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post #31 of 50
7/29/11 at 8:42pm
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Originally Posted by stevie_rae View Post
just got back from the vet. apparently he should've had his antibiotics switched days ago (stupid vet from 2 days ago did not do this). so he is now on vibravet. does anyone know much about this medication?
if there is no improvement i am meant to bring him back monday (its saturday)
I am glad that the meds have been sorted out and the little one, am sure, will benefit from it.
I know this has been brought up a few times, but I wanted to reiterate this once more: please have a humidifier running or do some steaming in the shower with your kitty, if you have not. Antibiotics take time but the little one will suffer till them and vapors really help with congestion, as those of us with experience with URIs have experienced. Wish you and your kitty the best.
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post #32 of 50
7/30/11 at 12:36am
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i have a vaporiser constantly on, and take him into a steamy bathroom with me often but to be honest it doesn't seem to be doing anything
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post #33 of 50
8/1/11 at 3:17am
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hi guys - just a quick update.
his congestion has really started to clear up
however, his eyes are getting worse and one is constantly shut. i did get eye cream today which i hope will make a huge difference over the next few days
main concern we are looking at now is if it turns into pneumonia but apparently his lungs don't sound too bad


you have all been so amazing with support, and i hope i have good news to share to you in about a weeks time!
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post #34 of 50
8/1/11 at 7:16am
Oh good news!

Sometimes its a long fight....but then the clouds start to clear.

I hope he keeps improving. He is a fighter and so are you!
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post #35 of 50
8/1/11 at 7:26am
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Originally Posted by farleyv View Post
Oh good news!

Sometimes its a long fight....but then the clouds start to clear.

I hope he keeps improving. He is a fighter and so are you!
Oh I hope he's turned the corner!!!!!
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post #36 of 50
8/1/11 at 1:14pm
Good luck for him, htat he continues to improve.
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post #37 of 50
8/1/11 at 3:21pm
Just for your information- at a recent AVMA conference there was a seminar done on the shelter cats and the URI that are so prevalent in overcrowded (and stressful) conditions. They narrowed the culprit down not to the calicivirus or feline herpesvirus or even the cat flu- but a bacterial microbe that the cats pass easily one to the other. Doxycycline cures this bacterial infection the study goes on to prove. Might talk to your vet and give that a try. Clavamox isn't as strong as Doxy so that might be the turning point for you.

On the L-Lysine if you can get it in Australia be sure it is the pure form- no propylene glycol in it- nasty stuff they use it to make anti-freeze.
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post #38 of 50
8/5/11 at 11:53am
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On the L-Lysine if you can get it in Australia be sure it is the pure form- no propylene glycol in it- nasty stuff they use it to make anti-freeze.
The toxic form of antifreeze is ethylene glycol. Propylene glycol is used in the enviro-friendly, non-toxic version. While I wouldn't want to feed it to a cat, which can be pretty sensitive to such things, it has been tested and is considered "generally non-toxic" in small doses.

It's in all sorts of places, including a lot of medicines that aren't water soluable. It's also in Angostura bitters...if you like margaritas!
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post #39 of 50
8/7/11 at 6:05pm
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hi guys,

nox finished his last dose of doxy last night. took him to the vet this morning and everything looks great he is very happy with his progress and thinks he is now at 100%. he is on no medication or eye cream anymore, and is playing and eating all day


hopefully being off the antibiotics doesnt cause it to flare up again, but it looks like he has beat it!

thank you for all your support and wonderful ideas - you really helped with the process
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post #40 of 50
8/7/11 at 6:08pm
What a wonderful update!!
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post #41 of 50
8/7/11 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
The toxic form of antifreeze is ethylene glycol. Propylene glycol is used in the enviro-friendly, non-toxic version. While I wouldn't want to feed it to a cat, which can be pretty sensitive to such things, it has been tested and is considered "generally non-toxic" in small doses.

