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URI for 8 weeks
We adopted a 2 month old female feline, "Moxie", from a local shelter 8 weeks
ago and noticed that she was sneezing and sounded wheezy sometimes. Plus her left eye had some kind of infection. So we took her back and she was diagnosed with an Upper Resipitory Infection and conjuctivitis and given antibiotics and an eye cream. After two weeks, her eye infection was gone and her URI seemed to be gone, so then they went ahead and gave her the rabies shot that was due. A week later we took her back to the Vet as the URI came back and came back worse than before. The vet said that the rabies shot weakend her immune system. So they put Moxie back on the antibiotic that she was given before. But after another week, she didn't improve so we took her back and they put her on a different antibiotic (as now she also had a fever of 104) and we were instructed to give 3 times, but only every other day. She seemed to improve, but only worsened a week later. So we took her back again. They took an x-ray of her lungs and said they were clear, her fever was gone, and that there was nothing else we can do but wait it out. Another 4 weeks of doing nothing has gone by and her congestion & runny nose have worsened. She is still eating, playing, and using her litter box, she just can't breathe through her nose. She sounds awful. She slurps and snorts when trying to clean herself and can only sleep well when laying or sitting certain a way and snores like an old man. Is this normal for a URI? Does it take this long for a URI to clear up? Should I be worried? I know our local shelters were quarantined for several weeks as this URI was going around and they had to put 12 animals to sleep because of it. I have scheduled another appt at the shelter for her to be looked at again by their Vet on 8/14. I just want to be more knowledgable about this before I take her to the Vet again. Also, the last visit they charged us for the medicine? Is this normal? We were also told by the Vet that our adult cat will not catch the URI from our kitten as it is just a kitten thing and that all of the shots she has had will prevent her from getting it. Is this true? |
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URI for 8 weeks
Hi there,
Four weeks sounds pretty long for a URI. Do you have another vet of your own you could take her to for a second opinion? She's pretty young and you have to really watch those infections in kittens. That's great that she's eating. Have they checked her mouth and teeth? Sometimes a tooth infection will give the same symptoms as a URI. Good luck, Rhonda jmurphy2005 wrote: We adopted a 2 month old female feline, "Moxie", from a local shelter 8 weeks ago and noticed that she was sneezing and sounded wheezy sometimes. Plus her left eye had some kind of infection. So we took her back and she was diagnosed with an Upper Resipitory Infection and conjuctivitis and given antibiotics and an eye cream. After two weeks, her eye infection was gone and her URI seemed to be gone, so then they went ahead and gave her the rabies shot that was due. A week later we took her back to the Vet as the URI came back and came back worse than before. The vet said that the rabies shot weakend her immune system. So they put Moxie back on the antibiotic that she was given before. But after another week, she didn't improve so we took her back and they put her on a different antibiotic (as now she also had a fever of 104) and we were instructed to give 3 times, but only every other day. She seemed to improve, but only worsened a week later. So we took her back again. They took an x-ray of her lungs and said they were clear, her fever was gone, and that there was nothing else we can do but wait it out. Another 4 weeks of doing nothing has gone by and her congestion & runny nose have worsened. She is still eating, playing, and using her litter box, she just can't breathe through her nose. She sounds awful. She slurps and snorts when trying to clean herself and can only sleep well when laying or sitting certain a way and snores like an old man. Is this normal for a URI? Does it take this long for a URI to clear up? Should I be worried? I know our local shelters were quarantined for several weeks as this URI was going around and they had to put 12 animals to sleep because of it. I have scheduled another appt at the shelter for her to be looked at again by their Vet on 8/14. I just want to be more knowledgable about this before I take her to the Vet again. Also, the last visit they charged us for the medicine? Is this normal? We were also told by the Vet that our adult cat will not catch the URI from our kitten as it is just a kitten thing and that all of the shots she has had will prevent her from getting it. Is this true? |
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URI for 8 weeks
Rhonda,
