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From: Kevin Krell
My cat often gets the pink lower lip in about the 4th photo on that page. Diagnosed by the vet visually, pretty classic, looked just like the photo in his book. Soemtimes you will see sores on the backs of the legs. We were told it was probably an allergic reaction (possibly flea allergy), and was also associated with stress. We've successfully kept it under control (for 1 year) by supplementing his diet with 500mg of the amino acid L-Lysine daily. L-Lysine is used to prevent eruption or shorten appearance of oral herpes (cold sores). I'm not sure why it works. It's also interesting to note that Herpe outbreaks are more likely to occur when an individual is particularly stressed. Hi Kevin, I'm glad to hear the lysine works for your cat. I'm just curious, do you empty the capsule into his food to give it to him? He doesn't mind the taste? Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: Kevin Krell
My cat often gets the pink lower lip in about the 4th photo on that page. Diagnosed by the vet visually, pretty classic, looked just like the photo in his book. Soemtimes you will see sores on the backs of the legs. We were told it was probably an allergic reaction (possibly flea allergy), and was also associated with stress. We've successfully kept it under control (for 1 year) by supplementing his diet with 500mg of the amino acid L-Lysine daily. L-Lysine is used to prevent eruption or shorten appearance of oral herpes (cold sores). I'm not sure why it works. It's also interesting to note that Herpe outbreaks are more likely to occur when an individual is particularly stressed. Hi Kevin, I'm glad to hear the lysine works for your cat. I'm just curious, do you empty the capsule into his food to give it to him? He doesn't mind the taste? Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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Lauralai,
My cat was diagnoses with this a bit over a month ago when I took her in for her regular depo medrol shot for her asthma. I had noticed tiny bumps on the back of her legs, and she had two very small "pimple" like things on her nose, under her fur. The vet said many cats with allergies have this syndrome (eosinophilic granuloma Complex) and that it is not in the least life threatening. Here is what to expect if your cat's experience is like my cat's--three days after the shot of depo medrol the tiny bumps on her nose totally disappeared and the ones on the back of her legs shrank down to almost nothing. I take her in for the shots about four times a year and they cost about $30 each time. If the sores in your kittie's mouth are far along, I understand that the vet may have to give her some antibiotics just to speed healing. And, the vet has to make sure the mouth lesions are not pre-cancerous. But once you have her on regular Depo Medrol shots the lesions should not appear. You will have to be careful to make sure she doesn't get fat, and that you take her for the shots as seldom as possible, because long-term use of steroids like Depo Medrol have side effects that include Diabetes. (Fat cats, like fat people, are prone to get Diabetes, so if she is getting the shots AND is fat she would be of double risk.) Remember that your baby is very lucky to have you to care for her, and that she will be just fine! But had she remained a stray she would have had infected sores and all sorts of problems. "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on s aturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Lauralai,
My cat was diagnoses with this a bit over a month ago when I took her in for her regular depo medrol shot for her asthma. I had noticed tiny bumps on the back of her legs, and she had two very small "pimple" like things on her nose, under her fur. The vet said many cats with allergies have this syndrome (eosinophilic granuloma Complex) and that it is not in the least life threatening. Here is what to expect if your cat's experience is like my cat's--three days after the shot of depo medrol the tiny bumps on her nose totally disappeared and the ones on the back of her legs shrank down to almost nothing. I take her in for the shots about four times a year and they cost about $30 each time. If the sores in your kittie's mouth are far along, I understand that the vet may have to give her some antibiotics just to speed healing. And, the vet has to make sure the mouth lesions are not pre-cancerous. But once you have her on regular Depo Medrol shots the lesions should not appear. You will have to be careful to make sure she doesn't get fat, and that you take her for the shots as seldom as possible, because long-term use of steroids like Depo Medrol have side effects that include Diabetes. (Fat cats, like fat people, are prone to get Diabetes, so if she is getting the shots AND is fat she would be of double risk.) Remember that your baby is very lucky to have you to care for her, and that she will be just fine! But had she remained a stray she would have had infected sores and all sorts of problems. "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on s aturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Lauralai,
My cat was diagnoses with this a bit over a month ago when I took her in for her regular depo medrol shot for her asthma. I had noticed tiny bumps on the back of her legs, and she had two very small "pimple" like things on her nose, under her fur. The vet said many cats with allergies have this syndrome (eosinophilic granuloma Complex) and that it is not in the least life threatening. Here is what to expect if your cat's experience is like my cat's--three days after the shot of depo medrol the tiny bumps on her nose totally disappeared and the ones on the back of her legs shrank down to almost nothing. I take her in for the shots about four times a year and they cost about $30 each time. If the sores in your kittie's mouth are far along, I understand that the vet may have to give her some antibiotics just to speed healing. And, the vet has to make sure the mouth lesions are not pre-cancerous. But once you have her on regular Depo Medrol shots the lesions should not appear. You will have to be careful to make sure she doesn't get fat, and that you take her for the shots as seldom as possible, because long-term use of steroids like Depo Medrol have side effects that include Diabetes. (Fat cats, like fat people, are prone to get Diabetes, so if she is getting the shots AND is fat she would be of double risk.) Remember that your baby is very lucky to have you to care for her, and that she will be just fine! But had she remained a stray she would have had infected sores and all sorts of problems. "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on s aturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Hi ,
My cat gets eosinophilic granuloma sometimes on her bottom lip.(pout trout) She allergic to fleas and also flea treatment. It doesnt happen very often and clears up after a Duph Q injection . If it happened more often or didn't clear up the vet would do a biopsy. -- Alison Links to animal information websites http://mysite.freeserve.com/petinfolinks/ "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Hi ,
My cat gets eosinophilic granuloma sometimes on her bottom lip.(pout trout) She allergic to fleas and also flea treatment. It doesnt happen very often and clears up after a Duph Q injection . If it happened more often or didn't clear up the vet would do a biopsy. -- Alison Links to animal information websites http://mysite.freeserve.com/petinfolinks/ "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Hi ,
My cat gets eosinophilic granuloma sometimes on her bottom lip.(pout trout) She allergic to fleas and also flea treatment. It doesnt happen very often and clears up after a Duph Q injection . If it happened more often or didn't clear up the vet would do a biopsy. -- Alison Links to animal information websites http://mysite.freeserve.com/petinfolinks/ "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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i'm pretty sure that is what it is, complex. apparently it will cost 300 or
so for test on top of the spay and then medication after that, to see how sevre it is, doesn't seem that sevre to me but i'm not a vet. i mean apparently it was fairly bad with puss and blood in her mouth when she went to get spayed the first time and she was on clavamox for 10 days so that cleared it up some. she's booked for her spay next friday. my step dad asked about payments also and they will only accept them if you have a valid credit card so that if you don't pay they can charge it, which i don't have and no one that i know of will let me use them other than my sis and she's 3 hours away at school, if she were home she would let me use them though. "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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