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| 780.1 | never heard of it? | RATTLE::LANDRY | | Fri Sep 18 1987 11:54 | 6 |
| I have never heard of this. Could you please explain the symptoms
and if it is fatal?
thanks.
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| 780.2 | cat flu | VIDEO::TEBAY | Natural phenomena invented to order | Fri Sep 18 1987 12:55 | 11 |
| Feline rhinonitis or upper respiratory infection. They
sneeze.their eyes water,run fever. I call it cat flu.
It can go into pneumonia etc. It is supposed to be a virus
but they treat with antibotics to prevent secondary infection.
I have had outdoor kitties die with it. So it can have fatal
complications. But I have never had it on strictly indoor
kitties who aren't exposed to outside. It isn't catching to
humans or dogs but is infectious to other cats. They really
get sick poor things. My two most active ones just sit there
like lumps.
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| 780.3 | Not as Sloppy | TOXMAN::MECLER | FRANK | Fri Sep 18 1987 13:02 | 10 |
| Suzie,
Your pink gook sounds suspiciously like amoxicillin. I have better
luck with our adults giving them amoxicillin tablets. Some fun
exercise but I still have all ten fingers.
UR is no fun and a bear to get rid of since they pass it back and
forth. Good luck
Frank
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| 780.4 | Germs, germs, germs | SALES::RFI86 | | Fri Sep 18 1987 14:03 | 10 |
| Even indoor cats can get the flu or something remarkably similar.
One of the reasons for this is that cats and humans have basically
the same bacteria(germs). Therefore your cat can pick up the sniffles
from you or vice versa. Cats tend to have a higher resistance to
viruses than humans do though. It might be a vitamin or mineral
that they are not getting in their food. You should probably consult
your vetrenarian.
Geoff
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| 780.5 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | | Fri Sep 18 1987 16:04 | 13 |
| When I got Holly from the shelter, she had rhino. It took three
weeks before she got better, and she really had a bad time. The
vet said, however, that if a cat gets good and constant treatment
they "always survive". In this case that mean three weeks at the
vets, getting fluids and so forth. She really looked awful about
two and a half weeks in, I was beginning to wonder if it was cruel
to keep treating her. Then she turned the corner in about two days.
The vet says she is now a carrier. She and Sweetie are both indoor
cats, and Sweetie gets his rhino vaccination every six months instead
of once a year because of his contact with her. The vaccinations
seem to work since they've both been healthy for several years since
then.
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| 780.6 | Immunization doesn't help that much | EMIRFI::KEENER | | Fri Sep 18 1987 17:57 | 16 |
| I had never heard of this until I retrieved my cats from a place
they were boarded in Leominster when we first arrived in the U.S.
and hadn't a place to live yet. When we shipped them to the U.S.
they had shots for everything available before we could ship them.
While they never got really seriously ill, they definitely did not
look good and obviously didn't feel good. The Vet checked the piles
of papers we had from shipping them and they had the shots but he
said less than half the cats become immune from the shots and that
the virus can be airborne. Also that some areas, houses, people
are more likely to give it to kitty than others.
Good luck - by the way, I agree that pills are easier and I, too
still have ten fingers.
Ellen
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