On Feb 8, 5:26*pm, ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf) wrote:
On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 18:48:02 -0800 (PST), Mishi
wrote:
On Feb 7, 9:37*pm, ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf) wrote:
On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 13:21:44 -0800 (PST), rafflescat
wrote:
Has anykitty heard anymore about Anti Heather and thu kittiez? Meomie
wooked up dat hobbril Calicivirus and wese horrified! We hope fings ar
gettin bedder fur dem - Anti Heather *will be wurried off da face of
da earth. Meomie has no way of contaktin hur ennymore an she wants tu
send hur best wishes.
Gordon Kittiez
I hope the kitties are OK.
Sending purrs for them, and Anti Heather.
Can someone pass this info along to her? Dr. Pitcairn's book says to
add 250 mg of vitamin C to their foods, at least once a day (need to
check on frequency, maybe several times a day). It helps them throw
off whatever virus they are sick with. They do have a vaccine for it,
but since there are several different strains it may not protect them
100%, but give them a better chance of throwing it off if they get it.
I can sympathize with Anti Heather - several years ago I had a couple
of my female cats spayed, and they brought back a virus from the vets.
By the time we got things cleared, I had lost 10 cats and kittens.
Purrs still coming from my house!
Mishi
250 mg of Vitamin C is LOT of vitamin C, for a small animal like a cat!
Minimum daily requirement for a human is only 60mg/day
Humans simply excrete 'extra' vitamin C in urine.
I hope it's the same for cats: their metabolism is so different from
humans, and canines.
Hi Lee and Gandalf,
Here is a website that has a lot of information on helping a cat
through a virus, including V-Calici:
http://www.carolonpets.com/blog/cats/cat-flu/
The dosage given on this page is 250 mg twice a day for 14 days. Cats
can't make much C, and illness depletes it from their system very
fast.
I hope that Heather is beating this virus - it is a nasty one!
Purrs still coming from my house - with all the purrs, she should be
able to feel them rumbling!
Mishi