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I have an 8 month old kitten who I've had since she was 4 months (beginning of August). When I got her, she already had an upper respiratory infection (primarily sneezing) and was on Clavamox. A week later, I took her to the vet for her kitten check up and she was still sick so she got another round of Clavamox.
Everyone told me I should keep waiting it out as these things take time to run their course. She kept sneezing with occasional nasal discharge that ran from clear to yellow. She developed a cough in late August. It was pretty bad sounding (like mucous). There were a few weeks she was coughing so hard she was defecating. This, thankfully stopped and eventually her cough went down to maybe once or twice a week. Every time I thought about taking her back to the vet, she would get a little better so I wouldn't.
I took her to another vet for a second opinion in late September but he just told me to keep waiting.
I took her back to my original vet at the end of October and got another round of Clavamox. She told me to bring her back immediately at the end of the round if she wasn't better and we'd go straight into another round. She didn't get better. We finished the second round and she still wasn't better. I got a chest x-ray and there appeared to be a small infection in one of her lungs. The vet switched her to Zeniquin which lasted for 3 weeks (finished two weeks ago). She was still sneezing some and occasionally coughing but it seemed to be slightly improved. Now her sneezing is getting worse again and she's developed a watery eye in the last couple of days.
While on any of these antibiotics, there was never a period where all of her symptoms were gone. Improved but never gone. She has also been on lysine twice (once in August and currently).
She has no lethargy. She's the most active kitten I've ever had. Her appetite has remained mostly there (there have been a few times over these four months where it has lessened).
I was wondering if anyone has experienced something similar and knows what this can be. We're all a bit stumped. I'm taking her back to the vet again on Friday but wanted to ask.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Everyone told me I should keep waiting it out as these things take time to run their course. She kept sneezing with occasional nasal discharge that ran from clear to yellow. She developed a cough in late August. It was pretty bad sounding (like mucous). There were a few weeks she was coughing so hard she was defecating. This, thankfully stopped and eventually her cough went down to maybe once or twice a week. Every time I thought about taking her back to the vet, she would get a little better so I wouldn't.
I took her to another vet for a second opinion in late September but he just told me to keep waiting.
I took her back to my original vet at the end of October and got another round of Clavamox. She told me to bring her back immediately at the end of the round if she wasn't better and we'd go straight into another round. She didn't get better. We finished the second round and she still wasn't better. I got a chest x-ray and there appeared to be a small infection in one of her lungs. The vet switched her to Zeniquin which lasted for 3 weeks (finished two weeks ago). She was still sneezing some and occasionally coughing but it seemed to be slightly improved. Now her sneezing is getting worse again and she's developed a watery eye in the last couple of days.
While on any of these antibiotics, there was never a period where all of her symptoms were gone. Improved but never gone. She has also been on lysine twice (once in August and currently).
She has no lethargy. She's the most active kitten I've ever had. Her appetite has remained mostly there (there have been a few times over these four months where it has lessened).
I was wondering if anyone has experienced something similar and knows what this can be. We're all a bit stumped. I'm taking her back to the vet again on Friday but wanted to ask.
Thanks in advance for your advice!