If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
What to do with a cat who is sick with a cold, but can't get to a
doctor right away. I know you can't give them certain kinds of pain relievers, but I don't know what is best to buy OTC. Can anyone help? Puss is miserable. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
On Jan 28, 11:34 am, "Matthew" wrote:
"Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... What to do with a cat who is sick with a cold, but can't get to a doctor right away. I know you can't give them certain kinds of pain relievers, but I don't know what is best to buy OTC. Can anyone help? Puss is miserable. I am sorry but unless a vet tells you to give them anything YOU DON'T. You can seriously hurt the furball if you self treat Also are you sure it is a cold and not something else? No, I'm not sure of anything except that she has allergies. She is sneezing and wheezing and miserable is all I know. I talked to my (human) doctor a minute ago and he told me to give her benedryl. If you think that's unsafe, I will call the vet. She was just seen a couple of weeks ago, and I can't afford to take her back right now. I just want to relieve her misery as much as I can. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "Matthew" wrote:
"Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... On Jan 28, 11:34 am, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... What to do with a cat who is sick with a cold, but can't get to a doctor right away. I know you can't give them certain kinds of pain relievers, but I don't know what is best to buy OTC. Can anyone help? Puss is miserable. I am sorry but unless a vet tells you to give them anything YOU DON'T. You can seriously hurt the furball if you self treat Also are you sure it is a cold and not something else? No, I'm not sure of anything except that she has allergies. She is sneezing and wheezing and miserable is all I know. I talked to my (human) doctor a minute ago and he told me to give her benedryl. If you think that's unsafe, I will call the vet. She was just seen a couple of weeks ago, and I can't afford to take her back right now. I just want to relieve her misery as much as I can. Human doctor does not dosage that is why he is a human doctor. ;-) You can call your vet and ask advice for free. SInce you were just there not to long ago. My personal vet I can call and ask any question YOUR vet will tell you the proper amount of benedryl to use. Please call your vet first the doasge should be half an adult tablet maybe twice a day but this will knock your cat out chlortimeton, same dosage, half a tab (a tab is 4 mgs, so that is 2 mgs) twice a day. Thanks. Her congestion is seriously bad right now. I will call the vet. I am very worried about her. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
On Jan 28, 12:33 pm, "Matthew" wrote:
"Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... On Jan 28, 11:34 am, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... What to do with a cat who is sick with a cold, but can't get to a doctor right away. I know you can't give them certain kinds of pain relievers, but I don't know what is best to buy OTC. Can anyone help? Puss is miserable. I am sorry but unless a vet tells you to give them anything YOU DON'T. You can seriously hurt the furball if you self treat Also are you sure it is a cold and not something else? No, I'm not sure of anything except that she has allergies. She is sneezing and wheezing and miserable is all I know. I talked to my (human) doctor a minute ago and he told me to give her benedryl. If you think that's unsafe, I will call the vet. She was just seen a couple of weeks ago, and I can't afford to take her back right now. I just want to relieve her misery as much as I can. Human doctor does not dosage that is why he is a human doctor. ;-) You can call your vet and ask advice for free. SInce you were just there not to long ago. My personal vet I can call and ask any question YOUR vet will tell you the proper amount of benedryl to use. Please call your vet first the doasge should be half an adult tablet maybe twice a day but this will knock your cat out chlortimeton, same dosage, half a tab (a tab is 4 mgs, so that is 2 mgs) twice a day. Thanks. Her congestion is seriously bad right now. I will call the vet. I am very worried about her. Lets us know if we can help with anything else? medications and cats are one thing never to mess with you will never forgive yourself if anything happened Okay, I'm waiting on the vet to call me back. She's so sick she won't eat her tuna fish. Does that tell you anything? |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
This sound more like an upper respitory infection and she need seen by a vet
