To make an urgent appeal to any vets?

[felinelucky]

Posting for traffic. I have a little cat that suffers from particularly severe calicivirus (cat flu), currently has hideous mouth ulceration that responds to nothing including interferon. Every time he comes off antibiotics he goes into a downward spiral.

Please help me track down the top calici specialists in the UK? I've exhausted all the mainstream options and I need someone who can maybe suggest something more experimental.

Not a very clear picture, but...

Have you tried a specialist cats veg surgery?

try www.veterinary-practice.com or www.vin.com - Vin certainly has a forum where you could ask for advice re specialists.

Danielle Gunn Moore?

Not an expert myself but interferon gamma and removal of all teeth would be 2 possible treatment options to consider. There may be better things now as I haven't really dealt with a case for over ten years. It's a very difficult condition to deal with unfortunately.

Oh sorry just saw you said interferon was no good. Have you been referred already or still at your normal vets?

Thank you for the suggestions, all.

SnackSizeRaisin we do have an appointment with an internal medicine specialist who works for the vet group I go to (£££££). But I worry that it might just involve a repeat of all the other investigations he's had. I'm willing to find the money, but would prefer someone who's known to be a total calicivirus ninja.

He seems to be responding to being back on 2 x antibiotics, but still peaky.

He's had 6 teeth pulled and we have actually managed to pretty much sort out his gum infection, but the tongue's a bastard.