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Persistant Respiratory Infection
I have a four year old male cat (Borgart) whom I adopted from a local
shelter 7 days ago. He developed URI symptoms the second day I had him. he began sneezing and I noticed very mild congestion. The biggest sign of illness was the fact he was uninterested in food or water as well as very tired. I brought him to the vet on the second day and the vet prescribed an antibiotic (zithromax) for 7 days. Poor Bogart has had a fever of 103-104 for about a week now. The sneezing subsided about a 3-4 days ago and he is now just stuffed up. In the last 48 hours he has begun discharging a lot of yellow/green muscous from his nose. In the beginning I had to force feed him with a syringe. He is now eating slightly over a can of Hill's Prescription Diet each day with my encouragement (no force feeding, but he won't he on his own). He still is not drinking water on his own, but the vet said I shouldn't be concerned about dehydration as long as I get the prescription food into him as it contains about 80% moisture. He saw the vet 48 hours ago right around the time he began discharging from the nose. During his last visit he tested negative for both FIV and FELV. The vet suspects a rhinovirus (herpes infection). Bogart finishes his antibiotics tomorrow and is still running a fever. I have read it can take several weeks to recover from a URI, but should the fever persist this long? How concerned should I be for the life of Bogart if I continue ensuring he is receiving as much nutrition possible? If you could email me your response it would be much appreciated. Thank you! Trevor |
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UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
BOGART'S SITUATION SOUNDS A BIT LIKE MY BEN'S. I PICKED BEN OFF THE
STREET IN NOVEMBER. HE BREATHES THROUGH HIS MOUTH, SNEEZES A LOT. HE EATS PRETTY GOOD AND HAS PUT WEIGHT ON. VET DID IN-HOUSE BLOOD TEST FOR LEUKEMIA AND FIP AND SAID IT WAS NEGATIVE. BEN HAS TAKEN CLAVAMOX, CEFEDROXIL, BAYTRIL AND IS NOW ON DOXYCYCLINE. HE'S BETTER BUT STILL HAS STUFFED UP NOSE AND DISCHARGE FROM HIS EYES. CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE. HE HAS BEEN ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AND IS STILL ILL, THOUGH BETTER. THANKS A BUNCH FOR ANY ADVICE -- I like www.npu.sk |
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UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
I wish I had some advice for you. Urn's are usually a virus and don't
respond to antibiotics. Some vets give antibiotics to clear up any secondary infections. Since your cat has discharge from his eyes, has the vet tried liquid eye antibiotics? The cat could have conjunctivitis. If he does have an infection, like a sinus infection, I wonder if the vet could culture some of the discharge and see if you are using the right antibiotics. If you've tried different things and the vet is out of ideas, you might seek a second vet's opinion (it can't hurt!) Good luck. Sounds like this kitty really needed you. He probably wouldn't be alive now if you hadn't helped him. Rhonda doris1a wrote: BOGART'S SITUATION SOUNDS A BIT LIKE MY BEN'S. I PICKED BEN OFF THE STREET IN NOVEMBER. HE BREATHES THROUGH HIS MOUTH, SNEEZES A LOT. HE EATS PRETTY GOOD AND HAS PUT WEIGHT ON. VET DID IN-HOUSE BLOOD TEST FOR LEUKEMIA AND FIP AND SAID IT WAS NEGATIVE. BEN HAS TAKEN CLAVAMOX, CEFEDROXIL, BAYTRIL AND IS NOW ON DOXYCYCLINE. HE'S BETTER BUT STILL HAS STUFFED UP NOSE AND DISCHARGE FROM HIS EYES. CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE. HE HAS BEEN ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AND IS STILL ILL, THOUGH BETTER. THANKS A BUNCH FOR ANY ADVICE -- I like www.npu.sk |
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UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
Sorry -- that last would should be URI's. I hit "change" when spell
check put in Urn and could not change it back! -Rhonda Rhonda wrote: I wish I had some advice for you. Urn's |
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