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by Benneh
Sun Aug 25, 2019 7:01 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior
Replies: 11
Views: 2463

Re: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior

Not sure.
I think they were done upon entering the cattery.
by Benneh
Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:16 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior
Replies: 11
Views: 2463

Re: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior

Not alot. They were rescued from a house hold where the lady developed dementia and had 13+ cats. George had been living under the floor boards and only ate scraps the others had left (or so we've been told) They had alot of dental before we rescued them. Originally told he was 4/5 years1. Then upon...
by Benneh
Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:51 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior
Replies: 11
Views: 2463

Re: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior

I'll contact the vets tomorrow to confirm which it is. I'm fairly certain it's FIV as I was sure to check with them last time asking the vet if they were saying FIP or FIV. They said fiv. A relative lost a cat to FIP (kitten) a couple of years ago (before we reached out two) so we have some idea wha...
by Benneh
Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:30 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior
Replies: 11
Views: 2463

Re: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior

Hi booktigger We are in the UK (Shropshire). We did some research into FIV and saw that most diagnoses is done through blood test, so we weren't sure why they wanted to do a biopsy hence why we went to a different vet for the second opinion. Okay maybe the blood tests don't rule out all cancers but ...
by Benneh
Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:32 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior
Replies: 11
Views: 2463

Re: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior

Sorry to hear about Tiffany. It's so hard to say goodbye to a pet, I've said a fair few. We'll enquire about an ultra sound next week and see where things go from there. I'll also ask about any pain killers they can prescribe. I think we know deep down he's approaching that stage but we would just l...
by Benneh
Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:28 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior
Replies: 11
Views: 2463

Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior

Hello Looking for some advice / help. We rescued two neutered Tom's February last year. At the cattery they'd had alot of dental work, so only had a few teeth remaining. Both weighed around 5 kilos. Vets recommend one of them (George) should probably be around the 4 kilo weight ideally. During the y...
by Benneh
Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:26 am
Forum: FIV Questions & Answers
Topic: Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior
Replies: 1
Views: 5167

Potential FIV+, severe weight loss in senior

Hello Looking for some advice / help. We rescued two neutered Tom's February last year. At the cattery they'd had alot of dental work, so only had a few teeth remaining. Both weighed around 5 kilos. Vets recommend one of them (George) should probably be around the 4 kilo weight ideally. During the y...