I'm wondering if Shimmer brought the URI back from the vet. You can try
the children's nose drops called "Little Noses". Do you have any
antibiotics in the house? Here's a quick paste of some of our
discussions on URIs:
*Treatment for URI
and immune booster*
What my vet told me is that the Albuterol works to make them feel
better - it breaks up the chest/nasal congestion they have when they
have a URI. This is good because when they feel better and can smell
their food they start eating. I had a kitten with severe URI that I
thought was going to lose. He didn't start eating until after I took
him to my current vet and they started nebulizing him. Within 24
hours after that he was eating (I had been syringing him with A/D).
My cats have still had to have antibiotics when they have URI, though.
Here is a link to more information about Albuterol.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682145.html
I keep a nebulizer (bought on Ebay for $25 - MUCH more expensive if
bought at a drug store - about $100+) and a stock of Albuterol for
sick kittens. My vet sold me a bag of the Albuterol capsules for
about $10.
***** <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*
*Vitatabs by Naturepet*:
I have thought of posting this several times but I really feel almost
embarrassed to do so because it seems way too simplistic. When several
of my negatives came down at once (again) with URIs (On Christmas Eve no
less) and in desperation I visited our pathetic pet store that sells
practically nothing useful, I found some Vitatabs by Naturepet. I
bought the things not thinking for one moment they would be helpful. I
fed them to the cats and all 3 animals recovered by morning. THAT has
never happened before. Well, I thought it a tad too good to be true and
a few weeks later another cat came down with a mild URI and once again I
tried the vitamins and by morning, he was fine. I feed quality pet
foods with some fresh food thrown in so there shouldn't be any
nutritional inadequacies but nonetheless, I have had success with these
vitamins and URIs. In fact, I haven't had any problems with the cats
since. I now give the vitamins several times a week. So for what it is
worth here is the product:
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/product_detail.asp?pf%5Fid=10955510&dept%5Fid=210&brand%5Fid=241&Page=
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Kelley Saveika wrote:
Ugh. I come home from work yesterday and every single cat I have
(except Caroline, who is isolated) has runny nose and sneezing. Of
course Missy, with her bad immune system, has it worse than anyone;
she's already got piles of yellow discharge coming out of her nose.
And of course my vet is closed until Tuesday.
I just had Shimmer at the vet Friday for a bladder infection; he had
no signs of URI at that time. WHere does it come from?