to be treated. Allergies do not make them get that congested. Celeste "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in message ... On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... On Jan 28, 11:34 am, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... What to do with a cat who is sick with a cold, but can't get to a doctor right away. I know you can't give them certain kinds of pain relievers, but I don't know what is best to buy OTC. Can anyone help? Puss is miserable. I am sorry but unless a vet tells you to give them anything YOU DON'T. You can seriously hurt the furball if you self treat Also are you sure it is a cold and not something else? No, I'm not sure of anything except that she has allergies. She is sneezing and wheezing and miserable is all I know. I talked to my (human) doctor a minute ago and he told me to give her benedryl. If you think that's unsafe, I will call the vet. She was just seen a couple of weeks ago, and I can't afford to take her back right now. I just want to relieve her misery as much as I can. Human doctor does not dosage that is why he is a human doctor. ;-) You can call your vet and ask advice for free. SInce you were just there not to long ago. My personal vet I can call and ask any question YOUR vet will tell you the proper amount of benedryl to use. Please call your vet first the doasge should be half an adult tablet maybe twice a day but this will knock your cat out chlortimeton, same dosage, half a tab (a tab is 4 mgs, so that is 2 mgs) twice a day. Thanks. Her congestion is seriously bad right now. I will call the vet. I am very worried about her. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
On Jan 28, 5:09 pm, "Spot" wrote:
This sound more like an upper respitory infection and she need seen by a vet to be treated. Allergies do not make them get that congested. Celeste "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... On Jan 28, 11:34 am, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... What to do with a cat who is sick with a cold, but can't get to a doctor right away. I know you can't give them certain kinds of pain relievers, but I don't know what is best to buy OTC. Can anyone help? Puss is miserable. I am sorry but unless a vet tells you to give them anything YOU DON'T. You can seriously hurt the furball if you self treat Also are you sure it is a cold and not something else? No, I'm not sure of anything except that she has allergies. She is sneezing and wheezing and miserable is all I know. I talked to my (human) doctor a minute ago and he told me to give her benedryl. If you think that's unsafe, I will call the vet. She was just seen a couple of weeks ago, and I can't afford to take her back right now. I just want to relieve her misery as much as I can. Human doctor does not dosage that is why he is a human doctor. ;-) You can call your vet and ask advice for free. SInce you were just there not to long ago. My personal vet I can call and ask any question YOUR vet will tell you the proper amount of benedryl to use. Please call your vet first the doasge should be half an adult tablet maybe twice a day but this will knock your cat out chlortimeton, same dosage, half a tab (a tab is 4 mgs, so that is 2 mgs) twice a day. Thanks. Her congestion is seriously bad right now. I will call the vet. I am very worried about her. She's going to the vet tomorrow. He told me that I can give her the antihistamine, but she is gagging up entirely too much "ook" for me not to worry. I think she needs to be seen. Thanks, all. Me & Puss |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
"Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote She's going to the vet tomorrow. He told me that I can give her the antihistamine, but she is gagging up entirely too much "ook" for me not to worry. I think she needs to be seen. Smart move. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
"Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in message ... On Jan 28, 5:09 pm, "Spot" wrote: This sound more like an upper respitory infection and she need seen by a vet to be treated. Allergies do not make them get that congested. Celeste "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... On Jan 28, 11:34 am, "Matthew" wrote: "Puss The Bounty Hunter" wrote in ... What to do with a cat who is sick with a cold, but can't get to a doctor right away. I know you can't give them certain kinds of pain relievers, but I don't know what is best to buy OTC. Can anyone help? Puss is miserable. I am sorry but unless a vet tells you to give them anything YOU DON'T. You can seriously hurt the furball if you self treat Also are you sure it is a cold and not something else? No, I'm not sure of anything except that she has allergies. She is sneezing and wheezing and miserable is all I know. I talked to my (human) doctor a minute ago and he told me to give her benedryl. If you think that's unsafe, I will call the vet. She was just seen a couple of weeks ago, and I can't afford to take her back right now. I just want to relieve her misery as much as I can. Human doctor does not dosage that is why he is a human doctor. ;-) You can call your vet and ask advice for free. SInce you were just there not to long ago. My personal vet I can call and ask any question YOUR vet will tell you the proper amount of benedryl to use. Please call your vet first the doasge should be half an adult tablet maybe twice a day but this will knock your cat out chlortimeton, same dosage, half a tab (a tab is 4 mgs, so that is 2 mgs) twice a day. Thanks. Her congestion is seriously bad right now. I will call the vet. I am very worried about her. She's going to the vet tomorrow. He told me that I can give