I’ve had this foster kitten, Buttons, since he was two weeks old. He is now 15 weeks old. All of his siblings were fixed and adopted out a 1.5 months ago, but he didn’t weigh enough, so he stayed with me.
Anyway, a different pair of kittens that I had fostered along with button’s siblings were up for adoption at the shelter, but caught a cold. They asked me to bring them back to my house to recover. I put them in a separate room. Buttons stayed in a different room on a completely different floor. I constantly washed my hands and yet somehow, both my resident cat and Buttons caught it about 4-5 weeks ago.
My resident cat got better within a few days. The pair of sick kittens got better within a week, and have since been adopted. Buttons was put on Clavamox and Clindamycin 4 weeks ago along with some l-lysine supplements. At first, it was bad. Greenish mucus running out of his nose, stuffy nose, and lots of sneezing. Then, after a week of that, he got significantly better, but was still sneezing clear mucus. He’s been sneezing clear mucus for two weeks now. On Saturday, he barely sneezed. Sunday he was sneezing noticeably more. And yesterday he barely sneezed again! His last round of meds is supposed to end on Friday, but I don’t know whether he’s getting better or worse! I’ve never had a foster kitten that had a cold for so long!
Has anyone had this happen? Do you guys think it’s still a cold? Thoughts of allergies or even litter dust in his nose are crossing my mind... like maybe it’s not a cold anymore. Do you think this could be a possibility? The vet has looked him over multiple times. I don’t know what to do anymore! I want him to be young enough to find his forevor home easily, so I want him him to get better asap.
Anyway, a different pair of kittens that I had fostered along with button’s siblings were up for adoption at the shelter, but caught a cold. They asked me to bring them back to my house to recover. I put them in a separate room. Buttons stayed in a different room on a completely different floor. I constantly washed my hands and yet somehow, both my resident cat and Buttons caught it about 4-5 weeks ago.
My resident cat got better within a few days. The pair of sick kittens got better within a week, and have since been adopted. Buttons was put on Clavamox and Clindamycin 4 weeks ago along with some l-lysine supplements. At first, it was bad. Greenish mucus running out of his nose, stuffy nose, and lots of sneezing. Then, after a week of that, he got significantly better, but was still sneezing clear mucus. He’s been sneezing clear mucus for two weeks now. On Saturday, he barely sneezed. Sunday he was sneezing noticeably more. And yesterday he barely sneezed again! His last round of meds is supposed to end on Friday, but I don’t know whether he’s getting better or worse! I’ve never had a foster kitten that had a cold for so long!
Has anyone had this happen? Do you guys think it’s still a cold? Thoughts of allergies or even litter dust in his nose are crossing my mind... like maybe it’s not a cold anymore. Do you think this could be a possibility? The vet has looked him over multiple times. I don’t know what to do anymore! I want him to be young enough to find his forevor home easily, so I want him him to get better asap.
