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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