Need some advice

Tayla (new momma kitten) has a URI. It's not too bad, mostly just some
sneezing. They gave me some medicine to take home with her (liquid and she
was surprisingly easy to dose this morning), and of course she'll see the
vet in the next couple of days.

My question is this - how contagious is this? I wash my hands after going
into the room to pet and play with her. She's in my office for now which is
a room separated from the rest of the house by the garage) and the cat flap
in that door is closed, of course. But there's a pretty large gap under
that doorway. Is it likely that the URI could be transferred by sniffing
and playing pawsy under the door? Should I put a towel down there to keep
her even more separate from the existing Crews' clowder?

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Hugs,

CatNipped

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I forgot to add that my existing clowder have access to the garage through
another cat flap in the doorway from the house leading to the garage - it's
where I keep their litter boxes. So they can be directly on the opposite
side of the door from Tayla.

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Hugs,

CatNipped

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Tayla (new momma kitten) has a URI. It's not too bad, mostly just some
sneezing. They gave me some medicine to take home with her (liquid and
she was surprisingly easy to dose this morning), and of course she'll see
the vet in the next couple of days.

My question is this - how contagious is this? I wash my hands after going
into the room to pet and play with her. She's in my office for now which
is a room separated from the rest of the house by the garage) and the cat
flap in that door is closed, of course. But there's a pretty large gap
under that doorway. Is it likely that the URI could be transferred by
sniffing and playing pawsy under the door? Should I put a towel down
there to keep her even more separate from the existing Crews' clowder?

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

On Jun 24, 8:44 am, "CatNipped" wrote:
Tayla (new momma kitten) has a URI. It's not too bad, mostly just some
sneezing. They gave me some medicine to take home with her (liquid and she
was surprisingly easy to dose this morning), and of course she'll see the
vet in the next couple of days.

My question is this - how contagious is this? I wash my hands after going
into the room to pet and play with her. She's in my office for now which is
a room separated from the rest of the house by the garage) and the cat flap
in that door is closed, of course. But there's a pretty large gap under
that doorway. Is it likely that the URI could be transferred by sniffing
and playing pawsy under the door? Should I put a towel down there to keep
her even more separate from the existing Crews' clowder?

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

Hi Lori--I'm not an expert by any means (you know that!), but URI just
spreads like
wildfire at the shelter. It is airborne. I do think sniffing could
spread it. OTOH, your
existing cats most surely have a healthier immune system than shelter
cats do.
But yeah, I'd close the gap at least for a few days.
What's Sammy's reaction? Is she just curious, or hostile with the new
ones?

Sherry

"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Jun 24, 8:44 am, "CatNipped" wrote:
Tayla (new momma kitten) has a URI. It's not too bad, mostly just some
sneezing. They gave me some medicine to take home with her (liquid and
she
was surprisingly easy to dose this morning), and of course she'll see the
vet in the next couple of days.

My question is this - how contagious is this? I wash my hands after
going
into the room to pet and play with her. She's in my office for now which
is
a room separated from the rest of the house by the garage) and the cat
flap
in that door is closed, of course. But there's a pretty large gap under
that doorway. Is it likely that the URI could be transferred by sniffing
and playing pawsy under the door? Should I put a towel down there to
keep
her even more separate from the existing Crews' clowder?

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

Hi Lori--I'm not an expert by any means (you know that!), but URI just
spreads like
wildfire at the shelter. It is airborne. I do think sniffing could
spread it. OTOH, your
existing cats most surely have a healthier immune system than shelter
cats do.
But yeah, I'd close the gap at least for a few days.
What's Sammy's reaction? Is she just curious, or hostile with the new
ones?

Sherry

Sammy is just acting a little nervous. Jessie is running around hissing at
Demi and Sammy, but nobody is going nuts or anything. Still, I think I'll
go pick up a feliway defuser just the same.

Hugs,

CatNipped