Hi all, my kitty is our first cat together and we are both absolutely besotted with him. Unfortunately hubby and I are going through infertility so he's so special to us to help us get through it.
Over Two weeks ago he was sleeping all day, shivering and off his food, so we took him to the vets. The vet said that he had a very high temp so she gave him shot of antibiotics and an anti inflammatory. The next day he was still unwell, although his temp had come down slightly, so she gave us antibiotics (white liquid to put in his food) and Metacam x4 drops once a day. Within two days he was back to normal and bouncing around. That weekend we noticed that one of his pupils looked a bit strange and smaller than the other one. We were monitoring it and by the following week his eye had become very cloudy with red in it. We took him to the vets on sat and she said he has a slight temp. Apart from that he seemed fine. He was meant to have his first jab but she didn't want to give it to him because of his eye and temp. She said to us there is a possibility that he has one of the cat viruses. That night he was due to be flead so I gave him his spot on flea treatment (advantage). I don't know if he had a reaction or was stressed but he seemed quite ill that evening. The next day he was absolutely fine and has been ever since. He's eating like a horse, playing and apart from his eye is right as rain. He's been on new antibiotics and eye drops since sat and his eye is still bad. I think it is improving, but slowly. The vet said that we won't be able to test for viruses until 6 months as he could be positive now (he's 4 months) but fight it off.
Any advice would be fantastic!
The medication he is currently on:
Metacam 0.5mg - 4 drops in food daily- this is left over from first trip to vets but I've kept giving it to him
Nisamox 50 mg - 1 tablet crushed in food 2x day
Maxitrol eye drops - 1 drop in eye every 6 hours
I am petrified that we are going to lose him. Hubby thinks I'm mad as he's the most energetic kitty at the moment... In fact he's the best he's been for couple of weeks. Xx
Thank you very much- we really appreciate it.
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Over Two weeks ago he was sleeping all day, shivering and off his food, so we took him to the vets. The vet said that he had a very high temp so she gave him shot of antibiotics and an anti inflammatory. The next day he was still unwell, although his temp had come down slightly, so she gave us antibiotics (white liquid to put in his food) and Metacam x4 drops once a day. Within two days he was back to normal and bouncing around. That weekend we noticed that one of his pupils looked a bit strange and smaller than the other one. We were monitoring it and by the following week his eye had become very cloudy with red in it. We took him to the vets on sat and she said he has a slight temp. Apart from that he seemed fine. He was meant to have his first jab but she didn't want to give it to him because of his eye and temp. She said to us there is a possibility that he has one of the cat viruses. That night he was due to be flead so I gave him his spot on flea treatment (advantage). I don't know if he had a reaction or was stressed but he seemed quite ill that evening. The next day he was absolutely fine and has been ever since. He's eating like a horse, playing and apart from his eye is right as rain. He's been on new antibiotics and eye drops since sat and his eye is still bad. I think it is improving, but slowly. The vet said that we won't be able to test for viruses until 6 months as he could be positive now (he's 4 months) but fight it off.
Any advice would be fantastic!
The medication he is currently on:
Metacam 0.5mg - 4 drops in food daily- this is left over from first trip to vets but I've kept giving it to him
Nisamox 50 mg - 1 tablet crushed in food 2x day
Maxitrol eye drops - 1 drop in eye every 6 hours
I am petrified that we are going to lose him. Hubby thinks I'm mad as he's the most energetic kitty at the moment... In fact he's the best he's been for couple of weeks. Xx
Thank you very much- we really appreciate it.
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