Okay, this is a new one to me...but a friend of mine who has house cats, told me of a disease some of her cats have had....it's called clymedia....I'm sure I spelled that wrong.
Anyway, it is the same name as the human sexually transmitted disease, and I guess it's similar, except it starts out in the cats eyes....puss, and matter and their eyes stick shut...and my friend took her kitten to the vet and he said that that is what it was, and that if left untreated it could kill them, because it will move and settle into their lungs.
I guess it is highly contagous, because the vet wouldnt even let my friends daughter pet his cat that was in the office, because he said, honey your kitten is sick and if you pet my cat you could transmit it to him. wow. scary.
I'm not sure how they get this disease, but i guess it is relative to the human Clymedia. But cats cannot transmit it to humans or vice versa.
Has anyone ever heard of this? I never had, and If any of my information is wrong, please correct me, because I am only going on the information her vet gave her, and I'm certainly no expert. She is treating her kitten with antibiotics and eye ointment. Just curious if anyone has heard of this or has any helpful comments.
[Edited by Anne on 11-26-2000 at 12:56 PM]
Anyway, it is the same name as the human sexually transmitted disease, and I guess it's similar, except it starts out in the cats eyes....puss, and matter and their eyes stick shut...and my friend took her kitten to the vet and he said that that is what it was, and that if left untreated it could kill them, because it will move and settle into their lungs.
I guess it is highly contagous, because the vet wouldnt even let my friends daughter pet his cat that was in the office, because he said, honey your kitten is sick and if you pet my cat you could transmit it to him. wow. scary.
I'm not sure how they get this disease, but i guess it is relative to the human Clymedia. But cats cannot transmit it to humans or vice versa.
Has anyone ever heard of this? I never had, and If any of my information is wrong, please correct me, because I am only going on the information her vet gave her, and I'm certainly no expert. She is treating her kitten with antibiotics and eye ointment. Just curious if anyone has heard of this or has any helpful comments.
[Edited by Anne on 11-26-2000 at 12:56 PM]