RE: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
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

RE: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
already been loosened a lot and I've already been able to enact some positive changes. -Caroline Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:13:20 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Question about URI contagion in persians, who are predisposed to uri symptoms at any

Re: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in persians, who are predisposed to uri symptoms at any time, especially in shelter or new situations (stress, no noses to speak of anyway), zithromax has become the drug of choice: we don't even bother with the others for cats we pull from shelters, we just go for the zithro. the other thing

RE: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
. Thanks for everything you do Caroline. Kerry M. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Caroline Kaufmann Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:33 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Question about URI contagion Does anyone know how long a URI is contagious? I

Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
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

Re: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread Gloria Lane
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

Re: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread Kelley Saveika
Oddly 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

Re: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread TenHouseCats
future. The reins have already been loosened a lot and I've already been able to enact some positive changes. -Caroline Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:13:20 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Question about URI contagion in persians, who

RE: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
to enact some positive changes. -Caroline Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:13:20 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Question about URI contagion in persians, who are predisposed to uri symptoms at any time, especially in shelter or new situations (stress

Re: Question about URI contagion

2007-11-16 Thread Kelley Saveika
missed a beat! So much for moving causing stress on my cats! -Caroline -- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:47:54 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Question about URI contagion Oddly enough, I just picked up a fact sheet that says