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Upper Respiratory Infection - HELP - I'm DESPERATE!
I've had my cat for almost 2 months now. She's about 9 months old and
has been congested since I got her. She's extremely congested and wheezes, but other than that, she's fine! She runs around, eats, drinks, uses the litter box - all normally. She's been to the vet a few times and is currently on day 13 of her THIRD antibiotic. She has another week to go on this one, but I don't see any noticable improvement in her congestion. This is already costing me a lot of money, and the vet suggested I bring her in again for a re-check. Should it take this long to get rid of it?? Could it be something else? Anyone else had this problem??? |
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It could be allergies. I would see another vet.
Gail "desiree" wrote in message om... I've had my cat for almost 2 months now. She's about 9 months old and has been congested since I got her. She's extremely congested and wheezes, but other than that, she's fine! She runs around, eats, drinks, uses the litter box - all normally. She's been to the vet a few times and is currently on day 13 of her THIRD antibiotic. She has another week to go on this one, but I don't see any noticable improvement in her congestion. This is already costing me a lot of money, and the vet suggested I bring her in again for a re-check. Should it take this long to get rid of it?? Could it be something else? Anyone else had this problem??? |
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It could be allergies. I would see another vet.
Gail "desiree" wrote in message om... I've had my cat for almost 2 months now. She's about 9 months old and has been congested since I got her. She's extremely congested and wheezes, but other than that, she's fine! She runs around, eats, drinks, uses the litter box - all normally. She's been to the vet a few times and is currently on day 13 of her THIRD antibiotic. She has another week to go on this one, but I don't see any noticable improvement in her congestion. This is already costing me a lot of money, and the vet suggested I bring her in again for a re-check. Should it take this long to get rid of it?? Could it be something else? Anyone else had this problem??? |
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"desiree" wrote in message om... ... Should it take this long to get rid of it?? Could it be something else? Anyone else had this problem??? When we adopted Cinder from the shelter, she came down with an upper respiratory infection that lasted at least two months with some residual coughing and hoarseness for another month or so. It's just awful having to cram medicine down them for such a long time when they are new. Annie |
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"desiree" wrote in message om... ... Should it take this long to get rid of it?? Could it be something else? Anyone else had this problem??? When we adopted Cinder from the shelter, she came down with an upper respiratory infection that lasted at least two months with some residual coughing and hoarseness for another month or so. It's just awful having to cram medicine down them for such a long time when they are new. Annie |
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what antibiotics has she been given? We use several different kinds
depending on the severity of the URI.. some are viral, others are bacterial.. Clavamox isn't the best choice when it comes to hard to fight URI. We switch between Doxycycline, zithromax and baytril. You can use steam to help loosen her up.. saline nose drops, or pediatric nose drops to help loosen up the congestion. I used it on my URI cats, and they would immediately sneeze out huge wads of phlegm. It will give some relief, but you do need to work on the underlying cause. "desiree" wrote in message om... I've had my cat for almost 2 months now. She's about 9 months old and has been congested since I got her. She's extremely congested and wheezes, but other than that, she's fine! She runs around, eats, drinks, uses the litter box - all normally. She's been to the vet a few times and is currently on day 13 of her THIRD antibiotic. She has another week to go on this one, but I don't see any noticable improvement in her congestion. This is already costing me a lot of money, and the vet suggested I bring her in again for a re-check. Should it take this long to get rid of it?? Could it be something else? Anyone else had this problem??? |
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what antibiotics has she been given? We use several different kinds
depending on the severity of the URI.. some are viral, others are bacterial.. Clavamox isn't the best choice when it comes to hard to fight URI. We switch between Doxycycline, zithromax and baytril. You can use steam to help loosen her up.. saline nose drops, or pediatric nose drops to help loosen up the congestion. I used it on my URI cats, and they would immediately sneeze out huge wads of phlegm. It will give some relief, but you do need to work on the underlying cause. "desiree" wrote in message om... I've had my cat for almost 2 months now. She's about 9 months old and has been congested since I got her. She's extremely congested and wheezes, but other than that, she's fine! She runs around, eats, drinks, uses the litter box - all normally. She's been to the vet a few times and is currently on day 13 of her THIRD antibiotic. She has another week to go on this one, but I don't see any noticable improvement in her congestion. This is already costing me a lot of money, and the vet suggested I bring her in again for a re-check. Should it take this long to get rid of it?? Could it be something else? Anyone else had this problem??? |
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Should it take this long to get rid of it?? Could it be something
else? Anyone else had this problem??? It could be allergies. Is nasal discharge clear and liquidy? that would be allergies. If it's green, yellow, then it's an infection. Maybe he needs a different type of antibiotics. How about trying some olive leaf extract also. Some people in kitty rescue just use this for URI's instead of antibiotics. I've used it with squirrels and it does work. Does your cat have a pushed in face like a Persian? It takes them longer to get rid of URI. When he starts blowing green boogies on you, he's finally getting over the infection. |
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