Hi Lynne It is one of several viruses that cause most kitty colds/flu it is :
Feline rhinotracheitis virus (feline herpesvirus type 1 or FHV-1) causes acute respiratory illness known as rhinotracheitis (or *feline herpesvirus infection*). The virus affects domestic and wild cats worldwide. The following website gives more information http://www.animalhealthchannel.com/rhinotracheitis/ They can test for it. The other common virus is FCV feline calicivirus http://www.animalhealthchannel.com/calicivirus/index.shtml Hope this helps. I assume Junior has the 1st one because of the eye infection he had a year ago is classic symptom. The FCV causes mouth ulcers. Junior does not get these. How is BooBoo doing? Sally On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sally, when you refer to herpes which herpes virus are you referring to, > the one that is sexually transmitted or the one that causes cold sores. I > just noticed today that BooBoo seems to have a bit of a discharge from his > eyes, nothing I would personally be alarmed about, kind of like any other > animal that gets a bit of gunk in his eyes. We've started him back on his > Doxycycline because the breathing issue seems to have settled. My vet > didn't bother to culture the fluid on his lungs so who knows what we are > dealing with here. Like I've said, I really like this vet on a personal > level but he is so determined that Boo is going to die, TODAY, that in my > opinion he isn't being conscientious enough. Every time we talk to him or > see him, he says the same thing, "you understand that this is the end stage" > and he doesn't really seem to want to save him. Gosh, even this very > cynical doctor in our building at work asked me about him yesterday and told > me to offer as much paliative care as is reasonable before euthanizing him. > This doc is so funny. He took time off work to go and assist in the spaying > of his dog along with his vet. > > I don't know if you have access to Recovery food but it is the only thing > our BooBoo will eat and he eats a good amount of it. The main ingredient is > chicken liver and fish oil. I tried giving him regular chicken liver but he > turned his nose up at it. It's 2 bucks a can. I think it's a good deal > though because a little seems to fill him up. Our other pig cat will eat > anything you put in front of him, except this, fortunately. > > Lynne > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Sally Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2008 5:33 PM > *Subject:* Re: coughing > > This sounds like what I am going through with Junior. He is now off > antibiotics and getting chlorpheneramine to relieve congestion. He is about > the same after a month. I think his is herpes as well. He also has the eye > crud typical of herpes. He has been receiving L Lysine for over a year. I > can only assume it slows the herpes virus down. > > A little over a month ago I decided to change his canned catfood. He is > now eating Blue Buffalo Spa Selects. He likes the fishy kinds the most. He > was having issues with his coat and this was a test to see if it helped. His > fur was all over the house and always came out in clumps. I am happy to > report he is no longer losing fur in clumps. His coat is still scruffy as my > vet calls it, but I think that is more a grooming issue. Before he was on > canned IAMS. He still free feeds on IAMS multicat. I have se veral porkers > in the house, I was hoping this would help. Not sure it has made any > difference other than the catfood bill going up. I need to weigh one of them > to see. > > A very nasty day here in VA. Hope everyone is warm. > > Sally > > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:29 PM, catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm currently having similar problems with my Sneaker. His lungs are > > clear. He has had an upper resp. infection for weeks now, months really. > > they did a culture and found he had a staph infection, but that part is > > cleared up. He is on his 4th round of antibiotics..... the vet thinks it's > > viral and could be herpes. He hasn't been a ton of help. If anyone has any > > ideas I would love to hear them. > > tonya > > > > > > *Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > Laurie, > > This really got my curiosity, my Joey has episodes where his purr > > sounds wet, rumbly and his breathing too, is how I would described it to > > > > my vet. She has checked his lungs when he is having one of these > > episodes and says his lungs are clear, that it is contained to his > > sinuses. He has never had coughing but I'm curious, can he have asthma > > without coughing. These epsodes don't seem to bother him, they affect > > me more than him, he doesn't seem to notice them at all. > > > > -- > > > > Belinda > > happiness is being owned by cats ... > > > > Be-Mi-Kitties > > http://www.bemikitties.com > > > > HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting & web design] > > http://www.hostdesign4u.com > > > > ForYouByUs.com [custom printing] > > http://www.foryoubyus.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sally, Eric (not a cat),Junior, Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, > Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior (newest) , Silver, and > Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. 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