Hello! May of you probably saw my post about my new cat and litter box habbits. Her name is Molly, she's 2 years old and I got her from the Humane Society exactly a week ago.
When I got her she seemed completely happy and healthy. Then on Thursday she started sneezing. She sneezes a lot and blasts you with a hearty mist when she does if you're holding her. I took her to the vet on Saturday. They didn't tell me what she has, but told me that she had a fever and they put her on Amoxi-drop (antibiotic). First off, it is so so hard to get her to take the medicine. I feel terrible because she is already clearly feeling sick and then I force her with quite a fight to take this liquid she HATES. I always give her a treat after she finally takes it. I am worried because at least 3 of her doses have now either been spit up or accidentally squirted on her face. That means that she won't get as much as she should. Also, now she has started shaking her head which I know means her ears are bothering her, and she's had a slight amount of discharge from her eye. My husband said he cleaned up some snot from the coffee table this morning.
Should I be very worried about this? It's only been a week and I've already fallen in love with her. She's very much my new baby. I really don't want her to be so sick, and I'm VERY scared that maybe she could eventually die from this. She acts just like you or I would if we were sick with a fever. She just lays around and sleeps, and when she's awake she just sits all curled up like she's not feeling good. It makes me so sad.
Any advice or similar experience shared would be greatly appreciated.
When I got her she seemed completely happy and healthy. Then on Thursday she started sneezing. She sneezes a lot and blasts you with a hearty mist when she does if you're holding her. I took her to the vet on Saturday. They didn't tell me what she has, but told me that she had a fever and they put her on Amoxi-drop (antibiotic). First off, it is so so hard to get her to take the medicine. I feel terrible because she is already clearly feeling sick and then I force her with quite a fight to take this liquid she HATES. I always give her a treat after she finally takes it. I am worried because at least 3 of her doses have now either been spit up or accidentally squirted on her face. That means that she won't get as much as she should. Also, now she has started shaking her head which I know means her ears are bothering her, and she's had a slight amount of discharge from her eye. My husband said he cleaned up some snot from the coffee table this morning.
Should I be very worried about this? It's only been a week and I've already fallen in love with her. She's very much my new baby. I really don't want her to be so sick, and I'm VERY scared that maybe she could eventually die from this. She acts just like you or I would if we were sick with a fever. She just lays around and sleeps, and when she's awake she just sits all curled up like she's not feeling good. It makes me so sad.
Any advice or similar experience shared would be greatly appreciated.