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???

It could be allergies. I would see another vet.
Gail
"desiree" wrote in message
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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???

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???

"desiree" wrote in message
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... 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

"desiree" wrote in message
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... 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

On 1 Apr 2004 07:49:11 -0800, (desiree) wrote:

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???

I'd agree with the suggestion to check with another vet first.

I adopted a shelter kitty who had a terrible problem with an URI for
a couple of months, and we went through at least three different
antibiotics. I got to the point where I thought that perhaps he had
built up an immunity to the meds, having been on one of them for quite
some time. What I decided to try was to "steam" him. Every time we
took a hot bath, we took him into the bathroom with us. It probably
took about a week, but it did finally clear up. It probably also
helped that we were in spring weather by that time.

Best of luck to you and your kitty.

Ginger-lyn

On 1 Apr 2004 07:49:11 -0800, (desiree) wrote:

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???

I'd agree with the suggestion to check with another vet first.

I adopted a shelter kitty who had a terrible problem with an URI for
a couple of months, and we went through at least three different
antibiotics. I got to the point where I thought that perhaps he had
built up an immunity to the meds, having been on one of them for quite
some time. What I decided to try was to "steam" him. Every time we
took a hot bath, we took him into the bathroom with us. It probably
took about a week, but it did finally clear up. It probably also
helped that we were in spring weather by that time.

Best of luck to you and your kitty.

Ginger-lyn

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???

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???

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.