her the antihistamine, but she is gagging up entirely too much "ook" for me not to worry. I think she needs to be seen. Thanks, all. Me & Puss Sorry about the 90 days after the rain advice. You can also put her in a steamed up bathroom and see if that helps with the congestion. I used to run a cool mist humidifier for some of my fosters when they got bad URIs. That of course was in addition to a visit to the vet for appropriate meds. The concern is that if the cat can't smell it won't eat. Heat up some smelly wet food or baby food (read the label and make sure it doesn't contain onions) as was already suggested. If the cat isn't eating much you can pick up some nutrical at a local pet store and add that to the wet food. Good luck with the kitty. Wendy |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
"Cheryl" wrote in message
... On Mon 28 Jan 2008 07:04:05p, Puss The Bounty Hunter wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav .com: She's going to the vet tomorrow. He told me that I can give her the antihistamine, but she is gagging up entirely too much "ook" for me not to worry. I think she needs to be seen. In the meantime, see if you can get at least some food into her. If you can get some baby food (all meat, no onions as they are toxic to cats) and see if she'll lick it off your finger or a spoon. Warm it just a tiny bit so the smell is stronger. If she won't lick it, you can wipe it on the inside of her mouth so she'll swallow it. If you don't have access to baby food, you can try blending some tuna, or cooked chicken, or even some chicken broth without salt or other additives. Good luck. I have dealt with this so much with my youngest two when they were small and they didn't want to eat when they couldn't smell it. -- Cheryl Archer and Ozzy had problems with URIs (Feline Herpes Virus, or FHV) when they were small too. Their eyes were all goopy with pus, their noses were constantly running and they were sneezing every few minutes. Besides antibiotics from the vet for any secondary infection, I took the advice of the fosterer I got them from and gave them L-Lysine. This worked absolute wonders on them. It took a while to take effect completely (about 2 weeks), but once the goopy eyes and runny noses were gone they never got it again. I keep all 5 of my cats on a maintenance dose now (the virus is still "live" even in remission and the L-Lysine helps keep it from being transmitted to my older cats). I crush 1/2 500mg tablet into each 3oz can of food twice a day (my 5 cats eat 4 3oz cans of Fancy Feast twice a day) and their eyes are always clear and healthy now (http://www.possibleplaces.com/catnip.../100_1195.jpg). Hugs, CatNipped |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Cats With Colds
On Jan 29, 8:55 am, "CatNipped" wrote:
"Cheryl" wrote in message ... On Mon 28 Jan 2008 07:04:05p, Puss The Bounty Hunter wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav .com: She's going to the vet tomorrow. He told me that I can give her the antihistamine, but she is gagging up entirely too much "ook" for me not to worry. I think she needs to be seen. In the meantime, see if you can get at least some food into her. If you can get some baby food (all meat, no onions as they are toxic to cats) and see if she'll lick it off your finger or a spoon. Warm it just a tiny bit so the smell is stronger. If she won't lick it, you can wipe it on the inside of her mouth so she'll swallow it. If you don't have access to baby food, you can try blending some tuna, or cooked chicken, or even some chicken broth without salt or other additives. Good luck. I have dealt with this so much with my youngest two when they were small and they didn't want to eat when they couldn't smell it. -- Cheryl Archer and Ozzy had problems with URIs (Feline Herpes Virus, or FHV) when they were small too. Their eyes were all goopy with pus, their noses were constantly running and they were sneezing every few minutes. Besides antibiotics from the vet for any secondary infection, I took the advice of the fosterer I got them from and gave them L-Lysine. This worked absolute wonders on them. It took a while to take effect completely (about 2 weeks), but once the goopy eyes and runny noses were gone they never got it again. I keep all 5 of my cats on a maintenance dose now (the virus is still "live" even in remission and the L-Lysine helps keep it from being transmitted to my older cats). I crush 1/2 500mg tablet into each 3oz can of food twice a day (my 5 cats eat 4 3oz cans of Fancy Feast twice a day) and their eyes are always clear and healthy now (http://www.possibleplaces.com/catnip.../100_1195.jpg). Hugs, CatNipped Do not give that sick cat cognac. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Cats and Colds | cybercat | Cat health & behaviour | 23 | July 5th 07 04:34 PM |
Cats and Colds | Turtlecat | Cat health & behaviour | 10 | February 23rd 06 12:16 AM |
Colds not contagious? R U serious? | Tree Line | Cat anecdotes | 6 | April 20th 04 08:50 PM |
Colds not contagious? R U serious? | Tree Line | Cat anecdotes | 8 | April 20th 04 07:53 PM |
cats with colds: can they get reinfected? | [email protected] | Cat health & behaviour | 2 | February 15th 04 10:55 AM |