Gail & Houdini (GA)
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It started innocently with sniffles or low appetites but in a few days sniffles turned to steady runny nose, drooling, nose sores and bleeding mouth sores. Out of 9 cats 7 have symptoms of some sort in varying degrees and combinations. The two who didn’t catch it (Goldie & my meezer boy Chai) are the youngest with current vaccines. So much for not giving vaccines to older cats………
My oldest girl (17 yrs) is semi feral and she had the worst of the mouth ulcers with bloody drool….horrible to see! Tried to scruff her and she bit & scratched me pretty bad. Bites are now infected and hurt like hell! Just today, after a week, I can type with any speed
She spent 2 ½ days at the ER and all this week at my regular vets office. They had to sedate her to examine her mouth yesterday :roll: I think she comes home today but I know I won’t be able to handle her enough to give follow up meds….sigh. All we can do is hope a weeks worth of ATBs at the vets office will be enough.
3 of the worst spent several days at the vet including Houdini, on IV’s and ATB’s. We seemed to have turned a corner (crossing fingers) and appetites are picking up, running noses & drooling have almost stopped. Some still have mouth sores, I can tell by the way they are eating. But all in all I'm seeing improvement
I’ve encapsulated this pretty well but consider for a minute what it takes to nurse 7 sick cats, begging them to eat one at a time! On top of all the running back and forth to the vet, store for BB Food and Pets Mart getting different foods hoping someone will eat, I had to fly to Phoenix for 2 days for a business meeting, trying to work during the day (thank God I work from home) with swollen sore hands.
And if all this wasn’t enough!!!!! Monday DD was admitted to the hospital with an unusual strain of pneumonia that is not responding to ATB’s like it should! Yesterday was her B-day and she was really depressed at having to be in the hospital. Praying hard she will start getting better soon.
If you all could spare a few prayers for her, I’d be grateful.
My oldest girl (17 yrs) is semi feral and she had the worst of the mouth ulcers with bloody drool….horrible to see! Tried to scruff her and she bit & scratched me pretty bad. Bites are now infected and hurt like hell! Just today, after a week, I can type with any speed
She spent 2 ½ days at the ER and all this week at my regular vets office. They had to sedate her to examine her mouth yesterday :roll: I think she comes home today but I know I won’t be able to handle her enough to give follow up meds….sigh. All we can do is hope a weeks worth of ATBs at the vets office will be enough. 3 of the worst spent several days at the vet including Houdini, on IV’s and ATB’s. We seemed to have turned a corner (crossing fingers) and appetites are picking up, running noses & drooling have almost stopped. Some still have mouth sores, I can tell by the way they are eating. But all in all I'm seeing improvement
I’ve encapsulated this pretty well but consider for a minute what it takes to nurse 7 sick cats, begging them to eat one at a time! On top of all the running back and forth to the vet, store for BB Food and Pets Mart getting different foods hoping someone will eat, I had to fly to Phoenix for 2 days for a business meeting, trying to work during the day (thank God I work from home) with swollen sore hands.
And if all this wasn’t enough!!!!! Monday DD was admitted to the hospital with an unusual strain of pneumonia that is not responding to ATB’s like it should! Yesterday was her B-day and she was really depressed at having to be in the hospital. Praying hard she will start getting better soon.
If you all could spare a few prayers for her, I’d be grateful.
