Do’s and Don’ts for Diet in Cats with FeLV

Cats with Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) are like human patients with AIDS because they are weakened not by the disease itself but by the complications that occur due to the weakening of the infected cat’s immune system.

The retrovirus which causes the disease easily spreads the disease throughout the cat’s body.

This disease does not have a cure. If your cat could have fought the disease in its initial stage, it might not have spread within its body. However, as the disease progresses to the next stages, there would be no stopping it. All that you can do is to take good care of your sick pet until such time that he would no longer be able to fight off the disease.

There are various controls that you can do for your cat. There are also certain therapies that could relieve the cat’s pain and will let her recover from certain diseases which are complications of the main disease. One thing that you can surely control and take care of for your pet is food, his diet. For your cat’s health condition not to worsen, you have to watch what she eats carefully.

What to feed the cat

• 1. Feed your cat with fresh food. This way, you will be able to ensure that she is getting maximum nutrients instead of harvesting all the harmful chemicals that would push his already frail condition into more frailty. Fresh foods can also be easily digested.
• 2. You can also include pureed raw liver in your cat’s diet. The effect of the liver on the cat would be to help her not to get too fatigued and still be able to carry on some of his normal functions just like a healthy cat.
• 3. Feeding the cat with different foods which are rich in vitamin C would help her to be relieved of pain. Vitamin C is a pain reliever and is a detoxifier of the body. This will be needed by the cat which needs to shield herself away from harmful chemicals surrounding her.Most of all, it helps strengthen the weakened immune system of the cat.

What not to feed the cat

• 1. Do not feed the sick cat uncooked food and un-pasteurized dairy products.
  These are immune-suppressed foods which are found out to be more likely carriers of parasites and bacteria.
• 2. Avoid putting onion into any cat food because it has certain elements that will lead to damage in the cat’s red blood cells.
• 3. Do not include fish bones in a cat’s diet because this may poke its stomach because she does not chew its food. Instead, he would simply swallow the food.
• 4. Do not feed her with foods for humans. This is because these are full of condiments which might make the cat feel all the more ill.
• 5. Do not feed the cat with more commercially generated cat foods because these are full of preservatives which can damage important internal organs. Thus, this would surely not contribute to your effort to prolong your pet’s life.