On occasion we take a stray or two in and prepare them for a new home with friends looking for a cat. This particular cat has been on Advantage to prevent him from spreading fleas throughout the house. I have never heard of Advantage causing the above symptoms but now you know The Rest of the Story.
2007-05-24 13:27:47 · 12 answers · asked by W_lasalle 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
You can't just assume that when a cat sneezes it has an Upper Respiratory Infection. This is less common in warmer weather (not saying it couldn't be one) but the cat could be FIV or FIP positive. Both are contagious an incurrable. (These are feline AIDS & Leukemia).
Flea treatments can trigger allergies in some cats but it is very rare and diarrhea most likely wouldn't be a side effect to Advantage. Assuming it isn't FIV or FIP which you would not know with out a blood test the cat most likely has worms as well.
If you can't afford vet care, most humane societies and local animal shelters offer the blood tests, shots, and medications at a fraction of the price so that this is affordable to people like you who are doing a wonderful thing to care for a stray instead of ignoring it and letting it suffer.
2007-05-24 15:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by PAISLEY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like an Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. They are extremely common in stray cats, and you'd probably never find a cat out of an animal shelter that HASN'T had one. S/he needs to go to the vet for treatment.
2007-05-24 13:48:15 · answer #2 · answered by NeoBritt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if it's a stray I'm assuming you haven't had it around long enough to get it vaccinated - sounds like an upper respiratory infection which can be caused by many viruses, most of which are covered in the feline combo vaccine (CVRPV). Many adult cats are able to recover from it on their own, but if they have other issues bogging them down (bad teeth, parasites, etc) it can easily turn to pneumonia and kill them.
2007-05-24 13:32:56 · answer #3 · answered by JeN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-06 00:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It needs to be taken to the vets. There is a chance the cat is having a reaction but to me not seeing it might have a upper respitory infection and if so needs antibiotics and probably wormed
2007-05-24 13:54:12 · answer #5 · answered by Kit_kat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be a respiratory infection. Take the cat to the vet.
2007-05-24 13:31:53 · answer #6 · answered by babydoll4579 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like allergies to me yes animals get them too. If not better with a lil tlc and do not under no circumstances give a cat aspirin it will kill them take to a vet
2007-05-24 13:50:09 · answer #7 · answered by shot b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try giving the cat some soft cat food then go to dry ingredients but get kinds that are formulars or something and then the cat will get better slowly but eventually. i hope this helps.
2007-05-24 13:56:31 · answer #8 · answered by Loveless_Monkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check you food, if you're feeding it cat food there was a huge poison problem in pet food not that long ago, if you're feeding it food, it may be allergic, pets can't always eat human food.
It might not even be the food, it may be that he caught a sickness outside somewhere.
you should catch him and bring him to a vet.
2007-05-24 13:33:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like an upper respiratory infection
2007-05-24 16:40:40 · answer #10 · answered by karen m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