URI all over my house
Ugh. I come home from work yesterday and every single cat I have (except Caroline, who is isolated) has runny nose and sneezing. Of course Missy, with her bad immune system, has it worse than anyone; she's already got piles of yellow discharge coming out of her nose. And of course my vet is closed until Tuesday. I just had Shimmer at the vet Friday for a bladder infection; he had no signs of URI at that time. WHere does it come from? -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20
Re: URI all over my house
I'm wondering if Shimmer brought the URI back from the vet. You can try the children's nose drops called Little Noses. Do you have any antibiotics in the house? Here's a quick paste of some of our discussions on URIs: *Treatment for URI and immune booster* What my vet told me is that the Albuterol works to make them feel better - it breaks up the chest/nasal congestion they have when they have a URI. This is good because when they feel better and can smell their food they start eating. I had a kitten with severe URI that I thought was going to lose. He didn't start eating until after I took him to my current vet and they started nebulizing him. Within 24 hours after that he was eating (I had been syringing him with A/D). My cats have still had to have antibiotics when they have URI, though. Here is a link to more information about Albuterol. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682145.html I keep a nebulizer (bought on Ebay for $25 - MUCH more expensive if bought at a drug store - about $100+) and a stock of Albuterol for sick kittens. My vet sold me a bag of the Albuterol capsules for about $10. * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]* *Vitatabs by Naturepet*: I have thought of posting this several times but I really feel almost embarrassed to do so because it seems way too simplistic. When several of my negatives came down at once (again) with URIs (On Christmas Eve no less) and in desperation I visited our pathetic pet store that sells practically nothing useful, I found some Vitatabs by Naturepet. I bought the things not thinking for one moment they would be helpful. I fed them to the cats and all 3 animals recovered by morning. THAT has never happened before. Well, I thought it a tad too good to be true and a few weeks later another cat came down with a mild URI and once again I tried the vitamins and by morning, he was fine. I feed quality pet foods with some fresh food thrown in so there shouldn't be any nutritional inadequacies but nonetheless, I have had success with these vitamins and URIs. In fact, I haven't had any problems with the cats since. I now give the vitamins several times a week. So for what it is worth here is the product: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/product_detail.asp?pf%5Fid=10955510dept%5Fid=210brand%5Fid=241Page= http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/product_detail.asp?pf%5Fid=10955510dept%5Fid=210brand%5Fid=241Page= Kelley Saveika wrote: Ugh. I come home from work yesterday and every single cat I have (except Caroline, who is isolated) has runny nose and sneezing. Of course Missy, with her bad immune system, has it worse than anyone; she's already got piles of yellow discharge coming out of her nose. And of course my vet is closed until Tuesday. I just had Shimmer at the vet Friday for a bladder infection; he had no signs of URI at that time. WHere does it come from?
Re: URI all over my house
I just got over a terrible cold myself, so I understand how your kitties feel! It can be brought in that same way as a human cold (they are both viruses), so it's possible you brought it in the house on you, if you visited a shelter, or touched any outside cats, it could have come in on your hands or clothes. Or it could have come from the new cat, I recall you saying that your cats have gone in the bathroom with her and you shooed them out. URI can be airborne, and the symptoms can vary from cat to cat, so she may not have looked sick, but still have it (and that would explain her lack of appetite too). Phaewryn Don't Lose Your Pet! Register at AWOLpet.com: http://AWOLPet.com (use referral code: LittleCheetah) Whitey's Story: http://ucat.us/Whitey.html 12/24/06 Whitey Pictures: http://ucat.us/Whitey/WhiteyNewPics.html Whitey Models on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Cleos-Catnip-ORGANIC-2-ounces-cat-nip-KITTY-YUMMY_W0QQitemZ140067996154QQihZ004QQ
Re: URI all over my house
Everyone has clear nasal discharge and sneezing, except Missy who is covered in yellowish snot. I just cleaned about a pound of it off her tiny nose, poor baby. Going to get meds tomorrow. On 1/1/07, Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got over a terrible cold myself, so I understand how your kitties feel! It can be brought in that same way as a human cold (they are both viruses), so it's possible you brought it in the house on you, if you visited a shelter, or touched any outside cats, it could have come in on your hands or clothes. Or it could have come from the new cat, I recall you saying that your cats have gone in the bathroom with her and you shooed them out. URI can be airborne, and the symptoms can vary from cat to cat, so she may not have looked sick, but still have it (and that would explain her lack of appetite too). Phaewryn Don't Lose Your Pet! Register at AWOLpet.com: http://AWOLPet.comhttp://awolpet.com/(use referral code: LittleCheetah) Whitey's Story: http://ucat.us/Whitey.html 12/24/06 Whitey Pictures: http://ucat.us/Whitey/WhiteyNewPics.html Whitey Models on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Cleos-Catnip-ORGANIC-2-ounces-cat-nip-KITTY-YUMMY_W0QQitemZ140067996154QQihZ004QQ -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20
Re: URI all over my house
Lysine and/or amoxicillin should get rid of it. If not, try Immuno-regulin as well with the immune-compromised kitty. Sometimes lysine alone will get rid of uri's. Michelle In a message dated 1/1/2007 7:06:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ugh. I come home from work yesterday and every single cat I have (except Caroline, who is isolated) has runny nose and sneezing. Of course Missy, with her bad immune system, has it worse than anyone; she's already got piles of yellow discharge coming out of her nose. And of course my vet is closed until Tuesday. I just had Shimmer at the vet Friday for a bladder infection; he had no signs of URI at that time. WHere does it come from?
