Congested Kitty
My two month old kitten started sneezing 5 days ago and the symptoms have only gotten worse. He is on amoxacilin and in two days will be done with it. He developed stuffy nose and watery eyes and is getting more congested causing trouble breathing. What can I do?
2006-10-20 05:25:52 · 13 answers · asked by Even 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Well, he may be allergic to something in the house if he is getting worse on the medicine. I would take him to the vet. I would also clean everything and that includes yours and his bedding.Poor kitty. I really hope he feels better.
2006-10-20 05:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by KittyKattsMeow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While you make arrangements for the vet, try this:
Get a deep bowl and smear some Vick's Vapor Rub in it. Then fill it up with really, really hot water. Make sure it is steaming. Then set it upon a table in a small room like a bedroom or bathroom.
Take your sick congested cat in that room and sit him on your lap as you sit real close to the bowl with Vicks. The menthol and eucalyptus should help clear or widen his airways.
But this is just a temporary remedial help. The cat needs to go back to the vet as soon as you judge he'll be OK for the trip.
Good luck!
2006-10-20 05:50:50 · answer #2 · answered by Phoebhart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becareful with these symptoms! my first kitten came home with me on a sunday, she was pretty sick that next day, so off to the vet we went and they told me she had a URI, gave me the same meds as you have. She also got worse, wouldnt eat, sleep, only would drink, i was force feeding her babyfood with an eye dropper every 2 hours of the day and night! she was getting skinnier by the day so by thursday i took her back...she ended up having some type of liver diesease! the new home triggered the illness to come to the surface! There was nothing i could do since she was so young so she had to be put down! dont ever thing a URI is nothing serious because it can be something else!
2006-10-20 05:34:02 · answer #3 · answered by sassy2sloppy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a humidifier. It also sounds like he's not getting a high enough dosage of the amoxi, so you should also take him back to your vet. Normally 7-10 days of that stuff clears URI right up. Also, ask your vet for some vitamins. I think it's called Lysine. This will help boost your kitten's immune system to help battle the cold.
The humidifier will for sure help break up the congestion.
2006-10-20 06:02:25 · answer #4 · answered by KL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He probley has an upper respiratory infection. Take him back to the vets. You may need to suction his nose out with saline to help him breathe. But first make sure the vet says its OK. Hope your cat feels better soon. Keep him indoors warm and safe.
2006-10-20 05:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jackie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to take him back the vet a.s.a.p. He should be almost better since he only has a few days left on his prescription. He probably has and upper respiratory infection, which he would need to go back to the vet for, or an allergy. Regardless of what it is you should take him back to the doctor.
2006-10-20 05:34:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like your well-known top respiration an infection. get him in to a vet first of all on monday so as that they might diagnose it & positioned him on antibiotics. the meds won't treatment it - like quite a few virus, his very own immune device could triumph over it - yet they're going to help shop it from starting to be worse or him coming up a secondary bacterial an infection like pneumonia. interior the intervening time, attempt steaming him open. run a warm bathe for 20 minutes or so, and shop him interior the showering room the finished time. it is going to act as a vaporizer & help ease the congestion somewhat. additionally, get some sturdy canned foodstuff & heat it up interior the microwave - it purely takes some seconds so ensure you do no longer overheat it! cats won't consume what they might't scent, & this could carry out the fragrance of it. shop attempting to wipe his nostril out with a damp washcloth, yet do no longer stick something in there. (too risky for the two you & him.) if he does not enable you to wipe it, then enable that's till you get him to the rfile on monday. he will breathe by way of his mouth till it clears. * if he stops ingesting altogether, stops utilising the litterbox, gets very torpid, walks wobbly or purely looks rather "off" in any other way that looks appropriate to, carry him in to an emergency vet...it would desire to be signs and indicators of him crashing & he would be unable to attend till monday.
2016-10-02 12:10:48 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-20 05:50:09 · answer #8 · answered by pinkpiggies336 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can certainly call the vet and alert him to the fact that the kitty is still having problems. He can suggest what you might do or prescribe more medication for him.
2006-10-20 05:39:48 · answer #9 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the symptoms should have started to clear up a few days after the start of the amoxicillin....if it hasn't been clearing up, i would take him back to the vet.
2006-10-20 05:28:41 · answer #10 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