Hello everyone, I'm new here, registering on the same day that we brought a new kitten into our lives.
What I would really like to know is how can we effectively deal with the problem? The pound didn't seem at all too informative when we were signing papers, we walked in and saw Domino, a black and white male who has been there for 5 months, I'm assuming he's atleast 5-6 months old because of that, regardless they did inform us that he was sick with a runny nose and eyes, but didn't give us any more information, I kept asking the guy about it but he seemed like he didn't want to talk about it at all, almost looking at me like I was actually getting on his nerves just trying to ask simple questions. They gave us Enisyl-F with him, which I looked up as soon as I got home and it eventually led me to FHV-1 and then here, where I am asking for some advice.
The problem is we currently own another cat, Raven, who is 2 years old. She doesn't get along well with other people besides me, and in a family of 4 it isn't a very good relationship, but we still love her and respect her attitude. I truly feel pretty embarrassed and ignorant for just waltzing off to get another animal and bringing it into the household, everyone else wanted another kitten, perhaps even a playmate for Raven, but so far she doesn't like the situation one bit. I heard this virus was EXTREMELY contageous, so I want to know what I can do to atleast keep this situation under control, and stop Raven from catching it, again I would like to apologize to the community, what I did seems pretty outrageous now in hindsight, I really didn't know what I was getting into when it came to just bringing a new kitten home that was sick without first planning everything out. I just saw the poor thing in the cage and he was the most loveable thing in the world, clawing at the cage, rubbing against it, he loves everyone he's come into contact with so far, I just felt so bad, I wanted to give this cat a chance at a much better and loving life. He has ALOT of energy, his problem doesn't seem all that serious, then again I'm not an expert, the place even said he doesn't respond well to the medication, I figured I'd first get him out of that crappy environment, get him a cleaner and large home to be active in, and better more nutritional foods.
If anyone doesn't feel like reading all of that then I'll just sum it up, I understand that the kitten does have FHV-1, I currently have Enisyl-F as prescribed by the shelter, what can I do to prevent the kitten's health from worsening, and even correct it, and how can I protect my other cat? I would really love to help the kitten, and I don't have any plans to get rid of him or my other cat.
What I would really like to know is how can we effectively deal with the problem? The pound didn't seem at all too informative when we were signing papers, we walked in and saw Domino, a black and white male who has been there for 5 months, I'm assuming he's atleast 5-6 months old because of that, regardless they did inform us that he was sick with a runny nose and eyes, but didn't give us any more information, I kept asking the guy about it but he seemed like he didn't want to talk about it at all, almost looking at me like I was actually getting on his nerves just trying to ask simple questions. They gave us Enisyl-F with him, which I looked up as soon as I got home and it eventually led me to FHV-1 and then here, where I am asking for some advice.
The problem is we currently own another cat, Raven, who is 2 years old. She doesn't get along well with other people besides me, and in a family of 4 it isn't a very good relationship, but we still love her and respect her attitude. I truly feel pretty embarrassed and ignorant for just waltzing off to get another animal and bringing it into the household, everyone else wanted another kitten, perhaps even a playmate for Raven, but so far she doesn't like the situation one bit. I heard this virus was EXTREMELY contageous, so I want to know what I can do to atleast keep this situation under control, and stop Raven from catching it, again I would like to apologize to the community, what I did seems pretty outrageous now in hindsight, I really didn't know what I was getting into when it came to just bringing a new kitten home that was sick without first planning everything out. I just saw the poor thing in the cage and he was the most loveable thing in the world, clawing at the cage, rubbing against it, he loves everyone he's come into contact with so far, I just felt so bad, I wanted to give this cat a chance at a much better and loving life. He has ALOT of energy, his problem doesn't seem all that serious, then again I'm not an expert, the place even said he doesn't respond well to the medication, I figured I'd first get him out of that crappy environment, get him a cleaner and large home to be active in, and better more nutritional foods.
If anyone doesn't feel like reading all of that then I'll just sum it up, I understand that the kitten does have FHV-1, I currently have Enisyl-F as prescribed by the shelter, what can I do to prevent the kitten's health from worsening, and even correct it, and how can I protect my other cat? I would really love to help the kitten, and I don't have any plans to get rid of him or my other cat.