Hi, I'm new here. I found the site through Google, trying to find out if I should be worried about our kitten.
In October we adopted two 8 week old kittens, a boy and a girl: Toothless and Cinder. In mid-November Toothless was put on antibiotics for a nasty cold. (Cinder had it too, but not as bad) He had a crusty nose and weepy eyes, but we figured it was the cold. He got over the cold but the crusty nose and weepy eye kept coming back on and off. Our older cat (who passed in December) had a constant weepy eye since he was a kitten so we didn't think twice about the eye, and we figured the crusty nose was because he was little and a lazy groomer.
They both went in for neutering/spaying on March 6. When the vet called with an update he expressed concern about Toothless's crusty nose (the whole thing was covered in crusties) and said he thought it was more than poor grooming. He said it could be ringworm, or a bacterial/viral infection. We decided to see if the antibiotics Toothless got with surgery helped.
After 10 days his nose was still crusty so I started wiping it with warm water and applying coconut or olive oil a couple of times a day. (He hates this!) The crustiness is gone, but his nose still feels super dry/chapped and looks cracked. I've been researching online and he doesn't have any signs of ringworm or FRV, no nasal discharge or sneezing, no hairless places, ulcers, etc. Just the super dry, cracked nose.
Am I just an overly worried kitten mama?
The first photo is from March 12 - you can see some of the crusties. The second was taken this morning - he wasn't cooperating.
In October we adopted two 8 week old kittens, a boy and a girl: Toothless and Cinder. In mid-November Toothless was put on antibiotics for a nasty cold. (Cinder had it too, but not as bad) He had a crusty nose and weepy eyes, but we figured it was the cold. He got over the cold but the crusty nose and weepy eye kept coming back on and off. Our older cat (who passed in December) had a constant weepy eye since he was a kitten so we didn't think twice about the eye, and we figured the crusty nose was because he was little and a lazy groomer.
They both went in for neutering/spaying on March 6. When the vet called with an update he expressed concern about Toothless's crusty nose (the whole thing was covered in crusties) and said he thought it was more than poor grooming. He said it could be ringworm, or a bacterial/viral infection. We decided to see if the antibiotics Toothless got with surgery helped.
After 10 days his nose was still crusty so I started wiping it with warm water and applying coconut or olive oil a couple of times a day. (He hates this!) The crustiness is gone, but his nose still feels super dry/chapped and looks cracked. I've been researching online and he doesn't have any signs of ringworm or FRV, no nasal discharge or sneezing, no hairless places, ulcers, etc. Just the super dry, cracked nose.
Am I just an overly worried kitten mama?
The first photo is from March 12 - you can see some of the crusties. The second was taken this morning - he wasn't cooperating.