Ok, found some other posts on Cassidy, HE, sorry I referred to HIM as a female. And you are in Nebraska, I'm no help there.
Re Ashley and URIs, if she is an adult: the best is L-Lysine, 500 mg twice a day. Buy the capsules or loose powder, usually a health food store. You can mix in a bit of water then into the canned food if she eats that. If not, mix with water, maybe 2 cc, then syringe it. If she is a kitten 2 months or older use only half that amount If she is not on any other medication, and had runny nose/eyes, congestion, an anti-histamine works. again for an adult. If she is a kitten you have to ask your vet who doesn't sound so hot. I use Chlorpheniramine (generic for Clotrimitron), not the 12 hour formula. Give 2 mg (1/2 tablet, every 12 hours for an adult cat. I also give my URIs Interferon (1 cc)(prescription) during the outbreak. It also lowers the virus in the system as does Lysine so if you can use both, it's a double whammy against the virus. Del ----- Original Message ----- From: Melissa Lind To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: Re: Cassidy and Ashley are home! Beth, Yes, yes, they spayed, vaccinated, the works. I'm sorry if this was not the thing to do; I'm not very knowledgeable yet. As someone pointed out on an earlier post-we're all learning. I guess I have a lot of learning to do-more than most. I appreciate the advice. I asked my vet today if I should give her anything-he said no as long as the discharge is clear. Poor baby, she just sits on her nest in front of the heater. But, she has moved around a lot more since yesterday. Now when I go to visit her, she comes down to eat and talk a little. Let me know if you have any advice for us. I'm going to look into Lysine. Problem around here is that there are not a lot of resources for sick kitties. No one cares. Melissa
