I wanted to post this for discussion and was curious to get input from members that deal with large colonies of ferals.
I have a friend with a goat farm. About two months ago, one of the Tom's brought upper respiratory into the barn after visiting a neighbouring farm.
Within weeks, all the cats were gravely ill. Copious amounts of mucous, sneezing, watery eyes. One cat even passed away.
These were healthy well fed barn cats. They get kibble and goat milk every day.
Most were barely able to breathe.
So, they decided to attempt to treat them with tetracycline normally used on goats. They mixed the orange flavoured med into the goat milk for two weeks.
By the end of the first week...they were "cured". No sneezing, no discharge ... nothing.
They have been off the med for 2 weeks and are all back to healthy cats.
Wouldn't it be worth a try, if the only other option was euthanasia?
I have a friend with a goat farm. About two months ago, one of the Tom's brought upper respiratory into the barn after visiting a neighbouring farm.
Within weeks, all the cats were gravely ill. Copious amounts of mucous, sneezing, watery eyes. One cat even passed away.
These were healthy well fed barn cats. They get kibble and goat milk every day.
Most were barely able to breathe.
So, they decided to attempt to treat them with tetracycline normally used on goats. They mixed the orange flavoured med into the goat milk for two weeks.
By the end of the first week...they were "cured". No sneezing, no discharge ... nothing.
They have been off the med for 2 weeks and are all back to healthy cats.
Wouldn't it be worth a try, if the only other option was euthanasia?