I am at my wits end trying to figure out what could be wrong with my poor cat, and am hoping to get some suggestions on what steps to take next or see if anyone else's kitty has had something similar.
Ever since my little guy was a kitten, he has suffered from some sort of chronic cold or infection that causes him to be constantly congested. He often sounds wheezy when he breathes, like there his lungs are congested, and his nose is always stuffy. He constantly swallows as if he has a lot of mucus in his throat, and he also sneezes from time to time, though not a lot. While he does not seem to be affected too much by whatever is wrong (he is still active, playful and eats normally), I just feel so bad for him and would like to figure out what is wrong so that we can take the steps to eliminate the cold or at the very least alleviate the congestion.
My veterinarian has prescribed a number or different treatments for him, but none of them seem to work. She says that the only thing we can do is continue to try out different treatments to see what will work, but hasn't been able to tell me what exactly is wrong with him, which is frustrating.
My cat is a currently 2.5 year old male, and I have had him since he was a kitten. When he was a couple months old he started wheezing, coughing and sneezing, and so I took him to the vet, which prescribed him Clavamox. The Clavamox seemed to work at the time, but after a few weeks the symptoms returned and we tried another round. We did this 2 or 3 more times (he was also on Lysine throughout this whole time) before I insisted to the vet that it must be something else and so we did some testing.
The vet performed a few tests, which back negative for everything, including asthma as well as for feline herpes. They did say that he had a small bacterial infection, and that even though herpes didn't show up on the test, that does not mean it could be ruled out entirely. My fear was that he has an upper respiratory infection, which I've read can be deadly for cats, but the doctor has not mentioned this at all.
After the testing, the vet then switched him to Doxycicline, which he did 3 rounds of. The first round he took a dose daily for 5 days, and afterwards was given the medicine twice a week. The medicine never seemed to get rid of the symptoms entirely, and so we tried another two rounds which consisted of him receiving 0.6 ml twice a day. Each time he took the Doxycicline, it seemed to manage the symptoms from getting worse, but never improving them.
After I expressed to the vet that the Doxycicline did not seem to work, he was then switched to Famciclovir at 1 ml twice a day, which we just finished up. The Famciclovir did not work, and now his symptoms seem even worse which has me very worried. Since this did not work, I would like to think that we can eliminate the possibility of him having feline herpes.
Before going back to my vet to report the Famciclovir did not work, I would love to hear if anyone else has gone through something similar and what their vet prescribed.
Thank You!
Ever since my little guy was a kitten, he has suffered from some sort of chronic cold or infection that causes him to be constantly congested. He often sounds wheezy when he breathes, like there his lungs are congested, and his nose is always stuffy. He constantly swallows as if he has a lot of mucus in his throat, and he also sneezes from time to time, though not a lot. While he does not seem to be affected too much by whatever is wrong (he is still active, playful and eats normally), I just feel so bad for him and would like to figure out what is wrong so that we can take the steps to eliminate the cold or at the very least alleviate the congestion.
My veterinarian has prescribed a number or different treatments for him, but none of them seem to work. She says that the only thing we can do is continue to try out different treatments to see what will work, but hasn't been able to tell me what exactly is wrong with him, which is frustrating.
My cat is a currently 2.5 year old male, and I have had him since he was a kitten. When he was a couple months old he started wheezing, coughing and sneezing, and so I took him to the vet, which prescribed him Clavamox. The Clavamox seemed to work at the time, but after a few weeks the symptoms returned and we tried another round. We did this 2 or 3 more times (he was also on Lysine throughout this whole time) before I insisted to the vet that it must be something else and so we did some testing.
The vet performed a few tests, which back negative for everything, including asthma as well as for feline herpes. They did say that he had a small bacterial infection, and that even though herpes didn't show up on the test, that does not mean it could be ruled out entirely. My fear was that he has an upper respiratory infection, which I've read can be deadly for cats, but the doctor has not mentioned this at all.
After the testing, the vet then switched him to Doxycicline, which he did 3 rounds of. The first round he took a dose daily for 5 days, and afterwards was given the medicine twice a week. The medicine never seemed to get rid of the symptoms entirely, and so we tried another two rounds which consisted of him receiving 0.6 ml twice a day. Each time he took the Doxycicline, it seemed to manage the symptoms from getting worse, but never improving them.
After I expressed to the vet that the Doxycicline did not seem to work, he was then switched to Famciclovir at 1 ml twice a day, which we just finished up. The Famciclovir did not work, and now his symptoms seem even worse which has me very worried. Since this did not work, I would like to think that we can eliminate the possibility of him having feline herpes.
Before going back to my vet to report the Famciclovir did not work, I would love to hear if anyone else has gone through something similar and what their vet prescribed.
Thank You!
