red eyes and dripping nose

I have a diabetic cat, not on insulin, but he is sneezing and has a red ring around his eyes. He has been hiding and not eating like usual. He begs for food constantly on most days. He and his sister both are diabetics and prone to infections. I just had them groomed at the vets and both were sick afterwards. I am sure they catch something from there every time. He acts better today but I still worry. His breathing is loud. I just had him checked a week ago. Glucose test and breathing. They told me he is fine, but I can hear him across the room. I thought there was some type of motor running, but it was him snoring. He has a runny nose. He acts really tired. I am giving him amoxicillin and putting drops in his eyes. It is hard because he will hide and then try to bite if he knows you are going to medicate him. His sisters glucose level was bad but she plays and acts like she is fine. I am giving her meds because they are so close. They sleep together and clean each other. I take them in several times a year for immune shots to boost their system. Does this sound like FIP? The sneezing and dripping nose and tiredness.I had never even heard of this until I saw where several people had lost their cats to this. That is a very scary thing. Everyone says I am just paranoid when it comes to my kids and cats but I know how fast things can go wrong. I put Boxer by me to sleep so I could listen to him and make sure he was alright. He usually sleeps around and on my head anyway but he is mad at me for medicating him. Any info on what might be wrong? Is it just a URI?

It sounds like a typical URI to me. Working at an animal shelter, I see A LOT of URI FIP would not be contracted through a visit to a vet clinic. Current research supports that FIP is not a disease that can be passed between kitties (unlike URIs, which pass like the common cold in humans). FIP is a result of a kitty catching the Corona virus (which it sounds like your kitties have been vaccinated against) & the Corona virus mutating to become FIP.

Here's a great link someone posted recently for current FIP/Corona virus information (in case you haven't already checked it out):
http://www.dr-addie.com/WhatIsFIP.htm

Amanda

Maybe you should find a groomer who will come to your house, rather than take your kitties into a shop. Since their immune systems are compromised, they really need to stay away from possible sources of infection...

The feral cats I took in to be spayed and neutered have the same symptoms as Boxer. Red eyes and sneezing. I have been giving them antibiotics and one day they seem a little better and then the next day they have the red eyes back. I have to get them well. I have 7 in my house and it is getting cold this week. I am giving them 100 milligrams of amoxicillin and the bigger ones I am giving 200 milligrams of amoxicillin. Oh I wanted to mention that they have no contact with my cats. They are in the other end of my house locked away from my inside cats so I know they didn't catch it from them. I am also careful about washing my hands and cleaning everything that goes in and out of their room. So I am pretty sure they caught this at the vet's office too.
What else can I do? They are happy and playing but I can't release them until I know they are better. My little boy kitty had a temp of 103. If you know of anything let me know. I called the vet and he said they should get better soon. It has been over a week with them on the antibiotics. Should they be over this?

I'm new as of today, to this forum. What is URI? One of my kittens has the red eyes and fever. The vet gave her a shot yesterday and put cream in her eyes. I have to administer that to her myself, which is very difficult. I'm also worried my other kitten might get it too. My neighbors kitten has a red eye today as well, as she watched my kittens for a few hours the other day. Is this just a cold or something worse?

Hi! Welcome to TCS!

A URI is an Upper respiratory Infection - it is sort of like a "cat cold". Yes, your other cat can catch it, as could your neighbor's cat. You definitely did the right thing by bringing her to the vet. Does your vet know that you have another kitten at home? I only have one cat, so I am no expert on this, but you may want to keep the two of them separated. It might be worth calling back the vet if you have concerns about your other kitten. Good Luck!

Originally Posted by AbbysMom

Hi! Welcome to TCS!

A URI is an Upper respiratory Infection - it is sort of like a "cat cold". Yes, your other cat can catch it, as could your neighbor's cat. You definitely did the right thing by bringing her to the vet. Does your vet know that you have another kitten at home? I only have one cat, so I am no expert on this, but you may want to keep the two of them separated. It might be worth calling back the vet if you have concerns about your other kitten. Good Luck!

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Thank you for the information. I do have 2 cats, but I live in a small one bedroom condo so it would be hard to keep them seperated. I hope these meds will work as I hate to see my kittie suffer. My neighbors cat (she also has 2) has it bad in one eye.. but the vet cant see him until tomorrow. I hope it doesnt get worse before it gets better. I dont even know how they got sick as they're indoor cats???

If you go into the main page of the health forum, and do a search (I think it's the top right hand side) for URI or upper respiratory infection, it will pull up lots of threads about it and I am sure you will get plenty of answers.