Pseudomonas

Hi everyone, I just found this site yesterday. I am trying to find information on pseudomonas in cats, as I am fostering one at the moment. Her name is Snuggle Kisses. She is a beautiful 2 yr old medium hair Calico. I work for our local animal shelter, and often foster the cats no one else will. Snuggle Kisses is terrific, it's just her health that is the issue. It doesn't seem like there is much information about pseudomonas though, so I was hoping to post here and maybe someone else has gone through this with their cat. I am also owned by 2 cats - 8 yr old Torti, Tatiana, and 7 yr old DSH, Bailey. And, an 8 yr old Shiba Inu, named Sushi. Yep, I love cats and dogs, too! I am lucky enough to work at the shelter in the cat area, so it's safe to say I am a crazy cat lady! Bonnie

I think it's called Marbofloxacin (sp?).  She had been treated for an URI for 2 months at the shelter.  The vets thought if she were fostered she might do better.  She didn't get any worse.  Mostly, she sounds stuffed up.  She does not sneeze a lot.  You mostly hear her "stuffiness" when she is sniffing something or after playing.  She acts like a healthy, normal cat.  She has no clue she is sick.  She looks great - fur is healthy looking, eyes are bright and clear.  She eats, plays, sleeps, cuddles.  Unfortunately, I can only use our basement to foster, and now it's getting too cold, so I am taking her back to the shelter today :(  We are hoping someone else will be able to foster her and have her adopted out that way.  We do have some "hug" rooms for special needs cats, but I don't know if they would allow her on the adoption floor or not.  I'll find out today, though.  Oh, she gets nose-drops too, and L-Lysine.

I am glad to hear your kitty finally got help!!!  There seems to be such a lack of information on pseudomonas!  I really apprecaite any info you can give.

Thanks,

Bonnie

Yes, they did a culture and I believe a sensitivity test since I had to wait after the culture results to get the meds.  I did use the vaporizor on her for nearly a month non-stop.  Nothing changed.  We have not tried an antihistime though. At this point, I just don't know if they will deem her to be adoptable :(  If anything, she would have to be fostered until adopted, and that is really tough to find someone to commit to that length of time for a harder to adopt out cat.  If it was just by personality alone, she'd be adopted in a flash.  Want to adopt her? ;)   If I didn't have pets, I would adopt her no question.  A lot is up in the air about her right now.  It's just so hard, she is the sweetest, gentest, affectionate cat ever.  She is a Calico and doesn't have the fiestiness of one, she is just adorable, and that makes it all that much harder.  The vet said if she were deemed adoptable, the adopter would have to understand this cat will be on and off meds all its life, which boils down to money, and to do a scope to find if there are any polyps would cost several hundred dollars, too. 

Bonnie