Feline stomatitis

Many of us who live with FIP exposed cats, know these cats frequently also suffer from stomatitis. I have 4 cats that suffer from it and I have tried antibiotic treatments in two week intervals every few months on all of them. While it does give some relief, they quickly revert back to terribly painful mouths.
One treatment suggstion has been the usage of zyrtec. I am currently pursuing this treatment and have no firm results yet to report, except that pilling a cat with the painful mouth condition is difficult and stressful and I think that somewhat will counter any benefit of treatment. (antibiotics go into their food)

Recently the opportunity presented itself for one of the cats to get all but her top canines removed while undergoing a spay. She'd already lost most of the teeth (by age 3) and the last few were removed with little effort. A month later, I can report that although her gums are still irritated, the irritation is at least 75% reduced. SO in her case, it was an excellent solution.

One vet, has a very invasive procedure that certainly if finances permit and suffering sufficient I think should be discussed, however I think the expense would be high and would require a dental challenge for the average vet and I would personally recommend a veterinary dental specialist.
The procedure is discussed Here

While none of us want our pets to suffer in any way, this condition is challenging on many levels and there are no easy answers to it.

a talk show idea

It's rare that I have a post that I want to share on two of blogs...but I think this guy has some excellent points that deserve reading by both those who follow my "current events" blog as well as my cat friends.

YouTube - Woman throws cat into wheelie bin

YouTube - Woman throws cat into wheelie bin


this is just a horrible event. This woman was arrested by police, but talk about cruel

I hate PETA and it's leader is a nutcase

now and then

Today on another blog I found the comparison between "now and then" somewhat alarming. I failed to achieve what I had hoped for and I find that I can bring some of that retrospective to today's blog here..

a week doesn't go by when I don't receive some request from one of the many cat groups I belong to for a donation towards FIP research...

so I have to ask myself...what have those researchers (and we all know who they are) really accomplished in the last 5 years?....

an accurate test for fip?....no....necropsy is pretty much still it..and well the cat has to be dead for that to work

a vaccine...well...sort of, but not one that has any real practical use since it doesn't work if a cat's already been exposed to a corona virus as say about 90% of all cats have...

a treatment....ANY treatment that actually works?....nope, nothing here really either....

so, aside from some revised papers....nothing really has been achieved....not really encouraging prospects from a whole lot of fund raising....

just something to think about....

fleas...revisited....

well since my dogs brought fleas in from outside, it's been a constant battle....first frontline, then revolution and we have yet to eliminate the problem. I really hate constantly using chemicals on my pets, but alas, I have no choice. I'd prefer to find something that worked however....but I have found less and less the flea products working very well. Last year we tried vectra and I wasn't impressed with it or the price....

recently did find this pamphlet that while it certainly doesn't have the solution (darn dogs), it does provide a little inside as to the products and their toxicity.

we might try program next month....and it's getting cold here at night and I am hoping that helps the outdoor issue. Last year we really didn't have any fleas, we just usually dose everyone once at the beginning of summer, but this year it must be bad all over, as I notice even the hartz (shutter) products are gone off the shelves.

new hope and false promises

Recently a friend sent me a link to some new "miracles" for treating FIP....these products just like the Feline interferon are being promoted by many of the FIP support groups.

I feel the need to caution those hoping against hope that THIS will be the cure....FIP is a corona virus and they mutate easily and regularly...chances are that cures are not feasable for some time to come, and the very best some of these items may bring is a little more quality time.

Through my use of herbals, I was able to achieve in some of my cats a little more quality time. Not in all of them, and in a few of them I observed the act of stimulating the immune system cause the cat to decline quickly. Now who can really say what is going to work and what is not, I just want to caution pining hopes on another thing offered up the pipeline.

I advise doing your research and do diligence, and at the very least read the current literature on pubmed.