My cat has herpes. Her eye is constantly runny. She is almost a year old and it has been runny nonstop for probably 6 months already. She's been getting lysine treats for about two months now, but it didnt seem to help much so I got a powder and have been mixing in a higher dose into her food for about a week now. I heard that it can take up to three months to see any results from lysine so I'm still hopeful it will help. Either way, I'm probably gonna give her lysine supplements daily for the rest of her life, unless that isn't safe to do.
But anyways, I need to get her spayed and she needs to get her rabies vaccine and I'm wondering if I can do those things while she has an active outbreak of herpes. I just don't know if her eye will ever stop being runny, so I don't know if I can just sit around and wait and risk her getting pregnant.
I forgot to ask my vet, and I can't just call them to ask because it's a large clinic and they aren't allowed to give medical advise over the phone since it isn't the actual vet speaking on the phone. She is vaccinated for the core vaccines, except for rabies, but she got vaccinated after she initially got herpes (my fault for waiting due to misinformation from friends and family and her being my first cat ever). Originally, she got herpes, had a runny eye for a few weeks, got better, then got vaccinated, and then her eye got runny immediately after and never stopped since then.
So I'm wondering if it is safe for her to get spayed and get her rabies shot while she actively has a runny eye due to herpes.
But anyways, I need to get her spayed and she needs to get her rabies vaccine and I'm wondering if I can do those things while she has an active outbreak of herpes. I just don't know if her eye will ever stop being runny, so I don't know if I can just sit around and wait and risk her getting pregnant.
I forgot to ask my vet, and I can't just call them to ask because it's a large clinic and they aren't allowed to give medical advise over the phone since it isn't the actual vet speaking on the phone. She is vaccinated for the core vaccines, except for rabies, but she got vaccinated after she initially got herpes (my fault for waiting due to misinformation from friends and family and her being my first cat ever). Originally, she got herpes, had a runny eye for a few weeks, got better, then got vaccinated, and then her eye got runny immediately after and never stopped since then.
So I'm wondering if it is safe for her to get spayed and get her rabies shot while she actively has a runny eye due to herpes.