Thank-you to everyone for responding! I have forwarded responses to foster mom. Laurie
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gloria B. Lane Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT - will kittens born to mom with URI have URI? I'd probably use Azithromycin, preferably. Gloria On Apr 13, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Laurieskatz wrote: > Thank-you for this. The five babies were born last night. The mom > sounds > like she has mucous in her throat when she swallows and her purr > sounds > hoarse but there are no other symptoms. The foster mom started l > lysine. > Mama kitty ("Spring") is eating. No discharge from eyes or nose. > Symptoms > have not worsened since she got there Saturday noon so foster mom is > hopeful > this is not a URI. Any thoughts based on symptoms? Still think she > should > treat the mama? > Thank-you!\ > Laurie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 12:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT - will kittens born to mom with URI have > URI? > > My experience has been that the kittens will get the URI and it can > be a > killer. > I would personally get the mom on an antibiotic right away and get > some > antibiotic that can > be given to the kittens from birth. Just the tiniest amount can save > kittens. > > It is by far the best idea to aggressively treat the mom before the > kittens are born and not > wait around while the URI gets worse. Lots of sick moms will stop > nursing > or licking the kittens at all > when they get very congested. And the moms may stop eating so no > milk. > The kittens will have the best chance to survive if the fosterer can > get > the mom through the worst > of it before the kittens arrive. > > Generally, an antibiotic is critical even if the URI is a virus. A > vaporizer or humidifier is extremely > helpful because congestion makes the mom miserable and she may stop > eating > if she can't smell. > When the fosterer takes her to the vet to get her looked at, they > should > definitely get the vet > to discuss and prescribe for congestion. > > We have just gone through this in my rescue group for several > litters in > which all kittens died. > I don't want to be too negative but want to get across that it is > not a > time to take a wait and see attitude until they are all very sick. > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