Moxie has an appt with the shelter on Monday and I'll have them look for a tooth infection. And if they don't help us anymore, then we will definitely take her to our family vet. Thanks for the advice and I'll let you know the outcome. I never would have though about a tooth infection. Thanks, Jan Rhonda wrote: Hi there, Four weeks sounds pretty long for a URI. Do you have another vet of your own you could take her to for a second opinion? She's pretty young and you have to really watch those infections in kittens. That's great that she's eating. Have they checked her mouth and teeth? Sometimes a tooth infection will give the same symptoms as a URI. Good luck, Rhonda We adopted a 2 month old female feline, "Moxie", from a local shelter 8 weeks ago and noticed that she was sneezing and sounded wheezy sometimes. Plus her [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] catch the URI from our kitten as it is just a kitten thing and that all of the shots she has had will prevent her from getting it. Is this true? -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200608/1 |
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I would take her to your own vet. The shelter vet may be a bit biased
or protective of the shelter and not want to admit that it transferred a virus. The runny eye and conjunctivitis sounds like the herpes virus, common enough, but you haven't been given the supplement for it. My vet prescribed Enysil which is a paste form of Lysine. It was given in addition to an antibiotic and eye ointment (I received Terramycin). My vet took one look at her goopy eye and conjuctivitis and said it was herpes. He found a temperature too, so he added the antibiotics. But it seemed pretty obvious to him on first glance. Your description sounds identical, and it is very common for cats going to new homes, especially from shelters since herpes flares up with stress. My cat had immediate improvement with treatment. It did start up again after the first month, but not as bad as before. And the stress wasn't gone (she was having problems with another cat). My sister also recently had a cat with a URI. She's not in the same house, so the problems are not related. Her cat had a runny nose, not a runny eye. Her vet gave antibiotics and Lysine (capsul form to be added to canned food). He cleared up right away. It sounds like you have to been to the vet a couple times, and he has looked for more complicated causes, but skipped over the most obvious problem. I would definitely try another vet for a fresh look on the situation. |
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jmurphy2005 via CatKB.com wrote: Thank you friesian. I had actually done some research on the internet and wondered if Moxie might have Herpes. The shelter has only given us Panalog Terramycin Ointment (Nystatin) for her eye, which by the way, the pupil of that eye is dramatically smaller than her other eye and does not dilate. Even though the infection seems to be gone from the eye, the pupil has stayed small. That sounds very worrisome. Kira had the goopy eye and wouldn't hold the eye open as well. It would be about half closed. And her inner eye lid was in too far. But her actual eye has looked fine. Never any problem with dilation. That doesn't sound normal for a simple infection at all. Kira receieved clavamox the first time and a different one the second time. I can't remember the name. She just developed a snotty nose today. But it's a different issue. She has anemia, and the treatment for that is to wipe out her immune system since her own immune system is destroying red blood cells. She is showing good improvement after only a week of prednisone, but my vet did say she would be susceptible to colds right now. |
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Moxie sounds a little worse tonight. She has an appt tomorrow @ 3:00 with
the shelter's vet. We are giving them one more chance. If we don't feel comfortable with them after that, then we are heading straight to a normal vet. She really is worrying us and I have a feeling that we will be given some bad news. I hope Kira's condition improves. Is the anemia something she will have the rest of her life? wrote: Thank you friesian. I had actually done some research on the internet and wondered if Moxie might have Herpes. The shelter has only given us Panalog Terramycin Ointment (Nystatin) for her eye, which by the way, the pupil of that eye is dramatically smaller than her other eye and does not dilate. Even though the infection seems to be gone from the eye, the pupil has stayed small. That sounds very worrisome. Kira had the goopy eye and wouldn't hold the eye open as well. It would be about half closed. And her inner eye lid was in too far. But her actual eye has looked fine. Never any problem with dilation. That doesn't sound normal for a simple infection at all. Kira receieved clavamox the first time and a different one the second time. I can't remember the name. She just developed a snotty nose today. But it's a different issue. She has anemia, and the treatment for that is to wipe out her immune system since her own immune system is destroying red blood cells. She is showing good improvement after only a week of prednisone, but my vet did say she would be susceptible to colds right now. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200608/1 |
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