Mr. Kiddie has a history of chronic sneezing. he also has had no response to antibiotics, NSAIDs, or antihistamines. Do you have any ideas as to what we could be dealing with?
Here is the long story or Mr. Kiddie
We bought our house July of 2014 and in August 2014, we found out that there was a young male cat living under our deck.
From day one, Mr. Kiddie appeared to have an upper respiratory infection or Feline HIV Leukemia since he was sneezing, drainage, skinny and mangy looking.
Me being a cat lover I tried to convince my boyfriend that we should take him to the vet and keep him as an inside Cat but he refused since he is allergic, we already had an indoor rabbit, and we just bought a house and we couldn’t afford huge Vet bills.
A week or so later, we noticed this long/deep cut on the top of the cats head so we cleaned the area and super glued it shut so it wouldn’t get infected, it eventually healed, but he was still in the same shape as he was when we found him. He was just gaining a few pounds from us feeding him and becoming more people friendly.
In October, he took a turn for the worst; he could hardly move or meow. My boyfriend finally let me bring him in the house for that night, and that night only, as long as we kept him in the bathroom.
The next day we took him to the vet, for the first time, and they were 99% certain he had Feline HIV Leukemia, but he came back negative. They dosed him up with some medications, did blood work and he was back to our house later that day.
Mr. Kiddie had to be on medication for a week, so my boyfriend let the cat stayin the basement so we could make sure the cat was given the medication and did not run away before completing it.
He eventually became an inside cat, even though he was still sneezing what we call “snot rockets”.
Over this past year+ the Vet and I have tried:
Different medications from different families- Right now he is on Fluconazole everyday
L-Lysine treatments-treat and powder form
Ears flushed with Malaseb and applied Gentizol since his years were filled with yuck
Nebulizer treatment with just saline
X-Rays to see if something was stuck up there and found nothing
Asthma treatment of corticosteroids
2 nasal sinus flushes and a cytology was submit
Grain free food
Teeth cleaning and a few teeth pulled-#301 and #409
Mr. Kiddie was estimated to be around 17 months in January of 2015.
The Vet says the next step would be a CT Scan or MRI but that is really expensive.
They estimated it to be around $600-$1000 for a CT Scan.
He sneezes about 4 or more times a day. I will try to post pictures; I also have a video of him sneezing on YouTube that I will try to post.
Could this be something that he is going to live with for the rest of his life? any other ideas on what this may be? Do you think it is worth having a CT scan or MRI?
Here is the long story or Mr. Kiddie
We bought our house July of 2014 and in August 2014, we found out that there was a young male cat living under our deck.
From day one, Mr. Kiddie appeared to have an upper respiratory infection or Feline HIV Leukemia since he was sneezing, drainage, skinny and mangy looking.
Me being a cat lover I tried to convince my boyfriend that we should take him to the vet and keep him as an inside Cat but he refused since he is allergic, we already had an indoor rabbit, and we just bought a house and we couldn’t afford huge Vet bills.
A week or so later, we noticed this long/deep cut on the top of the cats head so we cleaned the area and super glued it shut so it wouldn’t get infected, it eventually healed, but he was still in the same shape as he was when we found him. He was just gaining a few pounds from us feeding him and becoming more people friendly.
In October, he took a turn for the worst; he could hardly move or meow. My boyfriend finally let me bring him in the house for that night, and that night only, as long as we kept him in the bathroom.
The next day we took him to the vet, for the first time, and they were 99% certain he had Feline HIV Leukemia, but he came back negative. They dosed him up with some medications, did blood work and he was back to our house later that day.
Mr. Kiddie had to be on medication for a week, so my boyfriend let the cat stayin the basement so we could make sure the cat was given the medication and did not run away before completing it.
He eventually became an inside cat, even though he was still sneezing what we call “snot rockets”.
Over this past year+ the Vet and I have tried:
Different medications from different families- Right now he is on Fluconazole everyday
- Azithromycin
- Baytril
- NSAID injection
- Chloropheniramine
- Clavamox
L-Lysine treatments-treat and powder form
Ears flushed with Malaseb and applied Gentizol since his years were filled with yuck
Nebulizer treatment with just saline
X-Rays to see if something was stuck up there and found nothing
Asthma treatment of corticosteroids
2 nasal sinus flushes and a cytology was submit
Grain free food
Teeth cleaning and a few teeth pulled-#301 and #409
- #3 has a tooth resorption
Mr. Kiddie was estimated to be around 17 months in January of 2015.
The Vet says the next step would be a CT Scan or MRI but that is really expensive.
They estimated it to be around $600-$1000 for a CT Scan.
He sneezes about 4 or more times a day. I will try to post pictures; I also have a video of him sneezing on YouTube that I will try to post.
Could this be something that he is going to live with for the rest of his life? any other ideas on what this may be? Do you think it is worth having a CT scan or MRI?
