veterinary: cats

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I need to ask a couple questions about my cats and starting them on LDN,

and I was kicked off the LDN/pets list for pointing out a spammer, so with

the list's indulgence could I please have some feedback?

I have a set of cat siblings who were deprived of colostrum as newborns,

and then were exposed to a cat respiratory virus at a couple of weeks of

age. Two of them have been relatively healthy, two of them have been very

unwell. They are now 9 years old.

One of the unwell ones may have skin cancer and had vestibular disease

earlier this year. The other one overgrooms and had liver failure (in

response to a spot-on flea remedy) earlier this year, her liver (and

kidney) enzymes are now normal, but she's never really been herself again

and now she has some kind of brain infection. She used to have asthma that

required prednisone but that stopped after she survived a mountain lion

attack. Both cats have always had skin problems-- weird exudate over their

faces. Both have improved massively under my vet's care, their skin is

near normal now, but both still have systemic problems.

My vet is holistic and isn't opposed to LDN, but she thinks it should be

saved as a last resort (yes, even in the veterinary world). I've been

listening to her about this but I've decided they should have the

LDN. Maybe it will help educate her.

One question is, should I start the LDN on the cat who is currently on

antibiotics right away, or wait until she recovers from this brain

infection (she has neurological symptoms)?

The other question is, I know I've been told this before, but what is the

dose for cats? One is under 10 lbs, the other about 12 pounds.

I know it might seem strange that these cats suffer so much that I still

want to heal them, but they are so happy to be alive. And they are such

beautiful spirits. They definitely want to be on the planet.

Thank you for listening.

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My question is, one of the cats is currently sick and on antibiotics

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