My 6 month old kitten has problems with his overbite.

Since birth, our little buddy, Goldie, has had trouble eating and drinking because of his overbite. We didn't notice it at first and he almost starved to death. We started feeding him kitten replacement formula by syringe and he started gaining weight. One morning we woke up and he was cold and stiff and just letting out screams that we will never forget. The vet told us to give him a little karo syrup and to wrap him up and put him on a heating pad. It worked.

Fastforward to present. He has an upper respiratory infection that we have been fighting for a few months. The vet is very well aware and has giving me his cell phone number in case of emergency with Goldie. He has been dehydrated but drinks at the water bowl for several minutes at a time. The vet had to put fluids under the skin for him. We also force extra water on Goldie to help him out.

We also give him wet food everyday along with dry food and extra little snacks ( plain boiled chicken) through out the day. He is spoiled. But we notice that after he eats wet food, some of it is up his nose and sometimes he sneezes it out and sometimes he doesn't.

Has anyone had any experience with a cat with an overbite? If so, any advice would greatly help. We want him to live a long happy and healthy life. Oh and he has tested negative for feline leukemia and negative for feline hiv. Thank you so much. You guys are the only ones I trust besides my vet.

I don't have personal experience with a cat who has an overbite but wanted to bump your questions up hoping someone else might have some advice.  However, one thing that concerns me is having a URI for several months and being dehydrated. You mentioned your vet is aware of it but how is he treating the URI?  Just out of curiosity, has he recommended nebulizer treatments?  I know you are concerned about your kitten and are taking good care of him, glad he tested negative for Feline Leukemia/HIV  As for the overbite, what advice did your vet offer?  Did he suggest seeing a veterinary dental specialist? http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/mouth/c_ct_malocclusion_misalignment_of_teeth  

Sorry for all the questions, it sounds like you are a fantastic cat mom and I'm just trying to brainstorm ideas.  Sending special thoughts and good vibes to your 6 mo. old baby.  

My vet has had him on antibiotics to keep a secondary infection away. He also has him on zyrtec 2.5 mg twice a day. It clears up and a few days off the zyrtec it comes right back. We have checked for mold and other allergens. The vet suggested a stronger air filter for our central air and we got the best for it.
As for the dental part, he wants to see if his jaw grows before we do anything major. It does seem to be growing a bit. I just dont understand. We have another cat with an over bite that is worse than his and she does fine with it. We found her as a baby kitten and she had bronchitis when we found her. It cleared up with the vets help. This was a year before Goldie came along. I am thinking it may be in the central air unit and i need to either change the unit or have it cleaned by a professional. I dont know but i am not giving up!

OK, sounds like your Vet is on top of things...is he aware of the excessive drinking?   This is the most concerning thing to me at the moment. Has he run a blood test on him just to make sure everything is on the up and up (other than to test for FIV and FeLv)?   Kittens will be kittens, and do sometimes have issues eating even withOUT an overbite, so with him getting food in his nose right not is not necessarily a big concern, as long as he's getting enough down his throat to gain the proper amount of weight.   If he doesn't have any trouble lapping up water, maybe try adding more water to his wet food to  make it a little soupy so he can lap it up...just not too much to make him so full he doesn't want to eat enough.