Hi!
This past September, my cat Leo (who is now almost 2) randomly started to have sneezing fits. The sneezing proceeded to become more frequent and came along with congested sounded breathing.
I brought him to the local vet who gave him a supplement to help boost his immunity for upper respiratory issues. This had no effect.
He then went on antibiotics for a week or so. Still no effect.
I was then referred to a specialist at a pet hospital. The first visit, they took swabs of his nose and eyes to check for any bacterial infections. Came back negative.
The next step was to bring him in to check for polyp and take tissue samples + remove tons of mucus that had been built up.
Nothing conclusive really came from the last procedure. No polyp or foreign objects. I guess he just has inflammation in one of his nostrils that causes him to overproduce mucus.
When I got him back after his procedure, he was fine for a few days (since they had removed all his excess mucus) but shortly after, he was back to the same symptoms.
There are times that he sneezes so much, I'm not sure how he's managing to breathe. Often there's so much mucus that it gets all over his whiskers or the floor around him.
As a solution, they've given me a liquid oral antibiotic and a liquid steroid to drop into his nose. However, I haven't given it to him yet because it's going to be a stressful experience for him to get all these drops and medications into his mouth and nose every 12 hours. I also can't imagine giving him tons of antibiotics are good either. I'm just really hesitant about what is the best course of action, but it's really hard to watch him struggle to breathe all the time. I need to do something...
Plus, it doesn't seem like these things are going to fix the issue - just treat the symptoms. I can't imagine there's NOTHING I can do to make him better without giving him nose drops for the next 15 years.
Should I seek other opinions? Has anyone else dealt with something like this?
BTW, his behavior and other health is amazing other than the sneezing. He eats, drinks, goes to the bathroom, plays, etc.
This past September, my cat Leo (who is now almost 2) randomly started to have sneezing fits. The sneezing proceeded to become more frequent and came along with congested sounded breathing.
I brought him to the local vet who gave him a supplement to help boost his immunity for upper respiratory issues. This had no effect.
He then went on antibiotics for a week or so. Still no effect.
I was then referred to a specialist at a pet hospital. The first visit, they took swabs of his nose and eyes to check for any bacterial infections. Came back negative.
The next step was to bring him in to check for polyp and take tissue samples + remove tons of mucus that had been built up.
Nothing conclusive really came from the last procedure. No polyp or foreign objects. I guess he just has inflammation in one of his nostrils that causes him to overproduce mucus.
When I got him back after his procedure, he was fine for a few days (since they had removed all his excess mucus) but shortly after, he was back to the same symptoms.
There are times that he sneezes so much, I'm not sure how he's managing to breathe. Often there's so much mucus that it gets all over his whiskers or the floor around him.
As a solution, they've given me a liquid oral antibiotic and a liquid steroid to drop into his nose. However, I haven't given it to him yet because it's going to be a stressful experience for him to get all these drops and medications into his mouth and nose every 12 hours. I also can't imagine giving him tons of antibiotics are good either. I'm just really hesitant about what is the best course of action, but it's really hard to watch him struggle to breathe all the time. I need to do something...
Plus, it doesn't seem like these things are going to fix the issue - just treat the symptoms. I can't imagine there's NOTHING I can do to make him better without giving him nose drops for the next 15 years.
Should I seek other opinions? Has anyone else dealt with something like this?
BTW, his behavior and other health is amazing other than the sneezing. He eats, drinks, goes to the bathroom, plays, etc.