From what I have read - unfortunately - the virus has no cure. And as Laurie says (side bar :lol3: AWWWWW I LOVE FLOWERBELLE :heart3 - it really depends on their immune system and if they can keep the virus at bay - keep it "sleeping". Try to keep the stress down and not expose Fred to other cats outside of the resident kitties that you have. I am sad - because - I will no longer foster anymore cats I just can't take the chance. I have had nothing but problems since I rescued Walden and Wendall. I really think they are carriers and Wendall was sick in October. Perla got sick after that. Pipsqueak also has a compromised immune system and has to be closely monitored. So I just can't take in any more foster's....... . I even worry about volunteering at the shelter now - for fear of bringing home germs. I practically strip down in the garage and spray myself with LysolFeralvr - is the virus progressive? He currently just hasa runny left eye. I clean it out every day and his right eye never waters.....will it progress to ulcers eventually?
I just finished the nighttime feeding and cleaned Fred's eye. There wasn't near the black gunk that is normally there and the eye was actually fairly dry. I will be beyond happy if this does the trick. He's such an awesome kitty, I just hate seeing his eye so funky.
Thanks so much for the information. Both of you ladies are always so helpful!
AWWWW both Isis and Shadow are very beautiful kitties. Bless you for rescuing them too. Absolutely, try the Lysine: This is the one I use It lasts a very long time - one pound!! Also, please feel free to start your very own thread on your kitties. We have many different forums for you to peruse so just POST away!!!Hi all. I just stumbled on to this site and thank goodness I did. I have rescued two kittens. Shadow who just turned four months old and just went through fixing then ended up in the hospital for five days afterwords. Apparently he had a virus is all they could come up with after lots of testing. I just rescued another as well. She is about 11 months or so. Already fixed and got her from a rescue home which I don't really know how much they really loved her. She was not well feed it seems and to make matters worse she came to me with really bad conjunctivitis. Well seems as if she had been treated for a URI as well. After every thing I have read there is no doubt she has the herpes virus. I just purchased the lysine which should be arriving today. It seems that with my kitten being exposed to her three days before his surgery is why he had gotten so ill after his surgery. He was running a temp of 105.5 when they finally were able to work him in. He is so much better now but I will be giving the lysine to both in order to treat one and prevention on the other. Thanks for all the knowledge and great advise I found on this site ... shadow is the black one and well Isis is the other one lol