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Hi all, new to the forums! So, jumping right in. My almost four month old kitten, Orion, has feline herpes. I adopted him a little under a month ago. We also share the same birthday, well, minus the year of course. He had a cloudy eye and the shelter told me his eye was "nothing to worry about." I felt a connection with him despite my worries it was herpes and hoped it was really just trauma as they had told me.
Unfortunately, it was indeed herpes, and he had a flare up two days after I brought him home from the stress and such. I took him to the vet to establish and talk more about herpes. He was put on doxy for 14 days and did well on it but three days off and he was back to sneezing. He had a followup a few days ago but the vet and I felt he was ok despite the slight sneezing, but he's been getting more gunky, so I made a phone call. Vet wanted to try four weeks of antibiotics this time and I pick it up tomorrow. He's eating and drinking great and using the bathroom with no diarrhea or anything. So, now here's my question, finally, :lol3: Why would she recommend he take Purina fortiflora? Do any owners of feline herpes kitties use this or know the benefits this would have for my little one? I read online it's used to entice cats to eat and/or for IBS, stomach issues, etc. He's already on 250 mg twice a day of L-lysine, but it's only been a few days, and I haven't noticed a difference yet, but I wasn't expecting that so early. I am planning on mixing his antibiotic in his food with the L-lysine as the vet said this kind of antibiotic could be put in his wet food as long as he eats it all, which he does. If I decide to use the Purina fortiflora, that will be another thing to mix in, though I'd do the lysine and antibiotics in the morning and the lysine and fortiflora in the evening.
So, if you've mustered through my whole post, any advice for a first time herpes kitty parent? I was previously the parent of a 19 year old, which I adopted when he was about three months old, but other than ear mites as a kitten that led to ear issues on and off, he was relatively healthy til his last year when he started to fail in health and had to be put to sleep. So I do have prior cat experience, just not with the herpes virus.
I apologize if this has been asked before, but thought I'd introduce myself and start a new thread.
Unfortunately, it was indeed herpes, and he had a flare up two days after I brought him home from the stress and such. I took him to the vet to establish and talk more about herpes. He was put on doxy for 14 days and did well on it but three days off and he was back to sneezing. He had a followup a few days ago but the vet and I felt he was ok despite the slight sneezing, but he's been getting more gunky, so I made a phone call. Vet wanted to try four weeks of antibiotics this time and I pick it up tomorrow. He's eating and drinking great and using the bathroom with no diarrhea or anything. So, now here's my question, finally, :lol3: Why would she recommend he take Purina fortiflora? Do any owners of feline herpes kitties use this or know the benefits this would have for my little one? I read online it's used to entice cats to eat and/or for IBS, stomach issues, etc. He's already on 250 mg twice a day of L-lysine, but it's only been a few days, and I haven't noticed a difference yet, but I wasn't expecting that so early. I am planning on mixing his antibiotic in his food with the L-lysine as the vet said this kind of antibiotic could be put in his wet food as long as he eats it all, which he does. If I decide to use the Purina fortiflora, that will be another thing to mix in, though I'd do the lysine and antibiotics in the morning and the lysine and fortiflora in the evening.
So, if you've mustered through my whole post, any advice for a first time herpes kitty parent? I was previously the parent of a 19 year old, which I adopted when he was about three months old, but other than ear mites as a kitten that led to ear issues on and off, he was relatively healthy til his last year when he started to fail in health and had to be put to sleep. So I do have prior cat experience, just not with the herpes virus.
I apologize if this has been asked before, but thought I'd introduce myself and start a new thread.