It's in all sorts of places, including a lot of medicines that aren't water soluable. It's also in Angostura bitters...if you like margaritas!
PG is safe for humans... in fact, that is what I am vaping right now (as opposed of smoking ) - it is classified by the the FDA as safe, generally non-toxic and to be toxic you have to take very high doses (generally intravenous, usually by accident). Which is why it is a food additive, used for colorants and in a ton of medicines.
HOWEVER: It IS toxic for cats, and the FDA specifically prohibits its use in cats food due to the way cats metabolize PG. Nothing to do with the anti-freeze deal (this came from a news cast that created a big boo-hoo about PG).
So yes, even though for humans, dogs, and even rats it is deemed safe - it is officially regulated and deemed Toxic by the FDA for cats - Stay away from it.
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post #42 of 50
8/7/11 at 6:27pm
Thats so awesome!!
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post #43 of 50
8/7/11 at 6:36pm
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and here is an updated pic
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post #44 of 50
8/8/11 at 4:25am
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Originally Posted by Carolina View Post
So yes, even though for humans, dogs, and even rats it is deemed safe - it is officially regulated and deemed Toxic by the FDA for cats - Stay away from it.
Yes, cats' livers and kidneys can't take what ours can, so a number of things (such as onions) are toxic to them that won't bother us.
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post #45 of 50
8/8/11 at 6:22am
Oh he is just toooo precious for words!! So happy he is out of the woods!
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post #46 of 50
8/8/11 at 8:16pm
He looks just like my Coal did when he was that little!!! Precious!!!!
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post #47 of 50
8/9/11 at 7:59am
eeeeeeeee!!!! He is soooo cute!! So little! I am so happy he pulled through. He is going to be one gorgeous kitty when he grows. Thanks for posting the updated pic...we love kitty pics!
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post #48 of 50
8/31/11 at 11:14pm
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hi guys thanks for all being so helpful.
since you all seemed pretty educated about URI i was wondering if you could have a look at a new post by me which regards some new developments with Nox that i am unsure of.

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...45#post3110345


thanks!
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post #49 of 50
9/2/11 at 4:55am
Hi,

I do Kitten rescue and in June got the teeniest baby (thats how he got his name, my daughter was terrified thinking that I had a mouse in a basket rather than a kitten) handed to me with symptoms very much like you describe. It took so much work, time, patience and love to get my mouse back on track but now he is recovered and in another foster home to be socialized. Nobody thought he would live. I am going to give you the link to the my blog, you will have to go back to the middle of June until August to read his story, his care, his meds and all the issues this little guy had. The fact that he is alive, thriving is amazing. Don't give up on your kitty. I can't say it will be easy but when you see the end result, it really is amazing and incredible. Mouse refused to die and I refused to even let him think about it, compared to the other rescues I had that were all the same age as Mouse it's incredible. I could go on an don but I will just post it and you can read it at your leisure, if for nothing else than maybe even for a little bit of encouragement. His admission date was mid June so as I said you will have to go back but its not that long, he kept me pretty busy. As far as meds go I found Chlor-plam to be the very best meds for him but eventually they stopped working and he was then given zithromax, it was a pain to mix up but what an amazing med it was.

http://zooinmyhouseohmy.blogspot.com/
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post #50 of 50
9/2/11 at 6:38am
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wow that is such a wonderful story. i cannot believe how tiny he was. nox has beat his severe URI (yay) which i assume was the worst of his problems.
he has bad skin, vet had no idea what it was. but i recently came down with ringworm. so that solved that dilemma. he is on cream at the moment but i think it is a bit too strong for his skin, his ears are really flakey so much that they have blood scabs - so thinking of getting his meds changed for that.
he is also turning grey on his stomach (thinking from fever coat)

he is back to the vet tomorrow morning to get his second round of shots, also getting tested for FIV.
is it worth getting him tested for felV? i'm not too sure. it looks like he did come from a very dodgy place considering all that is wrong with the little guy.

i will post a reply when i return from the vet tomorrow!
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