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Kittens Still Sneezing
Archer (10-week-old kitten) is still sneezing a LOT. I haven't heard Ozzy
sneezing lately even though he's in the same room with his brother. Tayla (3-year-old cat) is still sneezing, though not as much as Archer - but her right eye is "weeping". I just got off the phone with my vet (the sainted Dr. French ;), and he said that they all have a herpes virus (which is what he diagnosed 10 days ago). He said he'll going to prescribe another round of Clavamox for them for me to pick up this afternoon, but the Clavamox is only given to stave off secondary bacterial infections they might get because their immune systems have been weakened by the herpes virus. He said he would leave it up to me whether or not I want to give them another round of Clavamox, but if they are otherwise healthy - playing, eating, and drinking - which they are, it is not *imperative* that they get the Clavamox. He said he could prescribe them nose or eye drops to take care of symptoms if they should become bad, but that that won't get rid of the virus either. He said the virus will just have to play itself out and that it could quite a while before they are all symptom-free. Dr. French also said that, even with strenuous cleaning (I wash their bowls with hot, soapy water and we "wash" our hands well with Purell Hand Sanitizer every time we leave on of their rooms), the herpes virus is airborne and highly contagious and the fact that Demi, Jessie, and Sammy are not showing any symptoms after 11 days in the same house is very good news (I'm guessing that they have very healthy immune systems from being indoor only, premium food fed, and are "throwing off" the shedded virus without becoming symptomatic). Anyway, does anyone have any thoughts on this? Do you think I should go ahead and treat them with another round of Clavamox, or as long as they're otherwise healthy just let the virus run its course? -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters he http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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Kittens Still Sneezing
The fosterers I know just routinely add lysine to all their cats food to
stave this off the "home cats" and to help the fosters get over a bout. I'm pretty sure Pearl has it. She gets a weepy eye and snotty nose on one side all the time. Sugar has never shown sign of it. I give Pearl so dang much stuff, but I'm considering adding lysine myself. "CatNipped" wrote in message ... Archer (10-week-old kitten) is still sneezing a LOT. I haven't heard Ozzy sneezing lately even though he's in the same room with his brother. Tayla (3-year-old cat) is still sneezing, though not as much as Archer - but her right eye is "weeping". I just got off the phone with my vet (the sainted Dr. French ;), and he said that they all have a herpes virus (which is what he diagnosed 10 days ago). He said he'll going to prescribe another round of Clavamox for them for me to pick up this afternoon, but the Clavamox is only given to stave off secondary bacterial infections they might get because their immune systems have been weakened by the herpes virus. He said he would leave it up to me whether or not I want to give them another round of Clavamox, but if they are otherwise healthy - playing, eating, and drinking - which they are, it is not *imperative* that they get the Clavamox. He said he could prescribe them nose or eye drops to take care of symptoms if they should become bad, but that that won't get rid of the virus either. He said the virus will just have to play itself out and that it could quite a while before they are all symptom-free. Dr. French also said that, even with strenuous cleaning (I wash their bowls with hot, soapy water and we "wash" our hands well with Purell Hand Sanitizer every time we leave on of their rooms), the herpes virus is airborne and highly contagious and the fact that Demi, Jessie, and Sammy are not showing any symptoms after 11 days in the same house is very good news (I'm guessing that they have very healthy immune systems from being indoor only, premium food fed, and are "throwing off" the shedded virus without becoming symptomatic). Anyway, does anyone have any thoughts on this? Do you think I should go ahead and treat them with another round of Clavamox, or as long as they're otherwise healthy just let the virus run its course? -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters he http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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Kittens Still Sneezing
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:13:03 -0500, Karen wrote:
The fosterers I know just routinely add lysine to all their cats food to stave this off the "home cats" and to help the fosters get over a bout. I'm pretty sure Pearl has it. She gets a weepy eye and snotty nose on one side all the time. Sugar has never shown sign of it. I give Pearl so dang much stuff, but I'm considering adding lysine myself. That's what I was about to say. I've heard that Lysine is great treatment for Herpes viruses. |
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Kittens Still Sneezing
Karen,
When our cat had nasal congestion on one side and one weepy eye, it turned out to be a tooth problem on that side. Tooth problems very often have the same symptoms as URI's. Is Pearl the diabetic cat? It's pretty common for diabetic cats to get bad teeth. If you haven't had that checked recently, it might be worth it. One vet missed it on Bob but another did a very thorough check and found the tooth. As soon as it was removed, he got better in leaps and bounds. Take care, Rhonda Karen wrote: The fosterers I know just routinely add lysine to all their cats food to stave this off the "home cats" and to help the fosters get over a bout. I'm pretty sure Pearl has it. She gets a weepy eye and snotty nose on one side all the time. Sugar has never shown sign of it. I give Pearl so dang much stuff, but I'm considering adding lysine myself. |
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Kittens Still Sneezing
It might be worth a shot, since yes, with a virus the last thing you
want is a secondary infection. The only downside is you are more prone to side effects of clavamox, which includes diarrhea and vomiting, so it's a double edged sword. So sorry to hear they are still sick. Hang in there and hopefully it will play out. purrs, Kristi |
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Kittens Still Sneezing
THat's good to know. SHe could use a dental for sure. I"m just sucha wuss
about anesthesia. "Rhonda" wrote in message ... Karen, When our cat had nasal congestion on one side and one weepy eye, it turned out to be a tooth problem on that side. Tooth problems very often have the same symptoms as URI's. Is Pearl the diabetic cat? It's pretty common for diabetic cats to get bad teeth. If you haven't had that checked recently, it might be worth it. One vet missed it on Bob but another did a very thorough check and found the tooth. As soon as it was removed, he got better in leaps and bounds. Take care, Rhonda Karen wrote: The fosterers I know just routinely add lysine to all their cats food to stave this off the "home cats" and to help the fosters get over a bout. I'm pretty sure Pearl has it. She gets a weepy eye and snotty nose on one side all the time. Sugar has never shown sign of it. I give Pearl so dang much stuff, but I'm considering adding lysine myself. |
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Kittens Still Sneezing
The fosterers I know just routinely add lysine to all their cats food to
stave this off the "home cats" and to help the fosters get over a bout. I'm pretty sure Pearl has it. She gets a weepy eye and snotty nose on one side all the time. Sugar has never shown sign of it. I give Pearl so dang much stuff, but I'm considering adding lysine myself. That's what I was about to say. I've heard that Lysine is great treatment for Herpes viruses. You don't want to muck about with amino acid treatment for kittens. Lysine doesn't work all that well, and some kinds of amino acid imbalance can be rapidly and horribly fatal (look up arginine deficiency - arginine helps promote replication of the herpes virus, and in humans you can restrict it to control the infection, but that's a nonstarter for cats). Antiviral drugs are safer. Chronic weepy eyes can also be caused by chlamydia. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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On Jul 5, 5:35 pm, "Karen" wrote:
THat's good to know. SHe could use a dental for sure. I"m just sucha wuss about anesthesia. I was worried about anesthesia too when Rusty had feline resorption lesion and 2 teeth had to be extracted. But you can ask the vet to do a blood test to be sure your cat is healthy enough for the surgery. My vet also told me for older cat like Rusty they use gas anesthesia so the cat wakes up sooner. Winnie |
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