I had another thread, but it was long and it got buried...
We brought in a 5 year old outside kitty named Mike who had a terrible URI. He was given 2 doses of Convenia, which he did well on. His nose cleared up and looked pretty normal, but he still could barely breathe. The vet suspected a polyup, so they put him under and checked for one but found nothing. At that time he was put on Clavamox. He's done about the same on it...nose is great, breathing the same terrible story. Eyes were watery and icky on all drugs as well. His course of Clavamox ended yesterday. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I think his nose is getting worse again already. So if it is, where do we go from here?
Each dose of antibiotics has lasted 2 weeks, so we're about 6 weeks into antibiotics here. I've also been using Lysine powder in all my cat's meals. Does that mean it's not a URI? If not, what else could it be? What other tests/procedures should we have done? Or are some URI's really this persistent? He does go into ridiculously crazy sneezing spells where he sneezes at least 10 times. However, I have the advantage of knowing he did this when living outside too, so I don't think he's allergic to anything in my house. Could this be asthma? I really know nothing about asthma (in cats or humans) so I'm not exactly sure the symptoms.
I'm just preparing myself to have to take him back to the vet next week. We should know by Monday whether his nose is going to start getting icky again. Just wondering what else to expect.
edit to add: He also has a drinking problem. He drinks a LOT. Pees the size of baseballs.
We brought in a 5 year old outside kitty named Mike who had a terrible URI. He was given 2 doses of Convenia, which he did well on. His nose cleared up and looked pretty normal, but he still could barely breathe. The vet suspected a polyup, so they put him under and checked for one but found nothing. At that time he was put on Clavamox. He's done about the same on it...nose is great, breathing the same terrible story. Eyes were watery and icky on all drugs as well. His course of Clavamox ended yesterday. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I think his nose is getting worse again already. So if it is, where do we go from here?
Each dose of antibiotics has lasted 2 weeks, so we're about 6 weeks into antibiotics here. I've also been using Lysine powder in all my cat's meals. Does that mean it's not a URI? If not, what else could it be? What other tests/procedures should we have done? Or are some URI's really this persistent? He does go into ridiculously crazy sneezing spells where he sneezes at least 10 times. However, I have the advantage of knowing he did this when living outside too, so I don't think he's allergic to anything in my house. Could this be asthma? I really know nothing about asthma (in cats or humans) so I'm not exactly sure the symptoms.
I'm just preparing myself to have to take him back to the vet next week. We should know by Monday whether his nose is going to start getting icky again. Just wondering what else to expect.
edit to add: He also has a drinking problem. He drinks a LOT. Pees the size of baseballs.
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