I'm so mad at myself right now :-(. I agreed to help take a cat from Animal Control for a short time until the adopters could come in from Wisconsin- my conditions were that it had to be healthy, spayed, and friendly as I have immune compromised cats plus my two feral kitties who live outside.
I picked her up on Friday and she seemed fine. I put her in a cage in the same room where I have my FIV+ foster who has free access in the room. She did not eat which I thought was just her getting settled. And that night, she showed interest when I tried feeding her some different crunchies (she showed no interest in any other wet or dry food and trust me, I have every possible food). She ate a small handful and I thought ahhh, that is a good sign.
Yesterday we were very busy all day - in fact I have been in motion since Thursday night with my own issues. But when we got home around 5PM yesterday and I saw that she was STILL not coming around, I decided to take her out of the cage and try to better see what was going on. She did a short walk around the room and settled down by me. I just sat there with her so I could see what was going on. At some point she scratched her ears on two different occasions, and both times she cried out when she scratched them. One of those times she shook her head and some clear fluid went on my hand. I wasn't sure where it came from.
Because it was late at night and I just wanted to keep her going, I syringe fed her a some wet food- she was NOT happy with that- and put her back into her cage and covered it, then threw the bedding into the laundry in case she was contagious.
This morning I went to have a look at her (after making a vet appointment for Tuesday UGH). I was going to have a look at her ears. When I went to take her out, more fluid came from her ears onto my hand.
I got a towel and had a look, and she has clear fluid in both of her ears, it is easily visible just by pulling her ear back the slightest bit. She has no other symptoms, not sneezing, nor any discharge from eyes or nose. I had some Animax so I put it in there for now. Yes I realize that can be risky but she cannot be seen until Tuesday unless I want to pay for an emergency visit. And I know where she just came from- Animal Control where she was recovering from a bad URI.
I am really really bummed about this- we are leaving on vacation this coming Saturday. I don't want either of my FIV+ cats nor my other 3 cats to get this, whatever it is :-(.
Has anyone had a cat with this and what should I do until I can get her to the vets. I alerted the sponsor rescue but I doubt I will get any assistance nor anyone to take her for now.
I picked her up on Friday and she seemed fine. I put her in a cage in the same room where I have my FIV+ foster who has free access in the room. She did not eat which I thought was just her getting settled. And that night, she showed interest when I tried feeding her some different crunchies (she showed no interest in any other wet or dry food and trust me, I have every possible food). She ate a small handful and I thought ahhh, that is a good sign.
Yesterday we were very busy all day - in fact I have been in motion since Thursday night with my own issues. But when we got home around 5PM yesterday and I saw that she was STILL not coming around, I decided to take her out of the cage and try to better see what was going on. She did a short walk around the room and settled down by me. I just sat there with her so I could see what was going on. At some point she scratched her ears on two different occasions, and both times she cried out when she scratched them. One of those times she shook her head and some clear fluid went on my hand. I wasn't sure where it came from.
Because it was late at night and I just wanted to keep her going, I syringe fed her a some wet food- she was NOT happy with that- and put her back into her cage and covered it, then threw the bedding into the laundry in case she was contagious.
This morning I went to have a look at her (after making a vet appointment for Tuesday UGH). I was going to have a look at her ears. When I went to take her out, more fluid came from her ears onto my hand.
I got a towel and had a look, and she has clear fluid in both of her ears, it is easily visible just by pulling her ear back the slightest bit. She has no other symptoms, not sneezing, nor any discharge from eyes or nose. I had some Animax so I put it in there for now. Yes I realize that can be risky but she cannot be seen until Tuesday unless I want to pay for an emergency visit. And I know where she just came from- Animal Control where she was recovering from a bad URI.
I am really really bummed about this- we are leaving on vacation this coming Saturday. I don't want either of my FIV+ cats nor my other 3 cats to get this, whatever it is :-(.
Has anyone had a cat with this and what should I do until I can get her to the vets. I alerted the sponsor rescue but I doubt I will get any assistance nor anyone to take her for now.