A couple of Momma's babies are what sounds like sneezing and they have a lot of mucus around their nose and mouth.
Anything I can do besides make sure they're warm??
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Sick Kittens?
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get the vet to check them over?
Heres a link to another thread about a sniffly kitten.
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61510
If your kitten doesn't improve quickly, it needs vet care and probably an antibiotic. Please let us know how it goes!
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61510
If your kitten doesn't improve quickly, it needs vet care and probably an antibiotic. Please let us know how it goes!
Sounds like what my boy had as a kitten. I would second the suggestion to have them looked over by a vet...just to make sure they don't have upper resp. infections.Originally Posted by KittyMeri
A couple of Momma's babies are what sounds like sneezing and they have a lot of mucus around their nose and mouth.Anything I can do besides make sure they're warm??
Katie
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thanks guys... u always give me the reassurance i need and confirm my questioning about if it's time to see the vet.
What color is the mucus?
With kittens, anytime you are in doubt is the time to seek a vet. However, I am also of the opinion that many times, vets will prescribe antibiotics when they are not indicated. And, while there are those who will disagree with me, if the color of the mucus is clear or yellow, so long as it is watery and thin, antibiotics are not indicated. Antibiotics will only address a problem that is in fact bacterial in nature. Thin, watery, clear or yellow mucus indicates a VIRAL load, not bacterial. Bacterial infections are normally seen with thick, pus-like, yellowish-green mucus and can ~only~ be treated with an antibiotic. Both viruses and bacterial infections can bring on a fever, so that isn't always an indication either. Viral issues must be allowed to run their course. Sometimes, a virus can evolve into a bacterial problem, and yes, then antibiotics would be indicated. But to give an antibiotic when one isn't indicated only serves *IMO* to weaken a developing immune system in a young kitten.
Talk candidly with your vet and remember to ask intelligent, educated questions. If you are going to take this kitten in to be seen then ask if it is a viral problem or is it a bacterial problem. If your vet tells you it is viral, then it may not be the best course of action to medicate with antibiotics at this time.
Best of luck,
~gf~
With kittens, anytime you are in doubt is the time to seek a vet. However, I am also of the opinion that many times, vets will prescribe antibiotics when they are not indicated. And, while there are those who will disagree with me, if the color of the mucus is clear or yellow, so long as it is watery and thin, antibiotics are not indicated. Antibiotics will only address a problem that is in fact bacterial in nature. Thin, watery, clear or yellow mucus indicates a VIRAL load, not bacterial. Bacterial infections are normally seen with thick, pus-like, yellowish-green mucus and can ~only~ be treated with an antibiotic. Both viruses and bacterial infections can bring on a fever, so that isn't always an indication either. Viral issues must be allowed to run their course. Sometimes, a virus can evolve into a bacterial problem, and yes, then antibiotics would be indicated. But to give an antibiotic when one isn't indicated only serves *IMO* to weaken a developing immune system in a young kitten.
Talk candidly with your vet and remember to ask intelligent, educated questions. If you are going to take this kitten in to be seen then ask if it is a viral problem or is it a bacterial problem. If your vet tells you it is viral, then it may not be the best course of action to medicate with antibiotics at this time.
Best of luck,
~gf~
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the mucus is a clearish white... seems to be getting better slowly since i moved them to a warmer room and have been using warm water to losten the hardness in the nose and clear the nostrils.
