All 5 of my cats have stuffy noses and sneezing fits! Charlotte started it 2 weeks ago, then seemed to get over it. A week later, Jack started in; it seems as if he's almost over it now. A few days ago Charlotte started the sneezing again, and within the past 2 days Katie, Bridget, and Rufus have all started having the sneezing fits, too. Their little noses are stuffy, and they're breathing thru their mouths occasionally. They seem to be sleeping a little more than usual; they all ate their breakfast a little while ago, and still come for treats thru-out the day.
I called the vet's office yesterday and spoke with the head tech; she said as long as there wasn't any green mucus coming from their noses and their eyes weren't runny that I shouldn't worry about it. I asked about giving them all a course of anti-biotics and she said she didn't think that was necessary. (of course, this was without her actually seeing one of them)
We've been a multi-cat household for over 30 years, and this is the first time everyone has had something like this at the same time. I just got over a 5 week long respiratory problem; could I have passed it on to them? If it's just a cold, like the tech seems to think, will they just keep passing it back and forth? Is there anything I can do to make them feel better? I know how miserable I feel when I have a cold, and I hate seeing my babies feeling puny.
I called the vet's office yesterday and spoke with the head tech; she said as long as there wasn't any green mucus coming from their noses and their eyes weren't runny that I shouldn't worry about it. I asked about giving them all a course of anti-biotics and she said she didn't think that was necessary. (of course, this was without her actually seeing one of them)
We've been a multi-cat household for over 30 years, and this is the first time everyone has had something like this at the same time. I just got over a 5 week long respiratory problem; could I have passed it on to them? If it's just a cold, like the tech seems to think, will they just keep passing it back and forth? Is there anything I can do to make them feel better? I know how miserable I feel when I have a cold, and I hate seeing my babies feeling puny.