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Neutering a cat with FHV
Levi is scheduled to be neutered on Wednesday, but I may post-pone. He's
had an outbreak today (sneezing and coughing and watery eyes) and I want to wait until he's as healthy as possible. I realize neutering is not a big deal procedure, but I know that the stress will be hard on his little body. OTOH, he's probably going to have an outbreak with the surgery anyway, so should I go forward? Also, should Levi be put on a full course of antibiotics after the surgery as a prophylactic? He hasn't been on them in quite a few months, so he's not at risk of over doing with them. I'm currently on a vet-go-round. I thought I had found a new vet, but he turned out to be a complete turd. His facility is so disorganized and dirty that there is no way I would allow a pet of mine to have surgery there. Right now I'm back to using my old vet, who is no help whatsoever with these questions, but he did do a good job with Rudy's neutering. -- Lynne |
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Neutering a cat with FHV
Lynne wrote: Levi is scheduled to be neutered on Wednesday, but I may post-pone. He's had an outbreak today (sneezing and coughing and watery eyes) and I want to wait until he's as healthy as possible. I realize neutering is not a big deal procedure, but I know that the stress will be hard on his little body. OTOH, he's probably going to have an outbreak with the surgery anyway, so should I go forward? Also, should Levi be put on a full course of antibiotics after the surgery as a prophylactic? He hasn't been on them in quite a few months, so he's not at risk of over doing with them. I'm currently on a vet-go-round. I thought I had found a new vet, but he turned out to be a complete turd. His facility is so disorganized and dirty that there is no way I would allow a pet of mine to have surgery there. Right now I'm back to using my old vet, who is no help whatsoever with these questions, but he did do a good job with Rudy's neutering. -- Lynne I am sorry that I can't answer this question for you, & also that I am answering to your request with another question too. Lynne, can you tell me where to look for more information about cats with F hiv? I had a very close friend who came to me today asking advice on adopting a cat who has tested possitive & wanted to know what it would entail if she decided to go ahead and adopt this cat. I am ashamed to say that I know very little about this particular subject, so any info would be a huge help relating to the pro's and con's please if you don't mind? Good luck with Levis & I hope that he is feeling a bit better soon) S. |
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Neutering a cat with FHV
on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:41:28 GMT, "sheelagh"
wrote: I am sorry that I can't answer this question for you, & also that I am answering to your request with another question too. Lynne, can you tell me where to look for more information about cats with F hiv? FHV (feline herpes virus) and FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus) are two different things, with FIV being much more serious. I've heard it compared to HIV. I don't know much at all about FIV, but I'm sure a Google search as a first pass, would yield a ton of information. I had a very close friend who came to me today asking advice on adopting a cat who has tested possitive & wanted to know what it would entail if she decided to go ahead and adopt this cat. I am ashamed to say that I know very little about this particular subject, so any info would be a huge help relating to the pro's and con's please if you don't mind? Phil may be able to speak to this. I know I can't! I think I read that some kittens who test positive may test negative at a later time, but don't hold me to that. I haven't paid close attention to info on FIV since none of my cats has had it. Good luck with Levis & I hope that he is feeling a bit better soon) Thanks! I love this little baby (who has recently become a total devil). He's now scheduled for his neuter on January 31. That gives him time to get through this recent outbreak (which is a Upper Respiratory Infection with some eye symptoms as well). I arranged to have my mother's vet do the surgery and I feel very good about him. I'd select him as my permanent vet, but he's about to retire, unfortunately. -- Lynne |
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Neutering a cat with FHV
On Sun 14 Jan 2007 12:01:21p, Lynne wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav om: Levi is scheduled to be neutered on Wednesday, but I may post-pone. He's had an outbreak today (sneezing and coughing and watery eyes) and I want to wait until he's as healthy as possible. I realize neutering is not a big deal procedure, but I know that the stress will be hard on his little body. OTOH, he's probably going to have an outbreak with the surgery anyway, so should I go forward? Also, should Levi be put on a full course of antibiotics after the surgery as a prophylactic? He hasn't been on them in quite a few months, so he's not at risk of over doing with them. I'm currently on a vet-go-round. I thought I had found a new vet, but he turned out to be a complete turd. His facility is so disorganized and dirty that there is no way I would allow a pet of mine to have surgery there. Right now I'm back to using my old vet, who is no help whatsoever with these questions, but he did do a good job with Rudy's neutering. Lynne, if you feel like you should postpone, go with your gut feeling about the FHV. My two youngest, Rhett and Scarlett, are now about 2-1/2 years old now, but when I first adopted them, they had horrible recurring FHV and passed it back and forth to each other to the point I thought it would never go away. The guy that found them found a litter of four and wanted to keep them together until they were 12 weeks old, but the FHV passing around made him change his mind, and I got them at 9 weeks. They went through many different types of medications including eye ointments both with steroids and without. Depended on how severe, and if there was something funny when the eyes were fluresced (sp!!). I intended to have them done at no more than 3 months old, but their health delayed that. Rhett got over the FHV sooner, and was neutered at about 4 months, but Scarlett had an appt for the same day, but hers was delayed another month. She had gotten so thin because she didn't want to eat, and I had to hand-feed her. Despite her health, she actually went into heat before she was spayed at 5 months. It was hard, but I'm glad we waited. She was in no shape for surgery. She had a hard time recovering as it was, and had a nasty reaction to her internal sutures. -- Cheryl |
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Neutering a cat with FHV
on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:44:56 GMT, Cheryl
wrote: Lynne, did Levi get the big snip today? Just curious about your decision and how he's doing! I rescheduled him to January 31. That gives me more time to worry, hehe. I rearranged my schedule that week so I don't have to work outside of my home office for the rest of the week, just in case it's hard on him. -- Lynne |
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