My cat has allergies?!?!?

crazy4alero

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I have noticed that for the past week, my cat Petey has been sneezing like mad! I do have a vet apt. for him on Thursday but I wanted to see if anybody else has experienced this and what they have done. Do they have kitty allegra? We are unable to pinpoint what makes him sneeze but I have noticed that when I approach him and start petting him he starts sneezing. Could he be allergic to his own fur?? Any insight would be great!
 

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Sneezing to me means an Upper Respiratory Infection(URI). They're pretty common in shelters.....my cats have gotten them from foster cats & from being outside.
 

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Uri is most likely... but yes there are kitty antihistimines if it is enviormental
 

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Originally Posted by crazy4alero

Thanks guys! He seems to not be sneezing as much anymore but I still have a vet apt. tomorrow for him.
We used to give our dog liquid Benadryl, you might wanna ask your vet about that.
 

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A few months ago 2 of my cats (i have 3) started sneezing like crazy. At the time, i had one for a little over a year and a half and the other for about 2 months (came from a shelter, and got preventive meds when he came home in case of URI) They don't come into contact with anyother cats. I assumed they had URIs so i brought them to the vet. They had no fevers and their noses weren't running, no mucous or anything. And their eyes were irritated (red, not watery) so the vet said they had allergies. Hayfever was really high around this time. So i gave them antihistamines to relieve their symptoms for a few days. I decided to stop after about a week and they haven't sneezed since.
 
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