His eyes have discharge that comes and goes, as well as congestion. He has been on and off antibiotics for the past two and a half months, but it doesn't seem to help his symptoms.
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I have 2 cats that have feline herpes, one will have flare ups a couple of times a year. ask your vet to put him on azithromicin (sp?) that works best.
also go to walmart in the vitamin and supplment section and get some L-Lysine and give your cat 500-1000mg of that per day this stuff helps to keep the herpes virus from replicating. you can't overdose them on this.
you can also give cats benadryl (I will ask that for this you ask your vet for proper dosage I wouldn't want to give you what I give my cats and have it be too much or anything)
if you have any questions feel free to e-mail me.
that could be URTI - upper respiratory tract infection...
like a cold in people ...
if caused by a virus the antibiotics wont help - its like a cold in people.. keep him indoors untill he recovers, which can take a while...
use a stainless steel bowl for food and water - NOT PLASTIC which can recontaminate him
A lot of kittens get runny eyes, it's usually just a cold type reaction, and with congestion too I assume he's just a bit under the weather, what makes you think he has herpes? You say he's been on and off antibiotics, but is he taking the full course? It's important for him to finish his course of antibiotics even if he stops showing symptoms. Take him to a different vet to get a second opinion.
We have had a lot of success treating these cats with L-Lysine...that you can find at most any drug store. Crush the pill and add it once daily to the cats canned food. It really helps many of these cats. We have never had any side effects either.
Herpes infection makes cats more vulnerable to infection, as well as herpes virus outbreaks in the eye. It is fairly common in cats, and there is a treatment called Idoxuridine 0.1% drops. It is fairly affordable, around $80 for 15mL (after markup, at least that's what it is through us). The drops are an antiviral that is pretty effective against herpes virus, and when treated every day the infection will stay under control.
Talk to your vet about trying out some antivirals, or ask for a referral to an animal eye specialist for further diagnostics.
I fostered a cat with the exact same symptoms and that was what the vet finally came up with as an explanation. They checked him for nasal polyps, etc and Herpes was the last explanation for his chronic upper respiratory infections.
I used Enisyl, which is a lysine supplement, in the gel form. It seemed to help. When we had him neutered, we knew it was going to cause a flare-up, so we just put him on antibiotics as he recovered.
As the kitten gets older, the flare ups should reduce. He had a flare-up when he was adopted out, but the adopter was a very understanding a patient woman who knew he had medical issues.
His new owner reports that the flare-ups are few and far between now that he is older and are most likely due to stress (he gets them whenever she travels out of town for more than a day or two.)
It does not appear that he has transmitted it to any of the other cats he has lived with, but all were older and very healthy when they met him.
I don't know anything, but if it turns out this is what your cat has, you can join these Yahoo groups.
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