each other up & down the hall and Baby (13yr old torti) just ignores the kids. It's a happy family.

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Her eye was really weepy again so vet put her on 6 days of steroid combo antibiotic (yuk) but we're worried that she may lose her sight in remaining eye. Any thoughts on eye support / regeneration?

[ 06. April 2004, 06:06: Message edited by: Lyndee DeMeo ]

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Chronic weepyness does not mean the cat will lose her sight. Is the eye itself inflamed, swollen, red? Is the discharge yellow or pus? Is there ulceration to eye? The ointment is surface treatment for an infection that has never been properly addressed. Why was the 1st eye removed? Was it ulcerated, was the cornea destroyed?
Why the sudden flare up? Did she have vaccines?

She has not had vaccines, was feral. Vet said eye was too infected to save, her remaining eye is missing part of eyelid, infection ate it away. If you read the first part of topic she was on antibiotics. She is less fearful daily and seems to enjoy our company, wanting to be in same room with us (two humans & 2 cats). Comes into kitchen and yells at me for food. Maybe I'm too worried, maybe the eye will just weep.

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Unless there is pus-like discharge or swelling and redness, antibiotics and steriods are completely unwarranted. It sounds like the cat perhaps had a herpes infection and this particular virus is not something that allopathic medicine can eradicate. If the cat is missing part of her eyelid, it stands to reason that function of the eye may be inhibited (ie chronic weepyness). In my experience, cats with initial devastating herpes infection, once recovered from the acute, do not flare up to the same extent again, rather present with chronic weepyness of eyes and nasal discharge. Even those with corneal scaring, do not go on to become reinfected acutely to the point where the ulcer will become active again. However I would suggest not to vaccinate these cats in particular because their immune systems are most likely compremised by this chronic virus.
Steriods will suppress the immune system which might mean that the virus will look for another outlet to express itself, possibly much more serious than a weepy eye.

We will be celebrating our first year with little Willo on 11/21. She has become a loving, happy and healthy cat. Last week I lost the cat of my life Pinky, who was only three & half yrs. old. Willo always followed Pinky around and watched her. The day of Pinky's death was the first time Willo came running to sit with us on the sofa as we sobbed in greif. Since then, she is daily more affectionate. The change is quite dramatic. She still looks for Pinky, with her little eye. I hope she sees her.

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