So I finished giving 'Patra her antibiotics last week, and she is MUCH better! She runs around, she eats and drinks a lot, and uses her litterbox regularly.
A friend (a cat lover who recommended her current vet) suggested that after I finished giving her the antibiotics, that I should give her about a teaspoon of plain yogurt daily (the one with live culture) to help her get the good bacteria back in her system again. So for the past few days, I've added that to her daily routine (she'll only eat it out of my hand like a treat, though, not out of her plate). So at the moment, her diet is about a tablespoon of kitten milk in the morning, a teaspoon of yogurt in the afternoon, and some wet food mixed with water in the evening before I go to bed, and dry food free fed whenever she wants it.
Issues? She's still sneezing, although not anywhere near as much or as badly as she was before. No coughing, either. Her sneezes are pretty wet, too, but she doesn't seem to have a runny nose most of the time, and her eyes look clear to me.
Also, today, when I gave her her wet food, I tried out a new food my fiance had gotten for her - Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Kitten Food Pouch (Oceanfish and Tuna in Sauce) - and after eating one chunk, she wouldn't touch the rest. I figured maybe I just had a cat who didn't like fish (which is fine by me, really, since I don't like seafood, especially the smell), and I opened a can of Nutro MAX CAT Chicken & Liver Formula Canned Kitten Food (mixed with some distilled water), which she had had before, I believe, and liked. But after eating a tiny bit, she again wouldn't touch the rest.
One reason for that could be that I fed her the wet food earlier than usual, because my mom insisted that I was feeding her too late at night, and that she should have a chance to exercise after eating before sleeping. I plan to feed her at her usual time again tomorrow.
I've also noticed her going into her litterbox once or twice, pawing around, and coming straight out again, without even bothering to sit down. I'll scoop tomorrow morning, so I'll see then if she's been using it today and yesterday.
Basically, I'm a little bit afraid that she might still have a cold or have one again. She is active, thoguh, so I might be overreacting. In fact, my fiance (whose mom has had a cat for several years, and whose sister got a kitten a little while before I did) is sure I'm overreacting, and I think my praents believe so as well. But then gain, I was told the same thing when I was afraid she had a URI the first time.
I'd be grateful for any opinions on this. I plan to call the vet Monday morning, even if it's just to talk (I'm kind of hoping to be able to spend Monday at home - I got my wisdom teeth taken out on Wednesday, and I'm just finishing recovering - still on painkillers - but if Patra needs to see the vet, than I'll take her).
But I would like to have a better idea as to whether I'm probably overreacting, or if I should be worried. Thank you all in advance for your replies!
A friend (a cat lover who recommended her current vet) suggested that after I finished giving her the antibiotics, that I should give her about a teaspoon of plain yogurt daily (the one with live culture) to help her get the good bacteria back in her system again. So for the past few days, I've added that to her daily routine (she'll only eat it out of my hand like a treat, though, not out of her plate). So at the moment, her diet is about a tablespoon of kitten milk in the morning, a teaspoon of yogurt in the afternoon, and some wet food mixed with water in the evening before I go to bed, and dry food free fed whenever she wants it.
Issues? She's still sneezing, although not anywhere near as much or as badly as she was before. No coughing, either. Her sneezes are pretty wet, too, but she doesn't seem to have a runny nose most of the time, and her eyes look clear to me.
Also, today, when I gave her her wet food, I tried out a new food my fiance had gotten for her - Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Kitten Food Pouch (Oceanfish and Tuna in Sauce) - and after eating one chunk, she wouldn't touch the rest. I figured maybe I just had a cat who didn't like fish (which is fine by me, really, since I don't like seafood, especially the smell), and I opened a can of Nutro MAX CAT Chicken & Liver Formula Canned Kitten Food (mixed with some distilled water), which she had had before, I believe, and liked. But after eating a tiny bit, she again wouldn't touch the rest.
One reason for that could be that I fed her the wet food earlier than usual, because my mom insisted that I was feeding her too late at night, and that she should have a chance to exercise after eating before sleeping. I plan to feed her at her usual time again tomorrow.
I've also noticed her going into her litterbox once or twice, pawing around, and coming straight out again, without even bothering to sit down. I'll scoop tomorrow morning, so I'll see then if she's been using it today and yesterday.
Basically, I'm a little bit afraid that she might still have a cold or have one again. She is active, thoguh, so I might be overreacting. In fact, my fiance (whose mom has had a cat for several years, and whose sister got a kitten a little while before I did) is sure I'm overreacting, and I think my praents believe so as well. But then gain, I was told the same thing when I was afraid she had a URI the first time.
I'd be grateful for any opinions on this. I plan to call the vet Monday morning, even if it's just to talk (I'm kind of hoping to be able to spend Monday at home - I got my wisdom teeth taken out on Wednesday, and I'm just finishing recovering - still on painkillers - but if Patra needs to see the vet, than I'll take her).
But I would like to have a better idea as to whether I'm probably overreacting, or if I should be worried. Thank you all in advance for your replies!