Gosh- could that time frame be anymore vague! 2-17 days is a long time period!
I will ask my mom how she feels about it...she is very protective of LeeRoy-
even tho she's not a cat-person- b/c he's the sweetest little boy ever- the
nicest cat in the world- a real "people-cat" and she wouldn't want him to come
down with the funk. I know technically they were probably already exposed to
some degree since I don't have an iso room- altho this downstairs room is about
as isolated as you can get without having a separate ac/heat, etc. And Yoda
and the B/W originally had the same URI anyway. Yoda is the only one from that
group of 4 kittens (Metro AC orphans but not a litter) that the URI eye
symptoms haven't come back on yet since he kicked it in September (the other 2
have been adopted ("Tippi" and "GoGo"-- I like to think it's b/c I spent A LOT
of time cleaning them with kitty wipes, cleaning ears- Tippi's were the worst
I'd seen in my 30 years- and my dad was a vet!, brushing them, pumping them
full of high-qual food and supplements and giving them exercise and love...so
frankly, they looked better than most of the other cats!) I have not let loose
of Yoda though (added him to the condos for adoption)- even tho I know someone
would grab him up b/c he's "buff"-colored and freaking adorable, altho he is
kind of an a$$, but the cuteness makes up for it! So he's been living the high
life since I took him in so he certainly hasn't had any stress that would bring
the URI back out. I even moved and the little booger loved his new room and
got to truly "bird watch" for the first time and he never even missed a beat!
So much for moving causing stress on my cats!
-Caroline
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:47:54 -0600From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]: Re: Question about URI contagionOddly enough, I just picked up a
fact sheet that says incubation is between 2-17 days. I don't know if that
helps you.
On Nov 16, 2007 9:40 AM, Gloria Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If he were at my house, I'd probably go ahead and mix him with the others.
They've probably already been exposed anyhow. Sounds like he's responded well
to your loving care. FYI - I also had good luck with a dose or two of
Zithromax for kittens with URI.
Gloria
On Nov 16, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Caroline Kaufmann wrote:
Does anyone know how long a URI is contagious? I picked up a B/W approx. 6 mth
old kitten from the adoption location last Sat. b/c he'd been suffering from a
URI- mostly affecting the eyes (no sneezing) for 2-3 weeks and it just wasn't
getting better. Poor thing had started to rub off the fur around his one eye
from rubbing at it so much. I had this same kitten back at labor day for about
3 weeks when I took in 4 kittens who all had URIs in various degrees of
severity. He was the oldest and he got well the fastest after treatment with
Amoxy and Terramycin. Well, when he was added to the "condo" at the store to
be "on display" for adoption, I guess the stress of that shortly thereafter
brought the eye problems back and he's been suffering off and on since then. I
tried to stop by as much as possible to clean and treat his eyes, but it's hard
b/c the store closes at 6:00. He is also one of those cats "prone" to tear
stains regardless of a URI and with the white fur on his face, he looks really
bad being on display with tear stains and eye funk (he looked sick- which looks
bad for our no-kill agency), so I decided to take him home and put in him the
downstairs room and just not mix him at all with my other two fosters Yoda and
LeeRoy. Well, I've had him since last Sat. and this time, he's on Clavamox
(and Terramycin in the eyes) and I'm feeding him tons of wet food (Wellness
kitten)- they only get dry at the store- and pumping him full of supplements.
He gets to run around the house when I am home b/c the other foster kittens
have a big room to romp, so they stay closed in there and away from him But, I
know he's lonely and needs some kitty-socialization and he and Yoda may
remember each other! He's doing SO MUCH better- it's unreal. I know it's
probably mostly because he is having fun, not stressed, eating like a piggy and
getting love (that probably helps more than the meds...sigh). So, if he is no
longer having inflamed red eye tissue and green discharge, is he okay to mingle
now? He's not sneezing and he doesn't really have any eye discharge at all,
besides his regular eye boogers that he is prone to getting. He does not act
like a sick cat (runs around like a maniac). I haven't seen green eye funk
since the day after I brought him home (Sunday) b/c he improved almost
instantly. I just wanted to know if anyone knows if he's been on the
antibiotic almost a week now, & showing no signs of infection, can he be
mingled with the other two kittens for play-time, or should I wait longer?
Thanks,Caroline
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