FIV cat incurable stomatitis - any advice?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:52 pm
Hi there,
Just wondered if anyone here had any experience with this.
In January I adopted a cat who soon became ill and turned out to be FIV positive and a coronavirus carrier. The rescue centre didn't test for these viruses.
Since May it's been a continual series of trips to the vet as he has been in so much pain with LPGS/stomatitis he regularly stops eating and has lost weight as a result.
We have been to two different vets for treatment and advice, been through the painful, traumatic and expensive procedure of having all his teeth removed in stages which is supposed to resolve the problem in the majority of cats, but I think FIV cats are the most difficult patients since their immune systems are already compromised. Even after all his teeth had been removed he had flare ups underwent further X-rays and surgery to remove a few root fragments. we have switched him to hypoallergenic grain free diet, tried steroid shots and tablets, antibiotic shots, metacam, various supplements like lysine all to no avail. The steroids are not a good long term solution and we're already seeing rapidly diminishing returns, metacam doesn't seem to give him enough pain relief and the vets seem to have run out of suggestions. We have spent more than two thousand pounds on his surgery and care in the last six months which we can't really afford and it's sad and frustrating that we can't seem to help him.
He otherwise seems healthy but if he won't eat that's clearly a serious problem. I just wish there was more we could do to relieve his inflamed and sore mouth to encourage him to eat. At this stage we can't even give him medicine as he won't take anything by mouth, not even disguised in food, and he is in too much pain for us to get him to take a pill.
I fear we are running out of options. If anyone has any experience with this I would love to hear your suggestions.
Thank you,
Ruth
Just wondered if anyone here had any experience with this.
In January I adopted a cat who soon became ill and turned out to be FIV positive and a coronavirus carrier. The rescue centre didn't test for these viruses.
Since May it's been a continual series of trips to the vet as he has been in so much pain with LPGS/stomatitis he regularly stops eating and has lost weight as a result.
We have been to two different vets for treatment and advice, been through the painful, traumatic and expensive procedure of having all his teeth removed in stages which is supposed to resolve the problem in the majority of cats, but I think FIV cats are the most difficult patients since their immune systems are already compromised. Even after all his teeth had been removed he had flare ups underwent further X-rays and surgery to remove a few root fragments. we have switched him to hypoallergenic grain free diet, tried steroid shots and tablets, antibiotic shots, metacam, various supplements like lysine all to no avail. The steroids are not a good long term solution and we're already seeing rapidly diminishing returns, metacam doesn't seem to give him enough pain relief and the vets seem to have run out of suggestions. We have spent more than two thousand pounds on his surgery and care in the last six months which we can't really afford and it's sad and frustrating that we can't seem to help him.
He otherwise seems healthy but if he won't eat that's clearly a serious problem. I just wish there was more we could do to relieve his inflamed and sore mouth to encourage him to eat. At this stage we can't even give him medicine as he won't take anything by mouth, not even disguised in food, and he is in too much pain for us to get him to take a pill.
I fear we are running out of options. If anyone has any experience with this I would love to hear your suggestions.
Thank you,
Ruth