This is about my cousin's kitty. She (and her cat) live with my parents, so I see the kitty more often than I normally would see a cousin's cat.
Background: My cousin is half Panamanian, and grew up in Panama. There are millions of street cats in Panama, and her cat was taken off the streets at a very young age and bottle-fed. He was a full cryptorchid, and the vet advised us to wait on neutering him until we were SURE he hadn't been neutered before they got him. So he was about a year old by the time he got to be tomcat-ish enough to know that he had to be neutered. The vet had to cut him in 3 places to find both testicles, poor guy. He's about 2 1/2 now.
Anyway, his eyes are constantly runny. We asked the vet about it and he just kind of shrugged and said that some cats just have runny eyes....is this Herpes? I've heard some people saying that they give their cats l-lysine for Herpes, would this help? If so, what kind of dose would be appropriate?
He also vomits regularly. Excessively, IMO. When they lived in Panama, he ate cat treats only---but they did say "complete and balanced". I think Friskies brand. She says this is because they couldn't find cat food in larger bags. Then he ate various store brands when he lived at my grandma's, then Chicken Soup for awhile at my parents' (because that's what their cats eat), but she recently switched him to Purina Cat Chow Indoor because her friend said that stopped his cat from barfing too much. So far nothing has made any difference. Any suggestions?
Background: My cousin is half Panamanian, and grew up in Panama. There are millions of street cats in Panama, and her cat was taken off the streets at a very young age and bottle-fed. He was a full cryptorchid, and the vet advised us to wait on neutering him until we were SURE he hadn't been neutered before they got him. So he was about a year old by the time he got to be tomcat-ish enough to know that he had to be neutered. The vet had to cut him in 3 places to find both testicles, poor guy. He's about 2 1/2 now.
Anyway, his eyes are constantly runny. We asked the vet about it and he just kind of shrugged and said that some cats just have runny eyes....is this Herpes? I've heard some people saying that they give their cats l-lysine for Herpes, would this help? If so, what kind of dose would be appropriate?
He also vomits regularly. Excessively, IMO. When they lived in Panama, he ate cat treats only---but they did say "complete and balanced". I think Friskies brand. She says this is because they couldn't find cat food in larger bags. Then he ate various store brands when he lived at my grandma's, then Chicken Soup for awhile at my parents' (because that's what their cats eat), but she recently switched him to Purina Cat Chow Indoor because her friend said that stopped his cat from barfing too much. So far nothing has made any difference. Any suggestions?