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I got to air out my fears; cause I am afraid I did this, I «gave» my cat herpes.
My cat, Pepsi, is a 7,5 year old male. He has kept up with his vaccination program, meaning he is vaccinated against herpes. He is also an indoor cat.
The second to last weekend of october (so the weekend before halloween weekend), I tried to take a kitten home. I said tried, since it did not work out for me (I am the problem there), and I gave her back after having had the kitten in my home for just about 48 hours.
She was not having any signs of having herpes, the cat rescue place I got the kitten at would not even have mentioned anything about herpes, if it was not for her brother having hepres. So she has never shown any signs of having it, but given how her brother does, its a given that she also have the virus in her body. But asking advice from the vet, from other cat prents, what I was told; Pepsi will be safe, he is vaccinated, many have cats both with and without herpes, and its never been transferred between them. And it seemed like it was very safe to take in the kitten.
Now its been a little over 6 weeks, and my sweet dear Pepsi has some white eye gunk. I tried to wipe it away, but more is comming back. That is all. No fever, none of the other signs they talk about when you read about feline herpes. But I am worried. Have I done this to him, could he have herpes? I feel like a total shitty cat mum for this.
I did also see something about dry eyes that can cause this, and dust. Its been cold, so yesterday to get a bit of extra warmt I put up one of those small electric fan heaters, to spread some heat around, and he did lie himself infront of this fan (about 1,5 meters away from the fan), and did get warm air blown on him. Is there any chance at all that I am thinking too much about herpes, being to afraid of that, and maybe this is just a reaction from the warm air and possibly dust etc…?
Its nighttime, and the emergancy vet is for life and death situations. He is absolutly fine othervice. No fever, playfull, eating, wanting cuddles and treats. He is not squinting his eyes, not red, not swollen, not anything beside some buildup of white gunk, in both eyes.
I will keep an eye on him, I have eyedrops (saline) to use, bu hates that. He has never ever hit me ever, but he was very close to actually hitting me today to tell me to stop, so that is not something we will do again unless we have to
I know cats can be good at hiding pain and such, but I am also on high alert right now so hope I will catch any signs he might be showing.
*and I have not actually measured his temperature, since I don’t have the proper things to do that with, but he does not feel hotter than normal, cold ears and nose. So I guess I can’t say for sure that he does not have a fever, but it does not seem like it.
My cat, Pepsi, is a 7,5 year old male. He has kept up with his vaccination program, meaning he is vaccinated against herpes. He is also an indoor cat.
The second to last weekend of october (so the weekend before halloween weekend), I tried to take a kitten home. I said tried, since it did not work out for me (I am the problem there), and I gave her back after having had the kitten in my home for just about 48 hours.
She was not having any signs of having herpes, the cat rescue place I got the kitten at would not even have mentioned anything about herpes, if it was not for her brother having hepres. So she has never shown any signs of having it, but given how her brother does, its a given that she also have the virus in her body. But asking advice from the vet, from other cat prents, what I was told; Pepsi will be safe, he is vaccinated, many have cats both with and without herpes, and its never been transferred between them. And it seemed like it was very safe to take in the kitten.
Now its been a little over 6 weeks, and my sweet dear Pepsi has some white eye gunk. I tried to wipe it away, but more is comming back. That is all. No fever, none of the other signs they talk about when you read about feline herpes. But I am worried. Have I done this to him, could he have herpes? I feel like a total shitty cat mum for this.
I did also see something about dry eyes that can cause this, and dust. Its been cold, so yesterday to get a bit of extra warmt I put up one of those small electric fan heaters, to spread some heat around, and he did lie himself infront of this fan (about 1,5 meters away from the fan), and did get warm air blown on him. Is there any chance at all that I am thinking too much about herpes, being to afraid of that, and maybe this is just a reaction from the warm air and possibly dust etc…?
Its nighttime, and the emergancy vet is for life and death situations. He is absolutly fine othervice. No fever, playfull, eating, wanting cuddles and treats. He is not squinting his eyes, not red, not swollen, not anything beside some buildup of white gunk, in both eyes.
I will keep an eye on him, I have eyedrops (saline) to use, bu hates that. He has never ever hit me ever, but he was very close to actually hitting me today to tell me to stop, so that is not something we will do again unless we have to
I know cats can be good at hiding pain and such, but I am also on high alert right now so hope I will catch any signs he might be showing.
*and I have not actually measured his temperature, since I don’t have the proper things to do that with, but he does not feel hotter than normal, cold ears and nose. So I guess I can’t say for sure that he does not have a fever, but it does not seem like it.
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