Hello all! Happy Easter!
I am afraid my Texas is sick again. Those of you who read his story last spring, know that he almost died.
Anyways, my baby who is strictly an indoor cat somehow and somewhere got a kitty cold. At first he was just sneezing and was more mellow and i was hoping that he would get over it. But it has been a week now and he has only gotten worse. He now has very runny eyes (and the third lid is red), he is very congested, he doesn't meow at all (and usually he is talkative), he is blowing bubbles from his nose and I can hear bubbling sounds when he is breathing.
Now, i DID take him to the vet on Saturday. It was a new vet who lives closer to my new place and he did not seem too concerned at all. He said that Texas has a herpes virus, that he got that virus as a kitten and that similarly to human herpes virus that people get on their lips when they get a cold or their immune system is lowered, this virus can appear at any time in cats who have it. He did not do any special tests to determine that it for sure was a herpes virus, but said that that is what it was. He gave my Texas a Convenia shot and sent us home saying that the shot is just so it doesn't become a bacterial infection, but the virus itself can't be killed with the antibiotics and his body needs to fight it. He also gave us some cat food but it is a challenge to feed him...a huge challenge. The vet also gave us a feeding syringe that is a size of my elbow almost (i don't know what he was thinking). So i got a small one at the CVS, which is easier to hold for me, but its still nearly impossible to feed my cat.
So it has been over 24 hrs and i see no difference in his condition at all. It actually seems like he is even more congested.
He obviously is not eating and he is absolutely horrible at being force fed and i have not been very successful. Whatever i can get in him is not at all enough calories and causes him a lot of stress. I tired finger feeding ad syringe feeding. I did add tune and all the tricks that are supposed to work. He will not eat on his own. I saw him drinking a couple of times yesterday, have not seen him drink today yet. I got a little food in him this morning, but not much (and I deleted it with lots of tuna water because it needs to get inside the syringe and easily come out).
So my question is, do you think the vet was incompetent? Should my cat have received a different treatment? Do I need to wait a bit more and see if the virus will go away and the antibiotic will hopefully help with congestion? Should I take him to my old vet (its further and she is more expensive and I don't know if she would prescribe something different or not nor do I know if the vet i took Texas to was correct in his treatment and assessment).
THANK YOU!
I am very worried about my boy I don't want to loose him or have him near death again
I am afraid my Texas is sick again. Those of you who read his story last spring, know that he almost died.
Anyways, my baby who is strictly an indoor cat somehow and somewhere got a kitty cold. At first he was just sneezing and was more mellow and i was hoping that he would get over it. But it has been a week now and he has only gotten worse. He now has very runny eyes (and the third lid is red), he is very congested, he doesn't meow at all (and usually he is talkative), he is blowing bubbles from his nose and I can hear bubbling sounds when he is breathing.
Now, i DID take him to the vet on Saturday. It was a new vet who lives closer to my new place and he did not seem too concerned at all. He said that Texas has a herpes virus, that he got that virus as a kitten and that similarly to human herpes virus that people get on their lips when they get a cold or their immune system is lowered, this virus can appear at any time in cats who have it. He did not do any special tests to determine that it for sure was a herpes virus, but said that that is what it was. He gave my Texas a Convenia shot and sent us home saying that the shot is just so it doesn't become a bacterial infection, but the virus itself can't be killed with the antibiotics and his body needs to fight it. He also gave us some cat food but it is a challenge to feed him...a huge challenge. The vet also gave us a feeding syringe that is a size of my elbow almost (i don't know what he was thinking). So i got a small one at the CVS, which is easier to hold for me, but its still nearly impossible to feed my cat.
So it has been over 24 hrs and i see no difference in his condition at all. It actually seems like he is even more congested.
He obviously is not eating and he is absolutely horrible at being force fed and i have not been very successful. Whatever i can get in him is not at all enough calories and causes him a lot of stress. I tired finger feeding ad syringe feeding. I did add tune and all the tricks that are supposed to work. He will not eat on his own. I saw him drinking a couple of times yesterday, have not seen him drink today yet. I got a little food in him this morning, but not much (and I deleted it with lots of tuna water because it needs to get inside the syringe and easily come out).
So my question is, do you think the vet was incompetent? Should my cat have received a different treatment? Do I need to wait a bit more and see if the virus will go away and the antibiotic will hopefully help with congestion? Should I take him to my old vet (its further and she is more expensive and I don't know if she would prescribe something different or not nor do I know if the vet i took Texas to was correct in his treatment and assessment).
THANK YOU!
I am very worried about my boy I don't want to loose him or have him near death again
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