I originally posted about my cat Earl Gray on another thread. Background: we live in a foreign country where vet care is substandard to say the best. Many aren't willing to help, treatments are often sketchy with results not the best, and euthanasia is a non-practice here.
My question: my cat has developed a severe upper respiratory infection. He started off with sneezing, then came the watery eyes, then some excessive drooling, holding his mouth open because he couldn't breathe through his nose. We took him to the vet begging for help, and the vet kept him overnight and "gave him a shot" which we still can't get them to explain to us what that shot actually was. Remember, there is also a language barrier being in a foreign country. It has been 6 days since his shot. Now, the drooling is gone for the most part, but both eyes are watery now, with one looking like it has developed a bit of a film at the bottom where the liquids collect at the eyelid. Also, he has quit eating, probably since he can't smell his food. When he holds his mouth closed, I can still hear the mucus in his airways in his nose, so that is not gone either, and the sneezing is still going on. He is still acting like he feels just plain miserable, like a person acts when they have the flu.
Please help! Does anyone have experience with the proper antibiotic for such a thing? I would need to know proper dosage (a little over one year, full size neutered male) and even how/where to administer. It is extremely difficult to get him in a cage because he is still semi-feral (a rescue), and the vet did no good the last time with a mystery "shot" that didn't work. It is also extremely hard to get him to take a pill - he usually just figures it out and doesn't eat the part of the food with the pill tucked inside it, clever little guy he is. Is there any liquid antibiotic I could get at a local pharmacy and give him in the scruff/back neck area? He'd never even know it then.
Thank you in advance for any help or advice anyone may be able to give on this topic!
My question: my cat has developed a severe upper respiratory infection. He started off with sneezing, then came the watery eyes, then some excessive drooling, holding his mouth open because he couldn't breathe through his nose. We took him to the vet begging for help, and the vet kept him overnight and "gave him a shot" which we still can't get them to explain to us what that shot actually was. Remember, there is also a language barrier being in a foreign country. It has been 6 days since his shot. Now, the drooling is gone for the most part, but both eyes are watery now, with one looking like it has developed a bit of a film at the bottom where the liquids collect at the eyelid. Also, he has quit eating, probably since he can't smell his food. When he holds his mouth closed, I can still hear the mucus in his airways in his nose, so that is not gone either, and the sneezing is still going on. He is still acting like he feels just plain miserable, like a person acts when they have the flu.
Please help! Does anyone have experience with the proper antibiotic for such a thing? I would need to know proper dosage (a little over one year, full size neutered male) and even how/where to administer. It is extremely difficult to get him in a cage because he is still semi-feral (a rescue), and the vet did no good the last time with a mystery "shot" that didn't work. It is also extremely hard to get him to take a pill - he usually just figures it out and doesn't eat the part of the food with the pill tucked inside it, clever little guy he is. Is there any liquid antibiotic I could get at a local pharmacy and give him in the scruff/back neck area? He'd never even know it then.
Thank you in advance for any help or advice anyone may be able to give on this topic!