One of my cats (just) got back from my daughter (she had too many for the size of her place) sneezing, mucus?

Question

kitten really 5 months, sneezing with greenish mucuss, Have been given 1/4 baby asprin and 1/4 anti histamine (cloratripamine malete 3mg) until I can get her 2 the vet (suggestions)

Answer 1

While your daughter's cats may have appeared healthy, some cats carry upper respiratory viruses, to which they are immune. That is why you read about so many shelter kitties who begin exhibiting symptoms when you get them home. They get infected at the shelter and the symptoms take a few days to become apparent. If your kitty was put together with a bunch of cats he didn't know, it could have caused him some stress, and stress depresses the immune system in cats, just like people.

If the mucous is green, that is a definite sign of infection and your kitty will need antibiotics. People medicine can be extremely toxic to cats, especially aspirin. Just call your vet and explain the situation. I'm sure he will be more than happy to see your kitty immediately and/or dispense some medication, if he is familiar with your kitty. Good Luck and I hope he is feeling better very soon.

Answer 2

giving human meds is a major mistake. never give a cat aspirin ever. she has an upper respiratory infection. very common in cats, especially young cats living around "too many" other cats.

1. take her to the vet. the infection probably started with a virus, for which the vet can do nothing. however, the vet will likely give you antibiotics to clear the secondary bacterial component that is giving her the green mucous.

2. cat allergies will rarely show up as an increase in sneezing, so don't give her anti-histamines again without a vet prescribing it. it only depresses her immune system, potentially making the infection worse.

3. i believe aspirin may be poisonous to cats. i'm not 100% sure on that, but it seems like that was true.

Answer 3

Hi there...please DO NOT give any human medicines to a cat unless specifically prescribed by a vet. Most are very lethal and aspirin is very toxic to cats. Aspirin can shut the liver down because cats cannot metabolize very slowly. Dosage requirements for certain human medications are based on the cats' weight, age and overall health conditions which is why a vet only should treat.

Your cat has an upper respirtatory infection and needs to be seen by the vet which will prescribe antibiotics. The best thing to do is to keep the kitten comfortable. However, because you've given aspirin AND combined with an anti-histamine you need to URGENTLY RUSH the kitten to the vet. This is very critical!!

Sorry...I cannot express emphatically how serious this is and hope you will please consider ringing a vet even an ER vet in regards to this matter.

Aspirin and the toxicity effects to cats: http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/flytrap/94/aspirin_and_cats_myth.html

About Feline Upper Respiratory Infection (URI): http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_feline_upper_respiratory.html

Answer 4

Please don't give the kitten any more medication. 1/4 aspirin is sometimes recommended for full grown cats with arthritis or other pain EVERY THREE DAYS. That is probably too much for a young kitten and can really damage her liver in short order.

If the discharge from her nose is colored it means she has a bacterial infection. Wait until the vet makes a decision on the medications.

Answer 5

Its a respiratory infection. My cat had that and if you have other cats separete them. The best thing its to take her to the vet ASAP. Just clean her mucuss so she can breath a little better and dont give her human medicine!!!!

Answer 6

Maybe a respiratory infection?

The best thing I could tell you is to take the cat to the vet as soon as you can. Kittens tend to get respiratory infections easily and the vet could give a medication that clears it up quickly.