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Hi!! I hope everyone is safe and healthy!!
This is a long post— so I apologize!! I have two 9 month old kittens that I rescued in late October. Both had URIs when I took them home and we treated. Both have been fine since then until last week. One of my kittens, Romeo, started squinting his left eye and my husband and I noticed the white third part of eye showing. I thought it could be allergies from switching up litter, so I changed it to unscented, dust free and we gave it two days. Nothing else is wrong with him— he’s happy, eating, playful, social with his brother and us— just his left eye. Yesterday morning we noticed his right eye was showing white and by the afternoon we could tell he was light sensitive. We took him to the vet today and it’s most likely a flare up of URI— but nothing has been stressing him out— as usually flare ups are caused by stress of the cat. We’re unsure why he’s got a flare up and his brother doesn’t? We have him on eye drops, anti viral pill and both kitties are back in powder Lysine. Needless to say, the trip to the vet was more than traumatizing today, so he’s relaxing on our bed now. (I also want to add the vet is checking stool for parasites, as well. They’ve been treated twice for worms and both indoor, so slim possibility it’s a parasite.)
The only 1 thing my husband and I can possibly think that could’ve caused any type of stress is we bought a laser light to play with the cats. They absolutely love it! But Romeo would play until he would pant and have to lay down. Now he no longer lets himself get to that point and we stop playing. Could that be a reason for a URI flare up?? Does anyone have any experience with something like that happening??
I also don’t want to have to bring them to the vet every few months for a flare up and I want to prevent it. Besides lysine, is there something else I can get non prescription to help keep the herpes virus at bay?? I’m intrigued to hear what other people have done. I got great advice on this site regarding a good cat food, so I was hoping to see if anyone could offer any insight!!
Thank you!
This is a long post— so I apologize!! I have two 9 month old kittens that I rescued in late October. Both had URIs when I took them home and we treated. Both have been fine since then until last week. One of my kittens, Romeo, started squinting his left eye and my husband and I noticed the white third part of eye showing. I thought it could be allergies from switching up litter, so I changed it to unscented, dust free and we gave it two days. Nothing else is wrong with him— he’s happy, eating, playful, social with his brother and us— just his left eye. Yesterday morning we noticed his right eye was showing white and by the afternoon we could tell he was light sensitive. We took him to the vet today and it’s most likely a flare up of URI— but nothing has been stressing him out— as usually flare ups are caused by stress of the cat. We’re unsure why he’s got a flare up and his brother doesn’t? We have him on eye drops, anti viral pill and both kitties are back in powder Lysine. Needless to say, the trip to the vet was more than traumatizing today, so he’s relaxing on our bed now. (I also want to add the vet is checking stool for parasites, as well. They’ve been treated twice for worms and both indoor, so slim possibility it’s a parasite.)
The only 1 thing my husband and I can possibly think that could’ve caused any type of stress is we bought a laser light to play with the cats. They absolutely love it! But Romeo would play until he would pant and have to lay down. Now he no longer lets himself get to that point and we stop playing. Could that be a reason for a URI flare up?? Does anyone have any experience with something like that happening??
I also don’t want to have to bring them to the vet every few months for a flare up and I want to prevent it. Besides lysine, is there something else I can get non prescription to help keep the herpes virus at bay?? I’m intrigued to hear what other people have done. I got great advice on this site regarding a good cat food, so I was hoping to see if anyone could offer any insight!!
Thank you!
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