My 12 year old Cornish Rex may be having her second bout with herpes. Last August we had her tested to the nth not knowing why she would sniff but not...
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mymorgy
Aug 2, 2002 11:31 am
A lot of people on this list have had great success with l-lysine.. hopefully some will give their first hand experience..you can find a lot of it by looking...
Hi. You need to check out this website http://www.thensome.com/herpes.htm. It has great information on the disease. I'm not sure why the vet gave you an...
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Doug Richter
dlrichter@...
Aug 2, 2002 4:00 pm
Now that's an article we can all use. I was surprised at the strength and evidence rating for lysine use in herpes cats however. I think you posted an article...
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Doug Richter
dlrichter@...
Aug 2, 2002 4:21 pm
I was particularly interested in the section of the article talking about Chinese herbs for use during an outbreak. She mentioned a combination of yin qiao or...
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caraleeftworth
Aug 2, 2002 5:24 pm
Hi Doug, Yes, here's a good link I use: http://www.spanda.com/herbs/golden/formula.html I buy the astragalus & ligustrum formula for Rally, but there are other...
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Doug Richter
dlrichter@...
Aug 2, 2002 5:58 pm
Interesting site. I clicked on Yin Chiao Formula E.C. There's something called a pin yin which says Yin Qiao San. Looking at the ingredients it says it has...
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caraleeftworth
Aug 2, 2002 11:50 pm
That's exactly how I did it, Doug...check the symptoms, then choose the best formula. I was looking for immune booster and upper respiratory when I chose the...
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fastfingers10
Aug 3, 2002 1:28 am
Hi Everyone, Earl Grey and Jasmine are doing well. The vet is guessing that they are about seven to eight weeks old now. Earl Grey still has a visible ulcer in...
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LAShively@...
Aug 3, 2002 3:28 am
Hi Barb, My kitties eat raw. I lost a kitty to heart disease (that I am slowly becoming convinced can happen to other kitties in the same house as an FH cat)...
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leopard522@...
leopard0522
Aug 3, 2002 4:40 am
Friskies and 9 Lives are not good foods. Science Diet really isn't very good either, even though the vets recommend it. You're right, feeding your cats ...
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Kathy Lee Dolan
lee_quan_2000
Aug 3, 2002 5:46 am
... What have you read about Iams? ===== In Him, Kathy "Great is Thy faithfulness, Oh God our Father" __________________________________________________ Do...
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leopard522@...
leopard0522
Aug 3, 2002 6:00 am
In a message dated 8/3/2002 1:46:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I've heard that it's not so great either. Beth [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Kathy Lee Dolan
lee_quan_2000
Aug 3, 2002 6:08 am
... Here I thought I was on to something. Thanks for the info. ===== In Him, Kathy "Great is Thy faithfulness, Oh God our Father" ...
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leopard522@...
leopard0522
Aug 3, 2002 6:22 am
Here is another Web page with nutrition information: Nutrition: The Foundation of Good Health (includes a list of good brands of food) ...
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mymorgy
Aug 3, 2002 10:17 am
do you think it is okay to compromise and at least get high quality dry food and cheaper wet food? I don't think they eat as much high quality food as cheaper...
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LAShively@...
Aug 3, 2002 1:57 pm
Iams is awful - find something without byproducts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAShively Online porfolios: www.portfolios.com/lashively ...
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Chris Huff
fionafairfancy
Aug 3, 2002 3:10 pm
I've been following this thread and checked out the web site. I thought it was pretty interesting but not surprising. If you have ever been interested in human...
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Chris Huff
fionafairfancy
Aug 3, 2002 3:16 pm
Bobby, I think you're right on. As long as the dry or canned food doesn't contain any toxins, they're okay- not perfect but okay. Also, some animals refuse to...
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mrgeekys
Aug 3, 2002 4:42 pm
Hi everyone! Some interesting topics today. I just purchased Wysong and am crossing my fingers that my girls eat it. I have a question regarding supplements....
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leopard522@...
leopard0522
Aug 3, 2002 5:10 pm
In a message dated 8/3/2002 6:18:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I'm no longer comfortable feeding dry food. It really aggravates Ember's diarrhea; it's...
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caraleeftworth
Aug 3, 2002 5:15 pm
Iams is not great, either. For example, the first ingredient in Iams dry cat food is chicken by-products. As I've said before, my phrase to describe...
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caraleeftworth
Aug 3, 2002 5:23 pm
Bobby, is that really YOU asking this question?! I'm shocked! :) Anyhow, my answer would be nope, I wouldn't feed cheaper wet food because it usually...
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caraleeftworth
Aug 3, 2002 5:26 pm
I mix powdered Lysine into a bit of Rally's wet food and he does not detect it. I think it's basically flavorless. It should work. Another thing I do when...
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Karen Drewery
samphoebe
Aug 3, 2002 5:58 pm
Hi Jen- As far as the question about lysine. My kitties were a little picky about eating their soft food with the lysine at first but I added little by little...
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Anyes Moscrip
anyes2002
Aug 3, 2002 6:03 pm
... Lysine powder is completely tasteless. we just mix it in the food without any complaints from the girls. Anyes and the girls...
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Anyes Moscrip
anyes2002
Aug 3, 2002 6:11 pm
... My vet considers it low quality junk food and asked me not to feed it to my cats, fwiw. Anyes and the girls...
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mrgeekys
Aug 3, 2002 6:43 pm
Thank you to everyone who has helped here. I think a trip to the vitamin shop is in order here. I also just want to say how wonderful this forum is. Everyone...
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Chris Huff
fionafairfancy
Aug 3, 2002 6:53 pm
I promise I'm not trying to be antagonistic but my kitties all have come from the most Gawd Awful backgrounds (most of them are ferals or throw-aways) and they...
